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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
AGREEMENT ON: SHANTUNG
REACHED. - e

Continental Hall, Washington, Feb.
L. A final settlement Of the trouble
some Shantung question: potential
source Of war ever since the Versailles
CONFERENCE.-The officially announced
to tho arms conference today by Secre-
tary Of State c. +. Hughes.
Secretary Hughes sprung surprise
on the conference. by announcing that
a written agreement between Japan
and China, providing for the return of
Shantung province to China had been
completed.
He read the compact to the confer
ence.
The draft was completed by the Jap
anese and Chinese conferences last
night.
Mr.. Hughes statement that he *was
happy to be able' to reveal the Shan
tung settlement brought an outburst of
applause.
Japan to Return Kiaochow
Besides giving over to China the i'm.
portant .Shantung railway, the settle
ment calls for return of Kiaochow, the
former German leasehold. to China
restoration: of public properties to
China, with some exceptions, removal
Of Japanese troops as soon as the Chin.
ese are able "to take overs in any
case not later than six months.
AS for the railway settlement proper
China pays approximately 53,5oo,00(
gold marks plus charges for improve
ments made by Japan since she has nd
ministcred the road following he,
seizure of Kiaochow from the Germa H.,
The payment for the line shall be in
treasury notes covering Is years bu,
with redemption privilege in five
years.
A Chinese managing director will
have under him a japanese traffic man
ager and japanese accountant (joint.
ly operating with Chinese accountants
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
DEBT RE:F:UlNID|liINC.
MEASURE PASSES
Senate Bill Allowing Is Years for
War Obligation Payment
Approved 80 to rs.
NOW GOES TO HOUSE
Final Enactment Must Wait Adjust.
nent Between House and Senate
Interest Rate Fixed at Not
Less Than 4M%.

Washington - The bill authorizing
the retunding of the $1,000, 000, 900
foreign debt into securities maturing
in not more than twenty-five years
was passed by the Senate.
The vote was 80 to 25.
Final enactment OF the measure
must await adjustment of differences
between the House and Senate which
is expected within a week or ten
days.
3 Republicans Vote No.
Three Republicans, Borah, La Fol-
lette and Norris, joined with the solid
Democratic minority. in opposing the
bill.
Under the terms Of the bill com
mission of five members, headed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, have
authority, subject to the approval of
the President, to refund or convert,
and to extend the time OF the pay
ment of the principal or the interest
or both, Of the foreign debt:
The rate of the maturity Of the obi
cations accepted by the commission
could not extend beyond June Is, 1947,
and the interest rate could not be less
than AZ per cent Bonds of one for.
eign government could not be accept
ed for those Of another, nor could any
part of the foreign Indebtedness be
Cancelled
President to Name Members.
The life of the commission would be
three years from the date of the ap-
prevail of the act and the members
other than the Secretary Of the Treas
ury would be appointed by the Presi-
dent subject to confirmation by the
Senate. During it's life the commits
sion would be required to make an
nual reports to Congress at the be-
ginning of each regular session in
December.
Only members Of the Cabinet and
Of Congress will be appointed on the
debt commission, according to Sen
ator Watson, Republican of Indiana,
who told the Senate that, although he
was not authorized by the President
to make such an announcement, he
nevertheless knew that this is the
Presidents intention.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
HER DOMESTIC LIFE TICKLE
Female Tinamou Recognizes No o.
lIoation Of Loyalty to Either
Her Mate or Offspring.

Feminine freedom goes q long WY
In the case Of spiders (where the
bride devours the bridegroom, but In
spite of her hasty temper the female
spider is devoted mother.
The banner of "women's freedom"
Is carried much farther by the tin
amou, a South American bird.
She is tickle wife and a cofirmed
child deserter. Two female tinamous
will fight for the claw of blushing
male bird, who accepts the winner
without any voice in the matter.
As soon as she has laid a nestful Of
eggs, off she V)es and fights another
female for al other husband.
Then she Ceserts her second hus-
band, leaving him nothing but tender
memories and more eggs. In time she
hmasses a kind Of disconnected harem
Of husbands.
The husbands have all the tender
qualities the wife lacks. They hatch
the eggs, guard the chicks, and "moth-
or" them.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03

