The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-10-11

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PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, October 11' 1917.
No.  17
Brief Items of:
State News
John J, Faust
Passes Away
John J. Paust, one of our oldest settler died at the Little
Falls hospital iast Sunday noon
with ailments incident to old
agfe. Mi\ Paust was 79 years
old.    He was  born in Kierberg,
Philip Hartman, 60 years of age, one
of the well-known farmers of the town
of St. Cloud, died when he drank carbolic acid, having mistaken the acid
bottle for the whisky bottle, which he
kept in his. cupboard.
Despondent over his ill health and        —     	
driven insanef by his rapidly .failing Germany and at the age of ]0
condition,   Nels   A;- Holmberg. ^59.   a1     • '•..,!■ j-    +■
farmer of. Trenton township Pierce years came with his parents to
county, took his own life by drinking Cross Plains. Wisconsin, where
carbolic acid at his home Sunday morn-he lived until 1880, when he
^The examination of Polk county j brought his family to Morrison
drafted men for the first quota of 296 county and settled on a farm in
men   was   completed   at   Crookston, j Buh.    Since  1901   he had  made
when 200 more men were examined.
Out of the ^entire number only thirty
,pt the men failed to pass the physical
examination.
Special meetings were conducted
in the Swedish Lutheran church at
Crosby by the pastors of the Brainerd
district of the Lutheran Augustana
church.   The 'addresses at these meet-
■ his-ho me in the village.
Mr. Paust served 22 months
in the civil war in the 26th Illinois regiment.
He leaves a wife, five sons
and three daughters. The sons
are John,   Herman  and Barney
ings were mostly in commemoration of i ""- """"<   **v^""«—   vt—  — -j
the four hundredth anniversay of the' of Pierz, Jos. W. of this city and
Lutheran Reformation. I Peter of   St. Paul.    The daugh-
Little   Helen   Stimpson,   9-year-old I . '-.. -r i   r>   «        j
ters  are Mrs.   Joseph Ruff  and
Mrs. Peter Kingen of. Little
Palls and'Miss Katherine Paust
of New York city.
The funeral was held from the
St. Joseph's church here yesterday forenoon at 10 o'clock
and was largely attended.
Those from out-of-town who
attended the funeral are: Jos.
P. Paust, Cross Plains, Wis.,
Robert Chapwaski, Wahpeton,
N. D.,- Cust. Perzinski, Swan
River Mrs. James John, Mrs.
Ed. Ant, Mrs. Gregor Mueller,
Little Palls and Albert Paust
of Buckman.
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 ,   9-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stimpson,. of Baker, died at the Barnesville
hospital from- the effects of burns received two-weeks ago when her clothes
caught -on fire whil^ she was playing
with matches. Tho whole upper portion of her body was badly burned.
Charles B. White of the firm of
White Bros., Brainerd, fell from a two-
•tory house at Nisswa, where he was
completing, a cottage for Harry Paine.
•He broke a rib and was - painfully
bruised. He fell a foot from an eight-
foot basement with a hard floor, which
would have meant death for him had
he landed in it. -   \
' Mrs. Emma iF.-Marshall has' been
appointed .Red. -Lake county chairman
tot/ the war service committee of the
American Library association, and,
assisted by ten Red Lake Falls ladies
who have volunteered their services,
will endeavor to raise this county's
quota of the $1,000,000 fund that is
being raised throughout the United
States.
"Either become a citizen or get out
of the country," County Attorney C. G.
Dosland of Clay county advised Edward Johnson, a transient laborer,
fined $15 and costs for assault and
battery upon August Peterson of Glyndon. It developed at the hearing that
Johnson has been in this country 24
years and has never thought of taking
out citizenship papers. . , were
The bears are raising havoc among j -rp       ^
the settlers in the northern part of'    ronK
Kanabec  county  and  under the  law
passed by the last legislature they are
defenseless   against  them
miles north of Mora W. C. Dalby has
already   lost   fourteen    sheep,    Nels
Brumberg,  four,  and   Hugo  Johnson,
one.   The settlers think they should be
allowed to hunt and kill bears.
