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Wounded Soldier. Sturdy.

Neutrality-suspicious. were 12,249
wounded soldiers in hospitals in the
United States registered Dec. 4 for
various educational or other courses
of instruction provided by the mill
tary authorities. a statement issued
by the surgeon general shows that B.
9l1 who applied for instruction in
handcraft work were men not able to
go into the workshops and whose in
struction was to be received in the
wards, while 500 registered for aca-
demic study in the wards. Shop and
trade courses attracted 2,012 men !;
commercial subjects, 1,117; agricul-
ture, J64; recreatiOnal courses, 1853,
and the others were scattering. Such
courses are now being given in twen-
ty-three army hospitals
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Catch Anarehist.

Kansas City. Mo.-Pietro Pierre, al
legged i. w. w. leader, was ,eres,ed
by federal officers In Cleveland, Ohio.
according to messages from them. He
was charged with an alleged conspir-
acy against the life of President Will
son, say local government agents. and
Is held OH $4,000 bond. Chicago APP
parently was the place where the
plans were made, federal officers said.
Whether the alleged plot reached IL
stage where the Presidents life really
was endangered probably will not he
known until the Secret Service inves-
tigatiOn is completed. Pierre was re-
leased from the federal penitentiary
ut Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. "a last,
after serving year and n day for OPP
position to the selectIve draft. Short
ly before his discharge from prison
Pierre is alleged to have told fellow
prisoners he had been chosen to at
tnck the President, and to have added
that he would go TO Chicago for final
instructions at I. w. w. headquarters
there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
NO NATION WILL RESIST The
POWER BEHIND WORLD
LEAGUE.
ALLIED HEADS APPROVE
GUARANTEES POWERS TO THE
PLAIN PEOPLE OF THE
WORLD.

Paris, Feb. 1J.-President Wilson
was the central figure of the plenary
peace conference yesterday when he
read the covenant establishing
League OF Nations. There was added
interest in the session, AS 1t was the
last gathering of the delegates prior
TO the Presidents departure, us well
AS being the occasion of presenting
the document with which his name
was identified.
When he entered the chamber, the
President WIS greeted by Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Secretary Bal
four and Viscount Miner of Grent
Britain and the American delegates
at the head of the table.
There WAS little fOrmulity. Pre-
mier Clemenceau, who is president Of
The conference, called the conference
10 order, and President Wilson rose
and addressed the gathering.
THE best report l can make he
s,lid, "is to read the document itself.
The reading continued for thirty
five minutes without interruption Or
applause. As he closed, the President
laid aside the document md spoke OF
what had been accomplished. The de-
liberations of the commission had
been most Instructive, and throughout
the proceedings there was an under
tons of enthusiasm in the great work
President Wilson, embodied the judg-
ment of fourteen nations represented
on the commission, and these fourteen
nations were IL representative group
of the conference itself"
The President spoke with especial
emphasis as he referred to the wrongs
committed against helpless peoples.
Here is one especially notable
feature In this document" he said.
I'VE are done with anneXatiOns of
helpless peoples. ut times accom-
plished In the past for the purposes
of exploiting these peoples. Too often
IN the past, the President added. the
world had seen the land of helpless
communities. appropriated for politi-
cnl purposes. And so," lie said,
while this is practical document.
1t Is above all IL human document. 1t
is practical, and ut the snme time II
is designed to purify, to rectify, to
elevate
President Wilson closed his address
at 4:3O O'Clock, having read and
spoken just one hour. An interpreter
thnn talked another hour.
Lord Robert Cecil, head of the Brit
ish commission on the League Of MI
tions, followed the Interpreter. 1t was
good omen, said Lord Robert, that
this document had been Ibid before
the world before being finally enacted.
so that people everywhere could ad-
wise upon and criticise it. The prob
lem had been one of great difficulty.
for it was to preserve the peace of
the world with the least possible in
reference with national sovereignty.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
British FIxjno Terms.

LondOn.-The British delegates at
the peace conference have been defi-
nitely instructed to claim an indem-
nifty which will include the cost OF the
war as well as the damage actually
caused, 1t was announced in the
House Of Commons by ANDREW Bonar
Law, government leader, In reply to
question. A commission Is now con-
sldering the amount to be claimed, the
method by which payment should be
made and means Of enforcing the pay
ment, Mr. Law added.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
REDS ARE ASsAsSINs
ANARCHIST MACHINERY BOTH
STRONG AND BRUTAL.
PREMIER SAYS INTERVENTION
MUST FALL TO BRITAIN
AND FRANCE.

