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FRTDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918
It seems to be up to the German peo
ple.
Justice should have mercy in it, and
merrrv should have justice, says Secre
tary Lansing.
Columbus discovered America 426
years ago Saturday and Germany has
been discovering it every day lately.
The president has made no mistake in
expressing the sentiments of the Amer
ican people. Firmness without swash
buckling.
Germany wants a place in the sun, but
will have to be put in the moon, which
democratic state central committee is
really doing business, and has begun
.stirring lip things.
"We judge, after reading Wheaton's
keynote speech, that he is going to stay
in the field, and that anyone who is hop
ing for a withdrawal at the last minute,
for any reason whatever, lias another
guess coming.
In the earlier years of Little Falls
the town was often threatened by forest
fires,though fortunately nothing serious
ever resulted. The older settlers have
some idea of what such a catastrophe
of nature may be.
Patrick J. Russell, democratic candi
date for congressman in this district,
was in the city Wednesday in the in- the miracle of carrying Minnesota
terests of his candidacy. Mr. Bussell for a democratic presidential candidate.
says that he is meeting with much en-j
,.
-j
of Bemidji, is able and energetic, and
his motives, land assail him, and when
they do it, it is to be regarded as pa
triotism. Is it standing by the admin
istration to set up a howl of fear that
if elected will Well fill the position of j^y, one overflowing with milk of kind
congressman from the great sixth dis- ness. His innate modesty prevented it
trict.
Columbus sought a new trade route to
the East, not because he was ambitious
for power and wealth, but mainly be
cause he wanted wealth to equip armies
to rescue Jerusalem and the holy places
in Palestine from the infidel. He was a
deeply religious man and the desire to speech
place the tomb of onr
Savi.r
in
tian hands influenced all his lite. It has Washington they will want officals in
taken centuries to accomplish it, but it! every state who are undoubtly in
has been done, and surely one of the re- hearty sympathy with President Wil-
ml*,°f the war must ho the release of SttTttaSI there tab™
the Holy land for ever from the domin-
T,
ter. The material loss is immense and
imuch of it represents the savings and ,month3 of April, May, June, etc. etc.
the results of years of toil, 'but this,'of 1917. No doubt he would like that
after all, will in time be
replaced,
though the individual losses will be ser-
x.replaced.
A1_
Out of this frightful visitation there'
act or what to say when necessary?
Even those who may not ibe admirers of
the president must acknowledge that his
state papers regarding the war have
been masterpieces. What's worrying
some of them is that a democratic pres
ident has in hand the biggest piece of
business the world has so far had to
settle, and also the fear that he really
believes in democracy in the United
States as well as elsewhere, and that
after the war the people of this country
Me not going to accept economic and
political issues based on before the war
conditions. That's what grinds.
FRED H. WHEATON
—Democratic Candidate For—
GOVERNOR
CAMPAIGN BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE MINNESOTA DEM
OCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COM
MITTEE, D. D. DALY, CHAIRMAN
While the Democratic State
tral Committee has held off
is a dead world .and only shines with starting the campaign until the «.
such light as the sun gives it. Fourth Liberty Loan drive is prae-1
Cen
from
To the surprise of those who expected to a lively campaign once the issues are Rhinow to the territory between
it to go to sleep, quit or abdicate, the presented squarely to the people. Aitkin and Lawler. Chief Ringer and
Each individual nominee on the dem- three Minneapolis fire department of
oeratic ticket will in a wry slsppe flcials accompanied their apparatus to
his ouk vriuupaiyii, but the general plat- places wh^re the fires are most dang
form of all. to st it erous.
man i). D. Daly will be the good old
party motto, Eqi.ul Rights to all .and
Special privileges to None." And
they do sav there is need of a return
machinery that nestles under the dome
of the marble Capitol at St. Paul.
the nomination at the hands of the
rank and file in the June primarv, is
that campaign he practically perform-
And t]ien tlie^b£e lbcgan to
couragement. He will put all his time about Wheaton. What manner of man'
attorney
integrity, a knightly gentleman who has
biJ pfa'ce in
|ia £e|rt
one who quaiifies
Jon of the Turks, regard and the name of that candidate
& is Wheaton—Wheaton for governor.