"Grandma." Baitinger, 82 years old,
af pioneer-resident of Stearns county,
died at the home of ter daughter, Mrs.
Benjamin Bardson, about one mile
west of Waite Park. - Death was due
to cancer.  '= "; ; '■ .
Miss Nellie;A.; McCall of St. Louis,
a 'sistler of J. A. McColl of Brainerd,
%as been awarded first prize of $100
for figure painting and first prize of
$50 for the best group of sketches in a
recent exhibition in the East..
Two Clay county farmers have been
granted industrial exemption from the
^draft, according to a notice received at
Moorhead from the district board at
Duluth, the men being Otto I. Baars-
gaard of Hawley and Otto P. H.
Schroeder of Sabin.
Theodore C. Wing, prominent St.
Cloud insurance writer, was arrested
Wednesday by Sheriff Ben E. Schoener
on a forgery charge preferred by
Charles F. Glueck, a traveling representative of the John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance cdftipany.
Workers in the 'Minneapolis flour
mills have been granted an increase ot
approximately 8 per cent in their
wages. The increases mean from 20
to 25 cents a day to each man in most
cases and slightly less in others. All
classes of workers are included.
Archie Sinclair was arraigned before
United States Commissioner H. A.
Simons at Bemidji on seven charges
including, it is said, interfering with
the-draft law and sending anti-draft
literature through the mails. He later
was bound oveF to the federal grand
jury which meets in Fergus Falls November 2. Sinclair was held on $10,000
bonds, but was returned to the county
jail when he could not raise the
amount.
Chief of Police Allen Johnson oi
Fergus Falls has sworn out six warrants against the Fergus Falls brewery, charging illegal liquor sales, the
alleged purchasers being Louis Knutson- John A. Johnson, A. A. Brooks,
Laufitz Pederson, O. K. Lindelin and
Emil ^Viedel. The brewery proprietors
pleaded guilty and paid fines" in pre-,
vious cases, and the sheriff and county
attorney are taking the matter up with
the Public Safety commission to see if
more drastic action cannot be taken.
Ten students of the East Grand Forks
high school attended a meeting to
discuss preliminary matters pertaining
to the organization of the debate team
which will contest for state honors
this year. Five boys and five girls of
the best talent in school will be in the
tryouts.
Nominating petitions for every municipality incumbent were placed in
circulation at East Grand Forks, including that of Mayor C. J. Kelleh'er,
who seeks re-election. Every candidate
asks to be replaced on the record made
during the past two years in .econom 1-
call^cpnducting th§ affairs of the c!t>
Sullivan News.
Miss Kurtz of St. Cloud spent
her vacation at Camp Linehan.
T. S. Look   was a Pierz
Tuesday. •
goer
Onamia    callers    Wednesday
were  D. W.  Sims  and   his   son
Miss Jessie Smith is now work-
Fourteen | ing in Onamia,
John Smith was a caller at
the Riley Hoskins home last
Friday.
Pierz goeas Friday were Mar-
son Widdowson and Rodney
Look.
and  party of
week end fish-
Mike Landers
Milaca spent the
ing at Sullivan.
J. J. Linehan left for St.Paul
last week.
Callers at H. C. Smith's Sunday were Tom Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Prank Sims, Clarence Hoskins and Mrs. Laufingwell and
cliindren of Onamia.
Matt Miller of Little Palls
ate Sunday dinner at the camp.
Miss Marie Grell, who has
b&en .staying at the Camp for
some time left for her home in
Pierz Sunday.
Callers at T. S. Look's Sunday were Mi's. Ford and daughter, C. E. Look and children,
Miss Addie Brown, Ma Hutch-
ens and sister and Miss Hanson.
T. S. Look and wife left for
Little Falls Monday, where
Mrs. Look will eater the hospital for treatment.
