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sfswr' t+ti&tt*tt*tt&n<tmun*it+n*nsn Important News Events of the World Summarized U. S.Teutonic War News An American ambulance detach ment of 230 persons has arrived at a French port. W. K. Vanderbilt of New York crossed on the same liner. Vice Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. N., has been appointed to take general charge of the operations of the allied na\al forces in Irish waters, says an official announcement issued at Lon don. America is determined that Belgium shall be restored to her former place among nations, President Wilson stat ed in greeting the Belgian special commission at the White House in "Washington. Hayti has broken diplomatic rela tions with Germany, according to word received by the state department nt Washington from Port mi Prince. Simultaneous construction of Id war army cantonments, each to hou 40,000 I'-oops, has proved such an normiu task that officials at Wash ington do not now believe it can be completed in time to permit mobiliza tion of the first full quota of (JoO.UOO by September 1. Tfi.- first official reference to the Na tional Army, the designation which will b" applied to the forces raised uutb i the selective draft law, appeared in orders at Washington directing sev eral reserve officers of the engineer corps report to the commanding of fi er of "The Second Engineers, Na tional Army, at St. Louis, Mo." Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless and member of the Italian mission to the United States, In an interview at Chicago said: "The air plan" is .in enormous factor la this con Mi ei. The United States will be looked to for this contribution in a great measure. It will require 100,001) flying machines to subordinate lie oth er nuthod of war to the air li 'iling." Steel shipbuilders called to YVash ii gtm the shipping board and Ma jor General Goethals, chairman of the nierg( ncy fleet corporation, were told thai the government would comman deer immediately all the shipbulldin contracts. The American tank steamer Moreni was sunk by a German submarine.Tune PJ after a running (iglir of two hours, sn.\s a statement Issued at Washing ton. Four of the crew lost their lives. European War News Contracts for ten move si eel mer chant ships complete and for 24 addi tional wooden hulls were announced nt Washington by Major General Goeth uils, g nera! manager of the emergency fleet orporation. Mini tor of War Korensky at Petro gnsd discarded the pleasant phrases of onnlnrical persuasion for iron-hand ed di ciphnnry measures to force lltiss sia's troops to flirht. The British have fallen back from some of Iheir advanced po-U in north ern France, ni cording 1 an of rial statement issued by Ihe war office at T^omlori. The main new positions are still In Id. French troops captured 1."12 yards of Gene in trencher between "Mont Car inillet and Mont P.Iono ia Champagne, tflkinu" prisoners, one of whom was nn ofJicer, it was ollicinlly announced t Paris. Two pevstn ir killed and 10 in jured in an air raid in England dur ing which a ZoppeMn was brought down. A resolution, calling for an immc diate offensive by Bussian troops, has been adopted by the duma at Pefro grad in secret session. The Pan-Rus sian congress of all councils of work* men's and soldiers' delegates ratified the action of the provisional govern ment in expelling from Russia Robert Grimm, the Swiss socialist, medium through which the Germans attempted to arrange a separate peace.with Rus sia. A largely attended citizens' meeting at the London opera house adopted a resolution proposed by the lord mayor, urging the government to initiate policy of reprisals in the shape of ceaseless attacks on German towns and cities so that their populations may experience th effects of such methods of warfare. Allied troops have taken over the railway line In Thessaly, the most im portant in Greece, all the territory in the sectors of Larissa and Volo has been occupied, says a dispatch to Lon don from Athens. Steady progress is being made through Thessaly, without any opposition from the Greeks. The sinking of several more Norwe gian vessels, with considerable loss of life, is- reported by the Norwegian for ign office, as quoted in a Central News dispatch to London from Copen hagen. The war's latest development Is ft' two-minute battle. It took the British just that long to capture a three-quar ters of a mile of trenches on Infantry hill, east of Monchy Le Preux. The time for "going ov the top" was set for 7:25 and at 7:27 rockets signaled the fact all along the line attacked that the objectives had be i taken. The British armed merchant cruiser Avenger was torpedoed and sunk In the North sea. All but one of the crew were saved. Personal Commissioner Judson C. Clements of the interstate commerce commission died at Washington., lie was sixty years old. Foreign Throughout Germany, according to torts reaching Copenhagen, all valu -le grain crops are burning up, as they did In 1915, in nn unprecedented heat wave. The prolonged drought has not been broken since early in May". A Vienna dispatch to Basel, Switzer land, says that the