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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-20
HUN ARMY LEADERS
ORDERED SURRENDER
sign Whether Concessions We're
Granted or Not.
RANTzAU is NOW IN CHARGE
Foreign Minister WIN Now Direct
Preliminary Peace Negotiations
tOnfcrs with A--c mbl,.

BASIE, Switzerland. Feb. D.
The German armIstice cOmmiSsion
will IN future be under control Of
the foreign office according TO an
unofficial dispatch from Berlin re-
csNed here Foreign Secretary
RroC kdorff- pantZau will reserve TO
himself supreme directions OF pour
pariers The national assembly VIII
natuRlly be consulted on all decisive
questions II IN said The report OF
the resignation OF Captain Won So
low. naval delegate on the German
armistlce comm ission IL srmiOfficial-
ly declared to be unfouuded.
On the evening o! November 10.
Herr Er2bcrger continued. he re-
coiyed a wireless from the Germnn
high command asking for conces-
sions on nins points. but also CON
tnininE the phrase. now made public
fora the first time that "evcn n YOU
do not succeed In obtaining conce--
sions on these points, you must sign
tho arnlsticc"
Matthias Erzbcrgcr, In reply 70
Herr Nnglrr yesterday Contrhdicicd
Tho assertion that the allies were
disposed at the time uf tho original
RrmlSticc. To Conc'uce peace
without indemrities hut that after
the revolution Marshal Foch had dc
clared that tho entire situation had
hoen changed and that the revoiu-
tion had resulted In increasing the
severity of the armlsiice.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-20
D. Tbs, Associated Press

WEIMAR. Tuesday. Feb is--Ma-
thlss ErzberRer OF the German armi-
stice commission. again held tho cen
ter OF the stage at thh afternoons
session OF the national assembly.
outlining the entire history OF the
armistice negotiations from the time
they were begun last fall The state
n,ent was In reply to u bitter per-
sonsi attack made upon him by the
first speaker. Delega'- voglcr OF the
German peoples part%
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Cong. Haugen Buys Cottage.

Congressman Haugen spent Sun
day at McGregor in the interests OF
the proposed national park of which
he is an ardent and enthusiastic
supporter. With him was E. A. Sher-
man, an experienced and able chief
of the Forestry division at Wash
ngtol, d. c., who secured valuable
information and convincing facts
for review of the congressional COM
mittees who will have the park pro-
ject before them for consideration.
There are very good prospects that
the river front bordering FairyieW
township which is replete with
scenic surroundings and wonderful
ly attractive view points, will be in
cluded in the park erea. That viii
place it within short ride from
Waukon and the major part of AL
lamakee county While at McGregol
Congressman Haugen purchased g
cottage site on the heights at Pixies
Peak and handed over his check fol
it on the spot. Gsbe Peterson OF
Waterville, spent the day with him
at MeGregor.-Waukon Democrat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10

be, but there is no hope of any for
some time at the very best even if
the miners go to work tomorrow.
How are you going to keep
warm? Well, that's up to you to
look out for yourself. Do you want
a few cords of good, second-growth
hard wood, sawed full 4-feet long
and free from knots or other blem-
ishes, laid neatly in your backyard
convenient to the woodshed door?
oh, yes; we thought you would like
few cords of that! Well, you cant
have any, for there amt any such
animal to be had.
Farmers and everybody else have
been burning coal and watching
their timber tracts grow, have sold
their axes and don't know anything
about cutting cordwood-it's lost
art.
However, if you are more par
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Postville Fuel Shortage Cold Fact.

IOStNllle Fuel shortage Cold Fact.
Fuel Administrator Harvey H..
Douglass announced at the CONNER
cial club meeting Wednesday even
ing that the people of Postville were
up against a real fuel famine, and
that only by the most strict con-
servation of fuel will many homes
avoid getting cold feet.
The fact is that comparatively
few homes in Postville are provided
with a sufficient amount of coal to
carry them through until the robins
nest again; a larger number have
but week or two's supply on hand,
and the remainder are existing as
best they may from day to day.
Harvey Roberts hasn't enough coal
in his sheds to fill one poor lone
coal scuttle, and he can't get any,
either, until the strike is over, and
the Lord only knows when that will
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
ANOTHER SNAKE IN BANANAS.
One Three Feet Long Found i'm
Bunch i'm Charles City Store.

