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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
NAVY j. PERSONNEL IS CUT

Discharge Of 5000 Enlisted Men Or
dered Because Of Fund Shortage.
s. Washington 1.-The enlisted person.
mel Of the navy will be reduced short
ly by about 5000 men as result of
an order, authorizing the discharge of
many men on their own requests, it,
was learned at the navy department.
The reduction is necessary on &C.
count of the shortage of the appro pri.
alton for the pay OF enlisted men for
the balance of the year, it was said,
at the department and will take place
as soon as it is possible to make the
discharges.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
Bell Ringing,
! One Of the Oldest
Christina, Customs
HnkH1 HAT would Christmas be with
WV out the melody of the bells
Er;nvino ono1 will toward non9


ringing good will toward men?
Bell ringing is one Of the. Oldest Of
Christmas customs. ::At= one time, in
England, the ringers gave their serv-
ices free, nor would they accept any
special payment. The peal was rung
as q matter Of course, and was the
natural expression Of English joyous
ness. The merry music of the bells in
Great Britain and wherever. churches
have peals of bells, is today as much
q feature Of Christmas as the decora-
ton Of church and home with ever.
green's, or the provision of the good
cheer which always marks this festive
season.
What an outcry there would be If
AN edict were issued forbidding the
ringing Of the bells during the coming
festive season! Yet this was actually
done during the Commonwealth, for
in 1852 the wise men of parliament
gave orders that mo observation shall
be had Of the dve-and-twentieth day
Of December, commonly cal led Christ
mas day. y
It is quite certain that this edict
was disregarded in many places, while
in others it, led to open rioting. At
Canterbury the mayor of the city tried
to enforce the new rule, but the people
were not going to be deprived of their
pleasures so easily, so they took the
law into their own hands, broke the
mayors windows-and some Of his
bones as well-and affirmed their in
tention of keeping their Christmas In
their own fashion, just as their fathers
had done before them.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
BREAKS JAIL
Slayer Sentenced to Die Thurs
DAY Fights Way~to Freedom.
Commanders Auto and Forces Owner
to Aid Him to Escape; Disappears
In Chicago's Underworld.

ChlcagO-TOmmy OCOnnOr, two
gun man, sentenced to be hanged next
Thursday for murder, and two other
notorious criminals escaped from the
county Jail, fighting their way past
half a dozen guards, most of whom
were beaten into Inconsistencies by
the desperadoes in their dash for
liberty. ~
Starting in the fourth floor **bull
pen," where the prisoners were ex-
ercising, the break for freedom led
down through the basement into the
Jail yard and over a twelve-foot wall
to where an automobile was confiscat-
ed and the driver, pistol poked into
his face, told to drive like hell"
Auto Crashes; SEXES Another.
A Jew minutes later the machine
crashed into a telephone pole, but the
bandits continued their flight, O'Con-
nor communicating another Car, and
when: last seen the murderer, who
had been characterized by the police
as Chicago's most desperate gunman,
was headed toward the South side un-
derworld, armed, for battle. !
The escape, carried out in broad
daylight, was the most sensational in
this part OF the country in many
years, and apparently was carefully
planned in advance. It was success
full despite the fact that several jail
ers refused to heed the threat of
OConnor's pistol and risked their
lives in trying to obstruct his dash
for liberty -
The two men who escaped with
OConnor were Edward barrow,
charged with 100000 robbery, and
James LaPorte, alleged to have been
implicated in 100000 robbery. O'Con-
nor had been in trouble with the po-
lice on many occasions, but his ap::
parent, immunity from conviction
earned him the title of Lucky Tom"
Seventy-fve prisoners were exer-
cising on the fourth floor ,"bull pen"
when O'Connor and his pals made
their break. Besides the three who
got away, Charles McDermott and
Clarence Sponagal, safe blowers and
gunner, tried to escape but were cap
tured before they: could get out Of
the jail grounds. ,f
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
DRAFT EvADER FUND SOUGHT

