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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-05
Report Dnm Broken,
Will SON FAILS TO ATTEND
EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE
First Time In Fight Years President
Hns Remained Away on Such
Occasion.
RS Universal service. ]

Ry Universal service.
WASHINGTON. April 4.--For the
first time in eight years, President
Wilson remained away from Easter
services today.
He spent the day resting in the
White House.
This was disappointment both to
him and TO churchgoers who had
hoped he would appear at services
today either at the Central Prcsby
terian Church, OF which he is COM
municant or at st. Marsarets Epis-
copal Church. which Mrs. Wilson at
tends.
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FASHION SHOW RUINED
However. Atlantic City Crowd Holds
Its Parade, Sheltered by
Umbrellas.
my Universal servica.l

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., April A.
Rain spoiled any semblance OF a fash
ion show on the boardwalk here to-
day, but the parade was held under
umbrellas. There was rain, and lots
OF 1T.
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PANAMA SLIDE ACTIVE
CnnaI Is Again IIampcrcd by Move
mcnt OF Earth mt Culchra, but
Shining Not Stopped.

PANAMA, April - The slide in
tho Culcbra Cut which has created
considerable trouble recently became
active again some time Friday night.
narrowing the channel from 200 to
100 feet and decreasing its depth from
forty TO thirty feet 1t is officially
stated. however. that shipping has not
been hJd up.
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Crops Arc DnmnEcd.

VAI.DoSTA. GA, April 4.-IIeavy
damage was done 10 crops in this
section today by the heaviest rain in
years. From s 4. NJ to ; T. NJ. three
and half INCHES of water fell. Low
Aids arc Hooded. bridges washed
away. and truck farms badly washed
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Fighting in the Ruhr.

tERLIN. April 4.-Ncws received
Saturday night from the Ruhr
frict indicates that fighting is
|tinuing in many places. Bands
plundcrcrs are conf1scating food
other property. The govern
ht considers the situation to be
I've.
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Named Service Director.

INDIANAPOLIS. April !. = Gerald
]. Murphy. of Rutland. VT. has been
appointed director Of the service di-
vision of the American Legion. Il
was announced today by Franklin
d'Olier. national commander.
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Defend Entry into tho Ruhr.

lBy Associated prcss.l
FARIS, April 4.-%thing has yet
In announced regarding Frances
Ii step with regard to the sending
herman troops into the Ruhr coal
lin. with tho exception OF a vague
tial statement, which says that
military measures the French
Fernment has under consideration
merely for the purpose OF forcing
Fmany 10 adhere strictly to the
ms of the peace treaty.
Inc note OF DIR. Gocppert. head of
German peace commission. with
ard to the entry OF German troops
b the Ruhr district. recalls that the
man government has agreed that
b entry should have as counter
(Continued "a Second pagol
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-05
GRAY RAIN MAKES EASTER
PARADE LOOK LIKE FROST
Flowers That Bioomed on Hats and
In Corsagcs Saggcd and
Then Faded.
ROSES AT $40 PER DoZE !,
Niolcts Enough to Fill Peck Bask 4
Gathered Into Bunch and Fast
cncd to Bclts OF Women Strug-
CLING Against Wind.
ny wINIrRED VAN DusEH.

NEW YORK. April "a gray rair
came out OF gray sky today and
did its malicious best to spoil the
Easter parade. Flowers that bioomed
upon hats, as well as those which
built up enormous corsaEes. saEgcG
and faded. and the delicate tullc and
malines which furnish the mora
support OF practically every dressy
costume rolled UP in little Eunmy
balls and died. And yet despite the
steady do~npour Solomon in all his
glory was never arraycd like soma,
Of those who picked their way
around pudtlcs and tried TO slan.
umbrellas all WAYS at once. Com
pared with their silver and gold bro
.cades, their paradise sprays dyed IN
weird colorinIs, their orchids and
sables. and thar dainty. little mauv,
suede shoes. the lilies OF the field
are commonplace things. and not to
be considered
Records Arc Shattered.
Not upon any Easter-or other
hol!day-within memory have there
been so many flowers worn or in
such huge bouquets. American
Beauties-at a mere $50 the dozen
were blended with lilies OF the val
ley. six or seven roses. and many
sprays OF the others. and the whoie
tied UP with yards and yards OF
chiffon.
Niole,s enough comfortably TO I'll
a peck basket were gathered into
punches and fastened to tho belts oe
struggling women: others wore a
pillow ARRANGEMENT, OF orchids
stretching from chins TO waistlines
Perhaps the newest and most start
ling bouquet appearing was one oc
orange -hucd marisolds. tied WITH
green.
Hat. Hnr~ Wide DrIuis.
Probably never before IN the his
tory Of Easter paradcs has there
been such striking uniformity of .
single feature as was today cx-
pressed in hats. They were large
with wide br!ms. the width eS
tending TO the sides. with
shorter front and back Ant
this description, with very little
modification. applies to every piece
of headsear seen below Eighty-si1tr
and above Thirty-fourth. excepting
only those OF the tall. silk variety.
which perched wctIy and consciously
upon masculine heads.
II is no eXaGgeration to say that
skirts were shorter today than they
were week ago.
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POLES REPORT VICTORY
Attack ON Slutzk River
Hns necn Repu1scd ny Gem
crnI LitowSki's Army.
[By AssocInted Press.l