The great heart of Minnesota beats in
Consiaerable
sympathy with its children in the fire-1 ffoge was unscrambled last week when
stricken area, and everything that hu- the -Democratic State Central Commit
iman aid, financial and material, can do, tee issued its spfcy and interesting cir
.„
will surely be done. It seems a pity(0f oovernor Burnquist. The halo that
that no good way has yet ibeen found j^g excellency carefully adjusted to him
of satisfactorily controlling conditions self iby the contrast the June primary
so as to prevent such a frightful disas- of his
C0U1. 1Sement
should come some means of preventing' particularly fitted for the duties of the
fPhe St. Paul Dispatch was so worried j. wdwaTd
.. ,, ,. ., The numerous friends of ivawara
that the president might not do justice
Indrehus of
to England when the peaee settlement date for Secretary of state, are plan
time comes, that it intimated he I ning to take over his campaign for him
propaganda.I^iro^yln ^^^^0'
If some country paper had said any- _jja^ Edwin, nineteen years old, a vol
thing like that, it would have been ae-, unteer in America's fighting ranks. TCie
cused of treason, but tome of the big young man died, of pnemonia following
papers and big politician, and alleged, ^drae^khaf^nSiTe" in alJXme of
statesmen can continue insulting the patri0tic work. He is now called upon
president of the United States, mistrust to meet the supreme test of devotion
to his country—the loss of his son en
rolled in The Servke^
the ^resident will not know when to the state's fair name from Townley
tne president will not Know when to,
to that principle, in more than one de- *ruo action. Men to
partment of Minnesota's administrative
peculiarly the providential candidate, !?r ^lief, Companies
Fred E. Wlieaton is known best for the
for all human.
becoming known earlier that he possess
ed administrative and executive ability
of a high order, for he had managed
lafge affairs for a leading fraternal
order in. all quarters of the globe for
many years. Among his neighbors in
Minneapolis his ability is recognized.
Mr. Wheaton opened his campaign
at Red Wing last Thrusday. In his
there he outlined the issues.
*5
ioo per cent in this
c^etu?prepared camou-
cular dealing with the loyality record
own
P^rty Pro^
re at is
hegitatinJ an(i'painful
record during the
I to be forgotton but nea^her Teddy nor
any°ne e*se
can 1
ious for the mpst of them. The precious Chas. A. Lethert, democratic candi
lives, however, gone out in the terrible date for clerk of the Supreme Court,
holocaust, these can never be Mueller's opponent, arfendi^en-
campaign and receiving spienaia en
wherever he goes. He is
particularly
position and will, if elected, 'be a credit
to the office.
y0ley, Democratic candi-
And if the Bunnquist people are such
saviors of Minnesota—such protectors
why 80 gleefu] they
when Evans
trotted forth? Why, pray?
•.
Also doesn't it amuse one to see
Townley's man, Herman Mueller, snug
ly ensconced with the republican can
didates, Burnquist and all, both in pic
tare And text. Constiwicy^ thou art a
peMi1-
Will the third candidate, Evans, cnt
heavier into Bunwjuist's than Wheat
on's vote. Wait and see. Here's a tip
for voters: In order to be certain vote
for Wheaton.
There were 6,000 Indians in the mill
tary service of the United States^ out
side of the navy, August 1, according to
the White Earth Tomahawk,
LITTLE FALL8 HKttar.p, OCTOBER 18, 1918
FIRE FIGHTERS ARE
BEING KEPT BUSY
8ITUAT10N 18 STILL 8ERIOU8 IN
FORE8T8 OF NORTHERN
MINNESOTA.
MODERN APPARATUS ARRIVES
Minneapolis Sends Two Carloads of
Fire Department Equipment-for
Distribution to Threat
ened Points.
