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LABORSLACKERS
ARE ATTACKED
North Dakota Senator De
nounces Them—Profiteers
of Worst Sort, He Says.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Profiteering
by labor slackers and supply eontrac
tors was denounced in the senate to
day by Senator AXcCumber of North
Dakota, republican, .'us typifying the
speed of what he called a Bolshevik
movement in this country. The sen
ator delivered a two-hour prepared
speech, declaring profiteering was en
couraged by government officials, I
cn^rging that labor unionism is
slacking in a most shameful and dis
graceful manner" in shipbuilding, and
urging enactment of his lull to draft
for industrial or agricultural service
men between 18 and years of age. I
Republican leader Gallinger follow
ed with an attack on "criminal waste I
and extravagance," in government at:
tivities for which he said those in of
lice would be held responsible.
Senator Mollis of New Hampshire,
democrat, and Senator Phelan of Cal
ifornia, replied with .vigorous defense
of labor's record. The latter observed
that a republican "drive" in the com
ing campaign wa-s being announced,
Senator AlcCumber disclaimed par
tisanshlp and said his criticisms of
labor "slacking" were meant princi
pally for Industrial Workers of the
Avorld members.
In his address the North Dakota sen
ator had bitterly assailed the Bolshe
•_ viki government of Russia for "damn
able treachery and blackest treason"
in deserting the allies.
His bill for drafting men for in
dustrial or agricultural service, he
""said, did not propose conscription of
labor, but merely a mobilization of the
nation's physical strength, which would
reach "slackers and idlers" and "mil
lions of men who have never been
engaged in any gainful trade or oc
cupation.
Leaves $30,000 To Be
Given To Lutherans
Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb.
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C. N. Railway Company
St- Ixjuis, Mo.. Feb. 2.").—A strike
of clerks in the five large department
stores of St. Ixuiis was called late
this afternoon, effective Tuesday
morning. Uniyi leaders announced
that the stores i^vould be picketed to
morrow and that women would be
among the pickets.
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26.—
•Aslak G. Teisberg who died here re
centiy provided in his will that his es
tate, valued at $U0,00u lie converted
into cash at the earliest practibale
date and divided into seven e'liial
parts, to be distributed among insti
tutions of the Norwegian Evangelical
Lutheran church of America. The in
etitutions named in the will are: I
Park Region Luther college, For
gus Falls Luther Seminary, St. Paul:
Martiq Luther orphans Home,
Stoughton, Wis. Wild Rice Lutheran
Orphans Home, Twin Valley Park
land Orphans homo. Parkland.
Wash. Old Peoples Home, Stonghton,
Wis., and the Josephine old Peoples
Home, Stanwood, Washington.
The will provides that the money
bequeathed the Park Region Luther
college and the Luther Seminary bo
used to aid students who desire to
study theology.
First Girl Operator
Tq
Be Employed By
Winona, Minn.. Feb. 26.—The first
girl telegraph operator to be employ
ed by the Chicago Northwestern Rail
way company on the Minnesota rtivi- late tonight when the resolution will
sion, it was learned ut division head- go to the lower house. I
quarters here, has been assigned to The resolution, which is an amend
duty as the second trick operator at: ment to the loyalty resolution of the
Marshall. Minn. The young woman is republican caucus reads as follows: I
Miss Viola Curley of Eau Claire, Wis., "The people of the state of Wiscon
who is a high school graduate and sin always nave stood and always will
had studied telegraphy for several stand squarely behind th
months before making application for I to a successful end.
the position assigned her. Senator Robert M. La Follette and all
The employment of women in this others who have failed to see the
branch of railroad service, according righteousness of our nation's cause and
to C. F. Prescott. chief dispatcher of have failed to support our government
this division, is evidence of the short- in matters vital to the winning of the
tage of men who formerly handled war'. And we denounce any attitude
the work exclusively. or utterance of statements which in-
CLERKS IN ST. LOUIS
STORES GO ON STRIKE
GUATEMALA IS
SHAKEN BY QUAKE'
Feb. 25.—Telegraphic communication
with the interior of Guatemala is in
terrupted as a result of earthquake
shocks of an extremely violent char
acter.