WARSAW. April - Polish sue
cesscs are reported along the Slutzk
River, where a Bolshevist attack has
heen repuleed. General Litowskrs
forces captured 300 Bolshevists, four
guns md much ammunition and other
material
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CALL FOR ECONOMY
TO AVERT A CRISIS
Representative Mondell Reports
Outgo for Nine Months $780,
100000 More Than Income.
lAUDS TREASURY OFFICIALS
Retrenchmcnt Necessary to Pre-
vent Bond Issue and Further
Soaring of H. c. L.
ir,y As.oc,a,@j pressJ

WASHINGTON. April 4.--Govcra-
ment expenditures have exceeded the
revenues from all sources" by more
than 5000. 900 during tho first nine
months OF this fsca! year. and the
reduction Of SI06. 100000 ia the float
ing debt last month is only ten
porary'' condition. Representative
MondeIl. Wyoming. Republican leader,
declared today in "a statement Econ
oiny alone. he said. could avert
"c;.lnmitous crisis
Immediately upon the temporary
reduction" in the floating debt. MIR.
Mondeil declared the Treasury was
in the market for further loans and
this month must dispose OF 4 further
large volume of temporary ccrt!h
catcs"
Government financing by short
term notes. he added. is such as may
bring n tremendous increase the very
next day. week or month";" after an
apparent reduction for a compara-
live period.
Facing Serious Mrnnce.
citing the S2.50o. 00o. 900 war deficit
as mot covered by bonds or provided
for by current revenues" the Repub-
lean leader said that sucn Il sum 10
be carried by Shorttcrm notes was
serious menace at any time" and
particularly when the country vas
trying 10 recover from the war.
The increasing gravity OF the diff
iiculties arising out of this enormous
volume OF Indebtedness that must be
renewed from time to time" said Mr..
Mondcll. is indicated b. the fact that
while all OF these certificates that
NV Sr.ll ,,,. . Ia .~E,
and summer Of 1917. bearing an in
tercst rate OF per cent. less than
5000. 100000 o. a recent Treasury offer
ing OF certificates al ~ per cent were
sold. and that the Treasury would be
in the market IN the very near fu-
turc for loans on short time certif-
Gates Al a. with the probabilities
tina; the rate will have 10 bc still
.urther advanced and may go to G
per cent. or twice the interest rate
OF three years ago"
Treasury officials. the statement
continued, have handled a trying
situation most admirably" hut they
Cannot avert disaster unless we keep
public expenditures within our in
come An actual reduction of pub
lie debt, Mr.. Mondcll aoGcd. is ncces-
sary due to the next fiscal year. be-
ginning July l, Ito sustain national
credit"
BfE Cut In Appropriations.
Congress. MIR. Mondeli predicted,
would grant appropriations for the
nex, year OF sl.250,000,O00 less than
estimated hy government departments.
which asked for approximately So
0.ooo. 600 for all purposes.
Further bond issues. concluded
the statement. could only he fioated
AT greatly increased interest rates. at
the cos; OF considerable reduction
in the market value OF outstanding
government securities. with the grave
danger of wrecking the specie basis
of our currency. with the certainty
OF increasing the price OF commodi-
ties and further enhancing the cost
of living. Under these conditions 4
ft rf no i., ;rlS
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Bulletins on the Mayoralty Election

