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A. B. RICE
President
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We believe that our 30 years of
business among you (the people of Kandiyohi
County) warrants in claiming that we can offer you an absolutely
safe storehouse for your money. Cheeks on us are accepted in pay
ment of bills at par in any part of Minnesota.
Ninety per cent of the successful business men are Bank Depositors.
What better time than now to open a Check Account with ust We
have unexcelled facilities for transacting all branches of banking.
We have now installed a savings department. We would like to see
every child in town and help them get started with a savings ac
count.
Our Officers will be glad to extend to yon every courtesy consistent
with sound banking. We will keep your valuables in our fire-proof
vault free of charge. We shall be pleased to have yon call on us.
BANK OF WILLMAR
S. B. QVALE
Vice-President
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEFEATED
Loses Out in Upper Branch of the
Legislature by Narrow Margin
of One Vote.
The resolution for submission o!
woman suffrage to the voters of the
state was defeated in the senate by
a vote of 34 to 33. This is believed
to foreclose the possibility of the
women of Minnesota getting the fran
chise before 1920.
This senate holds over and if it is
called on to vote at the 1917 session
on submitting the suffrage amendment
to the people the result probably will
be the same. It is even likely that
two or three members who voted for
the bill will not do so again.
This means that it will be necessary
for the proponents of the measure to
win the senate elected in 1918, and
which will assemble in 1919. Should
suffrage pass that body the amend
ment will be submitted at the 1920
election and should it be approved
will become effective Jan. 1, 1921.
Thus it will be at least six years be
fore the women of Minnesota can ex
pect to vote.
HOUSE TAKEN BY SURPRISE
The resolution which stirred up all
the trouble was introduced by Repre
sentative John A. Larimore of Minne
apolis, who voted against county op
tion. Representative Levi M. Davis
of Long Prairie, who also opposed the
county option bill, joined with Mr
Larimore.
REFERENDUM ACT IS PASSED
Measure Approved by Minnesota
House of Representatives.
By a vote of 106 to 12 the lower house
of the legislature passed a bill provid
ing for submission of the initiative
and referendum amendment defeated
at the November elections. There
was little opposition to the bill, but
lengthy discussions regarding several
amendments offered by Representa
tive Christlanson of Dawson. These
amendments, Mr. Christlanson said,
were intended to strengthen the bill.
The only amendment of importance
was one by Mr. Christlanson permit
ting the amendment of the state con
stitution when a proposed change re
ceives two-thirds of all the votes cast
on it, or a majority of the votes cast
at an election.
EXPIRES AT STATE CAPITOL
Well Known St. Paul Social Worker
Stricken Suddenly.
Mrs. C. G. Higbee, one of the most
widely known social workers and club
women of St Paul, died suddenly at
the state capitol in that city, where
she was attending a hearing before
the house prison committee on the
bill to establish a woman's reforma
tory.
She had finished a speech in favor
of the bill about fifteen minutes be
fore she died. The exertion caused
by her speaking brought on an attack
of heart failure, resulting in her
death. About thirty women were
present at the hearing Mrs. Higbee
was sixty-five years old. She had
lived in St. Paul nearly forty years.
BANDIT ADMITS HIS GUILT
Confesses Taking Active Part in Min
neapolis Murder.
John Davis, arrested in St. Paul
charged with complicity in the mur
der of John C. Andren, Minneapolis
saloon keeper, has confessed his part
in the crime and admitted that he was
the accomplice of Alphonso Clancy,
the murderer, in their holdup of John
Erickson in John Anderson's saloon
on a previous occasion and that he
handled the gun at that time.
"Davis has been partly identified as
the "bearded bandit" who terrorized
the Twin Cities last spring and sum
mer and who murdered John E. Erick
son, a shoe dealer on Franklin ave
nue, Minneapollsjjast June.
P. G. HANDY
Cashier
Pro-
Resolution Asks Submission of
hibition Amendment.
Taken unawares by the introduction
of a concurrent resolution submitting
to the people in the fall of 1916 a pro
hibition amendment to the constitu
tion the lower house of the legislature
came dangerously near finding itself
face to face with the necessity of vot
ing on the measure and for more than
an hour a scene of intense excitement
prevailed.
