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Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
ALL WORK TRAINS OUT

SACRAMENTO, Ca1if., Feb. IF. (P Six Southern Pacific passenger trains are preparing for 24-hour wait in Sierra Nevada, near which place 200 feet of double track is washed out. All available work trains have been rushed to the spot. The possi- bility of using the routes of other railroads was blocked when they were stopped by washouts.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
MANY U. s. CHILDREN DEAF

NEW YORK, Feb. IT. (P-There are 3,OOO,OOO school children with defective hearing in the United Stat es, according to an announcement made by the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
BERLIN WANTS TOURISTS
is crippled,

BERLIN, Feb. IT. P)-It is a small percentage of American travel CTS who visit Berlin in winter, but for those who do and for such other tourists as put in an appearance here during the cold season the travel agencies have provided the maximum of sightseeing comforts.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
Continued on Page Tour)

SMITH TOO ILL TO APPEAR
 WASHINGTON, Feb. IT. P)-An hope that Senator-elect Smith of Hi nois would be seated this session ris- appeared with the announcement that he is too i'll to appear beforethe com mittee.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
PLANES RESUME FLIGHT

ARICA, Chile, Feb. 17.P)-The four Pan-American good will planes re- sumed their fight along the Chilean coast. The planes had been left at Ilo while the aviators visited La Paz by rail.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
FLOODS THREATEN ARIZONA

DENVER, Feb. IT. P)-Floods threatened Arizona and Colorado while freezing temperatures held in Montana and Idaho. Communication is crippled.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
Second Storm
 Due to Strike
 in California

LY DELUGED- D-WINDSTORM TOPPLES HUM DREDS OF OIL DERRICKS AT TAFT SIXTY FOUR BLOCKS IN LONG BEACH SWEPT BY FLOODS-VENICE INUNDATED - SIX SOUTH ERN PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAINS PREPARE FOR LONG WAIT IN SIERRA NEVADA-2OO FEET OF TRACK WASHED OUT
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
Balkan QuakeS Continue Occur
 Almost Hourly

EARTH MOVEMENT SHAKES DOWN BUILDINGS KILLING NINETY-ONE PERSONS: INTENSE COLD ADDS TO HORROR-REPORTs FROM STRICKEN AREA VARY IN AUTHENTICI- TY-RESIDENTS FLEEING HOMES
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-17
SNOWSLlDE KILLS THREE

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. IT. R)- Three persons were killed in Utah by a series of snowslides which paralized mail service for 24 hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28

The postwar years in very truth can be called
the period when the doubtful art Of preparing for
geries of every kind blossomed forth in all its glory.
And without doubt the palm for supremacy in this
respect - if not for quality, then for quantity -
should be given to England, famous for the cele-
brated "Zinoviev letter." which guaranteed the en-
try to power in 1925 of the present Conservative
Government with Baldwin at the head.
In connection with the 18th anniversary of 'Prav-
da" and the recent Picking forgeres, it will not be
superfuous to pay little attention to the Scotland
Yard double" of our "Pravda," about which the
reading public has doubtless already managed to
forget. And, by the way, on February 28th, 1921,
il was practically impossible to obtain a copy of
the 'Daily Herald" which denounced the whole
business of the SCOTLAND YARD FAXED
"PRAVADA." The "Daily Herald" wrote up in
detail the technique" of the production "of the
forged Pravda." The publication Of this "newspa-
per" had been started by Russian White Guards
living in London in 1920. The Editorial Collegiate"
was situated in the cold Russian embassy" and the
financial side was run by the "old Russian con-
suate." The "paper" printed in two
weeks, and taken straight from the printers
to Scotland Yard.
In England there is law that on every printed
publication the name of the editor, the publisher
and the printer should appear. close examina-
ton of the faxed "Pravda" revealed few English
words at the bottom written in tiny print. These
words, run: "Editor-Pushnow, Pubsher-Free
Society, Printed by Williams, Lea Co., Ltd,
e. G. d."
It is absolutely obvious that the "Pravda" indi-
Gated was printed IN London printing shop, little
suited to the purposes of these "Tsarist Russians"
And this is where the official English police insti-
tution-Scotland Yard-came on the scene zeal
ously fighting against the interference Of the Boil
sheviks in the internal affairs Of other countries"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28
By A. ERVEY