The Times-Dspatch has made arrangements
to bulletin the election returns for Mayor AL
dermen and Common Council in front of its
building, tomorrow evening. Up-to-date motion
pictures
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-05

,Evcrybody's happy on York River
service. Daily. except Sunday.-Adv.
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CONTINUED "a Second Page.)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

possible that this grand and glorious
country with all it's ,unlimited re-.
sources, it's optimistic, vigorous and
pushing population-and with it's
great, GREAT, statesmen to run it.
could overnight pass from boundless'
prosperity to miserable insolvency
and poverty, ruin and want? Well,
how? Rotten politics! That was the
answer, and am still after twenty
five years of meditation on the sub
ject of the opinion that the answer
was correct.
And so you see, WE, the people
were going to reform rotten politics.
Yes, we were crusaders for the re-
demption of this country from the
wolves of Wall Street and their tools,
the politicians! O., yes, we were
honest enough on the whole. We
spouted hot air in the school houses
until the Music of Spheres beat in
harmony with us,-and in 1894 we al.
most won a victory in this county.
ALMOST-Don't forget that word
almost, but not quite enough
l didn't know then that amateur
political reformers can almost win q
battle against veteran trained politi-
cians-but never quite as rule. And
so we pops weren't satisfied with the
result in 1894, but wanted another
bout But in order to fight another
battle with any prospect of better
result, we must have an ''organ."
After much deliberation we pops
decided that since the Willmar Argus
could not be purchased, the only way
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
HAWCK

Hawick, Feb. 16-Dewey Hudson of
Spicer was an over Sunday caller at
the Charley Johns home
Mr.. Hanson, the head man of the Car
gil Elevator was here in town the first
of the week looking after business af-
fairs. Mr.. Parson, the present agent
for the firm here states that he expects
to leave the first part of March and that
d. T. J1nks' former agent of this place
will take the position.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John E. johnson
a baby girl on Wednesday, Feb. II. Both
mother and babe are doing we'll. Con-
gratulations.
Misses Esther and Laura Iverson and
Della Graveyard were New London cal
lers Tuesday between trains.
The community was shocked on Satuf
day morning to learn of the death of
Frank Kelley, son of MIR. and Mrs Den
mis- Kelley. His death was caused bv
the dreadful disease Of influenza. Frank
was good hearted boy and his untime-
~ death has cast a gloom over all who
knew him: The sorrowing family have
the sympathy of the entire community
1t is said that Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley are
also suffering with the influenza.
Mrs. Gust Peterson who has been sick
with lung trouble is again able to be
down stairs to- look. after the post office.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Olson and sons
Burton and LeVern and Mrs Lester
B1akely and daughter Alpha visited at
the A. F. Hall home Tuesday evening.
Oswald Graveyard loaded a. car of
baled hay Friday. He was assisted by
VIII King and Nels Graveyard :
w: J. =Pelkey and Levi WEIGH sawed
wood in town Thursday and Friday:
a few little friends gathered at the
Charley Johns home after school Wed
,nesday to. help little Lucille celebrate
her birthday. - sss5zs 80 S
= Miss Berkness. teacher lin Dist. Nd
3 9, 4. took q the train &Saturday.for.W fI1.
mar. 5 80
Miss Della GRAY gard was entertain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
NOT A RADICAL


Victor Lawson Of the Willmar Trib-
une and Henke of the Dassel Dispatch
are engaged in warfare each trying to
show that the other is several kinds O:
a william. Lawson has taken up the
cause of the Nonpartisan League and
it appears he has profited financially by
so doing, and Henke charges him with
insincerity and hypocrisy. We do not
approve Of the stand taken by Lawson
but we believe he is sincere. He MAY
be making money from his support of
Nonpartisan principles, but belle, e
he would support those principles re-
CARELESS of whether there was money in
doing Or not. We can remember when
Vic espoused the cause of the populist
party when there no hope of inan-
cial reward. He stood by those princi-
pies for several years, altho all the
time he was within the shadow of the
poor house. We believe he was wrong
then as he is now, but all the time he
was honest and sincere. Vic takes to
radicalism as naturally as duck takes
to water. 1t is due to germ in the
blood. If new party more radical than
Townleyism were to spring up tomor-
row, it would find Vic knocking at the
door for admission.-Olivia Times.
We appreciate the good intentions
in your comment, Bro. Landy What
ever success we are attaining in build
ing up a publishing and printing bust
ness at Willmar have come from good
hard honest work at trying to produce
as good newspaper as was possible
with the means at hand. We have
tried to be progressive in whatever
comment we have made. We have
tried to be just and fair to all, espec-
ially to the farmers who established
the Willmar Tribune twenty-five years
ago. In so far as our efforts have won
the public approval and brought US
subscribers, it may be said that
we have protited by our attitude But
printing the home news and trying to
help build up the community is what
counts in the long run. We have nev
er accepted any gratuities from any
politicians, and none have been offer
ed us except from old party politi-
clans.
You are wrong when you class us as
radical in thought or utterance in
a destructive sense. We claim to be
true conservative in the sense of
perpetuating the ideals of true Ameri-
cans of the past. But you cannot cure
the present ills of our country by the
salve offered by the politicians now
controlling the country, and you know
it. The Nonpartisans have shown
that they have the courage of their
convictions and are applying remed-
les that go to the root of the evil I'm
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