Finally the opponents of the resolu
tion, becoming aroused to the situa
tion, succeeded in postponing consid
eration for one week, but it was a
close call.
N. S. SWBNSON
Ass't Cashier
R. W. HARGADINE.
Named State Fire Marshal
by Governor Hammond.
Robert W. Hargadine of St. Paul
has been named state fire marshal by
Governor Hammond. He succeeds
Charles E. Keller, also of St. Paul.
Mr Hargadine is secretary of the
Democratic state central committee.
COUNTY OPTION NOW A LAW
Anti-Saloon Forces Plan an Energetic
ampaign.
Plans for an energetic campaign to
make Minnesota dry under the new
county option law are already be
ing made by leaders of the anti
saloon movement. The bill became a
law when Governor Hammond affixed
his signature. Within a short time
definite plans will be formulated to
obtain an expression of the people in
several counties.
It was announced by anti-saloon of
ficials immediately after the signing
of the bill that they hoped to make at
least thirty counties in the state dry
within the next year. Among these
is Hennepin county, they admitted,
although it is probable that no effort
will be made to bring about a vote
there for several months.
St. Paul, it was announced also,
will not be made the battleground of
any anti-saloon fight probably for sev
eral years. Officials of the county op
tion movement admit that Ramsey
county does not appear a fruitful field
for county option activities and, one
official is said to have asserted, that it
is doubtful if the necessary 25 per
cent of signatures could be obtained
to a petition to submit the question.
The county option bill was signed
without any ceremony and no one
was with the governor when he affix
ed his signature to it except his ste
nographer.
FLOOD OF BEER LET LOOSE
Federal Agents Destroy Stock of
Bernidji Brewery.
Beer valued at $4,500 flooded the
Bemidji brewery and ran in a stream
to the lake, the shore line of which
war covered with billows of lager
foam.
The beer was destroyed by the
squad of government agents enforc
ing the Indian treaty liquor provision,
under the direction of Chief Special
Officer Lai son.
Six enormous casks were tapped
The beer gushed in great streams and
became seven inches deep on the
floor. The government men waded
about in boots. The destruction of
the beer took place at this time be
cause the injunction obtained by the
brewing company had expired. The
brewery had attempted, under the
piotection of the injunction, to ship
its product out of the restricted zone,
but could not dispose of it.
Explosion Kills Workman.
John Christenson, aged forty-five,
was killed and John Anderson was
severely burned when an acetylene
gas tank about which they were work
ing at the shops of the Brown Sheet
Iron and Steel company at Minneapo
lis exploded. It was caused by a
kink in the escape hose.
VETERAN LAKE MASTER DIES
Daughter of Austrian Comman
der Is Prisoner at Gibraltar.
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Captain Murdock McLean Born
Canada Sixty Years Ago.
Captain Murdock McLean is dead
at Duluth of heart trouble. He was
born in Kincardine, Ont, sixty years
ago.
His most recent command was the
taking of the passenger steamer
South America down the lakes last
summer from Duluth when her mas
ter died on an up trip.
Photo by American Press Association.
Many women are now prisoners of
war. Some have been captured at the
battlefront, where they were adminis
tering to the wounded Princess Maria
of Salm-Salm, eldest daughter of the
Archduke Frederick, Austrian com
mander-in-chief, is one of these. She
is being detained at Gibraltar with
her husband and his parents.
SCATHING REPORT
ON COLORADO STRIKE
Washington, March 3.—A scathing
arraignment of the Colorado militia
for its treatment of striking miners
and their families is contained in a
voluminous report submitted to the
house by the mines and mining sub
committee, which, under a resolution
adopted a year ago in January, in
vestigated conditions in the Colorado
coal fields.
While scoring conditions generally
in the coal fields and criticising many
of the acts of the mine operators, in
cluding alleged violations of state
laws, the committee reports that no
evidence was found of a conspiracy
in restraint of trade to limit the out
put of the mines, nor conclusive proof
of the existence of peonage.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is criticis
ed in the report as a "long distance
director" who spends money to aid
the people of foreign lands while those
in his employ suffer.
The committee denounces John
Chase, adjutant general of the militia
of the state, for his refusal to testify
except on condition that he would
not be questioned by representatives
of the miners and declares that he
"was overbearing to all who came in
contact with him."