Last week Public Opinion men
toned the finding of a snake in a
bunch of bananas at the Ramsey &
Ellestad store, which was about
! two feet long a specie of the fer-de-
| lance. The following from the
Charles City Intlligencer describes
the snake found in that city last
week
"How would you feel if in work
ing about a bunch of bananas You
discovered a deadly snake ensconed
Groceryman Harvey, who conducts a
store near the Norlin hotel on Clark
street, some time ago. Mr.. Harvey
was taking some bananas off a
bunch when he discovered a snake
that was afterward identified as a
Bushmaster, one of the most deadly
known to naturalists, This reptile
, was coiled around the stem of the
bunch and in taking off the fruit
Mr.. Harvey's hand came within 4
quarter of an inch of his head. Of
course the "beastie'' having been in
cold storage, probably for months,
was in a torpid condition and UNI
able to strike, but had it been other
wise Mr.. Harvey would probably
have been a dead man within ten
minutes.
This particular snake was about
three feet long and when taken from
the bunch of fruit was placed in a
box and sent to the natural science
department of the public schools,
where it died few days ago, as
these snakes do not live long in cap
| tivity. The Bushmaster belongs to
| the Lachesis mutus family and
grows to be from ten to fifteen feet
in length in it's native haunts, which
are in the region of the Amazon
river in South America. It's bite is
deadly, coma and death ensuing in
from five to eight minutes after
victim is struck. 1t is closely related
to the fer-de-lance, another large
reptile indigenous to the same To-
cality as well as Mexico and some
of the West Indies islands, where ii
infests sugar plantations and is
much dreaded"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Ia Wood Dealers.

There is no denying the fact that
at this time there is a great short
age o. coal. DEBORAH, as we'll as other
town in the county need wood to
LgrD and farmers as we'll as others
who have wood to sell, are urgently
requested to bring it to town, as
they ran realize good market price
for H.
So -c- lie may know where to look
fer wood, a wood market has been
established in DEBORAH, on the east
side Of the court house square. While
You are getting good money for your
wood you are also helping those who
c-anot procure coal, and doing youi
share 20 some extent at least, to re
licyo the very serious condition II
III matter of fuel.
Nh. Ben Mckay has been appoint
ed 90 the Wood Committee, and W.
s',~ro.s that those who have wood t.
sqU md those who are In need o
v~a1 will please confer with him.
<, 7eGhiek Co. Fuel Committee
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
A Heavy Duroc YearIing.

Z. F. Bakken sold one of his
Duroc Jersey yearling sows to
Henry Reeves at the Milwaukee yards
last week, and it was one of the best
animals we believe sold around here
in a long time. The animal was not
very fat, nevertheless it weighed
$50 pounds. Br. Bakken's Duroc:
have been of a very fine strain AM
he has had some OF the best hogs il
this section of the state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Mr.. Ben Mckay of the

Citizens Bank, has been appointed
Wood Administrator, and those who
have wood to sell, as well as those
who are in need OF wood, will please
confer with him. The Fuel Admins
8 sssion of this county is doing every
thing possible to see to it that no
cone in this community will freeze.
We are again asking every family In
shss county to conserve coal, as well
as wood in every way possible, until
this serious crisis OF fuel will be
over.
WINE ihiek Co. Fuel Administration.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Now Residents of DEBORAH.