to get a paper was to start one. And
so Yours Truly, Nels Guam, Gud-
,mund Karwand, P. J. Dale, and others
too numerous to mention, got upon our
high heel and planted down one silver
dollar apiece-1300 in all-for & the
purpose I was the chief executive
agent of the undertaking.
Phe first issue of the WiHmar Tri-
bune appeared on the 18th day of
February, 1895, and the wonder is,
to me now, that it lived and not
only survived, but became before long
the leading newspaper in the county.
But it was born in the spirit of liber-
ty-and spirit is stronger than flesh.
Noble and high purpose, no matter if
it lacks worldly wisdom, is still a
power to be reckoned with in the
world.
l spent lots of gray matter on the
Willmar Tribune, but l am not sorry
even now. l believe in the conserva-
ton of energy, and no energy offered
in the right spirit can be lost. Such
energy disappears from our view, but
is not lost. It is only converted into
another form of moral heat, light,
electricity or motion, but never lost.
l bespeak for the Wnlmar Tribune
glorious, bright and prosperous
future. The press of the country IS
the sllken thread of Ariadne that must
lead the coming Thesius through the
political labyrinth back to his home
and friends. May it ever stand for
political liberty. We are now on the
verge of being swallowed up in patern=
allsm and militarism. I confidently
look to see the Willmar Tribune stand
with a firm front against these rem
nants Of old country political despot-
ism.
DIR. CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
COLFAX

Colfax, Feb. 15-Several families in
this vicinity are down with the ''fiu"
but no deaths have been reported so far
The school in Dist. No. IS has been
closed this week On account of the hu
Miss Hazel Olson who has been en-
ployed at Minneapolis arrived home last
week.
The auction sale at the Peter Lund-
berg home was well attended. Peter
Lundberg and son Otto will move to
their future home in the northern part
of Minnesota in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Johnson and family
visited at the Christ Larson home on
Wednesday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

ness structure of the country In
monetary panic-when real money
became as scarce as hens teeth, when
everybody was in debt and the dollar
was two hundred cent dollar and
everybody wore patches on their
trousers. Then we learned for the
first time that the DownEastern and
foreign mortgage companies all had
a gold clause in their mortgages and
that the gold was cornered by the
Wall street money spectators. In
addition to that the elevator COM
panies had monopoly Of the grain
business and took every advantage of
their opportunity to lay up a penny
for the rainy day-and for providing
a generous dowry for prospective
countess in the family Politicians
small and big had railroad passes,
and the farmer and laborer paid for
it all.
These things had of course gone on
for years. Our great political issues
in this state had been confined to one
point-how to properly apportion the
offices among the different nationah-
ties. l am not blaming anyone, now.
We are all human and we all over
look a point in ethics when self-in-
terest is involved. AS long as the
public is willing to be fieeced, it will
be feeced alright. When the panic
struck us in 1894, we began to study
the situation.
And from this study of the political
situation in 1904 arose populism. Be-
fore that Democrats had wor,hipped
ME and Mike" and the Republicans
their "big medicine men"-but now
we humble worshippers of our old
political idols began to wonder how
it all happened. How could it be
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
WILLMAR TRIBUNE
Is YEARS OLD
The Founder of The Willmal
Tribune Writes Anniversary
Letter.
(By Dr.. Christian Johnson.)