VESSEL RUSHES TO PORT
La Touraine Speeds for Havre With
Cargo Ablaze.
Havre, March 8.—The agent here of
the French line received the following
wireless dispatch from Captain Caus
sin of La Touraine:
"Sunday, 3:45 p. m.—La Touraine
having a fire in one of its holds, asked
for help, but is continuing her journey
to Havre, escorted by the steamer
Rotterdam. All passengers are safe
an board. I hope to get control of
the fire. There is no immediate dan
ger. The weather is good but foggy.
Hope to dock this evening if every
thing goes well."
ROCKEFELLER OFFERS AID
Willing to Relieve Distress Among
Colorado Miners.
New York, March 4.—Assistance by
the Rockefeller Foundation may be
given to Colorado miners and their
families who are in distress as a re
suit of recent mining troubles in that
state if civic authorities are unable to
cope with the need. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., indicated this in a tele
gram sent to President F. J. Radford
of the Chamber of Commerce of
Trinidad, Colo.
Mr. Rockefeller's telegram was sent
in response to one received from Mr.
Radford appealing to him for aid.
ONE KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED
Running Fight at Wilmington, Del.,
Results Fatally.
Wilmington, Del., March 7.—In a
running fight here after a man whose
suspicious appearance attracted atten
tion, Frank Tierney, a policeman, was
shot and killed, one policeman was
mortally wounded, two others were
severely injured and another man was
slightly hurt. The desperado, along
with a companion, was captured.
The gun wielder gave his name as
Charles Mongmeitz.
Rublee Is Appointed.
Washington, March 7.—President
Wilson gave a recess appointment to
George Rublee of Cornish, N. H., as a
member of the new federal trade com*
mission. Mr. Rublee's nomination
was not confirmed by the senate at
the last session.
GEAMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
U-8 Sent to the Bottom by British
Destroyers.
Paris, March 5.—The German sub
marine U-8 has been sunk by destroy
ers belonging to the Dover flotilla, ac
cording to announcement by the min
istry of marine.
The crew were taken prisoners.
Always Get* a Hearing.
Moreover, when money talks It
doesn't have any trouble In getting
central.—Galveston News.
BOMBARDS BY
INDIRECT FIRE
Large British Warship Shells
Forts on Dardanelles.
CRUISERS ARE ALSO ACTIVE
Battleship Queen Elizabeth Directs
Fire on Two Big Works on
Asiatic Side of Straits.
Paris, March 8.—The bombardment
of the Dardanelles fortifications was
continued Saturday by the allied fleet,
according to an official statement is
sued. The communication says:
"The British battleship Queen Eliza
beth, posted in the Gulf of Saros,
bombarded by indirect fire two big
works on the Asiatic side, alongside
of Chanak and defending the straits
(Forts Hamiedieh and Hamidieh Sulta
nieh).
"At the same time cruisers inside
the Dardanelles continued a direct
fire against the works of Dardanus,
on the Asiatic side, and Souain Dere,
on the European side."
Constantinople, March 8.—Bombard
ment of forts on the Smyrna coast by
an allied fleet Saturday was without
result, according to an official Turkish
communication issued, which says:
"Two enemy warships bombarded
forts on the Smyrna coast for three
hours without result."
NEW BATTLE IS DEVELOPING
Germans Attacking Russians South
of Warsaw.
London, March 8.—Russia has still
another battle on her hands. While
she is declared to be pressing her of
fensive in North Poland and Eastern
Galicia and holding up the Austrians
in the Carpathians the Germans have
launched an attack in the region of
the Pilica river to the south of War
saw, where a big battle is developing.
So far as the west is concerned the
most important news is that the
French have returned to the attack
in the Vosges and, according to Paris,
succeeded in obtaining a footing on
some of the hills near Munster and
pushing their lines slightly forward.
GRECIAN CABINET
BREAKS WITH KING
Paris. March 8.—A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Athens says:
"King Constantine has accepted the
resignation of Premier Venizelos and
his cabinet and has requested M.
Zaimis, governor of the National
bank, to form a ministry.
"The Turkish minister, Salih Bey,
has declared openly during the last
few days that massacres would take
place in Turkey if Greece broke with
the porte, while Count Mirbach, the
German minister, Informed the diplo
matic corps that Austria and Ger
many would immediately declare war
on Greece the day that Greece moved
against Turkey."