Moose Lake, Minn., Oct. 17.—Ar
rival of two carloads of Are fighting
apparatus from Minneapolis, in charge
of Chief Ringer of the Minneapolis
Fire department, and its hasty dis
tribution to points where fires are rag
ing, emphasized the seriousness of the
situation in Northeastern Minnesota.
Threatening towns such as Aitkin,
where hundreds of refugees have fled
for shelter, and victims of Saturday's
[holocaust are lying in temporary
morgues, the new fires, fanned by a
stiff breeze, are endangering terri
tory within a 40-mile radius of fire
blackened Moose Lake.
Every hour brings special trains
carrying additional fire fighters. Com
pany B, of the Home Guards—men
rom
ticajly completed, all indications point ZJere ordered by Adjutant General W.
°,um^®' Heights arrived and
Steamer Goes Into Action.
A steamer, 1,200 feet of hose, flic mi
cal apparatus, and other equipment
wor'£
the apparatus and set-back fires
were
Naturally interest centers on the trucks were sent by Minneapolis mer
head of the ticket. It is generally chants.
conceded that the -u who received ,n
sent to the burning areas in 10
m°tor
a
marvelous campaign that was conduct- f®ntry, Captain John A. Carson, corn
ed under his leadership as state chair-j manding, left Minneapolis for Moose
man in 1916 for Woodrow Wilson. In ~1"~
ask
in the field from now until election. I was he. They found on investigation .area* Some of the fires were five miles
Mr. Russell, who is a successful
trucks, which arrived from
Minneapolis on a special train. The
response to call from
Lak which a| heaiquarteI.s
t.
1
Fourth Minnesota In-
1
Lake. On their arrival they were to
be dispatched immediately to the
points of greatest need.
Fire pocketsTwere smouldering, and
by
?ne
b«rstinS
dozens of
that he was an American of undoubted *way, others 30 miles. Improvised tele-
jat° flame, at
Points in the Moose Lake
phone and, telegraph lines are keeping
the authorities in touch with the situ
ation at each .place, and the fighters
were disposed with the utmost pos
sible precision.
NINETY-NINE VICTIMS
BURIED IN ONE GRAVE
Nearly Every Available Man In
Swept Region Is Being
Kept Busy.
Fire
Duluth, Oct. 17. Although nearly
every available man in the fire-swept
regions of northern Minnesota was
kept busy fighting new fires, enough
were available to bury the dead. At
Moose Lake 99 bodies were placed in
one common grave.
At Lawler, Carlton, Autumba and
other points the sorrowful work went
on. No sooner had guardsmen and
settlers finished the task of giving to
Mother Earth the bodies of the vic
tims than they were rushed to out
lying points to join the other fire
fighters.
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
GATHERING MOMENTUM
National Officials Optimistic as Sub
scription Reports Arrive
From Centers.
Washington, Oct. 17.—Overcoming
the handicap of peace talk and influ
enza, the Fourth Liberty Loan is
gathering its greatest momentum of
the campaign. For the first time since
the canvassing started, Sept. 28, loan
officials here were optimistic.
Early reports were of the decidedly
encouraging variety and pointed to an
activity never before equalled in the
long campaign.
$138,235 PROFIT MADE
BY 1918 STATE FAIR
Minnesota Exposition Officially Listed
as Most Successful
on Record.
St. Paul, Oct. 17.—Returning a profit
of $138,235, the Minnesota State Fair
of 1918 was officially listed as the
most successful on record. A remit
tance for that amount was received by
J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, from Les
ter Banks, treasurer of the fair asso
ciation. Secretary T. H. Canfleld's ac
companying report showed receipts of
$354,076 and expenditures of $215,842.
Crowder Outlines Draft Calls.
Washington, Oct. 17. Draft calls
ljor men who have passed their 37th
birthdays are expected to begin about
March 1. Plans for bringing the older
class of men registrants into camp
have not been completed, but the ap
proximate date of the first call was
disclosed by publication of testimony
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
before the House military committee.