BIG WATER POWER
DAM AUTHORIZED
Washington, Feb. 2 5.President
Wils at to a a a
thorizing the construction of a water
power dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., as
partr of the $60,000,000 project for a
government plant there for the fixa
tion for atmospheric nitrogen for use
•.In the manufacture of munitions and
fertilizer.
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MAP OF NEW DRIVE AGAINST RUSSIA
I N A N
STHONIA
PPZEMY5L LEMBEE.G
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present war
Better Methods Of
Raising Sugar Beets
Urged In Minnesota
San Salvador. Republic of Salvador, increase of acreage is not necessary
to
he produced from the tubers this I
ycar," he said in Minneapolis early
this week. "Proper seed bed prepar
ation, intensive cultivation and con
servation of soil moisture will meet
the increased demand."
Sugar beets have been increased
from $8 to $9 a ton. he said, and with
the demand for cattle feed which can
be met by the sale of beet tops the
impending shortage is sure to be met.
1.000,000 WOMEN WORKING.
Amsterdam. Feb. 26.—Six million
women have entered industry in Ger
many during the war, according to
official figures quoted by Vorwaerts.
It's easy to help along
in food conservation
when you know how.
is over 10% by weight actual
sugar, not' put there" but de
veloped in its making from
wheat and malted barley.
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requires no sweetening.
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'There a Season"
for GRAPE-NUTS
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This map shows where the new German drives against Russia are cen
tering. and the principal railroad lines. Two German armies are driving
on into Russia. Berlin announces, one from Riga and one from Kovel. The
Riga drive is aimed at Dvinsk, 1(10 miles away. Uvinsk is an important rail
road center. From there a direct rail line runs north into Petrograd, 250
miles. Kiev, shown in the lower right, is said to have been captured by the
Red Guards after terrible bloodshed in the Russian civil strife. Previous to
Berlin's announcement of the new drives, Swiss reports said that immedi
ately after the armistice expired German troops began pushing into the
Baltic provinces of Livonia and Ksthonia. Capture of these provinces woulcl
cut Russia off from the Baltic and put Reva.1 in the hands of Germany.
From Reval the Germans could easily operate against Petrograd .by sea.
There have been other reports that Germany was preparing to occupy Fin
land.
LA FOLLETTE U.S. AVIATION
CONDEMNED IN PROGRAM SHOWS
STATESENATE! FINEPROGRESS
Loyalty Resolution Passsd Manufacturers Encouraged
by Wisconsin Upper
House, Censures Him.
Madison, Wi«..»"eb. 25.—The loyalty
resolution, including an amendment
condemning Senator La Follette for
his attitude toward the war, was pas
sed by the state senate late tonight by
a vote of 26 to 3.
ODE35
A
cSZ
Over Building Work
Accomplished.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Encouraging
reports on progress of the American
aviation program were brought to
Washington today by representatives
of all the firms building airplanes for
the army, summoned by Secretary
Baker, tor a conference.
The resolution came before the state
senate late today. Critics of the Wis
consin senator in attacking his atti
tude read into the record La Follette's
St. Paul speech and editorials printed V1"®1?, their stories. He
in his magazine. A vote is expected
They all are tremendously encour
aged about the work they are doing,
Mr. Baker said, after the manufac-
described the conference as "a pro
gress report. Some of the aircraft
and engine builders are ahead of their
schedule, he added, some are behind,
but all are working with great enthus
iasm and confidence in the results of
their labors.
Minneapolis, Minn., 26—Increased
productions of sugar beets in Minne- S'snment of fifty pigeons is expected
sota through the use of better meth-
The secretary said he had summon-
ed the
We conrtpmn
e1
manufacturers because he want-
them to
condemn
have
exchange with department
officials and with eaeh othel an( tij
feel that "the department is back of
the producers."