ALLIES ARE BEATEN BACK
Berlin War Office Issues Report on
Operations.
Berlin, March 8.—The following
statement on the progress of the war
was issued by the German war of
fice:
"Between the sea and the Somme
there were only artillery duels. At
tempts of the enemy to advance dur
ing the night south of Ypres failed.
"Our troops made progress In
Champagne. We took a few trenches
and about sixty prisoners. A French
attack in force against our positions
northeast of Le Menil broke down un
der our infantry and artillery hre,
with very heavy losses to the French.
The enemy's advances east of Badon
viller were repulsed."
STATE OF SIEGE PROBABLE
Roumanian Parliament Empowers
Government to Act.
London, March 8.—A dispatch to
the Daily Telegraph from Bucharest
says the Roumanian parliament has
passed a law empowering the govern
ment to proclaim a state of siege un
til the end of the war, if such a step
should be deemed necessary.
Bulgaria, according to a Reuter dis
patch from Sofia, is said to have been
aroused by the attack on the Darda
nelles and it is stated that King Fer
dinand is considering the formation
of a coalition government to direct
the crisis which is expected.
—The A. L. Straight family, the
new owners of the Almquist farm in
Burbank passed thru Willmar Thurs
day, enroute to their new home.
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Strength Past
Fifty Years
can be maintained by
adapting die right nourish
ment, and Nature'sown oil
food Scott's Emulsion
has strengthened thousands of men
and women to continue their work
and usefulness for many years.
Seoti'a Emabion is a food, a medi
cine and a tonic to keep the
blood rich, avoid rheumatism
and thwart nervousconditions.
It is free from alcohol or harm
ful drugs. The best physicians
prescribe it 14-50
One of London's Wealthiest
Ground Landlords Is Dead.
George Henry Cadogan, fifth earl
of Cadogan, is dead in London at the
age of seventy-five years. He was
one of the wealthiest London ground
landlords and a great entertainer of
royalty. Three heirs to the title died
during his lifetime.
LONG SESSION OF
CONGRESS ENDS
Washington, March 5.—The Sixty
third congress has adjourned sine die.
The total appropriations of the ses
sion were approximately $1,120,484,
324, several millions under the record
of previous congresses. Two appro
priation bills failed. Current appro
priations for postal service and In
dian office were extended for another
year.
Congress had been in almost con
tinuous session since President Wil
son was inaugurated two years ago,
and for many months before. Under
the Democratic administration the
principal legislation enacted included
the tariff law, federal reserve act,
supplementary anti-trust laws and re
peal of Panama canal tolls exemption.
In the closing hours President Wil
son signed the seaman's bill, the neu
trality resolution, empowering him to
prevent ships leaving American ports
with supplies for belligerent warships,
promoted Colonel Goethals to be a
major general for his services as
builder of the Panama canal, and gave
promotions to other officers associat
ed with the work.
The administration ship bill, the
Philippine bill, the conservation bills,
the rural credits provision of the agri
cultural bill and ratification of the
treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua
—all hard pressed administration
measures—fell by the wayside.
Bernhardt's Crisis Is Passed.
Bordeaux, March 6.—There was a
marked improvement in the condition
of Sarah Bernhardt. A bulletin is
sued by her surgeon reads: "Sarah
Bernhardt's crisis has ended."
FIRES FOUR SHOTS AT JUDGE
Unknown Person Sought Life of Min
neapolis Jurist.
The fact that Judge W. W. Bard
well of the Minneapolis municipal
court left the bench to get some pa
pers from his office desk probably
saved his life. While he was leav
ing the courtroom four rifle bullets
chashed through the window back of
him.
One bullet fell at the feet of Swan
Nelson, the janitor, who ran upstairs
to the jail, thinking that one of the
prisoners there had fired through the
floor.
No reason for the attempt on his
lile could be given by Judge BardwelL
The bullets are believed to have come
from the roof of a nearby building.
KILLS FOUR INJURES FIVE
Georgia Lumberman Goes on Ram
page With Gun.
Brunswick, Ga., March 7.—Four
men were shot and killed and five
others seriously wounded by Monroe
Phillips, a lumberman, who fired at
random on the street. Phillips him
self was killed by a policeman who
sought to arrest him.
