Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-08-20

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Frederick Layton, aged ninety-twu,
/ the Oldest meat packer in the country,
died at Milwaukee following weeks.
illness.
Washington
Discharges from the army now to-
tai 3,2O8759, the war department at
Washington announced, leaving net
strength on August IL of 500699 Off
GERS and men, Of whom 1O9.938 still
were in Europe.
Complete statistics for 1917 show l.
1853, 1872 babies were born in the states
comprising the birth registration area.
The birth rate exceeded the death rate
by 74.4 per cent, the public health re-
ports at Washington show.
Records made public at Washing
ton show war contracts still awaiting
I liquidation amount to more than 81
OO0OOO,OOO, although 80 per cent of
the emergency commitments Of the
government have been settled.
President Wilson at Washington We.
toed the bill repeating the daylight saw
Ing law. The president said he did SO
with "the utmost reluctance" This is
the second time the president has We
toed repeal Of the law.
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: The first 100 066s Of recruits have
been secured for the permanent regu-
lar army, General March, chief Of staff,
at Washington announced, and of these
more than $4,000 were re-enlistments.
A Washington dispatch says the
Carranza government will not be per-
mitted to import further arms and mu-
nitions from the United States for the
& present.
Warning that there would be rad
zeal change in the policy Of the Amer
lean government regarding Mexico If
the Carranza government continued
to fail to protect Americans in that
country was contained in a note sent
to the Mexican foreign office July 2
at Mexico City.
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Attorney General Palmer. told the
senate agricultural committee at
Washington that it was his intention
to prosecute all dealers in necessarieS
Il selling above the prices to be deter
mined by price committees.
Material aid for Admiral Kolchak's
retreating army in Siberia is being
rushed to: Vladivostok by the Ameri
can government. It was said officially
!, at Washington that $4,000 rifles and
several million rounds of ammunition
already had been sent from San Fran
cisco and. that additional equipment
would so forward this week on ar
army transport.
The first federal conviction for prof
iteering was reported to the depart
ment Of justice at Washington. Dis
trict Attorney Lucey telegraphed At
u torney General Palmer from Bing
hamton, N. Y, that retail grocer
had been fined $500 in the fedora
court for selling sugar at Is cents ,
pound.
Foreign
Coal required from Germany by TIL,
allies under the peace treaty has beef
SIS reduced from 40, 900 900 tons to q 900,
O00. tons, 1t was announced by Docto
Schmidt, minister Of food, in the ma
uonal assembly at Weimar.
"a Kiel telegram to the Neue Bel
81 liner Zeitung says naval work at th
Kiel dockyards will be transferred t
the Wilhelmsh dockyard. TIL
9 Kiel dockyard will be solely employee,
for private work.
"a Mexico City dispatch says III
senate hasfnamed a committee Of tire
TO confer at the frontier with the sui
committee named by the United State
senate to investigate the Mexican que.
ton.
Arthur Hayday, Labor NJ. P. "a
West Noting CHAM, who was cheere
BY the admiring house Of commons 4
London when he stated that he wa
the proud father Of 18 children, ha
just been presented with No. II, ,
1ne. healthy girl.
The retreat II the Oral mountain
of the forces of Admiral Kolcha
continues, according to news receive
It I.ondo South OF Uraisk, It issad
Cd, the bolsheYiki have driven e
ossacks back 90 miles