Western Newspnper Union News Service
London, Feb. 13.-Prenier LLOYD
George spoke again yesterday on the
general peace situation. The PREMIER
defending the proceedings of the peace
conference, said the government had
been devoting Its time to speeding up
agreements. He was sanguine that u
complete agreement would be rencheu
concerning the German western boun-
dairy, but the eastern boundary was Il
different matter Until the commits
sion sent to examine the matter re-
ported, the allies would be In no posi-
ton to make demands upon Germany.
The conference was unanimous, ne
said, that Germany 'had forfeited all
rights to her colonies.
He declared that there had never
been any proposal advanced ut The
peace conference to recognize the BOi-
shevists. RUSSIA was easy to dogma
tize about, but difficult to deal with.
He admitted that the horrors of Bol-
shevism were SO great that there was
IA sense of disgust when they came 10
deal with its leaders, but 1t was use
less TO blind their eyes TO the real
facts.
The Bolsheviki. the premier de-
claret, were assassins, guilty of crimes
laid to their charge. The allies lad
given the anti-Bolshevist government
financial support and assistance.
Much of their equipment had been
supplied by the allies, who were nnN-
ious to keep the rich territories OF
Russia out OF German hands.
II troops were To he sent to Russia.
who should send them? America, he
said, would send neither men, money
nor material, and the work would fall
upon the British and French.
The BOlsheviki machinery in Rus
sin was ruthless and brutal, but there
was no doubt about its efficiency, and
it was the only machinery there
Everybody in the past who had inter
fered In Russia had come to grief
Referring to the alternative of al
lowing the fire In Russia to burn itsell
out, the premier characterized this as
n brutal policy, and added that II
would he useless to send food to Petro
grad when the only distributing organ
izatiOn was Bolshevik. Supporting the
Prnkipo proposal, the premier argued
that 1t was by no means unknown on
the northern frontier of India 10 par
ley with brigands and even assassins
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Was Not 10 eeneflt Labor.

Washington.-Evide that the big
sympathetic strike at Seattle was not
a bona fide strike, but carefully
planned. attempt at social revolution,
is In the hands OF the Department of
Labor. This evidence tends TO SHOW
that nothing short of an Industrial
dictatorship of the United States was
the ideal in the minds of the radical
leaders when they launched the move
ment that took GOOOO men and women
away from their occupations and
closed mp the business life NJ the Pa
cific coast city
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
huna to con,erlpt Army.

Berlin. = Conscription OF various
classes of men up TO 30 years Of age
will be decreed soon. Authority In
this direction, 1t is expected. will be
given the government by the National
Assembly soon, and 1t is understood
that Gustav Noske, mentioned for the
post of minister of national defense,
will adopt measures to re-establish
the army. Recruiting of volunteers
has failed. The contemplated emer-
eency action has been hastened by the
increasing menace of POlnnd and more
urgent need for fOrestalling an expect
ed BuiSllcvist invasion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Control Boat. With Radio.

Misunderstanding and naval ex-
perts have reported the device of
John Hays hammond. .r., for radio
control Of surface craft to he sent
laden with explosives against enemy
ships success, and predict similar
results with submerged craft showing
above water only We're antennae. Re.
suits of tests We're made public in con.
nectiOn with the fOrtificatiOn appro.
priatiOn bill, which carries $417,OO'-
for construction Of an experimental
submerged boat. Nr
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sso "cobn Get, .s4, GOO 600.

Chicngo.-Daniel Tolman, 1S, $40
n-month "gob" ut the Great Lakes
naval training station, was granted a
twenty-day furlough on request of the
Surrogate Court of New York that he
might be present at court proceedings
there in connection with an estate of
x64, 100000 bequeathed him by his
grandfather, Daniel TOlman, founder
Of IL string of loan brokerage offices
throughout the United States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Chicago 10 Hot-bed.

ChicaSo.-That Dhe Seattle and
Butte strikes were plotted in Chicago
and that this city is the Matching
place and hot-bed OF American Reds"
is the declaration made by Captain
Philip ]. Barry, head of the federal
bureau of investigation in Chicago.
1.-The heart and brains of Americas s
anarchists, Bolshevists, extremists, l.
w. w. and destructive Socialists GEN.
ter in Chicago" said Captain Barry"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Governor Gets Black Hand Letter.

