The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-09-06

              VOL. NO. 9;
PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, September 6, 1917.
ABOUT THE STATE That Earthquake     I List of IOI Names
No. 12
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota- Readers,
Last Monday
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
•      for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
About 450 milk wagon drivers are
on strike in Minneapolis.
A. R. Olson, a resident Of Minneapolis for forty-eight years, is if.ad.
Rev. Charles Maxwell of Minnesota,
an American missionary, -is dead at
Durban, Natal.
Superintendent L. L. -Slonniger of
the Hastings public schools, is dead,
aged thirty-one.
The state conference of charities
and corrections will be held at Owatonna Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.
Minn-Seta" has passed the 4,000
mark of soldiers enlisted in the regular army. Its original volunteer quota
was .4,150. ■'.'•-■-.
F. L. Warner, clerk of Redwood
Falls district court and formerly clerk
of the Minnesota house of representatives, is dead.
The moneys and credits assessment
in Minnesota this year will approximate $270,000,000, according to returns
filed with the state tax commission.
Two booths, one for information and
one for demonstration, will be prominently placed in the Woman's building
at the state fair to display the work of
'£he Minngsota Red Cros§.
Mrs. Mary Kinnane, ninety-three
ypa_£ qld, for sixty-three years a resident of Minneapolis, is dead. Mrs,
Kinnane was born in Ireland in 1824
and came to America when a child.
Roger   Vail,   for  many  years   connected with the Ifish Standard, pub;
lished in'Minneapolis, and well known
in newspaper circles throughout the
' state, "is dead In the Mill City.
Mrs. D. W. McCourt of St. Paul,
prominent in Minnesota D. A. R. circles for many years, is dead as the
' esult of a paralytic stroke suffered
}vlnlg addressing ^ board meeting of
the D. A. R
Miss Marguerite Davis of St. Paul,
Northwest tennis champion, defended
her title by defeating Miss Josephine
Cotton-'Of Duluth in the women's sjn-
gle finals of the state tennis tournament .at Duluth.
, Robert Crickmore of the state fair
board! and prominent Minnesota dairy
aud stockman, is dead at his home in
Owatonna. Death resulted from can-
f or off the stomach from which he had
suffered several years.
The People's Council of America,
scheduled to meet in national convention in Minneapolis, has been prohibited from meeting in that city or any
where else in Minnesota by proclamation of, Governor Burnquist.
A 6x10 American flag was torn from
the wall behind the altar of Prospect
Park Methodist church at Minneapolis. The pastor found, the mutilated
banner, on which was pinned this
note: "Preach- peace, or this church
goes up in-smoke."
Mrs. -goi> Biller, -aggd twenty-nine,
Was shot and killed at St. Paul by
William Brinkbock, aged thirty-two, a
recent deserter from the First Minnesota field ' artillery. Brinkbock then
killed himself. Jealousy was the supposed cause of the tragedy.
The Third Minnesota infantry has
gone to Camp Cody, Deming, N, M.,
where they will undergo strenuous
training preparatory to being placed
on the battle line "somewhere in
France." Three special trains c^rriei}
the soldigrg put of St. Paul/
Consolidation of the state dairy and
food and oil and hotel inspection departments recently effected by Governor Burnquist with the appointment
of James Sorensen as tri-commissioner
ij- held legal in an opinion from the
attorney general's department.
Carlos Avery, state game and fish,
commissioner, announces that wild
ducks killed in South Dakota, where
the season opens Sept. 7, cannot be
brought into Minnesota until after
Sept. 17, the date of the opening of
the small game season in |h[is state,
fhe P^rk Region Echo at Alexan'
dri^, suspended from the mails some
(rime ago by the postmaster general
for the publishing of alleged seditious
or disloyel attacks on the government,
will be permitted to issue in the future
provided objectionable matter is eliminated.
F. E. Pearson, state superintendent
of banking, will call a conference in
Minneapolis early in September of tho
heads of the banking departments of
tates in the Ninth reserve dis-
for general - discussion of $1}
ses of the Nortli'wost fin.,n?i&l git-
ion.
he first ai1]-est under order No. 9
f the state public safety commission
to prevent forest and prairie fires was
reported from Roseau county to State
Forester W- T. Cox. A settler near
Qrygla was fined $25 for starting a
fire, leaving it unguarded and permitting it to run.