although she permits the father to do
the strutting.
Poiteness costs nothing, but its
value is not to be measured by its
cost.
Silence is golden, especially when
the tax assessor is around.
q q q
The safest way to take mad bull
by the horns is to kill him first.
The worries Of politicians, like their
ambitions, have no end. Now the poor
devils have to worry over the moon
shine vote.
The main thing that sticks in the
craw of the vets is the fact that they
are so Internally dry.
If you want to be regarded as a man
Of brains, let the other fellow spill the
beans.
Clever people sustain their reputa-
ton by having little to say.
IT you want to make a success Of
your own business, don't worry over
that Of the other fellow.
C enerally ;Speqking, laWkuits are the
most expensive kind Of Suits to have:
+ =. - 80 >'''
. Take fresh heart, brother: The coal
bin will soon be: q has-been. r.
. - -. -
When two women begin to argue it
soon ceases to be an argument. Meth
er one hears what the other has to say.
q q 3
Don't pride yourself on the number
of your friends. Even the devil is not
without them.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03

A very successful meeting Of the
Northern Minnesota Editorial Associa-
tion was held at Sank Centre Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Much matter Of special interest to the
newspaper men from business stand
point was before them for discussion
and a; number of very able papers were
read: The state training school for
girls was visited and here delicious
lunch: twas served the editors. Ad-
dresses by members of the board Of
control; and by Mrs. Morse, in charge
Of the school, were given, covering
the work of the board and of the in
stitution, respectively. Mrs. Morse,
whose superintendency dates from the
beginning Of the institution at Sank
Centre, is doing a wonderful work for
the girls and for society. It might
be said that less politics entered into
the deliberations of the meeting as
we'll as in the resolutions than for a
long time, in fact it was quite negli-
gible. Which is good and for the
greater success Of the association. We
trust that the state association will
follow suit. Sessions were divided be-
tween the city and the auditorium of
the training school. A very fine ban
ouet was rendered the editors by the
citizens Friday evening, after which
all attended a smoker at the CONNER
cial club rooms. The hospitality Offer
ed by Editors Wallace and the (other>
good citizens of Sank Centre was given
in fine spirit and left with the visitors
kindly remembrance Of their visit.
A. T. LaFreniere Of Grand Rapids
was elected president for the coming
year, an honor bestowed on deserv-
ing and energetic member Of the as
ISOLATION.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03

to order in the afternoon and asked G..
B. Campbell, county agricultural
agent, to give report of the work ac-
complished by the Morrison County
Farm Bureau the past year. Mr.. Camp.
bell stated that for every dollar ex-
pended in the Farm Bureau the past
year, there had been two dollars re-
turned to farmers through the cooper
alive marketing enterprises, the dis
tribution of picric acid, and the sales
of livestock and commodities.
=. j. J. Jacobson gave splendid talk
on the Central Cooperative Commis-
sion Association and. the savings they
are making for the farmers through
their commission firm. It took 10 years
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
JUNIOR CLUB WORK REACHES
NEW HEIGHT

Mlnnesotans have good reason to be
proud of and encouraged by the re.
suits Of boys and girls club work. A
total Of 1890 youngsters were en-
rolled in club work last year, and Il
per cent finished their demonstrations
and made their annual reports to T..
A. Erickson, state leader, of University
Farm, as against IS per cent in 1920.
"There never has been more interest
in this phase of extension work than
during 1921 says Mr.. Erickson, who
gives large credit for the success to
public school workers and farm bu-
reau interests of the state. "Many
more boys and girls ought to plan to
get into the game this year,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
CLUB WORK SPURS CAUSE OF
EDUCATION

The total enrolment in boys and
girls club work in the United States
in 1921, according to recent report
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture received at University
Farm, was 216,479. Agricultural col
leges offered 730 scholarships and con-
Quoted short courses for 1888 boys
and girls. Highly significant of the
manner in which club work stimulates
desire for more instruction is the
fact that more than 1900 former club
members enrolled in 1920 in the four
year course in agriculture or home
economics at various agricultural col
leges.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS

The Democratic State Central COM
mittee has issued the call for a state
convention to be held at Minneapolis
on March 81, at 2 p. M, which conven-
ton will likely be held! at the auditori-
UNI. Morrison county is entitled to II
delegates: =: ;. ,
The congressional convention is: to
be held t~St. Cloud on March 80 at 2
p. M, Morrison county being entitled to
The county convention has been set
for Tuesday, March 81, at p. m, in
Little Falls, at either the court house
or city hall, announcement Of which
will be made later.
Election Of delegates will take place
on March IA, at the polling places
throughout the county, it being neccs'
sary for candidates to file an affidavit
with the county auditor before Febru-
AIRY p, that their names may go on the
printed ballots. Previous to this, the
county committee must certify The
number of delegates under the appor-
tionment each precinct is entitled to
not later than February II. Same
however. will be filed during the next
few days, and call issued for the
county convention.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
UNCLE DUDLEY'S COLUMN

In some. OF the large city papers we
note sensational reductions in the re-
tail prices Of dry goods, clothing and
other articles Of daily use.
This would indicate that some peonle
have been doing some high profiteering
IN the past, but are forced to get down
to earth again in order to break the
buying strike that has played havoc
with the big city retail business.
You do not hear Of these stupendous
drops in the country stores, and for the
best Of all reasons.
The average country merchant did
not resort to the constituencies prof
iteering methods that were practiced
id some of the larger cities. He raised
his own prices as wholesale prices were
increased and this he was compelled to
do in order to continue business.
Since the downward trend common
ced, he has been reducing his prices as
rapidly as wholesale rates declined, and
he will continue to do so as long as
there is a falling market.
When you compare the reductions in
the country towns to those in the large
cities just consider both sides of the
question. You may discover that your
home merchant has been fairer to you
right along than any one else.
q q q
When a fellow calls you a liar YOU
punch him-but others wonder if it is
true.
.l:s4s & & &
They say that half loaf is better
thantno loaf at all, but many a new
husband doesn' It believe it.
=. ~ 49,
G<When a woman marries for money
she gets what is coming to her-but
net always in cash.
Generally it IS tie ihothe. !, w 4 is re.
gponsible for the brightness Of q child,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03

to bring it about, but now. it is prov
ing it's usefulness by an actual saving
Of $4,000 in five months.
Mr.. jacobson then told of how the
farm bureau Influenced the state board
Of control to cut the price Of Minneso-
ia prison machinery. The state board
had reduced the price Of a 6-foot' bind
er to $3.50. But the farm bureau in
sisted upon further reductions with
the result that a 6-foot binder now
sells for $133.
J. H. Hay, Deputy Commissioner Of
Agriculture Of st. Paul, gave an in
spring address on the work of the! CO.
operative marketing associations
which have been fostered by tho De
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
THEATRE ROOF
FALLS; MANY DIE
List Of Injured Reach 134 as
p Search of Washington Play
house Ruins NearS End,
SNOW CAUSES CRASH
Audience Roaring With. Laughter
When Tragedy Happens-Heavy
Downfall Of Snow Blamed for
Horrible Disaster.