D. K. Harting apd • wife, lelt
for their home in Little Falls
Tuesday, their cottage on .the
lake being completed.
Letter Camp Green,
North Carolina
Camp Green, Oct. 8th 1917
Dear sister Katherine!
We arrived at our destination
today and, believe me, we are
having some hard times for
about a week until we get all
straightened up.
We certainly had one long
trip, from Monday until this
morning. Didn't stop more than
about four hours on the whole
trip.
Believe me-it was some trip.
I saw more of the world than I
ever did before, and believe me,
we passed through some very
nice states and cities. Virginia
is one of the prettiest we passed
through. We passed through
the Blue Ridge Mountains, the
old song you kids used to sing
of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I never saw so many Negroes
in all my life as there are in the
south down here. There are over
half blacks here.
After we get our new uniforms
I will send you some more snap
shots and views of  North Caro-'
lina    and    also   of   our    Camp
grounds.
Wish you could see the camp
grounds down here. They are
thirty-six miles square; nothing
but-tents, Y.M.C. A's and Mess
Halls.
Some time ago I wrote, told
you that we belonged to the infantry. Well, we do not any
more, as they have changed our
company to the 147th and Machine Guns company. You ought
to hear the big cannons, they
shoot every day for practise. It
almost drives a man crazy the
first few days.
Must close for this time aud
hoping to hear from you soon, I
remain as ever with lots of love
to all.       Your brother,
ANDREW VIRNIG.
3rd Co.,   147th  Machine Gun
Battery,   Camp   Green,   North
Carolina.
Fatal Accident       I Nine Cars Of
Near Rice!       Cattle a Week
Nine cars of cattle were shipped  out  of   Genola  last week.
Three people were killed instantly \
and a fourth person   was   so   badly
injured that she died within an hour, I. .
when passenger train No. 13, the, 0n account of shortage of feed,
Winnipeg flyer, due in Little Falls at j the farmers are reducing the
11:18 a. m., struck a Ford automobile size of their herds. Cattle pric
on a crossing four miles southeast of es are not what they should be
Rice Sunday. ! in comparison with   hog prices.
The occupants of the car were   O.  _.. .......       ,_.., ,
Loncworth, Miss Jennie Longworth Ihe price of hoffs hangs around
and Miss Lottie Knickerbocker of An- the 18 cent mark, while canners
nandale and -Mrs. Hattie Davie of are 5 cents and feeders and
Clear Lake.    Miss    Longworth    and  butcher stock are about 7 cents,
which is very little or no higher
Urai-Jamma.
Mrs. Davis were   run   over   by   the
train,  their bodies    being    cut    into   ,, .
bits.    Mr.  Longworth    was     thnmii, tlian Pnces last >'ear
about 50 feet into the air and the fall: '.,        '.	
killed him instantly. Miss Knickerbocker, although badly injured, was
still alive when the train was stopped,
aud she was immediately taken to
Rice where she died shortly after.
There were three    automobiles    in
the party.   The first two cars crossed
the right-of-way ahead of   the   train,1 T„„,       „,       ,
, .. ■'...< _ .Jamma   served   as   groomsmen;
and the occupants of the second car,! '
noticing that the third car could not!Anna   Jamma    and    Franciska
get across ahead   of   the   passenger,[Bednar were  bridesmaids.    The
stopped and got out of the car to sig-. wedding was   celebrated  at the
nal the driver of the car behind. How-1 bride's home.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
Last Tge .day morning at 9
o'clock occured the marriage of
Joseph Urai and Christine Jamma.     Henry   Urai   and   Hubert
ever, the driver evidently did not see
either those ahead or the train, as
the side-curtains were on the car,
and the auto was squarely across the
crossing when hit by the train. The
car was entirely demolished. Those
who have visited the scene of the accident claim that the train could easily have been seen as a clear view of
the track is obtainable for two miles
on either side of the crossing.