. Dr. Frederick F. Laws, one o_ tha
oldest and best known physicians of
South Minneapolis, is dead, aged
aged sixty-eight. Dr. Laws was one
of the founders of the Norwegian
Lutheran Deaconess hospital i_* tha
Mill City and was wideij}taOHftsjffir
his charitable work. .
An earthquake which shook nearly
all of northern Minnesota was felt
in Little Falls between 3 and 3:30
Monday afternoon. The shock was
felt in every huilding in Little Falls
and was strong enough to rattle
glassware and windows in many
/buildings. The quake wets accompanied by a roaring noise.
The shock was evidently of wide
extent, as it was felt in points as far
distant as International- Falls, according to reports. It was said this
morning that some houses had been
shaken down at Bemidji. Brainerd,
Motley, Pillager, Ft. Ripley and
Pierz, among the nearer towns, felt
the shock . and   it   was   apparently
Drafted into Service
The first list of drafted men from
Morrison county has been certified
back to the local hoard hy the district
board at St. Paul. The list contains
101 names. Tlie men whose names
appear on the list are now definitely
drafted into the military service and
notices are being mailed to
them to hold themselves in readiness
to report on short notice at the office
of the local board. The list was re
ceived Sunday and was posted Monday.
Only two decisions of the local
board are reversed, so far as can be
determined on -first inspection of the
list. Edwin A. Remer and Harold S.
Degnan, who were exempted by the
local board, are included in the list
certified as drafted. Mr. Remer Is a
pharmacist and Mr. Degnan a veter
inarian and the board attributes   the
stronger in the more northern town?. I district board's action   to    the   fact
At Ft. Ripley and Brainerd it was   that men of these    professions    are
very pronounced and at Brainerd a
chimney was knocked down in the
northern part.of the city. Except
that reported from ' Bemidji, there
was no other damage, as far as can
be learned. *At Lincoln, people in
boats on the lake felt the quake.
The shaking of the buildings was
like that produced by a heavy truck
passing, according to many who felt
it, and it was thought at first that a
car was causing it, especially as a
rgaring noisp accompanied the trem-
gr, The noise was like that produced
by a powerful automobile engine.
Little Falls experienced an earthquake tremor once before, several
years ago. The shock was also very
slight.
-   Monday's  quake lasted    about    20
seconds.
The shock was felt all over
this end of the county and sounded like a heavy auto truck driving by. The rumor of an earthquake was at first ridiculed but
with reports from all around,
the idea was finally accepted as
a fact.
Barrel ot Whiskey Stolen.
Bootleggers got away with a
barrel of whiskey last Tuesday
night. The whiskey arrived the
same day, and the thieves, who
ever they were, must have known
of its arrival and whereabouts.
The booze was probably taken
to the Crow Wing country. Two
suspicious looking characters
in town Tuesday are closely
watched and disclosures as to
location of the stuff are expected anv time. Some are inclined
to think that the barrel is stored
somewhere close to town.
YOUR COUNTRY ASKS THAT YOU
PICK SEED CORN
From September 10 to 2,0, the
farmers of Minnesota will have one
of the greatest opportunities of the
year to serve their country on their
farms, says A. D. Wilson, chairman
of the State Committee of Food Production and Conservation.
.September 10 to 20 is seed corn
time. By spending two days of these
ten in picking and putting away for
next year'a use seed corn, taken from
the Standing stalks in the field, every
farmer who grows corn can add five
bushels to his average acre yiejd
next year. This will piean f<.r MhV=
nesota from 1,000,000 to 18,000,000
bushels more of corn as a contribution to the worldfs food supply. Moreover it will mean to the farmer from
$25 to $50 a day for the time he
spends in picking seed corn.
RUCKER
The recent frosts have killed most
of the corn and gardens around here.
Our school will begin Monday with
Miss Logan of Royalton installed as
teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wood and sons,
Lee and Herbert, visited George
Wood  and  family 'Sunday afternoon.
John Ferguson traded a cow to
Chas. Scott recently and came into
possession of a horse formerly belonging to Mr. Scott in the deal.
Evelyn Bruber has gone to 'South
St. Paul to attend school this year.
LeighTeachout and Paul French
were Hillman callers Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ferguson moved
onto the Cunningham farm last week.