Harris Wants Congress to Provide
$250,000 to Pay Deserter Rewards.
Observation-Disclosures pursuit and
punishment of the more than 100, 1000
men who evaded the draft during the
World war is urgently recommended
by Major General Harris, adjutant
general of the army, in his report
made public by the Secretary Of War.
To bring those guilty to trial, he
recommends that Congress appropri-.
ate $250,000 to pay rewards Of $50
each draft deserter delivered to the
military authorities.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
MURPHY. WINS FRISCO RACE
Tommy Wilton Still Worlds Speed
King, Finishing Second.

San Francisco-Jimmy Murphy, San
Francisco pilot, winner Of the French
grand prix last August, won the ESQ
mile international sweepstakes auto
mobile race at San Carlos Speedway
here. His time was hours Is min
utes and liz seconds.
Tommy Milton of St. Paul was sec.
ond. Eddie Hearne placed third.
Harry Bartz fourth and Ralph de
Palma fifth.
From the start the race was q
struggle between Murphx and Milton.
Murphy took the<lead in the twenty
fifth lap and held it, though hard
pushe' by Milton until the 18th lap,
when Milton had to drop, back.
" Milton's second place. however, will
win him. the national speed cham
ptonship for the year, race officials
announcing that he had won enough
points, with those awarded for sec.
ond here, to give him the laurels.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
HARDMa's BAD APPOINTMENTS

HARDMG's BAD APPOINTMENTS
President Harding seems not to have
profted by the criticism of his appoint
ment of George Harvey or of the
bunch of "di plomats'' he recently
named. One of his latest appointees
was rejected by the Senate BY an al
most unanimous vote. This was Henry
Lincoln johnson, negro republican
national committeeman from Georgia.
In explanation Of his rejection, Sena-
tor Watson of that state said: ~
IT laid before the senate certified
copies Of the court records of Fulton
County, Georgia, where johnson lived
and practiced law, showing that he
had been convicted there Of embez-
cling funds Of client, which he did
not repay until last July.'' :
The appointment of Harvey has
been condemned, from one end OF the
country to! the other, by press and pull
pit, by American Legion posts, by
War Mothers and by the public gen
orally. 80. +.
The appointment Of eight ministers
to various countries in Central and
South America, Europe and Asia, with
the exception Of Lewis Einstein Of
New York, sent to Czecho -Slovakia, a
trained and able man, was generally
condemned by the New York Herald, a
staunch Republican paper, as an
unknown lot of republican politicians,
two OF whom hail from Oregon, while
the others came from Colorado, Ken
lucky, South Dakota, Missouri and
Maine. Not one of them has had any
diplomatic training whatever, and all
will supplant men who through years
OF experience have made their services
of value -
The value Of "Link'' johnson 3
services will not be apparent again
until he arrives at the next republican
national convention at the head of the
republican delegates from the southern
states.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16

Heavy Rains and LandsIides IN
Seattle District Cause Great
Property Damage.
RIVERS OUT OF BANKS
Many Bridges Washed Out; Worst
DeIuoe in Years Leaves Death and
Ruin; Warm Weather Melting
Snow Increases Peril.