Austrian cabinet has resigned. The house of commons at London by a large majority passed the final read ing of (he clause in the electoral re form bill dealing with the question of woman suffrage. Count Plunkett, member of parlia ment and Sinn Feiner, and the other members of the Sinn Fein who were arrested on June 9 when attempting to bold a prohibited meeting at Dublin, Ireland, to protest against the Impris onment of Irish rebels, were released. A dispatch to New York from Tokyo says the Japanese steamer Sakaki has met with a disaster and that the cap tain and 54 members of the crew were killed. Washington Representative Mason of Illinois was accused in the house at Washington of making a treasonable speech on the draft law. Hastings of Oklahc a, who made the assertion, withdrew it shortly afterward, following a heated verbal clash. Ordinary internal revenue receipts, composed chiefly of taxes on whisky, beer and tobacco, were $424,827,463 so far this year, compared with $3(55,126,- 541 last year, says a statement issued at Washington. Gauged by revenue re ceipts the present year probably will go down in history as the banner year of the liquor traffic. Registered men must keep them selves informed as to whether or not they have been drafted. This pro nouncement was issued by Provost Marshal Genei I Crowder at Washing ton. Food speculators have been taking $50,000,000 a month for the last five monthsa total of a quarter of a bil lion dollarsfrom the American peo nle, Herbert C. Hoover told senators at Washington in explaining the purposes of ll.e food control bill now before con gress. Secretary Daniels has ordered coal and oil producers to supply the enor mous quantities needed by the navy at prices to be fixed later by the presi dent when the federal trade commis sion has determined a fair rate. Sim ilarly steel for the entire navy building program is being bought at a rate fixed when Secretary Daniels rejected the proposals of the steel makers as too high. Herbert C. Hoover outlined his plans at Washington for enlisting the na tion's housewives as actual members of the food administration and on the theory that 90 per cent of American food passes through their hands ap pealed to them to join him in the fight for conservation measures and elimi nation of waste. The women will be enrolled during a period of registra tion from July 1 to July 15. 'I I st3.340.000,000 war budget, long ,1 by congressional controversy, law when President Wilson nf- ii\-( i ais signature to the measure at the White House at Washington. Full approval has been given by the war department at Washington to the air supremacy program of the defense council's aircraft board, and President Wilson has been asked to put the ad ministration's support behind the ap propriation of $60,000,000. Domestic Marking the site of the encampment of Washington ^nd his army (luring the winter of 1777-78 a memorial arch, for which congi appropriated $125,- 000, was presented to the state of Pennsylvania by Champ Clark, speak er of the house of representatives, on behalf of the government. Frederick .Terger, secretary of the Martin Ferry Socialist organization, was sentenced by Federal Judge Sater at Columbus. O., to eight months in the Delaware county jail. .Terger pleaded guilty to opposing the federal draft. He was registered, however, after being arrested. Two masked bandits bound two ex press messengers on the Burlington flyer in the yards at Chicago of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad and escaped with loot valued at $30,000. What's Doing in Minnesota Rochester.The fifty-second annual convention of the Universalist churches of Minnesota has just been held here. Winona.The state convention of Elks opened here June 21 and brought 2,000 or more visitors. The pity has taken on its gala attire. Flags are draped in the business district. Mountain Lake. Frank O'Connor, a farmer living near here, stabbed and killed his sister, "Mary, in a fit of de spondency, and later cut off the hand in which he held the knife with which his sister was killed. St. Paul.The Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission has con tinued until July 5 further hearings on the application of Minnesota rail roads for a 15 per cent horizontal in crease in intrastate freight rates. St. Paul.Governor Burnquist has re-appointed William F. Houk, com missioner of labor. The appointment is for two years. Houk was first ap pointed by Governor Eberhart in 1911 and has served continuously since. St. Paul.A warning has been is sued to manufacturers and licensed dealers in intoxicants to see that the state laws are observed with regard to selling liquor. A "bone dry" or der is threatened if the warning is dis regarded. St. Cloud. Leroy Guinn shot and killed his former wife and himself at the farm on which she was living near Eden Valley, according to word which reached officials at St. Cloud. Jeal ous has been suggested as the prob able motive. Duluth. Harry P. Peterson has been given an indeterminate sentence of one to fifteen years in state's prison for killing Nels Nelson last November by reckless automobile driving. He was