The copies of the faxed "Pravda" brought to Scot
land Yard sent to the guiotining machine
and, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF BRITISH
CIVIL SERVANTS, the compromising" signature
was cut clean off. The newspaper" ready
for dispatch But the kind help of Scotland Yard
was not limited to the work of the guillotne. The
doctored copies Of the faxed "Pravda" were packed
and delivered by English police agent to GER
tain English officials in Helsngfors. The "Daily
Herald" not without sarcasm commented, that the
expense of the dispatch of the papers was borne
by none other than the British taxpayers, who
pay also for the upkeep of Scotland Yard
Why and for whom was it necessary that the
Russian White Guards and their mighty defend
ers" from the Foreign Office should print forged
copies Of "Pravda" in London in 1927 The
swer to this question viii be clear, if we remem-
Der that it was in Autumn 1920 that the Lloyd
George Government threatened to break off the
Anglo-Soviet trade agreement on the pretext Of
"Boshevik propaganda in England; that in the
same year Wrangel was ultimately defeated and
the Russian" conference in Paris decided TO begin
a new "agitation campaign" against Soviet Russia
on broad scale. The British foreign office at
that time in need of material TO prove this "Bol-
shevk agitation in England; can one stop at the
preparation of false documents in the attainment
of such great aims? The British police institu-
tions did not let that hinder tsem in 1920 later
in 1924 when the 'Znoviev letter" appeared as the
browning glory Of their endeavors.
English runs: "Organ Cen. Com. and the Nose.
Com Of the Rep (b)" which means: Organ of the
Central Committee and the Moscow Committee Of
the Russian (now All-Union) Communist Party
(Boshevik)." The subtitle of the London fabrica-
ton has nothing in common not only with the
present-day subtitle Of "Pravda," but with the
Russian language.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28
"Mosc. Kun. r. C. p"

This article Is timely because Of the recent raid
on the Soviet Trade Delegation headquarters in
London and the breaking off Of diplomatic relations
eith the Soviet Union because of alleged interfer
ence the domestic affairs Of Great Britain The
picture of the fake Prauda, official organ Of the
Central Committee Of the Communist Party Of the
Souiet Union, that accompanies this story should
set at rest any doubts oar readers may hare thGt
the British government does not descend to the des
picGbIe method Of forgery IN framing up It's OPP
ponerts. People of Irish Egyptiaa or IndiGm ma
tonality accustomed to the perfidy Of the British
ruling class toilI hare no difficulty in believing
anything no matter hoW dcspieGbEe abOHt the Brit
ssh government. No doubt ace tOal haze a delatgs
o. forged documents IN the capitalist press from
aolo on, alleged to hCVS been captured in The ARGOS
gaid.-Ed. NesU MagGzine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28
1A[[O AND vANZt TIL
FUST NOT DEF!
The Martyr Myth
BY HENRY GEORGE WEISS

The opinion expressed among radicals that
the execution of Sacco and Yanzetti would rebound
in the long rum more to the good of the labor
freedom, is not only based faulty reasoning, but
is a dangerous state of mind for any worker to get
in, and must be fought strenuously by the clearer
thinking elements in the ranks of labor.
The workers holding to such opinion must be
made to realize that martyrs a confession Of
weakness on the part Of the laboring masses The
fact that the bosses railroad to prison or put
to death our leaders with IMMUNITY becomes
pom of intimidation in their hand and does help to
COW and keep in submission the less militant mass
1t is true that the martyred comrades become SYM
bols around which sections Of workers rally that
their names become battle-cries in the fight for
freedom but that is making, after all, the most Of
a battle which labor has admittedly fought-and
lost. The more powerful labor becomes, the
effective it is in making its demands needed, the
less will il have martyrs.
The opinion that martyrs Are necessary adjunct
TO progress must be taken with extra big pinch
of salt in spite of the eminent poets and historians
who have immortalized them in song and prose.
In some cases, like the less uncertain tale
Of Jesus for instance, martyrs have been killed off
hand and used few centuries later to hoodwink
their guble brethren in the ranks Of toll. This,
let it be understood is not the fault of the martyr
but il is hell of fate to die less sincerely
for your class and later find yourself used as an
excuse for bible-thumpng. In any case, labor has
too many martyrs, monuments to master-class VIC
tories, and the time has come to call halt Down
with the thinking that would inevitably breed mental
apathy in the ranks of TOLL that would consider
sacrificing any worker to the martyr myth!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28
By |. LAZAROVITZ