In all, General Crowder told the com
mittee* 2,399,000 newly registered men
between 18 and 45 will be called be*
1
MAJ. CHAS. M. WHITTLESEY
Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey, former
ly a New York lawyer, commanded
the "lost battalion" of Americans
which for five days was surrounded
by Germans in the Argonne forest, but
refused to surrender. When the men
were rescued most of them were ut
terly exhausted.
ilEBiCANS OCCUPY GRANDPRE
FORCE GERMANS FROM IMPORT
ANT RAIL JUNCTION.
Steady Rain Has Converted Roads
and
Trenches Into Muddy
Canals.
With the American Army Northwest
jf Verdun, Oct. 17. The American
troops occupied''the town of Grandpre
on the north bank of the Aire river,
north of the Argonne forest.
Rain has fallen over the entire field
of combat, converting roads and
trenches into muddy canals.
Aviation was impossible and the ar
tillery fire was directed entirely by
maps, except in rare instances when
direct fire was used.
Grandpre is only a village and Its
normal population is less than 1,500,
but the place is of great strategic im
portance. It is the junction of the
railways feeding a great part of the
German armies and lies at the foot of
the valley extending northward at the
entrance of which the Germans have
fought so stubbornly.
INDIA SENDS 1,115,189
MEN TO BRITISH ARMY
Also Supplies Much Material for
Forces in Mesopotamia
and Egypt.
London, Oct.17.—From the beginning
of the war up to July 31, 1918, India
contributed 1,115,189 men to the Brit
ish army, it was announced.
The first' Indian war loan raised
$200,000,000 and the second was even
more successful. India is the sole
source of supply for much material
for the armies in Mesopotamia and
Egypt.
More than 1,500 miles of railway
track, 250 locomotives and 4,500 ve
hicles have been sent by India to the
various theaters of war.
EIGHT SHIPS DELIVERED
TO BOARD IN ONE WEEK
Five Steel and Three Wooden Vessels
Are Placed in Govern
ment Service.
Washington, Oct. 17.—Eight ships of
42,350 deadweight tons were delivered
to the shipping board for the week
ending Oct. 11, the board announced.
Five ships were steel and three wood.
The deliveries included the first con
tract steel ship from an Atlantic ship
yard since the government began new
war construction. It was turned out
by the Federal Shipbuilding company
of Kearney, N. J.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO
KILL PREMIER LENINE
Bolshevik Official Is Shot by Member
of the Information
Bureau.
Amsterdam, Oct. 17. Another at
tempt has been made on the life of
Nikoli Lenine, Bolshevik premier, ao
cordlng to the Leipsic Abende Zeitung,
General Anseiger's Kiev correspond
ent.
Lenine received a bullet In the shoul
der from a revolver in the hands of M.
Dwanitzke of the information bureau
of the Soviet. Dwanitzke was arrested.
French Demand Reparation.
Washington, Oct. 17.—A resolution
declaring for entire reparation In dev
astated territory has been adopted by
the French senate, according to diplo
matic dispatches reaching here.
Miners Face Starvation.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 17. Because
storms damaged the power schooner
Ruby and forced it to return without
reaching the Kushkokwim river sec
tion of Alaska with a cargo of sup
plies, several thousand miners and
prospectors of that section are threat
ened with famine before winter fairly
sets -In, according to the Ruby's mas
ter, Capt D. S. McAlplne, who has ar
rived here. The Ruby was the only
•Up lent to the Mushkokwim section
to make the trip this year. The dls*
ttfttt sttfferod a light famfho last tml
0
FRENCH, BRITISH AND BELGIAN
ARMIES ARE MOVING
STEADILY FORWARD.
ADVANCE PROVES IMPORTANT
Two Days Fighting Results In Capture
of 12,000 Prisoners—Yankees
Take Strong Positions West
of Meuse River.
With the Allied Armies in Belgium,
Oct. 17.—The Germans have started a
retreat on a tremendous scale from
Northern Belgium. French cavalry is
approaching Tiiielt, seven miles from
the banks of the Ghent-Bruges canal.