Washington-Officia police records
placed the known dead in the
Knickerbocker theater disaster at
81. Elimination of duplicated names
brought the final total down from the
unofficial peak OF l12 at which: the
toll of the catastrophe was placed
Saturday night 49,. .-.
= The list of injured totaled 1874 and
IA OF these were recorded as critical
ly hurt. Caught beneath the falling
beams, which had been designed to
act as traverse supports for the roof,
scores were taken to hospitals SUI
fering with broken limbs or severe
internal injuries. Many were given
immediate medical attention at i'm
provised stations hastily erected near
the scene of the disaster.
The Official list, according to the
authorities, contained the names Of
all those whose bodies had been re-
covered up to midnight from the
ruins left when the roof Of the the
alter. overweighted with snow, col
1apsed on the audience:
Search Nearly Over.
The volunteer workers, including
police, tiremen, marines and cavalry
from Fort Myer, had practically con-
cluded their search of the wreckage
at midnight. The only portion OF
what had been the orchestra remain
ing to be searched was a far corner
in which it was not expected addi-
tlonal bodies would be found
The knickerbocker one of the new
est and largest of the capitals mo-
ton picture houses. was rated as one
OF the most exclusive, drawing it's pa
tronage from the Northwest residen-
tial section in the vicinity of upper
Connecticut avenue.
Family Groups Predominant.
Family groups predominated IL the
audience Saturday night and it was
upon these that the roof, backed by
tons of wet snow, descended with
barely whispered warning.
The exact number in the theater
When the steel and concrete span of
the roof buckled and fell under its
three foot load of snow probably
never will be known. The stories of
perhaps hundred who got out un-
injured have been reported. These
account for i few more than 300 in
the audience that was roaring n
laughter at screen comedy Wien the
root fell on them like blanket, car
rying down the front Of tn wide bal
cony in it's crash
Storm Keeps Many Away.
Normally. the theater mas had every
seat filed at that hour and its capac-
ity was nearly 1000 persons. The
same unprecedented snowfall which
brought death to the venturesome
few, kept the many at home. Street
! car traffic had been abandoned and
streets and sidewalks were all but
impossible with drifts.
There has been no time for official
| inquiry as to the cause of the disaster
| The ruins disclose that the entire
mass Of steelheld concrete that
| formed the roof came down. The
| crash swept the supports out from
under the balcony, apparently. and
| this hinged down at an angle of AZ
degrees, adding to the tangled mass
! OF wreckage on the floor below.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
GRIM WEST AFRICA
Country Of "heat and Horror 70
White Man.
British West Coast Colonies hald I'm.
n'snse Wealth and Secrets Which
Defy Modern Sciences.

w. Alan Lethbridge, in his book.
"West Africa" gives a clear and in
terest'ng account Of the West Coast
colonies as they are today, of their
cheat and horror" Of their immense
wealth, and Of their strange medical
problems. Wounds In the white man
will not heal there and no white child
may be born. Nor has the secret Of
tropical fever been mastered, though
Sierra Leone is no longer 1.-THE white
mans grave"
He has some grim stories to tell
one, which is new, Of the: haunted
castle at Elmina, where no one sleeps
Will bout a qualm. 1t appears that. a
party of three men and one woman
were playing bridge very keenly in
the: tropical night: "Of sudden the
lady put her hands to her eyes. as
though dazzled. Asked If anything
were the matter she denied anything
wrong and continued playing. Then
again she clapped her hands to her
eyes, gave an exclamation, and tainted
dead away" What she had seen she
could not or would not say, but the
tradition is that headless woman,
walks the castle.
Nor does Mr.. Lethbridge reject the
power Of native magic. He vouches
for one strange story: That at point
In the Niger delta in a hut near a
store were number Of native workers,
under medical supervision. Their
headman said it was mo good place"
Zone morning Kro0 boy was re-
ported dead; post-mortem revealed
no apparent cause of death. Next
morning two men had departed this
life and again post-mortelns revealed
nothing. On the third morning four
men were dead and there was some
thing like panic"
All the men were at once removed
and fresh batch brought up to be
placed in 1.-The same sinister house"
They, too. died in the same mysteri-
Gus way, and 1t was decided to burn
down the hut. Then something fell
to the ground and was seized by the
headman who rushed up to the doctor
shouting, Here be plenty bad thing.
sab Fit to kill all men, sab! He held
at arms length two human finger
bones which had been tied together
with bit Of native Irvine in the shape
Of rough cross"
When this ju-5u was. disposed of the
deaths ceased. The Niger delta is not
a place for lonely white men to take
walks in the cleaning, an instance is
mentioned Of one "youngster" who did
so and two days later his mutilated
corpse was found waterlogged in the
sinister mangrove swamp" Nor is it q
place to be buried in; we are told that
in digging graves the water Is reached
and the mourners have to stand upon
the coffin to hold it down.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
The kavvy's Mistake.