One of the men killed was H. F.
Dunwoody, a prominent attorney.
BOTH WERE SUNK BY MINES
Official Report on Loss of Two Amer
ican Steamers.
Washington, March 6.—Commander
Gherardi's supplementary report on
his investigation of the sinking of
the American cotton steamers Carib
and Evelyn by mines in the North
sea. says:
"Both boats sunk by mines no
false directions given by the British.
Boats simply ran on mine fields."
IMPEACHMENT IS DROPPED
House Committee Orders Hearing
Against Judge Dayton Ended.
Washington, March 4.—Impeach
ment proceedings against Federal
Judge Dayton of West Virginia were
ordered dropped by the house judi
ciary committee, which recommend
ed that no further action be taken.
A Baffling Delivery.
MI
got a insboot. outshoot and
drop."
"But 1 can't notice It."
"Course ya cau't yn simp! Dat's de
beauty of It Howja think I fooled de
batters ?"-Life.
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIANS
News Gathered in the Father
land and Elsewhere.
FOR NOTE TO 6REAT BRITAIN
Swedish Chamber of Commerce of
New York Sends Letter of Thanks
to President Wilson.
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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce
In New York, through its acting presi
dent, Mr. John Aspengren, on Jan. 16
addressed a letter to President Wil
son, thanking him for his note to
Great Britain and at the same time ex
plaining the conditions that have
given rise to British accusations
against Sweden as a channel for Ger
man supplies. The letter states that
before the war there was only one di
rect steamship connection, the Swed
ish-Mexico line, which made infre
quent sailings. Consequently Ameri
can goods intended for Sweden were
to a great extent shipped to Hamburg
or Hull and these goods were entered
on the list of exports to Germany or
to England instead of the country of
their ultimate destination. After the
war such transshipments have become
difficult and the Swedes have been
obliged to find means of getting their
goods directly from America, with the
natural result of swelling the list of
exports of American goods to Sweden.
The letter also calls attention to the
fact that the Scandinavian countries
before the war received many supplies
from Germany and Russia, while they
are now obliged to import the same
goods from the United States. As the
best proof that no re-export to Ger
many takes place Mr. Aspengren
points to the indefinite stoppage of
the steamship line between Malmo
and Hamburg for lack of freight. The
Swedish Chamber of Commerce is to
be congratulated for doing its share
toward killing this rumor, says the
American Scandinavian Review,
which seems to have as many heads
as the hydra. The declaration of the
British government that American ex
port trade to Scandinavia had be
come abnormal in volume has, natur
ally, been the object of much com
ment in the three Scandinavian coun
tries. Statistics are quoted to prove
that although the export from America
to Scandinavia has increased, the to
tal imports of Scandinavia has, on
the contrary, decreased somewhat.
Kammarherre Herluf Zahle, chief in
the foreign department of Denmark,
in a newspaper interview mentioned
numerous picturesque stories of se
cret export to Germany which had
been investigated and found to lack
all foundation. The embargo is en
forced with great severity and it is
very unlikely that many offenders
slip through the hands of the govern
ment inspectors.
4. 4. 4.
The mine-strewn waters of the
British channel and the North sea
continue to take their heavy toll of
neutral vessels, often with great loss
of life. Another list of casualties
comes from the coast of Finland,
where the Germans have recently
laid mines with a view of closing the
outlet for Russian trade in the Baltic
at the same time as the outlet at
Archangel is blocked by ice. No
warning was given, although it was
well known that neutral vessels were
plying in the very track of the mines
and before the danger could be dis
covered three Swedish ships were
blown up and between thirty and for
ty men killed. Swedish papers are
very bitter in their comments. It is
pointed out that these very vessels
had been instrumental in bringing
German refugees to their homes after
the outbreak of the war and that
Sweden throughout has shown Ger
many nothing but loyal friendship
4. 4. 4.
The direct steamship line between
Sweden and the United States, which
has been contemplated for some years,
was organized at a meeting of stock
holders in Gothenburg Nov. 30, at
which Consul C. A. Kjollberg presid
ed, and the first sailing will possibly
take place this coming summer.
