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Morris tribune., 1919-04-04
WALL GETS CHRISTMAS
PACKAGE RATHER LATE
Says It Looked Good to Him Just the
Same and Especially the
Contents

Below we publish letter from
Norbert WaIz written to his sister in
MINNEAPOLIS and forwarded to Mrs.
Walz at Morris. The letter was
written from Belgium, where he is
now located with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces: 1t follows:
IT have finally got myself together
to write a few letters. While the
war was going on 1 used to have an
excuse for not writing for a long
time but about the only excuse
have now is that we are in too good
a town. I spend about all of my
valuable time there. Oh this is a
regular town and we have movie
shows, roller rinks and pool and bill
ard parlors CHATS where l shine)
We even have public swimming
pool. Besides all that we have in
door baseball, socker ball, and shows
at our home. We had a show by the
Y. M. C. A. last Sunday, and another
one by an all American cast of
twenty-six last Wednesday. We are
having another one next Wednesday
by Co. C Of this regiment, so you
see there is no occasion for any of us
to die from lack of excitement.
Right now the piano in the next
room is sounding off and bunch of
vocaIists that would make the Chi
cago Grand Opera Co. look like pix
ers, are harmonizing something in X
fiat. 1 ought to be there with them
but you know me, duty first and I
consider it my duty to write whether
/ receive letters or not. I think the
last letter l received from you was
along in the first of December some
time. l was sure tickled yesterday
when I got three letters and the
Christmas box from mother. 1t
came in just right too. Good old
Hershey's nut bars, life savers, lemon
drops, nuts and a lot of other stuff,
and mind ye package of good old
H. T. cigarettes. Believe me they
fag since I hit this side. We have
mostly Camels, Fatimas and the
likes of that and of course Bull Dur
ham and am not kidding when
say / have even smoked tea rolled
in toilet paper. Of course that was
in the lines and it was only on one
occasion when we we're cut off in the
rear those days. We didn't eat OF
drink, say nothing of smoking, but
of course bag is better than a roast
turkey to a soldier in the line when
Jerry is sending the iron and leaG
over by the car loads. About the
only nice thing about all that is thai
it's over with.
''Say we got a new mayor about
six weeks ago and 1 found out g
short time ago that he is from Min
neapolis. His name is Matt L. Hig
bic and he sure is fine fellow
l have been with battalion head
quarters the last couple of months
and 1 happened to be out with hin
in his car. We had a fine long chat
He is about as anxious to get bacl
to Minneapolis as 1 am.
II saw in today's paper the rating
of the fighting divisions. This rating
is figured on the stunts they have
been in, the ground they gained
prisoners taken, war material cap
tured and all such things. Our divi
sion the 33rd ranks fifth. The fou
divisions that beat us are those tha
came over year and a half ago
There are six divisions that cam'
over before we did that we passed il
points. If they figured up per
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04
Future of Stevens County Farming

Future of Stevens County Farming
Mr.. Editor
Having been asked to give my
opinion regarding the future of
farming in Stevens county permit me
to say that l consider the prospects
for Stevens county to be very bright.
We have the best of soil, excellent
drainage facilities, and climate
that admits the maturity and per-
fection of a great range of produc-
tion both in the field and livestock.
Our agricultural resources have only
been scratched. They are yet to be
developed. The corn crop is a good
illustration. Corn used to be con-
isdered to be only risky mode (for
the farmer) of summer fallow for
crops the following season. The corn
crop was of no money value. Corn
ground was rent free. Recently
plot of ground filled a silo from
thirty acres Of corn. A near neigh
Dor filled the same sized silo from
eight acres of corn. With IS or 80
bushels of corn produced on an acre
in our region there are mani
festly great possibilities for corn.
Not many years ago farmer
thought seriously of selling his farm
for $50 an acre lest the price of land
should go back to SIS an acre or less,
as it used to be. Instead of selling
he tiled out his sloughs and the first
season reaped crop of fax that
sold for more than $50 an acre. This
does not mean that we may expect an
annual return of $50 an acre from
impossible nor uncommon from the
lands in our county.
Our great need is to realize and
utilize the possibilities of our agri-
cultural resources. When this is
done the prices of our lands will rise
to their legitimate level. Let it
never be forgotten that the income
from the land when properly cultiv-
ated is the sure and only criterion
for the price of farm land. To the
wild Indian land per acre has but
little value. To the scalper it has
. OuL AAILAC A41OA value LAcA " IAAC
wild Indian. To the ordinary farm
er the land was decided increase
in value. When our land is brought
under the proper care and cultiva
ton, our lands like the lands in
Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska will
leap into the hundreds of dollars
per acre.
| Two years ago our family of six
ate our breakfast in Doom, Iowa,
where land is selling for from $400
: to $500 an acre and producing crops
that justify that price for the land,
and the same day, travelling in our
Ford we ate our supper in Norris.
Prices of land in Stevens county are
going to the possibilities when pro-
perly farmed. For several years now
the old style, "Practicar' farmers of
Stevens county have been saying the
same things about the iowa farm
ers' coming in here that Iowa farm
ers used to say about the Illinois
farmers coming into central Iowa
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04