Union Square-afternoon The benches were, as
usual, taken. The visitors mostly members of
the reserve army, feeling American prosperity in
their daily struggle for existence. They sat there
and discussed politics.
Suddenly the tune of the Star Spangled Banner
sounded
few Of these Union Square visitors. among them
myself, went to the place where the tune sounded.
We saw a hurriedly built wooden platform with
big top sign which read:
Department Of New York Veterans of Foreign
Wars"
A small fellow with a belly as big as the wooden
platform on which he was standing, made the ad-
dress This fellow looked as though he had never
the inside Of factory in his life
Did he speak about the terrible conditions of the
workers in this country? Did he speak about the
danger of new war with all its miseries? Or
about the thousands OF unemployed who sub
jeced to the worst kind of starvation in this highly
developed country?
Quite the contrary He spoke about the prosper
time we have. The phrase American democ-
racy" came into his speech often.
While he was speaking about democracy noticed
that the crowd began to somewhere toward the
east side of Union Square. Running after the crowd
/ saw two big fat policemen holding fellow One
policeman kept bunch Of leaflets which he had
taken from the fellow.
"what kind of leaflets are those?" 1 asked the
policeman.
ooh, these damn Bolsheviks, wherever you go You
meet them"
"May have one of the leaflets?" asked the
policeman.
"Who are you, anyhow" the policeman replied
in voice that nearly made deaf.
told him 1 represented certain newspaper and
am interested to know what it's all about.
80, well, there is one" he said in more decent
voice.
took one of the leaflets and Immediately under
stood why the policeman excited. The leaf
let was statement Of the central executive COM
mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party. It be-
gan: Islands Off China-Not dollar, not one
for the Imperialists."
where are you going to take this fellow?" l
asked the policeman, but he didn't reply
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-28
Democracy in Union Square
By l. LAAZAROVITZ Worker Correspondent
Worker Correspondent

The crowd running to the other side of the
square. There we find the same story: two police
men holding one fellow with leaflets. But of
the policemen couldn't resist the chance of giving
some good pinches to the "red trouble maker"
The veterans representative on the wooden plat
form meanwhile still chewed the rag about Amer
lean democracy though nothing happened around
him. But the crowd didn't listen to him longer.
They were discussing the arrest Of the two reds.
"They shouldn't have given out these leaflets
here,o one of the fellows said.
"What do you mean, they shouldn't" asked
tall fellow with soldiers service button in his coat.
"They talk about democracy, don't they? Is it IL
legal literature? Believe they wouldn't arrest
these kids if they giving out leaflets praising
the flag or American policies in China. They don't
like democracy when you tell the people the truth
about war"
"What are you around here. the main attraction ?"
a policeman shouted out. "Come on-get off be-
fore you get pinched, too"
The tall fellow looked at the policeman if to
say: "Wait, your day will yet" and he quietly
moved on.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
McPhail's Daughter
Recalls St0ckade