Denver.-Threats of violence, even
to the extent of cutting off the head
of the chief of police and wrecking
banks, was sent to Governor Oliver II.
ShOup In "Black Hand" letter
through the mails. These dire penal
ties are Inevitable unless the unem-
ployed of Denver are given work. An
Impression of the outlines Of a left
hand, supposed to be that of the send
n, and a scrawl In Ink written by
ht-handed person, are the sole
clues that state officials are turning
sver to federal authorities
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Raidina I. W. W.

Seattle, Wash.--Four men, declared
TO have been leaders in distributing
revolutionary and l. w. w. prOpa-
ganda during Seattle's general strike
are in Jail here and warrants are out
for seven others, charging criminal
anarchy following three raids In
which thirty-three additional men
were arrested and are being held for
Investigation. County officials, gov
ernment operatives. deputy sheriffs,
constables and representative Of the
district attorney participated in the
raids.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
American. Save Allied Troops.

Archnngel. = American reinforce
ments, marching over thirty miles of
II forest trail, reached the hard
pressed British and Russians In the
region of Sredmakrenga. The result
was that the BoIsheviki. who had
been launching strong attacks in this
region, retired to the southwark. ap-
parently abandoning their offensive
movement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Turk Chief Ends Life.

COnstantinOple.-Dr. II. Bey, "A for
mer vail of Diarbekr, accused of com
plicity in Armenian massacr"s, who
recently escaped from custody, was
run to earth by the Turkish police and
shot himself through tn. head to
avoid arrest. 1t is repor|s.d
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
the SUPREME COUNCIL OF Al
LIES MAKE KNOWN
DEMANDS.
MAKE ARMY REDUCTION
AaM,sr,cE TERMS WILL BE BET
TER If GERMAN NATION
COMPLIES.
western Newspaper Union News Service.


London, Feb. IA German wire
less communication received mere
says: "rhe Superior Council OF the
allies has demanded from the German
armistice administration ut Spa II dec
laration of all stocks of war materials
available In Germany or under con
struction, including guns. airpiahes
and motors. The demand was baseh
on the attitude of the German army
administration in connection with Inc
Polish question and the necessity OF
settling conditions for an extension OF
the armistice.'
BpsIe,3Addressing the national as-
sembly at Weimar, Philipp Scheide-
mann, the chancellor, said the first es-
sentiaI of the governments policy
was the maintenance of unity in the
nation by means of strong, central
authority. The immediate restoration
of peace came next, which should NE
secured by adherence to the program
of President Wilson and the rejection
of a peace of violence. The program
he said, called for the restoration ot
the German colonies and the admis-
sion of Germany to the league of ma
tiOns with equal rights.
Paris.-Thc Bourgeois proposition
for an interallied military force TO en-
force peace was defeated by an over
whelming vote ut the meeting of the
society of nations commission. The
French and Cxecho-Slovaks were the
only representatives voting in the af-
firmatIve The draft of the society OF
nations plaA was then unanimously
adopted as whole. The final draft
consists OF twenty-six articles.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Moscow Reds Arrested.

LOnd6n.-Another Bolshevik ..con-
spiracy" has been discovered in Mos.
COW, according to Il Russian wireless
message received here. The leaders,
including Madame Maria Spiridonovo.
have been arrested
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
Would Force Reeoonjtioc.

Berne-As result of long con-
ference between Matthias Erzberger
member of the German arinisticc COM
mission, and various ministers at Ber-
lin, 1t was decided that Erzbergcr viii
demand that the Allies recognize the
new Berlin government when he meets
the Entente chiefs to negotiate "a re-
newal of the armistice.
Paris.-The supreme war council
met at the foreign office for the pur-
pose of reaching final determinu-
tion of the new terms OF the German
armistice. A full agreement on the
terms was presented In the report
from the subcommittee, embracing
military and economic members. The
report was unanimous, including the
adherence of the American members,
Gen. Tasker II. Bliss and Norman
Davis, which indicates that economic
measures figure in the new terms
equally with military measures
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20

Copephagen.-Great Britain and
France have sent notes to Matthias
Erzberger. president of the German
armistice commission, the Weimar cor
respondent learns from n reliable
source, dealing with the failure OF
Germany to deliver locomotives and
agricultural machinery us agreed. He
says the tone of the note virtually
constitutes u threat to Germany.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20