The members of the party were on
their way to Little Falls on a motor
trip. The occupants of the first car
were Mr. -and Mrs. Richmond Smith,
Mrs. Caroline Bliss and Mrs. Octavia
Smith of Clearwater. The second
car contained Mr. and Mrs. L. Laugh-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Eccless and
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Eccless of Clearwater, and Lloyd LaBrie  of Mizpah.
The bodies of the dead were
brought to Rice and an undertaker
from St. Cloud called to prepare them
.'or shipment to their homes.
Train No. 13 arrived in Little Falls
one-half hour late. The pilot of the
engine was broken and the front of
ihe engine spattered with blood.
Heavy Potato Yields,
From a half bushel of seed
planted last spring, Jos. Meyer
dug 11 sacks of potatos.
Andrew Faust raised over 80
bushels from a small patch back
of. his barn.
Pay Tax before November,
The last half of the'., real- esta'te
taxes must be paid to the county treasurer onv or before October 31 in order to avoid the penalty. Those w_bq>
paid one-half of the taxes before Juite
1 -will have 10 per cent added to tfi-3
balance if not-paid before November
1, and those who did not pay one-half
of their taxes before June 1 have until January 1 to pay same,- although:
the 10 -per cent penalty is already added.
County Treasurer Renick states
that the payments up to this time
have been about as usual, but that
from now until the end of the month
payments will come in rapidly.   .
Potato Market
Is Crowded
The near approach of cold weather
has increased the rapidity with which
potatoes have 'been marketed.    However, the demand has not    shown    a j
decided    increase,    although    it    has |
been heavier during the closing days !
of September.   The uncertainty as to
what  the  government's  action would '
be on the storing of potatoes has now I
'been  cleared up and from this time i
onward there will be a heavier   call
for stock for future use.    Prices    to
the growers have run ffom 65 to    90
cents  per bushel    during    the    past
■week in various parts  of the    state.
The price has fluctuated according to
the quality of the stock and the competition shown on the part of buyers.
"Owing to the fact that there will be
._ diminished foreign outlet for potatoes, the price level will be held considerably  below  the.   figures    which
u»ed last winter    and    spring-.: Triumphs and Cobblers should be    held
[ifor winter stock.
Cabbage heads are very firm and
:are bringing $15 to $17 a ton in the
f'Twin city markets. Carrots, rutabagas and beets are now commanding 80
to 90 cents per cwt. The market for-
.;onions continues to be very active
:and the prices range from $1.90 to
J.J2.20 per cwt., the higher figure ap-
1 [plying -to the yellow variety.
Simple Rule For
Pickling Cabbage.
Cabbage may be put down in
large quantities and kept for
months, if the following directions are observed:
To one quart of chopped cabbage use one level tablespoonful
of sugar, one of salt, and one of
white mustard seed.
Put the cabbage in layers,
sprinkle with the salt, | sugar
and mustard seed. Add a little
pepper if desired. When the desired amount is packed, cover
with cold vinegar, sprinkle on
a few cloves, -lay clean hors-
radish leaves over the top,
weight down witli a plate and
set away.—Mary L. Bull, "University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Will this be another open
winter?
Nick Meyer returned from
St. Paul Tuesday.
Frank Schneppenheim and
family of Monticello are here
visiting relatives.
G-eo. Kiewel passed through
here Saturday on his way to
Fleischer's place north of
Platte.
John Holtgrave of Hampton, Minn., is here visiting
his cousin, John Reding of
South Pierz.
Miss Margaret Freichel returned from St. Cloud Tuesday for a short visit with her
folks at Lastrup.
0. A. Montgomery, state
inspector of weights and
measures was here on business this week.
R. M. Stoll sustained an
injury on his right wrist
while cranking a Ford Sunday morning.