convicted June 5 on a charge of manslaughter. St. Paul.The state supply of au tomobile license tags is again exhaust ed, Secretary of State Schmahl an nounces. Special certificates are be ing issued to license applicants to pro tect them against arrest for failure to lisplay licenses. Pine City. Pine City's contribu tion to the Liberty Loan of $32,250, exceeds its proportion, which ran un der $7,000. Pine City, with a popula tion of about 1,250, also has about 50 men in all branches of the military and naval service. Winona. Several hundred music teachers from every section of the state, including a large delegation from Minneapolis and St. Paul, have gathered in Winona for a three-days' convention of the Minnesota Music Teachers' association. Brainerd. The Minnesota state trap shoot was held at the Riverside Gun club grounds in this city June 21, 22 and 23. It was announced that nearly all the trap shooters of the state were entered. One thousand dollars was offered as prize money. Waseca.Colonel W. J. Murphy, commanding officer of the new Second Minnesota Field artillery, told mem bers of the Waseca Commercial club that this city probably will get one of the three new batteries to be or ganized in the southern part of the state. Hibbing.Oscar Arneson, chief of the State Timber bureau, is in Hib bing to begin arrangements for per haps the largest sale of state timber on record. All timber killed in the recent forest fires and estimated at 400,000,000 feet, will be offered, that the salvage may be as large as pos sible. Virginia. A general Industrial Workers of the World strike of Me saba iron range miners was threat ened in an appeal "to workers in the iron industry," made in circulars. The miners are urged to prepare for a walkout, and to demand that Hie im prisoned "fellow workers," who are slackers, be released. St. Paul. The first annual conven tion of the Norwegian* Lutheran Church of America, formulated thru the union of the three former branches of the church, has just closed in St. Paul. At the closing session St. Paul and Fargo submitted invitations for the next meeting. A decision, will be made later by a committee. Deer River.Fighting "interference by government authorities in their medicine dance, which they hold a re ligious rite and unobjectionable to even the white brother, a delegation of Indians, representing about 1,000 Chippewas on the .Red Lake reserva tion, have appealed to Governor Burn quist to use his influence at Washing ton in their behalf. St. Paul.The Minnesota Public Safety Commission has asked permis sion of T. W. Gregory, United States attorney general, to erect a stockade at Fort Snelling in which to confine the registration slackers. The mes sage to Attorney General Gregory ad vised him that the St. Louis county Jail is now overcrowded with draft slackers. More than 200 men are be ing held and more than 100 addition al arrests are anticipated. Winona. Four persons returning from a visit to an island near here were drowned in the Mississippi river, when their launch collided with a sub merged dam. The dead: Agnes Mlympzak, 18 Ftances Mlympzak, 23 Michael Stolda, 23 Ludwig Stolpman, 19. Their bodies have not been re covered. Farmington. Fire here has de stroyed the Sanford Drew hospital, the Standard laundry and the Wintz meat market, causing a loss of $11,000. Pa tients in the hospital were rescued fron? the second floor by ladders. The loss is partially covered by i-psuranc*. THE TOMAHAWK, WHITE EARTH, MINN. S BE READYBYJULY1 GOVERNOR BURNQUIST SENDS NAMES TO PRESIDENT WILSON FOR APPOINTMENT. MANY REGISTRARS TO SERVE Personnels of Exemption and Regis tration Bodies to Be Identical in Most CasesSelection Protests to Be Checked Up. St. Paul. Names of the men selected by Gov ernor Burnquist to draft Minnesota young men for war service have beerr sent to President Wilson by Governor Burnquist in whose hands the selec tion was placed. Rumors that mayors of various cities could make recommendations for the exemption boards were given a quietus in an announcement made by Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder in Washing ton that the selecting of the boards lay entirely with the state executives. The lists were sent to Washington in compliance With the draft law which specifies that exemption boards shall ''0 appointed by the President. Tn a large majority of cases the per sonnel of the boards will be identical vith that of the registration boards. A1! the boards are expected to be ready that exemptions may be consid ered by July 1. The provost marshal said that in the interim he would check up with state executives any rotests that may be made against their selections and allow time for ad justments before the lists are an nounced. Wood Checks Guard Accounts. What was believed to be a hopeless attempt to find missing property, val ued at between $38,000 and $50,000 and unaccounted for in Minnesota na tional guard records, has been begun by Adjutant General Fred B. Wood, following a conference with Governor Burnquist, Captain W. F. Rhinow, mil itary secretary to the Governor, and Major H. L. Brady, Federal property and disbursing officer, and custodian for the government of Minnesota na tional guard property. Approximately $48,000 of unpaid 1916 bills are outstanding against the guard in addition to the unaccounted military property, it is reported. "It is hard to see how General Wood can do much," Major Brady said. "He is short on property and it is up to him to find out where the short ages exist and where the property now is.