was bred by Mckay Brothers, of
Buckingham, Iowa, and was pur-
chased as a 2year-old by the A. w.
Morris Corporation, of Woodland,
Cal, in whose hands she has made
all her big records.
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04

Tilly Alcartra stands, at the begin
ming Of nineteen hundred and nine
teen, without peer in the dairy world,
having proven that the Holstein-
Friesian breed of cattle is well-nigh
incompatible.
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04
10000 Miles From Tires Guaranteed

10000 Miles From Tires Guaranteed
Here's real tire insurance for you.
A perfect tire protecting device that
goes on without debating tires. No
more punctures, cuts, bruises, blow
outs; no more fear of jagged stones,
broken glass, heavy sand, deep mud.
Go and come back on schedule time
by equipping your tires with High
way Tire Protectors. They cost half
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04

when Iowa land was selling for from
SIS to $40, and even less. The same
thing is going to happen here as has
happened there, the outline of which
is the purpose of this article.
F. H. Richardson.
Morris tribune., 1919-04-04
Make Your Barn Modern

The first cost of modern barn equipment may be
little greater than the cost of homemade devices
cheap makeshifts'' but the ultimate saving is trem
endous The saving of few minutes time each day
saving of days or weeks in the course of year.
An increase Of few pounds of milk daily means clear
gain of many dollars in the same length of time. James
barn equipment saves time and labor, makes barn work
pleasant and keeps the stock comfortable and healthy
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
HARVARD Society Dimes,
Elects, Hears War Tales
Samuel E. Winslow Renamed President
eran of Gallipoli and Second Marine
Tells Stories of Conflicts.

Marne; Prof Moore. professor of
Latin atHarvard. and Gen. s. T. An
sell, L. $. A
Prof. Moore. the first Of the speak
ers, told of the work done by Har-
ward University during the days mat
preceded the entry OF the United
States into the war.
He proudly admitted that even be
fore America entered the conflict GER
tain of Harvard's students manifest
ed an "un-neutrsl attitude" which
resulted in the formation of a Har-
ward regiment composed OF young
men who understood the earlier
phases of the war"
Finally, Prof. Moore said. the Platts-
burg idea was started and carried out
in the most efficient manner. The first
Harvard regiment made its appear
ance in 1915, nearly two years before
America entered the war. Later when
the United States accepted the Ger
man challenge, Lieut. Stephen Laus-
sane. publiSher of the Paris Matin,
Prof. Moore stated. rendered vslua-
BILE aid to the students army training
corps and taught them the science
which they in turn passed to others.
Prof. Moore paid glowing tribute to
the earnestness of the French and
British instructors who visited Har-
ward to train its student officers.
Every man who was physically fit
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
Self
AsHusband
Dies in War
Former Miss Packwood, Of
Florida, Had Secretly
Married Army Officer.