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A dispatch from Decorah, la., dated
March 2, says: Dr. Lauritz Larsen,
president emeritus and founder of
Luther college here and for forty-one
years its presidents died last night
IF TOUR CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED
Look Mother! If tongue Is coated*
cleanse little bowels with "Cali
fornia 8yrup of Figs."
Mothers can rest easy after giving
"California Syrup of Figs," because in
a few hours all the clogged-up waste,
sour bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take this harmless "fruit laxative."
Millions of mothers keep it handy be
cause they know its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels is prompt
and sure.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
tle of "California Syrup of Figs," which
contains directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups.
Wiggins Plumbing
is
Good Plumbing
Purity Guaranteed
under all State and National Pure
Food Lawso You can pay a
higher price, but you cannot get
a baking powder that will raise
nicer, lighter biscuits, cakes and
pastry, or that is any more
healthful.
Your money back if fails to
please you. Try a can at our risk.
after being unconscious several days.
On Christmas evening in 1913 Dr.
Larsen sustained an apoplectic stroke,
from which he was gradually recov
ering when he received a second
stroke about a month ago. Pneu
monia developed and his life was
despaired of for several days. Then
he rallied and seemed likely to re
cover, until last week, when a grad
ual decline became perceptible until
the end. All his children were with
him except one son, who is a mis
sionary In China. Dr. Larsen was
born at Christiansand, Norway, Aug.
10, 1833. He was graduated from the
University of Christiania in 1850 and
in theology from the same institution
five years later. He came to the
United States in 1857 and for two
years held a pastorate in Pierce coun
ty in Western Wisconsin. Then he
became a member of the faculty of
Concordia college and seminary at
St. Louis. In 1861 he became presi
dent of the Norwegian Lutheran col
lege at Decorah. His church fre
quently honored him with office and
from 1876 to 1893 he was vice presi
dent of the Norwegian Lutheran
synod. He was also vice president
and part of the time acting president
ot the Synodical conference and was
editor of the church paper of the Nor
wegian Lutheran synod for many
years. One of his sons is a member
of the faculty of Park Region Luth
eran college of Fergus Falls, Minn.
4. 4. 4.
The great passenger ships running
to the north of Scotland have hither
to escaped disaster from mines,
Morgenbladet (Norwegian) voices ii
what is the most prevalent note
throughout the entire Scandinavian
press when it says: "The gravity of
the hour has taught the people of the
North that they have one another—
has called forth into the light of day
the latent consciousness that the
three peoples are more closely ap
plied than any other group of nations,
and has deepened the assurance in
Norway, as in Sweden and Denmark,
that the most vital interests of the
countries are those which they have
in common. The hand which the
king of Sweden has stretched across
Kjolen and across the sound will be
warmly grasped, and the fact that he
has taken the initiative will be re
membered."
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The secretary of the American
Scandinavian Foundation, Dr. Henry
Gcddard Leach, will spend the great
er part of March and April on a tour
through the Middle West, visiting the
states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Min
nesota, and, if possible, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas. The secretary will lecture at
the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
colleges and high schools, at Amer
ican universities situated in strong
Scandinavian centers, and in a limit
ed number of societies having liter
ary interests. His subjects will in
clude "The Voyages of the Vikings,"
"Kiruna and the Lapps" (both illus
trated), and "The Danish High
Schools." On his previous visit to
the Middle West in February and
March, 1913, the secretary was well
received. In authorizing him again"
to spend so long a time away from
the headquarters of the foundation
and to undertake so extensive a jour
ney, which, in spite of the hospitality
of the institutions visited, will involve
the foundation in some expense, the
trustees are actuated by a sense of
tbe great importance of having co
operation from these states. It is
equally necessary for those who di
rect the educational policies of the
foundation to be in close touch with
the constituency of active Scandina
vian workers in the West and to be
in communication with the three
mother countries.
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A Copenhagen dispatch to the As
sociated Press dated Feb. 10 says:
While the commercial blockade be
tween England and Germany is main
tained rigorously there appears to be
no particularly strong feeling against
trading between Germany and Russia.
Business men from the two countries
continue to deal with each other and.
commercial travelers from Germany
are said to have booked orders for
Russia, after meeting their customers
by appointment in Denmark or Swe
den. Russian manufacturers estab
lished in the Scandinavian countries
have supplied large quantities of
shoes to Austria, the shipments being
made via Germany. German holders
of Russian bonds have managed to
cash theii interest coupons through
middlemen in Copenhagen.
