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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

In 1918, when the whole nation was
alive to the necessity. Of stimulating
agricultural production, Governor Cox
went to work to cid the Ohio farmers.
He called a meeting of tractor mali
ufaeturers and stated that he wanted
theX to allot at least. fifteen hundred
farm tractors for sale in Ohio. He
then went to the superintendent Of the
State Banking Department and OBJ
tanned letters to every banker in the
State, urging financial assistance to
farmers in the matter Of buying trac-
tors He deposited two million dol
lars Of the State Industrial Commission
funds in country banks, with q hint
that they lend at least some Of it to
farmers buying tractors.
Governor Cox then went to the Fed
eral Reserve bank and secured ruling
that notes given by farmers purchasin ::
tractors be discounted on the same bas-
is as agricultural implement paper. By
these various means, the farmers Of
Ohio were enabled to purchase in 1918
1882 farm tractors, thus practically
doubling the number in the state. This
was said to be the most aggressive
campaign etds waged BY any governor.
--sG.-a+4<.s3~ - - --~
John Vertin returned Wednesday
evening from the twin cities, where he
attended to business matters.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Hibbing notwithstanding to the es-
teemed st. Cloud JournalPress, a
stand-pat republican newspaper, the
constitution Of the United States be-
longs exclusively to the republican
party, and the members Of the republi-
can party alone have the right to "cel-
ebrate' Constitution day. The party
of great moral ideas has already gath
cred up all of the loyalty, patriotism
and Ame1icanism, and most Of the
ready cash, in the nation, and now it is
going to deprive US outsiders Of the
very foundation. Of our government.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
PRICE or WoolEnso' DROPS

Slash Of IS to 80 Per Gent Announced
In Cleveland.
Cleveland price reduction of Is
to 30 per cent in woods was announced
by officials of the Cleveland Wosted
Mills company. George H. Hodgson,
vice president of the company, in an
nouncing theareduction, said the lower
cost Of raw materials was the cause.
"The price reduction is effective now"
he said. 1T will not reach the people
until spring, when goods We are man.
ufacturing now will be placed on the
market"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

b. Dana Oaulkins' business IL to
hplp public officials provide adequate
pVsical education, Fairgrounds and
other recreational facilities. He 0nds
that public officials are generally
keen for action II the voters viii only
make known what they want. Mr..
Oaulkins, who is the manager Of the
national physical education service.
says that the biggest question before
the country today is not the League
Of Nations or the Volstead act, but the
Fess- Capper bill. which proposes to
appropriate ten. million dollars to help
the states give every kid q fair chance
for health and normal physical de.
velopment.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
five COACHES Leave TRACK
81. Paul Road Train Hits Broken Rail
Near Montevideo.

st. Paul Road Train Hits Broken Rail
Near Montevideo.
st. Paul-Severa1 hundred passen-
gers were seriously shaken up, but
only four were hurt when train No. 6,
c., n. & St. Paul railway, left the
track, while running at high speed,
eight miles out of Montevideo, accord
ing to Information received in st. Paul.
It was reported that the injuries of the
four persons were not serious.
The wreck, in which three Pullmans
and two day coaches were thrown
against a steep embankment, was be-
lieved to have been caused by broken
rail. The coaches were hurled from
their trucks and embedded in the mud
slopes which had been made soft by
heavy rains. The locomotive and bag
gage cars stayed on the track.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
FRENCHMAN WINS AIR RACE
lie cointe Goes 1863 Miles in Hour
Minutes, II Seconds.

lie cointe Goes 1863 Miles in Hour,
Minutes, II Seconds.
Etampes, France Sadi LIE Cointe,
the famous French aviator, won the in
ternational airplane race for the James
Gordon Bennett trophy. He covered
the course of 300 kilometers, or 1868
miles, in hour, 6 minutes, II Is sec
onds. F. P.ccRaynhatn, the sole British
representative, withdrew after cover.
ing the first lap.
After the race had been in progress
less than anIhopr, the contest had mar
rowed downsto a possible three com.
petitors, one of them, Major r. w.
Schroeder, an, American. - 80: !:
Major Schroeder shortly afterward
also was eliminated, Withdrawing after
flying 100 k1lometers because OF igni-
tion trouble: " Is:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Mel SON GUILTY OF MURDER