Paris.-A proposal to change the al
lied armistice policy and shorten the
armistice periods Is understood to
be before the supreme war council.
This proposal calls for the limiting of
the arEiistice periods to about ten
days. The sentiment il expressed by
mnny In attendance on the peace con-
ference that this would give the allies
better hold on the situation and en-
able them to meet the constantly
changing conditions.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-20
WANTS READJUSTMENT
sELolUM DRAWS ATTENTION IN
DEMANDS FOR CHANGES
WOULD MAKE GERMANY MEET
TERMS WITHIN A FEW
DAYS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Paris, Feb. 12.-The Supreme COun-
for an international readjustment and
for changes In the treaty of 1889. The
notifications which nre now asked
are: First, freedom of commerce
through the lower Scheidt, leading
from Antwerp to the sea second. the
cession of the province OF Southern
Limburg in Holland for defensive pur-
poses third. the nmalgamatiOn of the
duchy of Luxembourg, preferably by
assent of the people.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08
FARMERS CLUB BOOTHS AT THE
COUNTY FAIR

It is none too early for the Far
mers' Clubs to begin laying plans for
the club booths at the county fair. At
many of the county fairs the very best
and most interesting and attractive
things at the fair is the Farmers Club
booth when we'll and attractively put
up:
booths at the fair and Anoka fair two
years AGO. had eleven Farmers CLUB
booths, every one Of which was credit
tn the clubs. The club booths have an
educational value Of not a little worth.
70 create good healthy rivalry among
the clubs, each vieing to- QUITO
the other, in quantity, quality, OF mat
erial and in arrangement ana oeslgn ~.
The county fair that neglects to oHer
good satisfactory prizes Tor Farmers
booths is missing an excellent oPp9r-
tunity to interest and encourage the
farmers of it's county. "a. LII,
Nothing creates more interest anu
brings the people like display from a
certain community. Everybody wants
to see how their farmers. club looks
and compares with others. Threshing
RIOS stop and silo-flling outfits quit to
% to the fair. Make it worth while
and so arrange it that every club that nat.
nuts ma good exhibit gets at least $40:
Every club in Morrison County should
man to put on a booth at the county
Fair this fall, and now is the time 10
begin to talk it. over. .ncn ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08
GO Los I WOODS
AGED PLATTE WOMAN, MISSING
FOB 80 HOURS, EXHAUSTED
WHEN FOUND.

After having wandered about for 80
hours in vain search for her home,
after having been out picking blueber-
RES, Mrs. Gallus Of Platte town, SO
years old, was found in an exhausted
condition in meadow about two and
,one- half miles from her home last Fri
day evening, by Sheriff Felix, who with
a party of searchers had gone out to
hunt for her.
Mrs. Gallus left the home Of her son,
Paul Gallus, with whom she was living,
on Thursday noon, to pick blueberries.
When she failed to return in the eve
ming the family became alarmed and
with several neighbors set out, to search
for her. They were unable to locate
her, however, and on Friday noon Sher-
if Felix was notified. He went out
there at once, accompanied byrF. D. Lee
Blanc, William Batters, Roderick Felix
and Rose Gallus of this city, daugh-
ter of the lost woman, and they took up
the search, going out in all directions
from the Gallus home.
Sheriff Felix and Christ Reese of
Platte started out together and they
found tracks which they identified as
those of the woman. i They followed
the tracks into a meadow. The two
men then separated and after going a
little further Mr.. Felix heard a Eoise
which sounded like moan. Climbing
upon stump, he called for Mrs. Gallus,
and the. moan was repeated, which en-
abled the sheriff to locate her a short
distance away. She was lying in a
dense willow thicket upon some hay
she had gathered, and was exhausted
By the firing Of three shots Mr.. Reese
came to Mr.. Felix 8 assistance, and she
was carried to hay stack nearby, and
a rig was gotten to take her home: On
account of the woman IS weak condition
it was fortunate that she was found
before another night. passed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08
AUTO RUNS AWAY
MOTLEY GASOLINE HAS PECUL
TAR EFFECT ON GUST HER.
MANS "HENRY.''