A clergyman was geologist and al
ways carried his specimens about In a
red handkerchief such as navvies use
to carry their dinners In. One day as
he was going home with it full of
specimens he saw a navy at the top
Of a well using violent language be-
cause the wfndiass refused to work.
MY FRIEND" said the parson, do
you know Satan"
NO." replied the man, "but I'll ask
my mate. Bill" he cried, do you know
Satanw
mol" came the answer from tho
bottom of the well. ".Why?
"Well, here's a bloke up here wot's
got is dinner."-London Tit~Bits.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
FOR INJURY TO GUEST

A decision OF interest to automobile
insurance men was handed down in The
Wisconsin Supreme Court in Dennis
McShea VS.. John l.. McVov. Judge
Owen held that the owner Of the auto
mobile was not responsible for injuries
sustained by guests during ride. Said
he in the opinion:-
lit is an act Of kindness and consid-
Grafton for the owner of a car to lead
its comfort and pleasure through an IN
v!tation to his less Fortunate ncighbor
for a ride in the country, to join :, pi:
mic party, or to enjoy an evening at
the theatre in a nearby city. This is
"a species Of hospitality which should
be encouraged rather than discouraged,
and the law, shonld not be coupled mp
with friendly act Of duty which
makes its exercise an unreasonabl
hazard -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
NAMES KENYON u. S. JUDGE
Harding Appoints Iowa Senator to
Federal Circuit Court.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. S. Kenyon
of Iowa announced he would accept
the nomination as federal Judge for
the eighth circuit, rendered to him by
President Harding and sent to-: the
senate.
The senate soon after receiving the
nomination confirmed it in open exec:
utive session, an honor only rarely
paid to nominees. ..:~ :
Senator; Kenyon succeeds Judge
Walter L. Smith Of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who died last week
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
INCREASE ADVERTISING IS BAB-
SONS ADVICE

Roger W. Babson, sfatlstlclan and
business authority, is advising Ameri-
can business men and manufacturers
to renew and even increase their adj
vertising. He says: cit takes no little
courage to go counter to the popular
current and spend money for adver-
tising when immediate returns are
smaller than usual, but am convinced
that the man who has that foresight
and courage will gain Advantages
running start-that will carry him
through the coming periods Of impro:e-
ment and prosperity. Take the aggre
gate cOurie,''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
FIRE DESTROYS ORE: DOCK

+ Superior, visa SPECTACULAR fire
at the Great Northern ore dock No.. 2;
at Allouez, suburb, which for
time threatened other ore docks, was
brought under control through COM
.bined efforts of Superior tiremen and
a crew from Duluth. The loss was
estimated at $4,000, 900. T..
The fire started from an unknown
cause. The dock was of wood con.
struction and burned rapidly.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
WOULD RUSH TARIFF BILL
Early Action Urged BY President Of
Manufacturers.

Washington-Enact ment at the
"earliest practical moment" of tariff
legislation to afford American manu-
facturers that protection without
which they cannot weather the storm
of foreign: competition and to pro-
vide an American valuation basis for
import duties was urged by John E.
Edgerton, president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, in an
address at the associations tariff con-
vention.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
EARTH FLIES OFF CENTER

Changes Axes and Earthquake Fol-
lows, Scientists Say.
New York=~The earth, in: its diz-
Tying whirl through space: :got Off
center for a few :. moments ;ruesday
and shifted it's poles" or axes, to fit
the new .{c center: OF. rotation:
Then, SO that it might not be
travelling ON a fiat wheel: so to
speak, few million tons of solid
rock, somewhere off the Western
coast Of the United, in the bed of the
Pacific ocean, slipped" 100 feet or
so to even things up. The :seismo-
graph record. showed the deviation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
FRED E. WHEATON PASSES

Minneapolis-Fred E. Wheaton,
Democratic national committeeman
from Minnesota, candidate for gov
ernor of Minnesota in 1918, and SD
preme keeper of records and seals of
the knights of Pythias, died of heart
disease at Eitel hospital Sunday morn
ing He was SO years old.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
Farm Bureau Notes

Farm Bureau members of the Belle
vue township unit held a very success
full meeting at the Royalton school
house last Saturday. Dinner was
served by the girls in the Domestic
Science department. at noon. -.
Director Games called the meeting