Henry Blum and family are now
residents of DEBORAH. They moved
in from their farm last week and
are now occupying the residence they
purchased formerly owned by Henry
SeVerson in the third ward. Their
son-inlaw, John Thompson, who had
been living on the Phil Halse farm
in Button township moved last
Wednesday to the Blum farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Harry Nesheim Closes Movie Show

Manager Harry Nesheim is COM
PEELED to close down his movie
shows at the Barthell theatre, be-
cause of the lack of coal, for the
furnace will not burn wood success
fully. The situation entails quite a
loss upon Mr.. Nesheim, as he is
compelled to stand the expense in
volved in the contracts he had en-
tered into in order to book some
high priced films.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10

particular about keeping warm than
about burning any especial brand of
fuel, and are willing to take mime
run" wood-slabs, poles, or dead
wood-if you will leave word with
Administrator Douglass, he will do
his best to serve you.-Postville
Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Civic Club Will Meet.

There will be a meeting of the
Civic Club Thursday afternoon at
three o'clock at the Rest Room A
report of the years work will be
given and large attendance is de-
sired.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10
Congregational Church.

Subject next Sunday morning for
the Juniors Some Wonders in the
Show" and for the general congre-
cation "The Tolerance and Intol-
erance of Christ" No evening SER
vice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10

Remember Otto Anderson, the
East Water street confectioner, for
your Christmas candies in bulk or
fancy boxes. 49-3.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-12-10

Steel needles were not made until
1870.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-03-20
IS HOG WALL0W DANGEROUS?
" Concrete Structures Are Built and
Kept Clean, They Have Ad.
Vantaaea.

prepared by the United States pepart
ment OF Agriculture)
Some farmers favor hog wallows
others are strongly opposed to them
Filthy hog wallows are n source OF
danger. Hogs wallowing In or drink.
Ing contaminated water are likely %
contract disease. However, there are
many advantages to be derived from
wallows. A cool bath Is very cool.
ing to q hog during the hot weather.
II cleans the scurf from the skin and
protects the hogs from files. Crude ne.
troieum. suficsent to form q thin layer
on top Of the water. may be poured
into the wallow about every ten DAYS.
This win tend 60 keep the hogs free
from lice A. q other skin parasites. II
me skin becomes iFritated from the
oil. Ito use should be discontinued.
small quantities Of coal-tar dip are
sometimes added 70 the water In hog
wailows. but there II an element of
danger In this practice, AZ poisoning
may result from the absorption of
phenoi BY hogs which lie In the wal.
low more or less continuously.
On some Of the larger hog farms
"allows are becoming popular. The
cement hog wallow should be located
In d shady place and made 90 an to
contain from eight to ten inches of wa
ter. A two-inch drain pipe. 40 recon-
'nended for the dipping vat. should be
placed In the bottom Of the waIlow TO
permit It's being cleaned out.
In many cases q farmer 10 not flnan.
'lsily able to build n hog wallow or a
dipping vat. II this be the case. the
LIP, properly diluted. can be applied
with a sprsy pump or sprinkling can.
y else rubbed on every part OF the
body BY means Of q hrush or a swab
OF cotton waste.
Another method Of controlling lice
Is to tie gunny sacks or similar coarse
cloths around pest nc proper hsisht
20 that the hogs may rub against shem.
ana saturate the saeks frsauansiy Win
crude petroaswR
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-03-20
I'VE
STOCK
SELECT HOGS FOR BREEDING
Mlsmstlns WIN Net oaly olvs Unsas.
lsfaeseey Results, bet Likely 20
olseeuraes Beginner.

prepared BY the United States Depart
msnt % AgFtcuiturel
influence Of the sow upon the or
spring IL just a. great as that Of the
male. Mismating or q poor sow viii
not only give unsatisfactory results I'm
breeding. but Il win likely discourage
the beginning breeder. This latter
fact would Be especially true Of youth
carrying On home project with ewine.
II possible. secure q Dure-bred ami.
NAL OF O good strain. The forehead
should be broad, the throat clean and
trim, the neck moderately thin. the
shoulders smooth and deep. the back
vide and straight. the chest wide and
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-03-20