Senator'S son-in-Law Slayer Of Farmer,
Jury Verdict.
Alexandria, Nina jury in the
case Of Gustaf Nelson, son-in-law of
Senator Knute Nelson, indicted ON a
charge of murder in the first degree
Of Joseph Middleton, employed on the
Jacobson farm, returned verdict Of
guilty.
It i expected the case will be ap-
pea1ed.
Nelson's indictment followed the
death Of the man he Is convicted OF
killing ON March 10 last, during a
scuale between the two in witch Mel
sons shotgun was discharged, fatally
wounding Middleton. ':':'' i:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

keeis for 8 Cruisers Laid In Day.
Washington Secretary Of the Navy
J0sephus Daniels said that an event
believed to be unprecedented in the
history Of the ship building had taken
place when within the space Of few
hours the keels Of three battle cruisers
were laid.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Peasants Seize Kina's Estate,

! Peasants Seize Kings Estates. 81:
| London-Estates owned by King
Victor Emmanuel Of Italy at Aariad
Capca near Naples have been seized
on by members of the local agriculture
societies, according to dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Rome.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Students Rebel; Is Killed.

Students Rebel; Is Killed.
Gensan, Korea-Twenty-five persons
were killed in rioting when Korean stu
dents destroyed or damaged branches
Of the Korean Industrial bank and the
Oriental Development company and
seven Japanese houses. Reports
printed in Japanese newspapers al
lege the mob was led by students from
the Canadian Presbyterian mission.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
mrs. BERGDALL GUILTY
Aided Two Sons; 10 Escape Draft
Is Verdict Of Jury 49,:
'"Pty and sympathy No Excuse te''
Harboring a. Deserter Or Aiding
Escape" Says Judge.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Mrs. Emma C.
Bergdoll and her four co-defendants.
we're found guilty of conspiring to aid
two Of her sons, Grover and Erwin,
evade the draft The verdict was re.
turned before Federal Judge Dickin.
son.
The Jury was out nearly eight hours.
Mrs. Bergdoll, her son, Charles A.
Braun, and former Magistrate James
e. Romig, were found guilty on every
count Of the indictment. r.
Albert s. Mitchell and Henry Schulz
we're acquitted on the indictments in
which they alone were defendants, but
found guilty with a RECOMMENDATION
for mercy on the Joint. bills. .':..;: ~
On application of their counsel the
defendants were released on $4,000
bail each, pending motion for new
trial.
The trial started Monday and testi-
mony was completed Friday. There
were seven indictments, including 81
counts. In two indictments all five
defendants we're charged with con-
spring with Grover and Erwin Berg
doll to assist them in evading the
draft. The other five indictments
charged each defendant separately
with conspiring with the brothers to
evade the draft.
During the trial. automobile hunting
and fishing trips by the two Bergdoll
brothers while they were being sought,
were described by witnesses for the
prosecution. It was testified that Mrs.
Bergdoll was present at the start OF
several of these trips. Former Magis-
tarte Romig, according to the testi-
mony, was on several Of these trips
and, together with Mrs. Bergdoll had
withdrawn -$105, 900 in gold from the
treasury in Washington in exchange
for bank notes.
: In his charge Judge Dickinson said:
1T is too much to expect any mother
to surrender her own son." and he
added: "Pity and sympathy for de-
serter are no excuse for harboring a
deserter or aiding his escape"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

italian King Takes Balloon Trip.
Rome-King Victor Emmanuel few.
over. Rome and the surrounding hills
in dirigfble "a, which it is expected
soon will CROSS the Mediterranean
either to Barcelona or Tunis and
thence 20 to South America.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

st. Paul-With Identification Of the
body Of a woman found in a swamp
near South st. Paul, the police Of that
city believe they may be confronted
With a murder mystery. Many fndi-
cations are that she did not take her
own life as was first supposed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