"The first school teacher in the
stockade was Miss Julia A. Will.
liams, from Waseca, who taught me
at our house. Martha Webster was
the next teacher and she also taught
later in the public school, which al
first was in charge of Edwin March
and was held in small frame build
ing.
Edmond Fosgate built the frs
house outside the stockade, and my
father, Colonel McPhail, built the sec
ond, which he placed down in the
grove. Before the house was com
pleted, father gave house-warmine
and dance on my ninth birthday an
niversary. People came from New
Ulm, Lac qui Parle and Yellow Medi-
cine to attend. They went to supper
at the Watson house in the stockade
Martha Watson and her mother pre-
pared the supper.
"This was my first dancing, and my
partner was young soldier, Edward
Newman. 1 felt quite grown up.
"a short time after we had moved
into our new home an Indian inform
ed my father that he and number of
other Indians were coming to smoke
the pipe of peace. They came; all sat
down on the floor; the chief took a
puff at the pipe, then passed it to- my
father, who, after putting it a mo-
ment, gave it back. The rest of the
Indians did likewise.
eve had a melodion in the room,
and father directed me to play some
simple tunes for the Indians enter
tainment. l had to sit at the melo-
dion with my back to them, and 1
was fearful that they would rise be-
hind me and scalp me-"
Eta McPhail was married when she
was quite young to George w. An
derson. They moved to st. Paul to
reside, and here Mr.. Anderson taught
school until failing eyesight compell-
ed him to forsake that vocation and
open a grocery.
Mrs. Anderson has three sons, James
OF Denver; George of San Diego, and
John of Minneapolis.
When Colonel McPhail entered the
county in May, 1864, according to
historical account, he was accompanied
by 0. c. Martin, ]. r. Thompson and
one Dunlap. They were exploring to
IND suitable site for settlement.
At night they encamped mile north
east of the present site Of the village
of Redwood Falls. Well armed, they
dug rife pits at their camp and they
kept guard against surprise attack
of hostile Sioux. That same night,
T. w. Caster and Captain S. A. George
camped on the land that was to be-
come the townsite. They were join
ed the next day by McPhail and his
comrades. The beauty of the land, the
numerous water powers and the char
acter of the soil persuaded them that
was the spot on which to build their
homes.
First, as permanent measure of de-
Tense, they built stockade, digging
a ditch four feet wide ID throwing
up the earth. Then some of the mem
bers of the group went back to New
Ulm for supplies and their families.
These first. settlers were joined soon
by other families, and the stockade
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

was enlarged until it reached the area
of about half square block. Five
houses were built within the stockade,
three of log and one of frame, for it
was not regarded as safe to reside
outside the structure.
The townsite was located on the
claim of Colonel McPhail and on a
part of the claim of T. w. Caster,
from whom McPhail bought suffici-
ent land so that when he had the sur
veying and plating done by David
Watson, he became sole owner. Divid-
ing the lots into 20 shares, each Of
which contained 20 lots, he sold them
for 500 each.
Colonel McPhail became editor of
the first newspaper published in the
village-the Redwood Falls Patriot,
but only one number was issued,
and it was printed in st. Peter March
%, 1866. 1t was boom edition, pub
lished solely to advertise the advan-
tages of Redwood county to prospec-
tive settlers. The next newspaper ap-
peared September Is, 1869, with v.
C. Seward, editor and by change of
hands and name this became the Ga
zette.
Colonel McPhail, who was a lawyer,
also was elected first Judge of probate
and county attorney at the county
election in 1865 which also located
the county seat at Redwood Falls. Pre-
vious to the erection of the county
building, the courts were held in the
room over Captain Roberts store
and the county official records were
kept for some time at the homes of
those who were members of the coun-
tvs official family. In 1874, on a
square presented to the county by
Colonel McPhail, the first county
building was erected, and five years
later an addition was built.
Redwood county's name was taken
from the Redwood River, which, ris-
ing in Lincoln county, flows through
Lyon, and crossing the entire coun-
ty empties into the Minnesota river
three miles from here. In turn; the
river took it's name from the red cedar
which grew abundantly along its
banks. The village founders added
the words Falls" suggested by the
presence of the waterfall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

publication her recollections of the
Redwood Falls stockade, where at the
age of z, she resided with her par
ents.
Her "reminiscences cover the decade
following the Sioux massacre of 1862
They indicate that the fear of the
Sioux had not departed with the
driving of the red men westward
While the Indian bands that still lin
gered close to the white settlements
appeared peaceable, the memory of
their uprising two years before caus-
ed anxiety and rumors of purposed
attacks.
81 was a very little girl when my
father left Caledonia, Mimi, with my
mother, my brother John and myself
in covered wagon. We camped along
the way until we reached New Ulm
where my mother, brother and l
stayed at the Dakota House, which
had John Sieter as its proprietor.
MY father went on to Redwood
Falls and built our log house. He and
few other-I cannot recall the names
of any except o. C. Martin-built
the stockade and other log houses.
I'VE left New Ulm after the stock
ade was built, and my father and a
MIR. Bracket guarded our wagon
while we slept. We camped only one
night. We arrived at the stockade the
next day and moved into our new
home with our feather beds, blankets,
iron pots and pans, tin plates, cups,
silver and clothing. Our livestock
consisted of the team of horses, a
black cat and q canary bird. One Of
the horses was balky-we named him
Buck and as my father was kind to
animals we just waited until Buck
was ready to go.
"We were hardly settled when a
French half-breed told my father that
Indians were coming to wipe out the
stockade. Father sent a courier, Joe
Framboise, ! believe his name was,
to Fort Ridgely, and a detachment of
soldiers arrived few days later, on
Saturday, just as the Indians were
creeping up on the stockade. The
Indians had their bodies covered with
grass and they crept along only when
the wind blew, stirring the long prairie
grass. The soldiers fired on them from
the port holes in the bastions. There
were no casualties and the next morn
ing a large band of Indians was
grouped at the falls. My father took
my brother and me to see them, say
ing we probably never again would
have such an opportunity and we never
did.
"The Indians soon moved off, but
the soldiers remained at the stock
ade, lodging in the Wilkins house
from which the family had moved
"When the men in the settlement
went out to harvest the hay, the mos
quitoes were so numerous that the
harvesters had to wear large straw
hats from which mosquito netting was
draped to their shoulders, and they
also wore heavy gloves to get pro-
lection from the pests. Coming in
from the fields, they often brought
back human skulls, which they had
found on the prairie.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