New York, Jan. 8.-A love tragedy
of the great war was written into the
records OF Bergen County. New Jer-
sey. tonight. when the body of the
richly-gowned woman found in the
ragged edge of the Palisades. was
Identified as the widow OF q major in
the United States army who had died
in France.
The woman was formerly Miss
Azeele Packwood, aged "a. Of Tampa,
Florida, daughter OF a wealthy re-
tired merchant OF that city. according
TO an announcement made by the Ber-
gen County authorities. They are sat
isfied that she committed suicide.
Identification was made by Mrs. Brad
ford Ellsworth, a close personal
friend. The name Of the husband OF
the dead woman was not made public.
1t is said her marriage, which oc-
CURED just before her husband sailed
for France. was concealed from her
father and friends.
The dead wo nan had been despon-
dent since being notified by the War
Department last October of the death
OF her husband in France, according
to her friends She threatened to COM
NIT suicide in such a manner that her
identity would never be established,
they say.
Following an autopsy, County Ply
sician ogden announced that the wom-
an had been asphyXiated by the fumes
of ether or chloroform.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
MILITARY TRAINING
POLICY Is DOUBTFUL

Universal military training adyo-
Gates VIII present their ideas to
Congress very soon, according to in
dications yesterday
But Indications are just as strong
that Congress will not be inclined
to adopt that policy. The nation is
registering, in a growing volume of
letters to Congress members, an in
cr-asing distaste for a policy that
even tinges of mi1itarism-
That the General STAFF of the
Army favors the universal military
training idea and would put it into
effect were IL in position to do so
was the claim of a member of the
Senate Military Committee. The
General STAFF. however, has kept
silent insofar as doing any urging
OF the policy was concerned.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
TUin Sisters
Sea Suicides,
- Purser Says
Death Of Misses Cromwell
Confirmed when Liner
Lorraine Docks.

New York. Jan. 2s.-Confrnation of
the suicide of the Misses Dorthea and
Gladys. Cromwell. wealthy twin sis
ters, was given today upon the dock
ing of the Lorraine of the French line,
by Purser lie Dantec who quoted an
American soldier, a private named Ed
wards:
''On the evening of January 49," Ed
wards said, after we had started
from Bordeaux, 1 was strolling on the
main deck when 1 noticed two women
walking up and down at the forward
end OF the port side. 1t struck me
especially because they were on this
deck instead of the promenade. They
seemed excited and nervous.
After l had watched them for about
ten minutes standing at the rail. one
of them suddenly started to climb
over. The other helped her.
II ran forward, calling for help. Two
soldiers came, but we reached the rail
too late to stop the second woman"
The captain was notified Immediate
ly, and boats were lowered, but no
trace of the bodies was found.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
ASSERTS BAKER
WAS AT FAULT
Senator Overman Declares
Secretary Doesn't Know
Personnel of Dept.

That Secretary OF War Baker evi-
IDENTIFY has not famiIiarized himself
with the personnel Of his department
or with the work that is being done
by the military intelligence service,
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methods Of the committee or not is
of no concern to the committee, he
declared. but when he undertakes 10
repudiate and escape responsibility
for a witness called at the instance
of one OF the branches OF the War
his statement cannot be
permitted to 20 unchallenged-"
In confederation of his statement
Senator Overman produced a letter
from Capt. John B. Trevor, of the
New York branch of the Military In
Service. asking that Ste
venson be summoned as a witness
and declaring him to be connected
with that Office.
The letter was sent to the COM
mittee with a slip attached with the
word Rush
The Secretary of War should
have made some investigation of his
Senator Overmsn de-
clared. before he made the state
ments he did"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
New Workers Unworthy
to Greet Soldiers, Claim

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 2S.-AUeEed
unpatriOtiC uttersnces during the
war OF members Of the soldiers re-
ception committee. appointed by
Mayor Hylan, OF New York. Is given
as one reason why soldiers shouId
disembark at Philadelphia. in a res
oIution introduced in the senate to-
day by Senator Woodward. Phnsdel-
phia.
President Wilson is urged to
change the Decentralization order.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
Super-Zeppelin to Make
Trip from Britain to Brazil
Admiralty Guards Secret of Giant Lighter.
than-Air Craft to Be Put In Com
mercial Service