No Change In Price Of Mems Clothes
Chicago-Prices for mems clothing
win not come down more quickly than
the cost of materials and labor, and
therefore no violent changes may be
expected, declared Eli Strouse, presi-
dent of the National Association Of
Clothing Manufacturers before 1900
retailers attending the national asso-
citation Of clothiers convention here.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Bank Clerk Short, Not Robbed.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-C Confession. &C
cordiLs to the police, that he was short
a part Of $4,000 that he had said was
stolen from branch Of the Kent state
bank. here. -.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

The auction sale at the Herman VIE
land farm in Buh town Thursday of last
week was pronounced one of the big
,gest sales ever held in Morrison county.
More than a thousand people were at
the sale and came q distance Of IS
miles. Everything was sold and prices
were good.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
S41.a1a.az6 For N. Y. Polio

$41,316,976 For N. Y. Police. It
New York--Next years police pro
lection win cost New York 81, 318,976
about 100000 more than in 1920
according to. the 1921 budget. A gen
eral increase in patrolmen's salariss i
included IN the recommendations.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Rev. and Mrs. O. G.. Thrall of Bur
,trum were in Little Falls Monday, en-
route home from Henrietta, where they
attended a conference of the Free
Methodist church. Rev. Thral was re-
turned to the Burtrnm pastorate for
another year.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
HARDING ON ROOSEVELT

Senator Harding, Republican candi'
date for President, in his paper, the
Marion Star, printed the following
words concerning ex-President Roose'
velt:
"Roosevelt was confident, boastful
truoulent. The most self-seeking poll
tieaan this country has ever known. The
most dangerous agitator. Benedict Ar
mold is more like Roosevelt, for he won
his oountry's plaudits and turned trait
or when he might have joined in vic
tory.
OF Senator Hiram johnson, he said:
"Such braying asses as this egotistica]
johnson. He appears at close view te
be both a fakir and blackguard.''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

First World Series Game at Brooklyn.
Chicago-The national commission
reversed it's decision and decided tc
open the worlds series at Brooklyn ON
Oct. s, playing three games there.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Soldiers XIII Two lrist, Civilians.
Belfast-Two civilians were shot
dead q number of perosns woundef
during q clash between soldiers and
crowd on the Falls road.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Y. NJ. c. A. Launches Drive.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-The Internar
tfonal committee Of the Young Mems
Christian association, together with
the secretaries, numbering about $50,
launched a drive at a conference here
to increase the membership of the "a.
sociation to one million.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
AIR BUS FALLS; FOUR KILLED
Plane Falls 1000 Feet in First Sky
Liner Wreck.

Lindon-Four passengers, three OF
them women, and the pilot were killed
near Heyes, Middlesex, in the crashing
Of a 10 passenger air bus.
The craft fell 1000 feet when en-
CINE trouble developed. The distance
and the great weight Of the machine
gave it a terrific impact. The body Of
the car was practically buried In the
earth. Horrifled spectators, Fastening
to the machine, found it necessary to
dig the five victims out.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Two Bandits Slain In Canada.

Two Bandits Slain In Canada.
Regina, Sask.-TWo of the four
bandits who held up and robbed en-
ployes Of the Red Deer Lumber COM
pany at Barrows Junction, September
IL. were shot to death in a hay stack
near Prince Albert, during a battle
with a posse, according to information
received here
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
It i expected the case will be ap-
Pole-Red ArmistIee Near.

PoIe-Red Armtst1ee Near.
Washington-State department ad-
vices from Riga, Letvia, regarding the
peace conference between Poland and
soviet Russia continue to indicate the
likelihood OF the conclusion Of an ar
mistice or preliminary peace. r. ::
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

: Cattle Rustler Pleads Guilty.
Huron, s: D.-Glen Riley, who. is
charged with cattle rustling, pleaded
guilty to the charge. He was sen
fenced to threa years in the peniten-
tiary at Sioux Falls.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
SUCH BUNK