The rain Sunday night was very
welcome, although it stopped haying
for a day.
seeded in the army. Both are married.
Mr. Remer is employed at Detroit.
Mr. Degnan lives at Pierz.
Although green card notices will
be sent to every man on the list, the
posting of the list at the
office of the local board is considered
sufficient notice. The caption, at the
head of the form on which the list is
made says:
"This list, from the date of its
posting at the office of the local
board, constitutes notice to those
whose names are listed hereon, that
they have been selected for military
service,"and charges them with an
obligation to watch the bulletin hoard
of the local board and to hold themselves in readiness to report for military duty at the office of the local
board at a date to be specified in a
later notice to be posted at that office."
The following names are on the
list:
Erick Arthur Erickson, city.
Wallace  McDougall, Royalton.
Emil Rueckert, Ramey.
Harris Gourd, Randall.
Willie Boras, city, route 2.
Otto Gunther, city-
Howard H. Miller, Royalton.
Farda Fournier, city.
Edward A. Remer,' city.
Raymond John Stein, city.
Joseph Sauer, Pier ., route 4.
Tom Fussy, Bowlus,
Cecil B. Kimball,  Randall.
Lester A. Longley, city.
Elmer Scribner, Ramey.
Albert Hahn, Jr., city, route 7.
John Nimsch, Pierz.'
Frank Fussy, Royalton.
iSherman M. Trafton, Motley.
Emil J. M. Israelson, city, route 7.
Michael Flicker, Pierz, route 3.
Peter Oatz, Bowlus.
Harold Silas Degnan, Pierz.
William John Kendall, Randall,
route 1.
Ernest Elmer Lund, Burtrum, route
_.
Andrew V JMilier, city.
Raymond Lewis  Calhoun,   Randall.
Martin Marsollck, Royalton.
Arthur Fred s Johnson, Burtrum,
route 2.
Peter Psick, Bowlus.
Lloyd  F. Anderson, gity,
Henry Walter Bloom, city, route 7.
Leslie C. Bracken, Royalton.
Joseph Johnson,  Burtrum,  route 2.
Andrew Swedberg, Jr., Pillager.
Edward  Edstrom,  Holdingford.
Barney Grzeca, city.
Peter Paul Holowicz, city.
Frank Pawlenty, city.
Frenk Adamski, Flensburg,
Christian Charlie Vosem, Pierz,
route 1.
William J. Hagen, Pierz, route 4,
Fred Barton, Royaltoft.
William Demuth, Pier_, route 4.
Rudolph Kestner, Randall.
William Kolacz, city.
William John Patterson, Winnipeg,
Man., Can.
Archie Fournier, city.
Edward Kolacz, city.
Martin Joseph 'Szczpaniak, Swanville.
Alfred Ernest Reinke, Swanville.
Andrew Yourish, Flensburg.
Thorwald Bohman, city.
Walter Florek, Foley, route 3.
Ernest August Anderson, city.
Frank Clemens, Pierz.
Charles Besenjan,  Swanville, route
William T, Pohlkamp, Pierz, route
Addison Charles Oothoudt, Randall,
route 1.
Martin Harold Johnson, city, route
4.
Robert McRees, Royalton, route 2.
Fred Halz, Ft. Ripley.
Nels Carl Nelson, city.
John Oscar Johnson, Cushing.
Fred Moehle, city.
Adam  Birnstihl,  Pillager.
George Hedin, Holdingford, route 1.
Walter G.  Bracken, Royalton.
Raymond Harris, Pierz.
Henry Fred Bastien, city, route    7.
Henry A. Yagen, city.
William Hugh Pattor, Ft. Ripley.
Ernest L. Chounard, city.
Frank Eckman, city, route 2.
'Frank Mudge, city.
George Soltis, Holdingford.
Otto Wolff, Bowlus.
Aloysius Rentier, Randall.
Paul Anderson. Ft.  Rinloy. route 3.
iSigrud Ring Bertel, Pillager.
Mathias  Beimert, Pierz,  route  3.
Adeiard Gendreau, city, route 7.
Ernest Henning Johnson, city,
route 4.
Clinton Chester Curtis, city.
Paul Rudie, Holdingford, route    1.
George J. Bruning, Motley.
John J. Otremba, Pierz, route 2.
Peter Steller, Swanville, route 1.