Xo plan for expansion of the exist
ing program is under contemplation,
Mr. Baker indicated, and he said to
day's meeting was not called because
of any shortage of aircraft with Gen
cite sedition among the people of the
country and to injure Wisconsin's fair Pershing forces. He added that
ne was still without confirmation of
reports of such shortage.
name before the free peoples of the
earth."
Pigeons To Be Sent
To Camp Dodge For
Signal Corps Work
"dollar-a-year-man" now on a speak- I adoption of these birds as a
ing tour in the state under the aus- ir"eaila of communication is held of
pices of the federal government. "An highest importance by signal of-
Camp Dodge. Ia.. Feb. 26.—A con-
at
ods is being urged by J. A. Brock, a "^",5
(-amP
,,cers
meet the request of the food ad- r"an'
ministration that a third more sugar
Dodge as part of the equip-
for the
.division signal corps,
according to Major C. L. East-
dlvis'm
signal officer. Tests
proved the transmission of mes-
saBet
by pigeons to be 97 per cent ef-
ficient. it is said they are not af
fected by poison gases and that the
carrying of messages for distances up
to 200 miles seldom failed.
The loft for the pigeons at Camp
Dodge have been completed and eight
enlisted men were assigned today as
the division pigeon detachment.
These men will have the care and
breeding of the birds under their su
pervision. They were chosen because
of previous experience with homing
pigeons. Jt is planned to have about
200 birds at Camp Dodge eventually
and when the division moves a num
ber of the younger pigeons will be
taken to France where they will be
used as carriers. Trial flights will be
made from various points in Iowa.
GERMANS TOO WELL
DISCIPLINED TO
START REVOLUTION
Minneapolis Minn.. Feb. 26.—Ger
man soldiers are too well disciplined
to revolt and there is no one at home
but old men, women and children
whose mutterings can be easily sup
pressed, according to C. H. Myts, who
stopped in Minneapolis two weeks aft
er he had left the Dutch border on
hie way to manage a rubber planta
tion in the East Indies. "Daily I met
and saw deserters from the German
army," he said. "They are literally
swarming into Holland, risking death
on *he electrically charged fence
along the frontier to escape the hor
rors they have faced for the last three
years. My knowledge of conditions I
obtained from them."
Holland is starving, but conditions
are so bad in Germany that even the
Dutch cannot stand more than a few
days' stay there because of their in
ability to obtain sufficient food, he
said.
Although the Dutch openly sympa
thize with the Allies the bloodshed
and hardships they have witnessed
have affected them so that they are
resolved not to enter the world con
flict on either aide, Mr. Myts said.
STREET CAR GIRLS POISONED.
London, Feb. 26.—Within a short
period 26 girl conductors on London
street cars an1 omnibuses have been
poiftoned by eating chocolates given
them while on duty by a man whom
the police describe as "middle-aged,
gentlemanly, foreign appearance."
The police have posted notices in all
ttie .street car barns and offices cau
tioning women employes against ac
cepting candies-from strangers.
Suit Lake City. i.~tih. Ib. II.—
Men she's stalled t, one after anoth
er. have scat to prison under the
shadow of a greet offense.
It is a German Mtjfle.
The Kaiser has regarded ft as one
of his most potent assets in the United
States.
Basking the dimpled favor of
Miss Augusta Minnie Dec
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von Alvenslehen. Leybold and
Schloeterborg, doing the bidding of
the Hun. were arrested and interned
as among the most dangerous alien
enemies in the country.
Now Mias Deckman, held here un
der espionage charge, faces the same
fate.
She smiles no more.
Shadowed by U. S. operatives for
months here and in Seattle, Miss
Deckman was arrested after she had
persuaded the Rev. B. H. Leesman,
prominent Utah clergyman, to carry a
note intended for a prisoner, into the
Federal war barracks at Fort Douglas.
Keeling secure in the power of her
charms, she made a bold attempt
thus to communicate with her "sweet
heart," Krnest A. Leybold, a young
German interned as one of the notori
ous Alvensleben's entourage.