6p11ngneiu hepaDHcan:- On111
man Hayes comment that
"!Naine continues American" inspires
tho question as to what he would call
state that did not 60 republican. Are
we to have this year column Of Amer
ican states and another column of
states that are not Americana
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Springfield, (Mass.) Rspublicau:-A
Cox recruit is Mrs. Frank A. Wander
lin of New York, wife Of the well
Known fnancier. She is a republican
and also chairman of the New York
state league Of women voters. She
hicks Cox on the league of nations il
sue.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
Cicotte Of White Sox Admits
Bride Of $4,000, Jackson
Also Breaks Down.
GAMBLERS PAY MONEY
Last Years Worlds Championship =.
to ctnnati-Eioht Members
Of Team Indicted.

Cthcag0-lndictmen voted by the
Cook county grand jury against eight
baseball stars and confessions oh.
tanned from two: when the "Old Ro-
man." Charles "A. Oomeskey, owner Of
tho oft-time champion Chicago White
sox. smashed his ,pennant machine to
clean up baseball
The confessions told how the So1
threw last" years worlds champion
ship to: Cincinnati for money paid by
gamblers: ,n -;
!" Eioht Arc Indicted.
Seven Sox regulars and one former
player had true bills voted against
them and the seven were immediate
~ suspended: With his team only
halt q game behind the league-leadtng
Cleveland team, Mr.: Comiskey- served
notice on his seven stars that, If they
were found guilty, he would drive them
out Of organised baseball.
Officials Of Chief Justice Charles
McDonald's court, DESTROYS Of giving
the national game the benefit Of pub
licity in its purging, lifted the curtain
on the grand jury proceedings suffi-
GENTLY to show: great hitter, Joe
Jackson, declaring he deliberately just
tapped the BAN, a picture of one of
the worlds famous pitchers, Cicotte,
In tears, and glimpses Of alleged brides
Of $1,000 to $4,000, under pillows or
on beds for famous athletes.
The exact nature Of the information
Mr.. Comiskey gave was not disclosed.
The men whom the jury involved as
q result of testimony he uncovered
were:.
FLAP" Felsch. center fielder.
Buck Weaver, third base.
Fred McMullin, utility infielder.
"Swede" Risberg, shortstop.
Eddie Cic0tte, pitcher.
Claude Williams, pitcher.
Joe Jackson, outfielder.
Chick Gandil, former first baseman
Finds Money Under Pillow.
Cicotte, according to court attaches,
told the grand jury he received $4,000
from the gamblers, finding the money
under hts pillow when he returned to
his hotel on the night before the first
game at Cincinnati. II refused to
pitch ball until got it," they quoted
him as saying.
jackson, it was said, testified he was
promised $4,000 by Chick Gandil, but
received only $4,000. Claude Williams,
according to the witness, got 81, 600.
He never saw the man who had
paid the money, he said. He was told
he would find the $4,000 under his
pillow in his hotel room on the night
before the first game at Cincinnati,
and when he returned to his room the
money was there.
Joe Jackson received $1,000. Like
Cicotte, he found the money in his
room when he returned to his room
the night before the first game.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

italian King Favor Treaty.
Rome-King Victor Emmanuel gave
the royal assent to the treaty Of st.
German between Ita1y and Austria.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
FIRE HITS so. saltwater
Mills, Lumber and Homes Burn; Loss
. q About $4,000.

"0UN1 GUbu0eT aSo T5ouJ0B BUTT 6o30
. About $4,000.
So. Saltwater, Minn.-Flames that
raced more than q mile along the St.
Croix river, destroying lumber, plan
ing mills, bungalows and farm houses
and threatening the residence section
Of South Saltwater, were turned away
from the town by shift of the wind,
when only few rods lay between the
fire and the residence section. The
estimated damage is between $780,
600 and $4,000.
Three hundred townsmen reinforced
by six fire companies from Saltwater
and the twin cities, fought the flames
all night long.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

"The1e is not q line in the Republi-
can platform that processes an emotion
of pride in what America did to win
tho war. ''-Governor Cox.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
0Ph0LDS TRADE PAcTS
Wilson Says Congress Exceeded
Authority in Marine Act.
Termination Of Commercial Treaties
Would Be Breach Of Faith Between
Friendly STATES, He< Says.