Clare M. Brockway, Royalton.
Oscar Albert Johnson, Cushing.
Joe Zormeier, Royalton, route 2.
The Minnesota
Game
At the request of several the Transcript is again publishing the game
laws in brief form below":
OPEN SEASONS, 1917
September 16 to October 1
Open season  for Prairie, Chickens,
Sharp Tailed  Grouse, Jack Snipe.
September 16 to  December 1
Open seacon for Wild. Duck (except
Wood Duck), Coot, Gallinules, Rails,
Geese, Brant.
November 10 to Novertiber 30
Open  season for Deer and Moose.
One   antlered   Moose   or   one Deer
may be taken by each perspn.
GAME   LIMIT
No person shall in anj^ one day
take or kill more than fira birds of
any kind and all varieties, except wild
Ducks, of which not over 15 shall be
aken or killed in one day; or have
n possession at any time more than
10 game birds of any kind and all va-
.ieties, except wild ducks of which
lot more than 45 may be had in possession at any one time.
No person shall take or kill more
:han 25 Prairie Chickens or Pinnated
irouse, or 30 Quail in any one season.
Shooting of game of any kind from
notor vehicles is prohibited.   -
CLOSED SEASON  TO  1920
A closed season for protection of
he following is established and all
portsmen are asked to co-operate in
ts enforcement.
Wood Ducks, Partridges or Ruffled
Arouse, Woodcocks, Upland or Gold-
-n Plovers, English Pheasants.
GAME   LICENSES
Required for hunting small game
>y each person over 14 years of age.
Obtainable from County Auditor on
payment of $1.00. Except that a man
:nay hunt small game in open season
. n his own land without a license.
Required for hunting game animals. Obtainable from County Audi-
.or three days before seasqn opens.
Resident licengg, $1,00, required for
aach person.
Non-resident small game license,
'10.    Big game license, $25.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
A  NEW  RAILROAD    IS  INCORPORATED
St. Paul's chancgs Of 'becoming an
iron and steel center became real
Saturday when articles of incorporation were filed in the office of Secretary of State Schmahl for the Cuyuna
Southern .Railway Company.
The promoters of the railroad, the
Adams 'family of Deerwood, which
has been largely instrumental in developing the Iron ore possibilities of
the Cuyuna range, intend to build
from Deerwood south along the west
shore of Mille Lacs to the Mississippi river, probably in the vicinity of
St.  Paul.
The railway company is capitalized at $100,000. Cuyler Adams, pioneer ore man, is named president and
treasurer, and his sons, C.-C. Adams,
vice president, and R. M. Adams, secretary. '*'
All three men live at Deerwood,
where headquarters of the railroad
will be.
The line will furnish a more direct route for ore from the Cuyuna
range than is now afforded by the
Northern Pacific. It also will open
a new and heretofore untouched ore
field.
"We have watched the development of river traffic in ore from St.
Paul to St. Louis with great interest,"
Cuyler Adams said. "At the present
time I am not at liberty to discuss
the. plans for our railroad, but they
have vitally to do with St. Paul."
If you supposed we were building
to St. Paul with the intention of
making that city a point for the
shipment of ore by water to St. Louis
and other Southern points it would
be a very good supposition.
Ore  Development .Aim
"I do not care to say when construction of the railroad will start. I
am not at liberty to do 60, in fact.
"We are anxious to develop the
ore 'fields to the greatest possible extent.
"Yes. St. Paul has a great future
as a distribution point for ore, particularly with river transportation
practicable."
It has. been rumored that a steel
plant might be established in St.
Paul by a company down the river,
which would send coal up the river
to the St. Paul plant, and haul ore
back, thus making a balanced shipment. The St. Paul Association has
been  in  touch  with   this    plan.—St.
Frank Porupsky, Holdingford,
route  1.
Anton Alexander Johns, Pierz.
Oscar Arthur  Johnson,  Burtrum.
Casimir James Retka, city, route 3.
Edward H. _.elson, city, route 6.
Clarence Olson, Ft. Ripley, route $.
Carl William Stenholm, Burtrum,
route 2.
Victor S. Johnson, city.
Lynn F. Harris, Lincoln.
Joe Tedor, Holdingford.
"Our farmers are -getting
ready for plowing.
Win. E. Faust returned
from Pennsylvania last Monday.