Twenty-Five years ago, the Willmar
Tribune saw daylight for the first
time And you, Mr.. Editor, want me
to tell something about the events
leading up to the starting of the en-
terprise. Now twenty-five years is
quite while, and many things have
passed out of my mind since that
time, yet l will put down some of the
salient features of the political
events of 1894.
In 1892 we had booming times, and
we Republicans wore great big gray
"stove-pipe" Harrison hats to show
our appreciation of and devotion to
our political idols, and as a charm to
insure victory for our side.
Alas! the charm did not work, and
Cleveland came in a winner. Then
the silver issue came up and that
tumbled down the worm-eaten bust
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

(Grove City Times.)
Eddie Linden of Atwater, was call
er at the Ole Peterson home Sunday
evening.
Sander Hartz went to Willmar Satur-
day for a visit with his son William.
Nels Stark had the misfortune Friday
OF last week while walking from the
home of Rev. and Mrs. John sSelander,
to fall and break his left leg just above
the knee. DR.. Hanson was called and
set the injured limb. Mr.. Stark is @liv-
lng;~alone and is 81 years old. fSatur-5
day afternoon he was taken to the
Litchfield hospital where he can receive
better care r
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
a good way to let our hired men know
what we want them to do.

Other counties have voted it down
two to one when given the chance, and
l am sure that the thing will be voted
down next fall. The people are tired
of class legislation. That is just
what it is, as it will not benefit more
than about ten per cent of the people,
including town and city people, The
80 per cent will pay about one third
more taxes for the next thirty years,
without any benefit. The only ones it
will benefit is the business men in the
big cities. They will have increased
business and the small town business
man will lose, and I wouldn't be sur
prised if it would ruin some small
towns entirely.
But instead of concrete roads for
the favored few II. w. W." let us
build gravel roads and we will have
$50 miles of good roads, instead of II
miles, in the county and we will in
vite those II. w. W." with the big
cars to drive on them.
Somebody told me we would run
short of gravel Well maybe, but we
will never run short of rocks in Kan
diyohi county. Just get rock crush
er on wheels so that it could be moved
as we work along, and we would have
the cheapest and best roads possible.
Well, they say we will have feeders
to the main roads; they would bene
fit the farmers. Yes, maybe in about
two hundred years from now. The
500, 000, 900 win build about $500
miles (then did not deduct anything
for grafting) that will not cover half
of the trails, and we have about $4,000
miles OF road in Minnesota. To make
them all concrete would cost $780,
000,O0O But to make them gravel or
crushed stone It would cost only
$140, 0OO, 900. Then we could pay as
we co. as We would have the township,
county and state as we'll as federal
aid money to build for. That would
be much better than go into debt at
this time when dollars are worth 40
cents and maybe by the time we was
going to pay this the money will be
high and dollars hard to get.
Roads could be built for about one
third less money IL q better system
would be used. We should have an.
engineer that has learned his first les.
son In building and maintaining roads
and q road overSeer in each township
who would stay on the job from year
to year. They should meet with the
county engineer once q year to dis
cuss road problems and / know before
long we would have the best roads in
the country and much cheaper. Poor
roads cost more money than good
roads. AT the present time we have
very bad system. We appoint anyone
TOR road overseer, trying to learn
everybody to build roads. It cannot
be- DONE: z, H. e. i. 3-s> r
II the township of Kingman last
year saw two different roads made
by two different men. One was good
and that man should have been on;
the job. The otfer road was impass-
able. That man shcn1d Know how to
make tWine By this time doing
E'danage to the rad Here IN Lake
1dlien We sseE.y last year!
ors Tor GOOD roads than Ne !,
Ehaye In q 9 pssnda Sthis
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

present. We thus occupy a field that
is at present vacant. Business men
at Willmar and other towns can thus
by advertising in the Willmar Tribune
reach business that is at present in
accessible to Them Tens of thou
sands of dollars go annually out of
the county to pedlers, because the
people did not know that there are
merchants in most of towns that sell
goods as cheap and cheaper than any
pedler can do. The Willmar Tribune
now offers itself as ready and will
ing agent to convey the good news of
the enterprising merchant relative to
cheap goods and big bargains. A word
to the wise is sufficient,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18

Trip to Hot Springs
J: J. Ekander left last Thursday for
months trip to Hot Springs, Ark,
where he went for the benefit Of his
health. ~ :