The canal itself is only ten miles from
the border of Holland. So fast is the
enemy retreating that the French,
British and Baigian infantry, at least
in the center of the battle front, have
lost touch entirely with the enemy.
One/'of War's Greatest Victories.
The Belgians advancing astride the
Thourout-Bruges and Thourout-Os
tend roads have defeated the Germans,
who are retreating rapidly.
This undoubtedly is one of the war's
greatest and most vital victories, for
the gallant little Belgian army, ably
assisted by crack French and British
troops, now has driven the despoilers
of its country from a large section
Which the Germans have occupied
since the early days of the war, and
has gained positions of such import
ance that the Germans may have to
abandon the entire coast of Belgium.
Great Towns Nearly 8urrounded.
The sweeping advance of the Allied
Infantry, preceded by a fan of French
cavalry advancing rapidly, has left the
entire area in which are the important
city of Lille and the great mining and
manufacturing districts of Tourcoing,
Roubalx and Tournai, in a salient
which is growing deeper every hour,
and which the enemycannot hope to
hold.
London, Oct. 17.—Sweeping steadily
ahead over the lowlands of Belgian
Flanders, the British, French and Bel
gian armies are rapidly bearing away
the extreme right flank of the Ger
man battle line. Twelve thousand
prisoners have been captured in two
days, according to official statements.
This would seem to indicate a victory
of great importafrfee ~even if the ground
gained was not vital in the develop
ment of the mighty Allied offensive.
Allied forces have captured Menin
and Wervicq aftd are across the Lys
river in the neighborhood of the latter
town. There are unofficial reports
that Thourout has been taken and the
British are in the outskirts of Court
rai. This^-completely outflanks Lille
from the north and the Germans prob
ably will be forced out of that city in
a very short time. The Allies are now
about 11 miles from Bruges and
25 miles from Ghent. They have ad
vanced in the neighborhood of seven
miles since early Monday.
Americans Take Dominant Hill.
Fighting their way through a maze
of barbed wire defenses over tangled
lines of trenches, the Americans west
of the Meuse river are slowly but sure
ly cutting their way through the'
Kriemhilde line. They have carried
Hill 299, a height which dominates
much of the country west of Romagne,
and have penetrated the second line
of defense in the vicinity of Landres
et St. Georges.
The battle in this area has been of
a most savage nature and the Germans
are making every effort to hold their
positions. They understand the criti
cal situation which has developed'
there and are pouring fresh troops
into the struggle in the hope that the
Amerloan onslaught may be stayed be
fore it reaches the important railroad
lines In the rear of the Gorman front.
A victory for the Americans in the Ar
gonne sector would decide the fate of
Germany on the western front and
compel a general retreat by the enemy
from the most of the French ground
he still holde.
French aud Italian troops are mov
ing more slowly along the line from
the Oise to the Aisne than they did
Sunday, when they wiped out the
greater part of the Laon-La Fere sali
ent. From all accounts it would, ap
pear that the Germans are gradually
emptying the pocket formed when the
Allies. broke the lines north of St.
Quentin and along the Aisne at Berry
au Bac.
War Workers Wear Masks.
Washington, Oct. 17.—Many of
Washington's army of young women
war workers appeared on crowded
street cars and at their desks with
their faces muffled in gauze shields
as protection against influenza, a prac
tice specifically advocated by some
bureau chiefs who feared utter demor
alization of their war operations.
Germany Cedea Ships to 8pain.
Madrid, Oct. 17.—The government
gave out a note stating that after ne
I gotlations between Berlin and Madrid,
Germany had accorded Spain the ces
sions of several German ships interned
in Spanish waters. The vessels named
are the Erlplua, Euthenia, Oldenburg,
Kilo. Matilde, Trinfield and Rudolph,
with a total tonnage
at
21,600. 8paln.
it was stated, could also claim at a
later date tonnage to make good pre
vious tosses on other subfnarlne tor*
Bedoin?