John N. Faust and wife
visited atD ulut'h several days
last week.
Mrs. Tony Wolke and Miss
Cresence Faust are State Fair
visitors this week.
Miss Clara Litke left Saturday for the cities to take
in the State Fair.
C. E. Gravel attended the
Millers' convention at Minneapolis this week.
There was a letter mailed
in the Pierz postoffice without an address.    Is it yours?
Last Monday was Labor
day, a legal holiday. The post-
office and bank were closed.
Frank Starr and son George
of Gilman, Benton county,
were business callers here
Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Fqust took the
Jitney to Little Falls last
Saturday for a several days'
stay there.
Miss Clara FaiTst left for
St. Joseph's Aeademy, where
she will' attend school the
coming year.
August Ernst left forOma-
ha college last Sunday, after
spending his vacation at his
brother E. J. Ernst.
Ign. Vonderhaar and wife
of Afbertsville, were over
Sunday visitors with friends
and relatives in Pierz.
Mrs. A. M. Riemer, who was
here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Adolf Stumpf, returned to
her home in Little Falls last
Saturday.
Miss Clara Labrie, who has
been visiting the past two
months with Miss Gertrude
Stumpf returned to her home
at Ripley Monday.
Mrs. Ed. Leese and children
left for their home in Minneapolis Tuesday. Mrs. Peter
Kelzenberg accompanied her
and will take in the State
Fair.
Sylvester Macho of Spooner,
Wis., visited his sister. Mrs.
Frank Zuleger last Saturday.
Miss Kate Berg accompanied
her uncle to Spooner, where
she will be employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Faser
and Mrs. John Faser left last
week for their homes at Ear-
ling, Iowa, after spending
some time at the John Faser,
E. J. Ernst and Peter Koll
homes.
B. V.McGivern of Brainerd
and Louise Kiewel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kiew.l
of Little Falls, were united
inmarrige last Saturday at
the Sacred Heart parsonage.
All the relatives of the young
couple were present.
St. Cloud Business College, new
term opens Sept. 4. New classes in
book-keeping, shorthand, typewriting
and other studies. Enter now. Save
from $40 to $100 on your course. Get
ready for a position. Ask for catalog.
—Va th & Ahles.—Adv.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Mary Langer returned last
Tuesday from Spalding, Nebraska, where she spent the
summer. She was accompanied by her sister Mr. Ed. Gla-
ser who will visit with her
parents and relatives here
for some time.
Mrs. Robert Kluge of Little Falls came here last Saturday for a short visit with
Mrs. John Neuman. She informs us that her husband
Robert went to Wyoming
two weeks ago, where he is
to superintend the building
of a large sugar factory.
Private Podraza of Swan
River, who has been with the
United States army in France
is the first boy from Morrison
county injured in the war-
One of his arms was recently
shot off. He will be sent
home and is expected to arrive home in about four
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Sampers
and "son Tony of Early, Iowa,
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pope
and son Leonard of Mt. Car.
mel, Iowa, were visitors at the
Peter Koll home last Thursday and Friday. They came
up from Iowa in Mr. Sampers
Ford car.
The so-called Dykeman
Transportation Co., is hauling tons of beer through the
village to • the Grow Wing
country north, A big truck
makes three 1 rips a week
from Little Falls to "Somewhere in Pulaski" where it is
unloaded and hauled farther
up by team,
Mr. Fritz Reaka and son
Bernard and daughters Mary
and Julia came up from Morgan, Minn., Tuesday and surprised the Peter and Herman
Koll families. They left for
Minneapolis Wednesday and
intend to take in the State
Fair. They will return back
to Pierz after the fair. They
are making the trip with a
car.
Swanville, Sept. 3: Klyde Kaliher,
the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Kaliher, was seriously injured Saturday afternoon -when one of the
wheels of a cement mixer struck him..
He was playing • with other little
boys when a wagon drove by with
the cement mixer hitched onto it.
He tried to jump onto the mixer and
slipped and fell, the hind wheel
striking him, breaking three of his
ribs. It was at first feared that he
^ya3 seriously injured internally but
he seems to be doing nicely at present.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
RIGA OBJECTIVE
OF TEUTON DRIV
Russians Unable to Withstand
Their Advance.
ATTACKING ON THREE SIDES
On    Italian    Front   General    Cadorna
Has Extended His Gains at
Several   Points.