Seattle, Wash.-The worst food In
years held sway in western Washing
ton Monday night.
Ten persons are known to have:
been killed, number are injured and
heavy property damage has been
done by railroad accidents and land
slides due to the water.
Heavy rains, starting Saturday and.
continuing to the present, have sent
rivers out of their banks, washed out
bridges, torn through railroad en-
bankments and interrupted rail and
wire communication in many direc-
TONS
Weather bureau officials held out
no hope of relief for Tuesday, the
forecast being for further heavy rains.
The precipitation at Tacoma from
Saturday morning to Monday noon
measured five inches. At Bellingham
three inches of rain fell in ten hours.
the fall was continuing.
- Wreckage Dams River.
At Stampede, the highest point on
the Northern Pacific line, the Their
mometer registered 20 degrees Mon
day, and trainmen said most of the
snow had vanished from the west
side of the Cascades.
Inundation of large area was
feared as result of jam Of fiotsam
behind wreckage of a Northern 'Pa-
cific train in Miller river, and work.
men were busy trying to remove the
wreckage before the river was dam
med up enough to crash through the
jam suddenly and send dangerous
body Of water to overflow nearby
farm lands. :.
Two lives were lost when the train
plunged through the bridge, weaken
ed by the floods. In the Grays Harbor
region, flood conditions were said to
be the worst in years.
Four Dead in Slide.
Near Aberdeen two men, woman
and a baby are dead and two men
are injured, one perhaps mortally, as
result of two slides on the Clemens
Lodgings company's railroad about
ten miles south and east of Aberdeen,
Sunday night. ..s;....>,
The first slide carried the logging
train engine and several cars 200 feet
down steep embankment, killing
outright the engineer, his wife, and
2-year-old baby, and injured two
brakemen. 4
The second slide, half an hour later,
killed one member of railroad con-
struction camp rescue party which
had been hurried to the scene, in
jured another and left third as yet
unaccOunted for.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
Extension DIV. Letter
Reduced Rail Rates for Farmers Week
.+nTtt. .,Gf.ssls5 NJ 11,1i1,a,saix-~ 100

1 ~ .~AAAvVAG4Oy
With a minimum of $50 persons at
tending the meeting of the Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federation at st. Paul
during the eight annual Farmers and
Homemakers' Week at University
Farm, January 2 to z, 1922, railroad
rates Of one and one-half fare from all
points in Minnesota on the certificate
plan" will be given by the Western
Passenger association. To be eligible
for q return ticket of one-half fare, the
attendant must buy his ticket between
Dec. 81 and January 6, inclusive, and
should ask his ticket agent for GER
tifcate. If this certificate is not avail.
able, secure q receipt and sign your
name in ink. Either the certificate
or receipt should be stamped with the
same date as your ticket. See that the.
ticket reads either. to a Paul 81 Min.
neapolis. hmm diately on your arrival,
ct the meeting, present your certificate
to the endorsing officer, +. Z. French,
slEeaFy OF the Minnesota: Farm Bu.1
reau Federation, who will validate your
ttieket Tor yeduced return rate, through,
tho joint agent 81 the Western passen-
ger association, Il the necessary $50
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
A. Good Modelling Material.

1t is often very difficult to keep q
child confined to the house amused.
But with a modelling material with
which they can make animals, beads,
ETC., they can be kept amused for hours.
Take four tablespoonful cornstarch,
eight tablespoonful salt and eight
tablespoonful boiling water. Mix the
dry ingredients and pour on the boiling
water, stirring until the mixtureis soft
Put on the fire and stir until it forms
a soft ball, then remove from the stove
and stir for ten minutes. A little color
may be added. Wrap in oiled paper
when not in use to keep from harden
ing. -. 4 %
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
G. N. FAST MAIL IS WRECKED

Everett, Wash.-Two men probab-
ly were killed and several were
wounded when the Great Northern
train No. q, en- route from st. Paul
to Seattle, plunged through a bridge
undermined by high water in Miller
river, forty miles east Of here.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16

Mason Dies Trying to Save Records.
Fresno, CAL Charles Christ, a
&ember Of a. Masonic lodge at River
dale, a town near here, lost his life
life in an effort to save the lodges
records from a fire which destroyed
the building where the lodge met.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
LAD HELD AS GIRLS SLAYER

Mob Surrounds Iowa Jail as Youth is
Taken In Teacher Case.
Waukon, Iowa-A crowd of two
hundred was assembled near the coun-
ty Jail here awaiting the arrival of
the sheriff's posse with Earl Throst,
"a years old, who was arrested at
Postville ASIA suspect in connection
with the murder of Miss 1nga Mag
nusen, q: 23.year-old> school teacher,
near Dorchester. - r,,e.9: 4.
Throst was arrested after having
ridden nearly thirty miles on horse
stolen near his home and the scene
of>the murder.
Throst was arrested as he was
boarding q train. He denies knowl.
edge of the crime. -.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
ELIMINATE HATE