In the letter, written in German,
she frankly told Leybold that she ftelt
responsible for his being in prison,
though she did not explain why.
Miss Deckman is classed by federal
officials of Salt Lake as one of the
"brainiest and most dangerous women
workers for the Wilhemstrasse in this
country, as well as the prettiest."
Definite connections, say the au
thorities. have been proven between
her and Count Alvo von Alvenslehen,
known as the "Kaiser's personal fi
nancial representative in America,"
Former resident of Vancouver, B.
C., he rose from the position of a
waiter to one who became, over night,
the handler of millions. Military of
ficials here regard him as the "big
gest" prisoner in the war camp,
though enemy Germans from all parts
of the world are confined there.
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With von Alvensleben operated Ley
bold. to whom Miss Deckman an
nounced herself "engaged," though
secret service agents shadowing her
say thev overheard her allude to this
as a "joke." Prison officials regard
the story of her "engagement" as a
blind to conceal her real purpose in
keeping clo«e touch with Leybold and Her smile was her power and her
his interned associates. weakness.
Having enlre to Salt Lake's most se
loot rocin! circles.
Miss Deckman, beautiful, talented, While in Seattle, where Leybold was
versptile. was a student fit the I'ni- 'arrested, she was under constant
versitv of TTtah. Prior to that she had surveillance by secret service opera
attended tbe University of Washing- tives, and it was through shadowing
ton. in Seattle, being employed at the Miss Deckman, they say, that these
same time as governess in the home operatives were able to apprehend
of a wealthy Puget Sound salmon Alvensleben, Schloeterborg and Lev
canner.
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Girl With 'Dangerous Smile' Spy Suspect
Men Favored by Pro-German Beauty, Go, One After Another, to War Prison
bold.
The Rev. Lcesman.
mucb of the anti- charged with her under the espion-jcago and the Twin Cities for work
Red Cro«-s propaganda 'n this section age act, snys he took' pity on the on the Northern Pacific during the
pscrib°d to the pro-German beauty I "p'igbt" of the beautiful young Ger- I coming season. Others are expected not
by federal officials licre. I man girl and for that reason only I to follow in due course of time.
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Agreed to Grant Two and
One-half Cent Wage In
crease but Labor Refused.
Chicago, Feb. 25.—John E. O'Hern,
general superintendent for Armour
and Company, in testifying today be
fore Federal Judge Samuel Alshuler
in the stock yards wage dispute, stat
ed the position of the packers on the
questions in controversy and replifed
to the charges made by the represen
tatives of organized labor.
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made by the.witness follows:
That the packers at a conference
with President Wilson's federal medi
ation board last December agreed to
grant their employes an increase of
2 1-2 cents an hour, but that the la
bor leaders declined to accept the of
fer.
That the packers are willing to*
grant any increase in wages the arbi
trator, after making a full investi
gation, deems fair and reasonable to
meet the increased cost of living.
That the packers' present rate of
27 1-2 cents an hour for common la
bor Ik equal to the average rate paid
by other employers.
That the living conditions in the
district known as "back of the yards"
are a« good or better than in many
other congested industrial centers.
That it is impracticable for the
packing industry to adopt an eight
hour day during the period of the
war, as a maximum capacity of every
plant is necessary to meet the de
mands of the armies and navies of
the United States and its allies.
That the adoption of an eight-hour
day in the packing plants would de
crease the output 20 per cent.
That women are not discriminated
against in the matter of wages and
are now receiving same wages paid
men for the same work.
agreed to carry her note to Leybold, up from the ranks of laborers in the
using his minister's cloak as a means plants.
of entry into the war prison.
His record, together with Miss
Deck man's is baing thoroughly inves
tigated.
liie hearing for both was set for
February 27.
Jamestown—Three gangs of Italian
That the packers are not supplant
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That the packers have not discrimi
nated against labor unions.
That 8! per cent of high salaried
packing house executives have come
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class, third class and fourth class res
taurants. Saloons are rapked with
second class places. Prices of the
various dishes are fixed in r-ccordance
with the'class of each place and must
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