New rates of   postage    under   the!      Mr'   aud   MrSV  A'   R Sto11
war revenue bill passed by congress  and Mrs. Adolf Stumpf were
Oct. 3 will take effect Nov. 2, raising ' Little ^allg visitors last Sun-
the rates on letters  (except drop let- j
ters) from 2 to 3 cents an ounce and . U-'dy.
on postcards from 1 to 2 cents. _,       _.        .   .        „  TT   . ,.
The following orders are contained       Mrs- Diedncll   of  HoldlUg-
in the Daily Postal Bulletin of    Oct.  ford   visited   with  Mrs.  Wm.
'Schauble   several days   last
The young couple will make
their home on a farm in eartern
Pierz.
LETTER POSTAGE BOOSTED  TO
3 CENTS AND POSTCARDS TO
2 CENTS
I DEFEND
T.PAULADDRES
iLa Follette's Reply to Disloyalty
Charges in Senate General in Tone.
ACCUSED BY KELLOGG
Wisconsin   Senator's   Statements   Not
Based on Fact, Minnesotan Says in
Reply—Charge That U. S. Wars
to   Protect   Loans  Denied.
HIGHErR    RATES    OF     WAR     REVENUE   ACT   BECOME    EFFECTIVE  NEXT  MONTH
Office of the Postmaster General,
Washington, Oct. 3, 1917.
Order No. 755.
Sectipn 399, Postal Laws and Regulations,' is amended to read as follows, effective November 2, 1917:
Upon all matter of the   first   class ,   ...       .    , ,
* » * postage shall be  charged * * * j went   to   St. OiOUd.   Dy   auto
at the rate of three cents . for   each!
drop
week.
Mrs.   Win.   Schauble   and
Lilian and  Ernest  Schauble
ounce or fraction thereof;  and     „
letters shall be mailed at the rate of
two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, including delivery at letter-carrier
offices. (Acts oi March 3, 1885, and
Oct. 3, 1917.)
Not-—A drop letter is one address
last Sunday.
0. Borgerding of Belgrade
came up Monday and returned Tuesday.
ed for delivery   from   the    office   at | /.Iviiio-hH    tin.   nlrl    P   M   TCnll
which it is posted.   There is no drop 'C   d   g6Q      16   °
He has ex
P. 1
farm for Canada land.
rate on any matter except letters.
Section 400, Postal Laws and Regulations, is amended to read as follows, effeotive November 2, 1917:
Postal cards shall   be   transmitted,
through the mails at a postage charge > ,. -»» ,
of two cents each, including the cost  alton were guests OI Ml', ana
of manufacture.
Mr. and Mrs. Thielen and
Mr. and Mrs. Weilde of Roy-
Mrs.    Henry    Wuellner
Agram Sunday.
in
That   light  fall  of   snow
Section 402, Postal Laws and Regulations, is amended to read as follows, effective November 2, 1917:
It shall be lawful to transmit by
mail, at the postage rate of two cents
apiece   payable  by   stamps   to   ^ j Tuesday moriiirig served a!3 a
affixed by the sender, and under such j x "™     ' °
regulations as the postmaster general j warning that   fuel   must  be
may prescribe, written messages    on; ,        ,    ,,
private mailing cards, such cards    to' provided and     SUeltei'    pre
be sent openly in the mails, to be no'
larger than the size fixed by the convention of the Universal Postal Union, and to be approximately of the
same form, quality and weight as the
stamped postal card now in general
use in the United States.
A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
Postoffice Building for Pierz
Poslmaster C.E Gravel'broke
ground Monday morning north
of the Borgerding lumber yard
office for the basement for a
postoffice building.
The building will be 20 by 30
with full basement and will be
heated by a fnrnaee.
Grain And Produce
*Vheat, No. 1, ..
Wheat, ">Jov2:
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Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, Oct.