Mot1ev Mercury (3D: A very pc
.o,,1iar accident occurred here Monday,
probably one of the first Of this kind
to ever take place. Gust Herman
drove his Ford automobile up IN tron ~
of the B. F. Gale store and stopped II:
He left it standing there while he went
over to the stock yards on some ousl-
ness. &c.,. &c
The car was standing in front OF
Gales gasoline tank and Thos. Goggin
drove up to get some gasoline. Cale
then pushed the Herman car out OF the
wav and when he did so the engine
started and the car started away VI
high. Mr.. Gale not knowing anytnlng
about the operation Of car coulo noI
s+on Il The car started catercofner
across the street. heading straight TOT
the Davenport restaurant, and 1t PlcKeo
I'M speed wonderfully quick. ueo'
palmer and Vern Waite both MADE a
dosh 70 catch the car but it was gong
TOO fast for them. The lett Whee %
strnck an electric pole on the north Oh
Tho restaurant building but it did not
ston. the wheels on the left side taxing
IN The Sidewalk, the right front "neel
Went lust outside of the telephone Pole
"A the south of the restaurant, stopping
Tho ear and throwing the back emu
oro;nst the front Of the restaurant.
WWhan the car hit the last pole 1t was
said to have been going at speed OF 20
miles an hour. Vern Waite threw the
switch off and stopped the engine
which was still going when ne reach-
ed the car. n
The car was badly wrecked. Three
wheels were broken, the radiator
smashed, the Tenders crumpled up, the
frame bent and many pieces OF iron
broken on it. It is not known whether
the motor was hurt or not. G. W. Akin
estimated that the repairs alone would
cost close to 1926 90 besides the work
of fixing it up.
Fortunately no other cars were stand
ing on the street in the way of the
runaway car at the time and there were
not very many people on the street.
Geo. Davenport and Geo. Akin were
sitting in front of the restaurant at the
time and Mr.. Davenport IS little boy was
with them. George Akin grabbed the
little boy and they made their getaway
as fast as they could run to the back
of the restaurant. Had the little boy
been left there he would probably have
been killed.
Mr.. Herman feels that Mr.. Gale
should pay for the dana ge done to the
car and Mr.. Gale does not feel that ne
was to blame for it, For a time 1t
looked as though there would be law
suit, but the latest report is that they
will settle.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08

Red Cross HO1ne Service
II. J. Rnckin&ha1n, Chna1man B

- 3 g . 3 g: 90 . 3 8
5a Great was the conf usion in the office
of the Northern / Division Of the Red
Grant sent a distracted message to Mr..
Bruno. It seems that Cupid, after his
arduous duties Of the past year or so,
fell asleep when he heard that the war
was over. So, Of course his work fell
on the, Home Service Department Of
the Red Cross. When anybody goes
to sleep and there's a soldier concern
ed, that s. what happens. So the tele-
gram which should have gone to Cupid
went to the Red Cross Home Service
Section. It seems that certain pri-
vate down at Camp Grant got letter
from a certain girl up here which sent
him almost fearful to the office of the
camp Red Cross man. It sent that of
fetal, hatless. and sbreathless, to the
telegraph office, and it sent the North
ern Division worker from her files to a
sweeter mission. 81. ST.
In times of peace, she. found, this
same private used to pick his way
nightly down the street to call on the
only young lady, when he went
to camp it was arranged that they were
to be married on his first furlough.
Now furloughs, SO soldiers say, are in
the lap of the gods. Anyway, this one
was long in falling to his lot. Military
duties, Z. p, and others interfered.
So the girl, eternally feminine, wrote
to, Private John and told him that she
doubted the sincerity Of his intentions,
and that she was considering the ad-
vancements of a certain mechanic, ex-
empt from the draft. That is the let
ter that started it all. But now that
the Red Cross has assured her that
her lover is true, Goods in his Heav-
en- again, and sall''s right with the
world.' =
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08

Mrs. I. A. Stone of this city sustain
ed painful injury at the Brainerd ball
park Sunday as the result Of a board
in the grandstand floor breaking as she
was entering same. She fell and one
bone in the leg, just above the ankle,
was broken and the igaments in the
leg were torn. She was brought home
the same evening.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08

. Charles, Bisaillion of Virginia was in
Little stalls over Sunday on business e''
and to visit old acquaintance. Mr.
-Bisaillion also made arrangements
while here for the adoption Of girl
from the local orphauage.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Martin and sons
returned Friday from an automobile
trip to Winnipeg, through Itasca State
Park and to Duluth. They went with
the party which made the sociability
run over the Jefferson Highway three
weeks ago.