4. 4. 4.
I. Sibbemsen, a native of Denmark,
who is now a wealthy resident of
Omaha, Neb., has made the National
museum the gift of an ancient build
ing known as the "Lord High Con
stable Peder Hessel's House." The
house is a brick structure with nog
ging dating from about 1600, a fine
specimen of a Danish merchant's
house of that period. The building,
by the terms of the gift, is to be used
to house the public library and mo*
seum society of Newburg.
though they have been subjected to SITUATION IS MORE CRITICAL
the delay of being searched at Kirk-
wall for contraband goods and for
German officers and reservists. The
Trondhjemsfjord, recently purchased
in England by the Norwegian-Amer
ican line, consumed twenty days in
the trip from Hull to New York, as
the mines and the changing of fa
miliar lights made it imperative to __ _^ .^
go slowly by day and to lie still at Washington, March 7.-The foreign
night. The declaration of lumber as diplomatic corps in Mexico City has
contraband of war is destroying one decided to leave in a body. Dis
cf the most important industries in patches telling of the decision were
Norway and Sweden and working received here by European diplomat
havoc with Scandinavian shipping in ists and forwarded to their home gov
general. Two Danish and five Nor- ernments.
wegian ships which had been loaded
with pit props before these were de- ... ...
clared contraband, have been seized ftest
by the German prize court in Kiel
and held as lawful prizes. Two bat
tleships under construction at Arm
strong's shipyard for the Norwegian
government have been seized by the
British government for compensation.
They have been renamed Botha and
Tipperary and the Norwegian papers
are, making melancholy jokes on the
appropriateness of the Irish song.
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MARION S. NORELIUS.
DIPLOMATS WILL
ABANDON POSTS
Reach Decision to Leave Mex
ico City in a Body.
Conditions Declared Worse Than at
Any Time Since Huerta Precip
itated Landing of Americans.
The Mexican situation, topped by
a it
in all quarters to be more critical
than it has been at any other time
since Huerta precipitated the landing
of troops at Vera Cruz.
Secretary Bryan has received no
word from the latest representations
to Carranza against General Obre
gon's decrees in Mexico City and his
threat to leave the capital unprotect
ed, with water and light plants out of
commission and the attendant possi-
Mr.
Bryan said the situation continued to
be bad.
Cuts Off City From World.
Without diplomatic representatives
in Mexico City the capital and a large
portion of the distracted country
practically are cut off from the world,
while it is feared all foreigners will
be at the mercy of the factions.
Juan N. Amador, head of General
Carranza's agency here, declared that
reports of the gravity of the situation
have been "grossly exaggerated." He
declared General Obregon would do
nothing to "cause needless suffering."
"It is ridiculous to talk of a situa
tion arising in Mexico City similar to
that which took place in Peking dur
ing the Boxer uprising," he said. "No
foreigner who conducts himself prop
erly need fear any injury in Mexico
City. If General Obregon has been
compelled to use drastic measures to
enforce the collection of a legal tax
this has been entirely the fault of
taxpayers, who have endeavored to
escape the just payment of their
taxes."
MINERS SAVED AFTER
HOPE IS ABANDONED
Hinton, W. Va., March 7.—Forty
seven miners were found alive in the
Layland mine of the New River and
Pocahontas Coal company where they
had been entombed for four days fol
lowing a gas explosion which wreck
ed one mine and seriously damaged
two others. About 170 men, as far
as could be checked up, were thought
to have lost their lives and thus far
seventy-eight bodies have been taken
out.
Rescuers in oxygen helmets came
upon an entry of No. 3 mine which
had been bratticed off. Close to the
brattic work five men were encoun
tered alive, but in a weakened condi
tion. These were able to walk from
the mine and they reported that nine
others were alive not far from where
they were found.
The rescuers hastened their efforts
end soon came on more of the living
miners who were able to leave the
mine unassisted in most cases. When
the entry had been explored more
were found, all apparently little the
worse for their four days' entomb
ment.
Not at AIL
To be as regular as a clock does
not require one to move In circles.—
J»rt*e.
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