No; Sir Woodman did not exagger.
ate. He only let the cat out of the
bag" said the officer.
The germ of the experiment was
in sending a Zeppelin from Germany
over Egypt and back again. That
demonstrates that long flights are per-
fectly feasible.
1T is open to discussion whether
lighter than air craft are not more
reliable than aeroplanes for long dis
tance trips.
Yes; the planned Brazil flight is
about % per cent longer than the pro-
posed aero flight from Ireland to New
Foundland, but it is less subject to
storms"
Admiralty is Reticent.
When pressed for details of the air.
ship the officer hedged.
Il must refer you to the admiralty, :"
he said.
Inquiry at the admiralty drew the
response that ANY statement at thr,
time would be PREMATURE
Here is the rosy picture Sir Wooa-
man paints of the Brazil flight:
THE fare, L understand, will be
something between E4OO and $500, but
1t will be worth it for the time saw
ing. 1t will be some cabin. 1t will
be as luxurious as one on an ocean
liner. Dining 5000 feet in the air will
be worth the price alone. My wife is
as keen as 1 am to make the trip"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
Duty of Large Nations
To Secure World Peace,
Says French Diplomat
Rene Viviani, Former Premier, Says Ten Lead
ing Powers Will Be Responsible For Justice
In International Disputes.

designated for six months. olive of
them, the President remains a parO
are to meet TO watch, to discuss and
to deliberate and to see everything.
These members should be endowed
with the general power of a continual
inquiry. Their duty would be to make
the governments of all countries keep
watch and give warning when there is
a possible cause for trouble through
budding political conflicts. 1t would be
be for them to inform the court, and
summon before 1t the countries max
ing conflicting demands. Thus, there
will be two phases Of the prospective
work:
1-Reconciliation after investigation
by the permanent officials of the So
ciety of Nations;
2-1f reconciliation fails. the convo-
cation of the court and the rendering
of Judgment
Equality with labor is the basis Of
modern justice, whether private rights
or international rights are involved.
However, for reasons which / shall
indicate, l do not believe l am vio-
lating the principles of equality by
supplementing this view by another.
1t is unthinkable, in my opinion, that
the destiniees of the majority should
rest in the hands of the small States,
which would inevitably happen be-
cause of the large number of smaller
nations within the league.
Indeed, l protest once more against
the false conception which would COM
pare the supreme court of nations
to a law court. The supreme court
has not this character-or it has not
the character alone.
The Judge is distinterested in the
conflict i'm which he passes upon and
should not concern himself with the
repercussion of his judgment upon.
He effaces himself. The nations in
the proposed supreme court will not
only judge, but execute their own
sentences and. il resisted. will exact
their own penalties. They will be
at once judges and constables.
Now, IL a nation which refuses to
submit to the leagues Judgment. thus
endangering the international public
order.
can be intimidated. il will not be
by the penalties that are to be de-
creed, but because the nation will
know that those penalties will be
enforced. particularly by the great
powers. 1t will be because AmerI-
ca Britain, Italy. Japan and France
by their commercial. military. and
naval prestige, will exert pressure
on the rebelling nation, and sooner
or later force it's submission.
Great Nationn' Influence.
Hence it is justice that this for
midable machinery of imposing and
exacting penalties should not be
started. except by a court in which
the majority belongs by fundamen-
tai right to the great powers.
1t ~ possible, for example. to de-
eide that the court will be instituted
by the five great powers. each hav-
ing two votes. which would make
ten. and six small States, each hav-
ing one. making six.
The Presidents vote would be de-
cisive in case of a tie
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
BY RENE VIyIANI.
Former Premier of France.
Written Especially for UniversaI
Service.
SuNcial Cable Dinuafrh