A Coed Type Of Breed Sow with Her
Family.
deep, sides straight and deep, the body
long and capacious. pelvic region
broad and well developed, legs straight
and moderately short. and q generally
refined appearance; Jet overrehnement
may indicate q delicate constitution.
II number or brood sows are to
b used they should be uniform In
type. This IL necessary 70 secure q
uniform lot Of pigs. II In very unsat.
isfactory and Improbable In breeding
to have htters Of pigs varying I'm ap
pearance and lacking uniformity. To
insure q Uniform result It In Advisable
70 select from Q established strain
Of hogs.
40 was Indicated I'm the case Of the
SOW. both parents have practically the
same influence On the quality OF the
oEspring; however. the male has the
greater influence on the entire herd,
since every pig II sired By the male
whereas al pigs do not have the same
dam.
While too much stress cannot BE-
placed on the importance Of the SOW
II possible the male should be superior
70 the SOW. Regardless Of the type OF
the SOW. Q poor male should never be
used.
Secure q pure-brsd animal Of good
strain. The masculine characteristics
should be strongly developed. especial
~ In the head and neck; the back
should be broad. straight and deeply
fieshed; sides deep and long; quarters
well developed: legs straight anC
strong. The animal should stand vel,
up on his toes.
overrefined sows should be matet
to rather masculine males, and coarse
Sows should be mated TO males on
high quality indicated by fne bone
skin and hair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
That's the Way the Money Went.

THE most prodigal extravaganza in
the entire conduct of the war was
that growing out of the activities of
the United States Housing Com
mission" said Representative Frank
Clark Of Florida, in asking the House
to have printed number of copies
of the commissions recent report
upon it's work. Mr.. Clark is one of
the leading Democratic members of
Congress and during the Demo-
cratic control Of the House he was
chairman of the committee on public
buildings and grounds. which made
the appropriation of approximately
$1oo,Ooo,000 for the construction of
industrial homes in the new war;
work centers.
Mr.. Clark said that he would I'M
dertake. at later date, to reveal to
the House the colossal extravaganza
and inefficiency in the spending of
this huge appropriation. The Senate
has already arranged to have this en-
tire matter thoroughly investigated
by subcommittee of which Senator
Fernald of Maine, is chairman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
A Fair Warning to Congress
(Forbes Marazinel

Republicans are entitled to use every
legitimate weapon to slay President
Wilson politically. But to jeopardize
wilfully the peace Of the world in an
effort to bedevil his work in Europe
must strike every fair-minded citizen
as monstrous. one might even say fiend-
ish. The only compensatory legacy the
war can leave is some sort of league Of
nations designed to maintain the peace
of the world hereafter. The covenant
paintstakingly drawn up by Wilson,
Lloyd George. Clemenceau. Orlando,
Venizelos and other master minds in
Europe may be faulty: admittedly it
does seem to ruff1e ones national feath-
ers; 1t does call for certain sacrifices
Yet. were it 10 times more faulty than
it is. nevertheless It would still stand
a sthe embodiment of the greatest idea
and ideal ever born in the mind Of man.
1t would at least set up machinery to
attempt the amicable adjustment Of
quarrels between nations. 1t would
turn mankinds mind towards peace.
not towards war. which would be the
inevitable consequence were the Peace
Conference to disband without formulat.
ing any method and means for striving
to maintain peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
When China Uses Boycott
christian Science Monitor)