Wheat, No. 1,
$2.00
Wheat, No. 2...     1.95
Wheat, No. 3.
Flax, 	
l.arley	
Rye.
       1.90
        3.00
         90
    1.60
Oats ,       50
Ear Corn __1 ' 1.25
Hay     7.00
JJutter, Creamery ..      40
•    "       Dairy       27
Eggs       30
Flour, Royal      6.30
"    White Rose...     6.20
Low grade flour 4.00
Bran 1.90
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts   2.30
Ground Feed     2.40
Beans ...      5.00
Onion.S     2.50
Potatoes         75 !
London. — The Germans virtually
are knocking at the gates of Riga,
with the, Russians apparently unable
to withstand their advance.
The great port and arsenal on the
Baltic and the head of the' railway
line running to Petrograd is beset on
three sides by the enemy—on the west
in the Lake Babit region, on the southwest near Mistu and on the southeast
along the eastern bank of the Dvina
river, a scant fifteen miles distant
from the city.
In the latter region the Germans,
after a heavy bombardment, won the
Uxkull bridgehead, famed as the
scene of many sanguinary encounters,
and crossed the Dvina river. Thence
they shaped their course northward
along the waterway toward Riga, with
the Russians counter attacking, but
unable to hold them.
Some twenty miles southwest of
Riga, along the railway line running
from Mitau to the seaport, the Germans have begun a new offensive.
While the capture of Riga would be
of great strategic value to the Germans in controlling the entrance to
the Gulf of Finland, at the head of;
which stands Petrograd, it would not!
necessarily place the capital in jeopar-i
dy, for it lies overland 300-miles asj
the crow flies from Riga and 360 miles!
by rail.
■
Russian   Desertions   Cease.
In Southern Moldavia the Russians,;
fighting near Pokshani in conjunction!
with the Roumanians, evidently have!
ceased their desertions and again are[
facing the enemy. Here, according to;
Berlin, they have delivered heavy j
counter attacks against Field Marshal!
von Mackensen's forces.
Near Braila, southwest of Galatz,|
on the Danube, the Germans were re-1
pelled in an attack on the Russian!
positions.
On the Italian front General Cador-j
na's forces have extended their gains!
on the Brestavizza plateau, on the
slopes of Monte San Gabriele and east
of Gorizia, and have taken additional
prisoners and war stores.
In Belgium the British big guns are
continuing to bombard violently the
German positions. Near Havrincourt
the Germans, in a sharp attack, pushed
back the British^ but lost the ground
later.
Heavy artillery duels also are in
progress along the Aisne, in Champagne and in the "Verdun sector;" but
the infantry has remained virtually
inactive.
GERMAN PRESS RAILS
AT WILSON'S REPLY
Amsterdam, Holland. — President
Wilson's reference in his reply to Pope
man autocracy as distinct from the German people as distinct from the German people are commented upon un-
favorablyby the German press. The
Tageblatt of Berlin says:
"President Wilson speaks of democratization of Germany, which we
also desire, but it is an internal question and one we consider forbidden
territory for foreigners, as a condition
of peace."
The. Lokal Anzeiger says: "The
whole fallacy of President Wilson's
argument is clear from the sentence
in regard to the freedom of nations
which are themselves to decide their
own fate. President Wilson will not
give us freedom to decide for ourselves, but would take it from us."
The Koelnische Volks Zeitung,
which prints a brief summary from
an Italian source of the reply accompanied by some English and American
comments, says:
"To such impudent talk one does not
answer with self-defending attempts
at justification but with the sword."
WILL  PROTECT  CONSUMERS!
—_-___—
Government to See That Coal Prices!
Are Observed.
Washington,' D. C. — If retail coal;
dealers do not supply the consumers!
with coal at prices to he fixed by the!
administration the government will do j
so, it Was said here.
C. W. Wattles of Omaha, feed and!
coal administrator for Nebraska, con-;
ferred with Dr. H. A. Garfield, coal;
dictator, and Herbert C. Hoover, food!
administrator, and was informed, he!
said, that the consumers are to be pro-;
tected by the government in easej
dealers attempt to dodge control.
No official announcement has beea;
made on this subject as yet. Mr.
Wattles understood that the plans f»r
parrying out such a scheme hard 3»t
Been oifepleted.