St. Cloud journal Press % ( Z Dr.. J. "a.
Dubois, of Sank Centre, the kind
hearted citizen, and who won the
proudest title that can be given, any
man. as one who likes folks,1 has a
splendid contribution in the Herald Of
that city, brought out by the offering
of a prize by the American Legion
post to the boys and girls Of the public
schools for the best essay on : Amer
icanism.'' The doctor commends the
idea, but throws out word Of timely
caution that this is the age Of recon
struction and not retaiation,. and that
hatred should be eliminated from our
hearts if we are to be true Americans
and leaders in the work Of retaining
the world. His closing paragraph is
worthy of serious consideration, not
only by pupils but by all good clt1-
Zens:
ssThe great war has left terrible
harvest. It hasn't resulted in the
simple relation of victor and van
ouished that was expected. We are
all of us vanquished. The world new
er has been in \such confusion, and
there is a growing pess1mlsm tnat
looks upon our ClVu1ZdGlOu do ASoU>Av
doomed. cannot, however, but be-
lieve that we will somehow work our
selves up from the fearful lapse we
have sustained. But the task to be
performed is an overwhelming one, and
in that work America must take the
lead. And since remuneration will
mark her progress, the loyal American
is he who will not increase his
country's perplexities by the harbor-
ing of the old hates and animosities
engendered by the war. The way out
of our difficulties will not be won by
the present generation. A part Of the
work will devolve upon those who
will make up the succeeding generation
and who now are the young minds OF
our schools. Therefore very proper is
it that the subject Of "Americanism'
should be presented for their early con-
sideration.. q Let them treat it fairly
and fearlessly.v
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921
UNCLE DUDLEY'S COLUMN

A saloon keeper and one Of his help
ers were murdered in Chicago few
days ago for no greater reason than a
chair had been removed from one table
30 another. The murderer was drunk
on moonshine that had been flowing
freely in the saloon.
In the room at the time, or within
a few minutes Of the shooting, were
two judges, an assistant states attor'
ney, and big politicians and labor lead
ers galore. The saloon is within few
feet Of the city hall.
The murder was an incident.
Selling moonshine in open violation
of the prohibition law was also but an
incident.
The presence Of judges and other Of
fcials in a den where liquor is openly
sold may also be only an incident.
Possibly, also, when they swore to
uphold and enforce the laws Of this
country they considered their solemn
oaths merely in the light of Incidents
If we maybe allowed to coin a Lat
in phrase of our own, it would seem
that this country is suffering from an
i epidemic Of paralyticus incidental.
= ~
Why not 90 to church Sunday? You
can not expect the church to come to
you.
The braggart makes big noise until
danger comes, and then makes bigger
one in his efforts to depart.
3 q .
They call them school teachers
&c
the kids they teach.
q q
These are the days when we laugh
at the ice man and the coal man
laughs at us.
Reluctantly we are coming to the
conclusion that the good old fashioned
housewife has about ceased to exist.
She objects to being termed old
fashioned.
No doubt the average preacher
would be quite indignant if we were to
refer to him as an invaluable aid to
the divorce courts. And yet without
marriages there can be no divorces.
q . q
Wise ones tell us that love comes I'M
hidden, but these are the days when a
fat bank account accelerates it's ar
rival.
Why can't some genius produce a
car that will run on kerosene oil9 Per-
haps then, the trust would produce real
gas in order to put the oil man out of
business. ~:ts@ ....
There's a reason why wise people
are not averse to speaking of their
own faults. It knocks the props from
under their critics.
No, a prophet is never without honor
as long as his own brain continues to
function.
Never mind explaining why you did
MT do it. The fact that you didn't is
all sufficient.
( incidentally we might remark that
there are two kinds of fools-those
who think they are wise men, and
those who don It know they are fools.
The things you don't do may not
make you rich, but they seldom get you
into trouble. j.
q q q
The fellow who doesn' It claim to be
good and yet is not really bad is en-
titled to some distinction. He is so
very few.
Don't waste your sympathy On your
self. The other fellow expects it. 4
q .
Sometimes, though, an optimist is
one who has been stung and doesn It
want other na0nlo tn know alhnnt it
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
Two Die in Pistol Duel.