\SuTIS lldU Science MOQlIOr)
The thing which Japanese statesmen
have learned. through bitter expert
ence and for good reason, to dread is
happening in China. A boycott Oh all
japanese goods and on everything Jap
anese is being organized throughout the
country. and has. according to the lat
est advices. already reached formid-
abel proportions. The movement is, of
course, a protest against the action Of
the Peace Conference in giving to Japan
the economic rights in the province OF
Shantung, and it is. so far as Japan is
concerned, perhaps the most effective
protest that China could make. -Four
years ago. when Japan had had her will
on China and had successfully forced
upon Aer her notorious Twenty-one De-
mands at the point of an ultimatum,
deus load of attempting to organize her
huge domH.ions. found herself stripped.
where Jaran was concerned, of all wea-
pons save only, namely. the boycott.
This one, however. she seized, and pro-
ceeded to use to much purpose. There
was no public proclamation of any kind.
of course. Very little. indeed. was said
about it. The boycott just began. but,
before very long, it was so thorough
and far-1ung that it struck something
very like panic into the hearts of the
merchants of Toxic and the shippers of
Nagasaki.
In vain the Japanese authorities in
Pekin entered vigorous protest. The
Chinese Governmeof courteously and
with the most solemn authority gave
notice of its disapproval of the move
ment; declared it's intention of doing
everything in its power to bring such a
regrettable state of things to an end,
and announced, in effect, that the goods
Of all nations should be equally accep-
table to the Chinese. It added, however
that in view of the tremendous efforts
that China was making to rehabilitate
her position the Chinese should, of
course. support home industries" And
the Chinese people read the Official II.
tent quite unerringIy.
In no country. perhaps. is it easier to
spread an idea than in China. Those
who know anything about the country
nothing appears on the surface, and
yet the message passes rapidly from
mouth to mouth, from village to viii
lage and city to city, until it has liter
ally spread itself to the uttermost
bounds of the country. In Toxic it was
very quickly recognized. and with nc
little dismay. that even if the authori.
ties in Pekin were perfectly whole.
hearted in their endeavor to stamp out
the propaganda of boycott they could
hardly hope to be successful anywhere
but in the metropolitan provinces
Amid the vast teeming millions of the
Yangtse valley, always more liberal
than the north, and. consequently, il
that is possible. more opposed to Japan
such efforts would clearly be quite flu.
tile. And so as the boycott became
more thorough and the Japanese mer.
chant and manufacturer began to fee
the pinch. the indignation throughout
Japan against the government policy
which had brought this thing upon the
country grew steadily more pronounced
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
The Backward Trail

That all technical, scientific and
professional men Of the employee
class soon will be members of unions
OF organized talent, is the confident
prediction of Anthony J. Oliver,
president of the International Fed
Grafton Of Technical Engineers, Ar
chitects and Craftsmen.
In years past" said Mr.. Oliver,
the engineers, craftsmen and archi-
tects believed that they could get
what was due them by individual ap-
peal, basing their claims on their
own merits, but N the last two years
they have come to the realization
that this was impossible. They felt
that they needed the support OF some
we'll organized body to assure their
demands Of favorable consideration,
either by government officials or in
dustrial managers-that support was
found in the American Federation Of
Labor, with which our organization
is affiliated"
1t is becoming VIGOROUSLY obvious
to all that the present tendency is to
put a premium on incompetence,
illiteracy and lack Of skill. When
unframed day laborers command
better pay than is received by uni
versity professors and trained men
and women of all professions. the
stimulus to education is largely re-
moved. This is a pathway that leads
in the opposite direction from prog
ress. Moral forces should be aroused
to activity. Guide-boards should be
erected and solemn warnings posted
everywhere. The time and energy
required for education and training
must be paid for or entrants will
soon refuse to stand the expense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19

rotted was only a drop in the cup,
however. for in the six months of
hold-up by the War Department,
profiteers raked in millions in exor-
bitant prices from people struggling
with outrageous cost of living while
paying for the extravaganza and rot
tenness Of the administration.
Here is another specimen: Secre-
tary Baker held up 100000 pounds
of sugar Will. the sugar trust pre-
tended a sugar shortage in canning
time. OF this lump of sweetness a.
100000 pounds was held at New Or
leans and 100000 pounds at San
Francisco. To have put it on the
market would have disrupted the
schemes of the profiteers and we
might have secured sugar in plenty
at a few mills per pound less in
price-the ~. S. Sugar Equalization
Board" permitting.