August 27, 1868, and
put an end to the ap-
prehension and cease
less watching of the
forts defenders, who
feared that the Sioux
were amassing for a
fresh attack, for the
first time has given for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
JUDGES SALARY VETO
WILL BE APPEALED

Three attorneys who brought action
early in May to test the validity of
Governor Christianson's veto of the
bill increasing the salaries Of district
judges, Wednesday night were pre-
pairing to take an appeal from an adj
verse decision by Judge c. M. Stan
ton of Bemidji.
The bill was passed by the last
Legislature and would have increased
the judges salaries from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The lawyers who brought the &C
ton are w. E. Rumble, president OF
the Ramsey County Bar association
Frank E. Putnam of Blue Earth and
A c. Paul Of Minneapolis Mr.. Rum
BILE stated that conference would
be held shortly to discuss the appeal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
GIVES STORY OF EARLY DAY
PIONEERING AT REDWOOD
FALLS WITH ALL THE THRILLS
OF STORY BOOK ADVENTURE.

(St. Paul Pioneer fress)
Mrs. Eta M'Fhail Anderson, daugh-
ter of Colonel Samuel McPhail, who
at the head of two companies of citi-
zen-cavalry rode into Fort Ridgely
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

Since prohibition, a man-of-the-
world is one who spends his sum-
mers in Canada.-Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

With so many schools in the coun-
try graduating boys and girls it is
well to remember the praise given one
graduating class by the speaker who
said, "You are to be congratulated
Tonight you know it all; you never
will again" Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-30
Continued from Yesterdays Star1

early in the War Her r'f friends Ss say that
IIessSn was in love with J,m's COUSIN,
Wedding. The same day both M" men 80, =
boIh 20 tne front and, y short time later,
ar h en msrr exported missing IN the same
Shlspered amonS her friends OF which it
his cousin, Jack, Now, 10 wears later,
MN MN never word from the tune they
S Se.e mrs, missing. one of them turns np,
Il came about like this: Mai. Man.
nlns, an officer who STAYED in the British
dark nishs. needs Ssp TO remove Yea a storm:
s.eIied tree from the road. and obtains y
rom . PEASANTS hut in the person OF
has been cared for by his aunt, Anna Blum,
ne IS duTb hut exceedingly strong nhys'
the road, AS he reesins conscionsnesss his
SAFE falls on The majors lac ana ne
seyl'' calling him by an old nickname
Sn9Tn only 70 his ,ntamsies SssF'i .S INTO ITO
;ured msn to Mas has Some As he is nurse
back to life he revesls tina, he is meme
other than Laydon. Found by Anna Blum
RESTORED 30 physical health. but IT took the
second accident TO bring his mind back to
one old ss'ess an nus old ssf on whSs
Of the Lsydons are you. John or Jack" he
snswers onE don, snew ore ksey Sn,e1 Is
views in which she tells this new Layden
who seems a mixture OF both the boys she
snew. that she'll cali hum ut, Tony s,, SIR
no satisfaction beyond the fact that once
IN his dehriun1, Anton nurmnred TIE name
Of a girl who EVELYN discovers. was mar
sTec To Jim Field and also hecsne the wife
e Jack LAYTON la'er-lus; q week tsS,: sissF
oa3rrcle6 and parted.