Washington-President Wilson hae
declined to take steps toward termina
ton of certain commercial treaties as
directed by Congress in the merchant
marine act, holding that "such course
would be wholly irreconcilable With
the historical respect which the Uni
ted States has shown for its interna'
tional engagements"
Formal announcement of the Presi.
dents decision and the reasons i'm.
polling it was made at the State de-
partment. The merchant marine act
as approved by the President on the
closing day Of the last session Of Con.
gress directed the executive within
ninety days to give notice to foreign
nations Of the intentions of the United
States to terminate any sections OF
existing commercial treaties which re
strict the right Of the American gov
eminent to impose, discriminatory
charges =. on shipping in foreign bot
toms.
Colby Upholds Wilson.
The President in declining to com
ply with the directions of the act, the
State departments announcement said
also held that Congress exceeded its
authority in giving such direction
Secretary Colby is quoted in the an
nouncement with supporting the Presi
dent on this point, citing as a prece
dent the action of President Hayes
in 1879 in refusing the demand of Con-
gress that treaty with China be
abrogated. The power of modifying
treaties, President Hayes held. is not
lodged by the Constitution ia Con.
gress.
Thirty-two treaties involving the
United States comes within the scope
OF the marine act.
Wilson Holds Honor involved.
Termination of the thirty-two t:ea
ties, the President was said to have
held would amount to nothing less
than the breach of violation Of said
treaties which cover every point Of
contact and mutual dependence which
constitute the modern relations be-
tween friendly states"
In explanation of the Presidents
signature to refuse to comply with its
directions as regards termination of
the treaties, the announcement said
that ito have vetoed the act would
have sacrificed the great number of
sound and enlightened provisions,
which it undoubtedly contains"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01

Apparently Candidate Harding is OPP
posed to the federal income tax. the
fairest Of all taxes, because it strikes
those who have the ability to pay. For
he said:
Gas republican, ike to think
that up to the time Of the Wilson ad-
ministration, with it's new freedom, one
never knew that he paid federal tax. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
A FAIR QUESTION AND HARD
TN3nA ANSWER

Duluth Hera1d:-"l want to ask,
said a heckler at MI. Harding's Balti-
more meeting, @twhether you have
scrapped the League, and whether you
stand for Senator johnson in his posi-
ton -
It was fair question, and called for
a fair answer. Senator johnson says
that Harding has scrapped the League.
He is said to have a letter from MI.
Harding acknowledging that Senator
johnson g deduction from the Harding
utterances is correct. Senator johnson
has intimated as much in his speeches,
though friends of the League like Taft
and Wickersham are interpreting Mr..
Harding vastly otherwise.
The question was fair, and many are
eager to have it answered. What was
the answerS
eff I were in favor Of one-man gov
ernment," said Senator Harding,
"then I should be able myself to an.
swer your question: His answer had
no more relation to the question than
if he had made remark about the
weather. Later on, conscious that ne
had too obviously evaded a direct ques-
ton, he returned to it, and said:
The one great failure to make the
most of America g leadership in the
world was due to the fact that one
man attempted to speak, not only
for America, but for the remainder
Of the world as well. shouldn't
do that.
/ am perfectly frank to say to
you that I'M WITHOUT A SIN
GLE PROGRAM, OONSTRUC-
TWEEN CHARACTER, ABOUT
AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS.
I do know this one thing definitely,
however; the Democratic nominee
says he g in favor of going into
the League as it was fashioned at
Versailles. I'm not in favor of
going into the League. When I'm
elected president, the first thing
III do is to find plan for an as
ISOLATION Of nations behind which
all America will stand.
What does it meant Nothing! The
heckler asked a plain question: clearly
answerable by Eyes" OF emo" He got
this misty, implapable camoufage OF
words instead of an answer.
The question still remains unanswer-
ed, and bids fair to remain unanswered:
"Mr. Harding, HAVE you scrapped
the League of Nations as Senator John
son declares you have, or notf'