Two Die in Pistol Duel.
Dyersburg, Tennv George Ryan
and Lonnie Tisda1e, participants in a
pistol fight here are both dead. each
having killed the other instantly.
There had been trouble between the
two over the alleged attentions Of
Tisdale to Mrs: Ryan,.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16

States Livestock Men Plan Big Rally
at University Farm
Livestock interests of the state will
rally in force at University Farm the
week Of January 2 to s7-Farmers' and
Homemakers week--fo the purpose
of attending the annual meetings OF
their associations. The annual meeting
of the Minnesota livestock Breeders
association, the parent d organization,
will be held Friday, January s. The
Minnesota swine, horse and sheep
breeders associations will hold their
annual meetings at University Farm
on, Wednesday Jan. Prominent
spea keTss are being engaged and the
diaeussions win Be Of paramount inter
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
Producers Get 1920. GOO.

Producers Get $13,28o,00o.
sWashingtonA total Of 256 ad-
vancessfor agricultural and live stock
purposes, aggregating $13,280,000,
were approved by the War Finance
Corporation from December S to De-
cembcr 8. .
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
'sTimeplece Made in 1851.

Timepiece Made IN 1851.
The oldest English-made clock
known Is In the tower of the palace
at Hampton court, where it was placed
in 1851. It was so complete it showed
the motions Of several of the planets,
In addition to measuring the time.
Part Of the original mechanism is still
In place. 81
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16

Emma Goldman Would Return.
Riga-Emma Goldman, who was de.
ported to Russia in December, 1919,
as q result Of her alleged anarchistic
activities, is believed to- be in Riga
with the intention Of zeeking permits
sion to return to the United States.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
HUNGARY RATIFIES TREATY
Hopes America Will Help In Recon-
struction Of Eastern Europe.

Hopes America VIII Help IN Recon-
struction Of Eastern Europe.
Budapest National Assembly
ratified. the treaty of peace between
the United States and Hungary. .
Count Albert Apponyi, chairman Of
the committee IN charge Of the peace
agreement, in, an address in the cham
Der after the ratification, said:
Though we are not yet acquainted
with Americas future world policy
this separate treaty is proof Of her
Observation-Disclosures and her sincere
wish to help IN the reconstruction Of
Eastern Europe. This single peace,
which was not distated, recognized
Hungary as an equal E.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
immigration Ban Asked.

immigration Ban Asked.
Washington Suspension of immi-
grafton for three years except for hus-
bands, wives, and minor children Of
naturalized citizens is proposed IN .
bill introduced by Chairman Johnson.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16
6 pie in Mine I. Traaedx.

6 Die In Mihe Tragedy. 4
Morrison, Colo.-The bodies of five
men overcome by fire damp in the
Satanic mine near here were recover
ed by rescue crews. Efforts to revive
sixth man, who was brought to the
surface in an unconscious condition,
failed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-16

Sir Wilfred Laurier, who had been
premier Of Canada for many years, was
beaten in 1911 for espousing reel,
procity with the United States, low
tariff program. Now, ten years later,
the Canadians have by an overwhelm-
ing vote elected government which
stands for practically the same things
for which Laurier stood. In 1912, Taft
suffered much from being for -recipro-
city with Canada. just now agricul-
tural societies are laboring for a high
tariff, but whatever it might be, it
won't better their conditions any, if
the emergency act is criterion as to
how it would act.