3, 1917.     f
Pursuant to the foregoing amended
regulations postmasters shall, on and
after November 2, 1917, see that postage is paid at the rate of three cents
an ounce or fraction thereof on letters and other first-class matter except drop letters. All drop letters,
that is, letters mailed for delivery
from the office at which posted, including those for delivery by city,
rural, or other carrier of such office,
are required to have postage paid on
them at the rate of two cents an
ounce or fraction thereof. Postal
cards are required to.be prepaid two
cents,  and,  therefore,    the    one-cent
postal cards must have    a    one-cent 	
postage stamp affixed to them in addi- j y.^    yj.p    chewing    gum,   all
tion to the one-cent stamp impressed ] >. - ,
1 97  on such cards.    Post cards    (private  cosmetics, SUC)l as face poWCl-
pared for the winter.
Barney Eller who has been
employed in North Dakota
during the summer, visited
with his family several days
last week. He returned to
N. Dak. Tuesday.
Henry Gassert went to
Owatonna last week as the
delegate from this county to
attend the annual convention
of corrections and charities.
If the war tax bill, now
before congress passes, postage on lettel's will be 3 cents,
postal cards 2 cents.    On the
$2.00
.„.      j.tvr     o . Q,   mailing cards)  bearing written    mes-
Wheat. .Nov « .........      l.fc)4  Sage_ must have two cents    postage
1.90  prepaid on them.
Wheat, No.4	
Flax, _-..__. _.
Barley j --.
Ryej . — %.
Oat*-- ------ _.--
Ear Corn _._.- '.'.
Hay-v--. ■:„'.::.--,,.
Butter,1 Creamery -f.
'-'        Dairy -_.	
Rggs _ :-.
2.80,
1.10'
1.66
55 !
1.25
■ A. M. Dockery,
Third Ass't P M. Gen.
ors etc., cigars/ theatergoers,
in   fact   almost   everything
hat a  person   needs as goes
t   rough life.
The war tax which passed
No Supplies Yet
Office of Third Ass't P. M. Gen.
Washington, Oct. 4, 1917.
1. . Under the act of    congress    approved October 3,  1917, changing the ;, oilt>/eSS last    Week,   provides
7.00 rates of postage, the department will ^ . ... ,      Q f
4p-  begin issuing 2-cent postal cards and   i.iat hereafter Will De 6 Cents
0  3-cent postage  stamps and    stamped ,   ,. _,_ "   pnrrpfn.nnd-
37  envelopes as soon as a supply can-be  < :i     letteis     oi     conesponu
et   manufactured. It will not be possible,   ,.;.,,pS   three cents, and postal
...   . .__,.    ,     . od   however, to. provide theme    in    suffi-     ' '
FlouiVli-Oyal'-..! -I---' ^6.00  cient quantities to exchange stocks of   .ai'sls two Cents.
"t   AVl,it    X>ik^a -    ~'K an  l-cent postal cards, 2-eent stamps,  or
vvmtc.-.os-.. .. ,  o.wu 2.oent envelopes held by the    public
Low grade.flour -_: ' 4.00 or by postmasters.    It will therefore
t>        •                                    ' i ot Jbe necessary, beginning November 2,
r>ian     .-_ _..-. x.oo   ^^ whcn the n&w postage rates be.
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75 come effective    for    postmasters    to
^hru-t« 9 00 continue tho sale of 1-cent cards and
nuLMVb a.w 2-cent  envelopes  while  their    stocks
Ground Feed     2.40 last, and for the public to fix    adhes-
.beans --_. ._,-_-      -.-. ftn  amount of the increase of post-
Unions      2.50
Potatoes        80
On'e man was nearly scalded to death, and  two others
sustained   broken   ribs   and
other  injuries  as the  result
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <)i a th resiling engine break-
5.00 !ve-stamps to cards and envelopes to   ■ ,, ,        ,    • . __     +
„ .„   '*■*>  amount of  the increase of post-  UiS    liU'OUgn a   bridge   about
eight miles southwest of Mil-
caa last Thursday liigl t.
age.
Washington, Oct. 8.—The extraordinary session of Congress, which began
on April 2, and is generally regarded
as the most momentous in American
history, was adjourned sine'die at 3
p. m., after a day of thrilling debate
on the alleged disloyalty of Senator
La Follette of Wisconsin.