Special Cable Dispatch.
Paris, Jan. 2s.-In working out a
detailed plan for the operation of
the League of Nations we will in
which must be reconciled. Wounded
pride and shattered hopes will have
to be reckoned with.
We might for example establish
the proposed supreme court at
Brussels. The associated nations are
to send representatives-bu what
representatives, 1t has been pro-
POSED that the heads of the several
states, or at least the premiers, be
sent in order to give the court more
lustre and force.
To ForestalI Conflicts.
This cannot be considered for a
moment. What are the conceptions
we have of this court and its attri-
butes? Do we think of ii holding
annual sessions, surrounded by the
solemnity and pomp of a pageant?
That is a wrong picture. The
league will necessarily be in con-
tinuous session. and therefore,
neither the heads of States. pre-
miers nor active ministers could di-
vide their time between their own
work and this international task.
Moreover. ministers are subjected
to all the political variations of
their own country and are liable to
be overthrown at any moment.
Each country must designate an
important and eminent man as its
special ambassador. His role will
be a double one: To forestall con-
flicts and to abjudicate such as may
occur. To forestall them, he must
know the situation thoroughly. He
must have all the necessary infor-
nation in centralized form. He must
be in constant communication with
his colleagues from the various
other countries.
How is the league to be established
There are in world forty-four states
among which eight or ten are great
powers. The idea of convoking forty
four representatives is not feasible. II
seems necessary to choose by rotation
the states to be represented, possibly
so that there will be eleven delegates
each year among whom q shall tel
later why the five great powers are
entitled to continuous seats.
But how will this court work? II
will have three functions:
/. To forestall conflicts.
2. To supervise the execution of the
peace treaty. y
p 3. To impose sentences.
Power of Delegates
Suppose eleven representatives arr
appointed. In them everything will
be centralized. Their capacity Is thai
of a court clerk. or general secretary
and they will be assisted by admins
trative officers and archives.
These eleven delegates would not be
in continuous session, but would be
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29

One hundred and fifty Harvard
graduates, one-third of them in the
uniform of the army and navy, sat
down last night at Rauscher's to
the first after-war dinner of the
Washington Harvard Club and in
two minutes elected officers for the
coming year.
Representative Samuel E. Wins
low, of Massachusetts,, founder of
the first Harvard baseball team,
which clicked everything in sight"
was reelected president without a
single dissenting vote.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. also
OF the Bay State. though not pres
ent, was elected first vice president.
Howard Elliott, president of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, now serving with the
Federal Railroad Administration.
also was elected a vice president,
along with former Attorney General
of the United States and Charles
Warren, Representative F. w. Dali
linger. Pickering Dodge was re-
elected treasurer, and Maj. John W.
Davidge, U. S. A, secretary, was
reelected.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29

least degree their searching parties,
working in unison with police off,
cials and the military guards
Secretary Harry Almond, of the
Home Defense League. last night said
that Maj. Pullman, superintendent of
police, had expressed his appreciation
OF the assistance which memberes OF
the league have rendered during the
last five nights
Il have been requested TO ask an
members of the league" said Sec
retary Almond. ''to patrol their own
neighborhoods during the evenings up
midnight, when the full regular force
comes on"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-29
House Posto&ice Commit
tee Agrees on Joint Reso-
luton; Cables Not
Mentioned.
DENY BURLESON PLAN
Postmaster Wanted Control
to Extend Until December,
. 1920; Companies Protest.

The date for turning back the teie-
graph and telephone systems to their
private owners was fixed at Decem-
ber 81. 1919. IN joint resolution
agreed on by the House Postotrice
Committee yesterday. Chairman Moon
was directed to request a rule for
immediate consideration of the meas
ure in the House.
This action was taken following a
statement TO the committee by POST
master General Burleson, who sug-
gested that the date be fixed at De-
cember<3l, 1870. This extension, he
said. had been suggested by a Min
nesota telephone company and also
by Theodore n. Vail, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
Democrats in Opposition.
Denial Of the Postmaster Generals
request was made possible by three
Democrats lining up with the Repub-
lican members of the committee. The
amendment fixing the 1913 date was
offered by Representative Bell, Demo-
crat, of Georgia. The vote was 10 to
3. three Democrats and seven Re
publicans voting for it, and seven
Democrats and one Prohibitionlst
against.
There was no roll-call on final adop-
ton of the resolution in amended
form. The only fight came on the
Bell amendment. Advocates of the
Postmaster Generals plan opposed
the Bell amendment because they
wished to extend the period of govern-
ment control a year longer. After the
adoption of the Bell provision, how
ever. there was no hope for the two
year extension. and no effort was
made TO bring il up. - *.
The resolution reads as fG 1.57
Resolved by the Senate aHa Hoaisq
of Representatives of the tlrlteD
States of America. in Congress asaera-
bled, that as an auxiliary to tae pssrz'
system. the government corfroi s-na
possess of the telephone anS 1eiexyap
system of the Usited Stats poH -
isting by virtue Of the joins its(' n
of Congress dstgh July lS ted
the proclamation OF the Pre- ~ -
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