MISS MAUD W0ODWORTH
Miss Maud Woodworth, daughter of
the iate Coi. Frank Woodwortn, U. S.
A., is now living at Grove Lodge,
Bracknell, England. Shs has been as-1
socir.ted with the Duchess de Vendome.
in Belgian refugee work and. Eagle
hut arrangements, together with nu
merous other war activities.
PERSHii PLEAOS
FOB
CASH
ASKS AMERICAN PEOPLE
STAND BEHIND ARMY.
TO
Commander of Overseas Forces Says
Men Wish to Return When
Victory Is Won.
New York, Oct. 17.—A copy of
cable message from General Pershing
urging the people to buy bonds is
being placed in the letter box of every
home here. In his message General
Pershing said:
"We have toiled cheerfully against
the day of battle, and the spirit that
has urged us on has been the deter
mination to be worthy of those whom,
we left behind when we crossed the
seas. The news of America awake, of
the national spirit more strong, more
unified, more determined, thrills us alL
It is the knowledge of tnat spirit
which makes us certain that our peo
ple at home will stand Behind us a»
they have from the beginning, so that
we may return soon to you, the vic
tory won. Buy Liberty Bonds to your
utmost and make victory sure."
FIFTY-FOUR AMERICANS
ARE KILLED IN ACTIOFf
Latest Casualty List Shows
Severely Wounded and
35 Missing.
182
182
Washington, D. C., Oct. 17.—The fol
lowing casualties are reported by the
commanding general of the American
Expeditionary forces: Killed in ac
tion, 52 missing in action, 35 wound
ed severely,
died from wounds.
31 died from accident and other
causes, 4 died of disease, 26 wound
ed, degree undetermined, 106. Total*
436.
Killed In action—Privates Albert
Cyrus, Howard Lake, Minn. Mathew
L. Daid, Le Sueur, Minn. Died from
wounds—Privates Albert R. Nord, Car
ver, Minn. Chauncey Eglehorn, Ok
reek, S. D. George H. Kuhn, Beach,
N. D. Severely wounded—Corp. Mi
chael E. Havre, Minneapolis. Missing
in action—Private Frank H. Lundberg,
St. Louis Park* Minn. Died from
wounds—Privates Conrad L. Beck,
Waltham, Minn. Leo A. Brooks, Du
luth, Minn. Thomas Gaughn, St. Paul,.
Minn. Orlt A. Overlie, Albert Lea.
Minn. Wounded severely—Sergt. Ar
thur T. Fortun, Lyle, Minn. Privates
Raymond O. Arvlg, Fergus Falls,
Minn. Domlnec Catenszii, Northland.
Minn. Albert Koenlg, Lesterville, S.
D.J Albert J. Kradler, St. Paul, Minn.
John L. Shepard, Minneapolis Frank
Morel, St. Paul Sheldon E. Yoerg,
Little Falls, Minn. Wounded, degree
undetermined—Corp. Norbert Sobi
anla. Holdingford, Minn. Private*
William Caparos, Mountain Iron.
Minn. Hans Ingval Slaathang, Sum-,
mit, 3. D. Earl L. Shakenberg, Fair
mount, N. D. Frank A. Stevermer,
Benson/ Minn. Emll A. Thompson,
Billhead, S. D.
INFLUENZA IN ARMY
NOW UNDER CONTROL
8eoretary Baker Reoeives Reassuring
Figures From the Various
Camps.
Washington, Oct. 17.—Reassuring
figures .as to the influenza epidemic
in the army reached Secretary of War
Baker and he expressed a view that
they indicated that the disease Is now
under control in the army. The fig
ures will be announced later.
Army Objectors Sentenced.
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Oct. 17.—
Joseph H. Wurz of Freeman, S. D., and
Joseph S. Walter of Bridgewater, S. D.,
members of -the medical department
here and assigned for duty with the
medical detachment of the depot
brigade, have been sentenced by a gen
eral court-martial to fifteen years each
at hard labor in the United States
Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leaven
worth. Both men claimed religious
and conscientious scruples against
.Warfare inany capacity.