Vehement  criticism of the Wisconsin senator and his  own  defense occupying    virtually    the    entire    day,
marked the close of the war session.
The preliminary steps taken point to
a careful scrutiny of the La Follette ,
address   in   St.   Paul,   and   will   prob- I
ably see the subcommittee taking tes-!
timony in St. Paul.    It also indicates j
that   at   the  next   session,  the   effort !
to   remove   Senator   La   Follette  will i
be taken up with real earnestness.
Senator La Follette took the floor j
to make a three-hour speech in an- !
swer to the critics who have petitioned j
Cor his expulsion because of his course j
and public utterances toward the war. !
By prearrangement, two hours were ;
reserved in which senators were to re- j
ply at the close of his speech.
House  P/lembers  Present.
Members of the house, which only j
was marking time waiting for the sen- \
ate, flocked to the senate chamber 1
where galleries and floor were jammed j
In expectation of a spectacular finale j
to the session.
Standing  at  his   seat  in  the  front I
row before the vice president's desk, j
La Follette began his address, reading I
carefully  and   deliberately  his  manuscript,  with  senators giving close attention.
"Campaign of Villification."
Characterizing the attack upon him
j.s a "general campaign of villificatio-i
tind attempted intimidation," La Follette shouted:
"Neither the clamor of the mob nor
the voice of power will ever turn me
from the course I mark out for myself, guided by such knowledge as I
:an obtain and controlled and directed
by a solemn conviction of right and
.uty."
Course   Defended.
Defending his course of opposing
the declaration of war and subsequent
attacks on war policies, La Follette
fleclared:
•"It is the citizen's duty to obey the
law until it is repealed or declared
unconstitutional. But he has the inalienable right to fight what he deems
an obnoxious law.
"It is the suppressed emotion of the
masses that breeds revolution. If the
American people are to carry on this
great war, if public opinion is to be
enlightened and intelligent there must
be free discussion.
Wants   "Free   Discussion."
"If we are to forestall the danger
of being drawn into years of war,
perhaps finally to rUain imperialism
jnd exploitation, the people must unite
In a campaign for free discussion of
the policy of the war and its conclusion."
Statement  of Aims   Demanded.
"Shall we ask the people to shut
their eyes arid take the entire war
program On faith?" he asked. "The
way to paralyze the German arm is
to declare our objects in this war and
show we -are not seeking to dictate
. form of government to Germany or
render England's domination of the
seas more secure."
Nowhere did Senator La. Follette refer to the much discussed St. Paul
speech, to be investigated.
KELLOGG'S REPLY TO
LA FOLLETTE'S SPEECH
Following conclusion of La Follette's !
Bpeech, Senator Frank B. Kellogg, who j
Introduced the resolution of the Min- j
liesota Public Safety commission de-1
wanding La Follette's expulsion, took i
the floor.
Kellogg discussed La Follette's!
speech at St. Paul on Sept. 20. It is i
because of statements attributed to \
La Follette in this speech that the j
Public Safety commission demanded!
La Follette's expulsion.
Kellogg Takes Exception
Kellogg took "emphatic exception to!
tome of La Follette's statements." "I |
believe we should be extremely cau- j
ious and accurate in stating the causes j
pf the war," he^declared.
"I deny, that Wk went to war to se- j
cure th^ right c_r American citizens to j
Pose As Police; Get Jewels.
Chicago, Oct. 8.—Three men staged
a, daring robbery at the home of Abraham Blackstone, a wholesale junk -
dealer, and escaped with jewelry valued a_7more than $1,100 and a small
sum of money. About 6 o'clock the
men went to the Blackstone flat. They
posed as policemen and said they had
a. warrant for the arrest of Blackstone
on a charge of rec«|ying stolen prop-
erty. Mrs. BlackstolEe and her niece,
17 years old, were alone. As soon p*j
tiie robbers got in they drew revolved
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