^ "But he does not know where he can find the property and probably no one else does." Demands by Governor Burnquist and the chief of the Federal militia bu reau for an immediate accounting started General Wood in the work of checking over lists. He refused to make any statement. Urged to Exhibit More Sheep. F. F. Marshall, superintendent of the sheep department of the state fair, urges stock raisers to exhibit more sheep. .There will probably be a mar ket established for selling and trading sheep at the fair, he said. "It will be absolutely necessary to increase wool production," Mr. Mar shall explained. "Uniforms, over coats, socks and other articles of army apparel are manufactured from wool, a-id the wool supply is low." Home Guard Companies for Range. Seven companies of the Minnesota Home Guard probably will be organ ized in towns on the Mesaba range, according to reports at the Capitol, following the return from that section of Major Oscar Seebach, chief Home Guard organization aide to the State Public Safety Commission. The major refused to make public any plans. To Load Freight Cars to Capacity. The Minnesota Railroad and Ware house Commission has pledged its full co-operation in a campaign to load all freight cars to capacity, the railroads war board announces. Investigation shows that the aver age car is loaded only to 43 per cent ci its capacity. Designated as "The Gopher Gunners." The First Minnesota Field Artillery has been officially designated as "The Gopher Gunners." Colonel George E. Leach, commanding the regiment, an nounced that the men who will man Minnesota's field guns in the present war will be given that name. Humane Society Names Executive. W. W. Bradley of Minneapolis has been elected executive officer of the Minnesota Society for Prevention of Cruelty at a special meeting of the organization in the Senate retiring room at the Capitol. He will enter on his new duties August 1. Grants Degrees in Clinical Branches. Degrees to specialists in the clinical branches have been granted for the first time at the University of Minne sota. Dr. Golder L. McWhorter re ceived the degree of doctor of phil osophy in surgery Dr. Henry W. WoUmann, the degree of doctor of sci ence in neurology Dr. Rood Taylor, yie degree of doctor of science in pediatrics. President Vincent saya these are the first doctors* degrees in clinical branches ever granted any where. These men did most of. tittle work at ns "U." 600D NEWS, HERE'S Friend Husband Can Now Rave His Head Off Without Dis turbing Neighbors. Chicago."For heaven's sake, keep still do you want all the neighbors to hear you?" Glad tidings, husbands. Friend wife soon may have no reason to utter this phrase. If you're peevish you can peeve all you want to in perfect se curity from the prying ears of the fam ily above, below or next door, for Prof. Irving Hamlin, secretary of the mu sical conservatory at Northwestern university, has invented a sound-proof room. Professor Hamlin furnished the fol lowing description of his invention "Felt-mounted steps are placed on 1he top and two free edges of the door frame, which are under forcible com* Here's Sound-Proof Room. pression when the door is closed. An invisible board with a generous fold of felt, protected by strong sailcloth, moves downward by the action of the handle of the door and fills the crack between the door and the threshold. The door contains airspaces and a deadening quilt is placed in the space not occupied by the mechanism. "Windows are treated somewhat similarly. Air spaces and quilts are placed in the walls, ceiling and floor. Ventilation is effected by introducing air through a duct in the roof to the basement, where it passes through heating coils and is washed. It flows in individual pipes to the rooms at a point near the ceiling and escapes through a pipe to the l'oof." Like a one-man auto top, what could be simpler? CHILD TELLS WEIRD TALE Nine-Year-Old Chicago Movie Fan Has a Most Wonderful Imagination. Chicago. Nine-year-old Margaret Brennan is a movie fan. That, the po lice think, accounts for her vivid imag ination. An officer found Margaret strolling aimlessly through the loop district at five o'clock in the morning. He took her to central station. "It happened just like things in the movies," said Margaret. "I was go ing to the theater Saturday nif,hf when in old man stopped me in th? enl ranee and said: 'Do you want some ice uvnin?' I told him 'yes' and he whirled me away in an arto and fook i,H' to a hou^e, where ho bound me ti a hair. I haven't .had anything to eat all 'tins tim^ and I'm htvv*ry." Ihe police called M^h. el Brennan 'he child's father. lie said g-ho liai run a\ ay the night before. WIFE UM3EASQHA3LE? 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