Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 2

; ’""‘ value of.saving. e YOLUME XVI. NO. 73... THRIFT CAMPAIGN - TOMORROW; YOUNG RECRUITEDs . e - e 2 e T MAKE CANVASS “Peams of Business Men Will Cover Down Town District; Plan for All to Save. POPULAR MOVE TO HELP UNCLE SAM WIN THE WAR . & Stamps Only 25 Cents; Draw, Good Interest; Just Like Savings Bank and Good as Cagj. Tomorrow will be Thrift Stamp Day in Bemidji. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon twelve of Bemidji’s fairest young ladies will meet at the Commercial club rooms and at 3 o'clock ' will start out to cover the business dis- trict with a sup- ply of thrift stamps.to be placed in all business houses for sale. Tags will also be carried by the young women, the tags to denote those who have purchased a thrift stamp or stamps. The work of the twelve will be under the co-operation of the Red Cross and .headquarters will be at. the store of Abercrombie & Mc- Cready. Business Committee. There will also be canvassing com- mittees of patriotic boosters of Be- midji, the committees being divided into teams as follows: J. P. Lahr and George French, H. C. Baer and D. S. Mitchell, Dr. ¢, J. Larson and H. Z. Mitchell, George Rhea and Ray. S,c_humaker;‘ E, H. Denu and R. L. Given, Rev. A. M. Whitby and Bert Barker, A. P. Ritchie and F. B. Lamson, C. L. Isted. and H. E. Reynolds, George W. “Harnwell and Corporal Clarence Fou- cault. The Thrift Stamps are one of the ‘most popular methods of helping the government and at the same time saving for one’s self. 'The stamps are sold in denominations of 25 cents and offer the opportunity of saving as one can best afford, the stamps drawing interest from the govern- ment. The plan is one of the most simple and yet effective of any in- wugurated, and the stamps are as good as the currency of the United States govgrnp:ent. National in Scove. The moverhent is national in scope. 1t is for the purpose of raising a -sum of $2,600,000,000 for the gov- erament and it is to allow every- _‘body to participate to whatever ex- tent they desire and mot work a ‘hardship. Minnesota is hitting the ball in great shape. In Beltrami county up to February 28, the per eapita of the entire population was only 17 ‘cents, while in ohter coun- ties~it is as high as $2.79, showing that it is a matter of the people to govern themselves accordingly. Stamp Clubs Popular. War Thrift Stamp savings clubs are being organized throughout the county and in Bemidji, one of the most active fields being the public schools to teach the children the YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT IDJI DAIL InesTtens! Fors Service Beautiful bronze staute;which is to be presented to President Wilson by New York Italian. The statue is about three feet high and weighs almost 400 pounds. - A’ duplicate is to be sent to the kKing of Italy. BELTRAIN'S SPECIAL CLASS WILL ATTEND CARNEGIE SCHOOL When the 14 men are selected from Beltrami county to make up part-of .the special draft:-of-1,809 to be called from Minnesota, they will be sent to Pittsburgh, for training in the Carnegie School of Technology to be fitted, for .important positions in the government service. This has just been made public by Major John P. Snyder, chief draft aid to AWjutant General Rhinow. M ENLIS' Josep'il:wvg. T?x%nlxzpson o'fr Thief River- Falls and George D. Reed of Grand Forks, N. D., left this noon for Duluth, having enlisted at the local recruiting office. They both joined the coast artillery. GAINEY IS HONORED The freshman class of HELD A | ISSTREWN BEMI]?JI. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E' VENING. MARCH 29. 1918. HILLSIDE WITHFOE (By William P. Simms) United Press Correspondent With the British .afield, 29.—The tide of battle is ever rising. The great struggle is northward and southward with a sudden new thrust westward and northwest, extending against Arras and a gradual spread around Noyon. The new battle line is 70 miles long and the principal fighting is at three distinct centers, one against the north flank around Arras, the second astride the Somme against the center, and the'third against the south flank between Montdidier and Noyon. Thera is severe fighting at all three points. B Near Avion this morning the Géy- man offensive was launched identic- ally with that launched a week ago. Telegraph hill, near the famous Vimy ridge and Orange hill, is strewn with corpses, uniformed in green and gray. - = “The battle around Albert is grow- ing with the Germans endeavoring to get Amiense. Battle Line Lengthens. London,; March 29.—The battle ‘front is now twice the original size. The former line was 50 miles, from Lefere to Arras. Now it is described as an irregular triangle from Ar- Hamline| precarious. lououx as the northern apex, Mont- didier the southern point and the southern edge of St. Gobian forest as the southeastern point, the two sides being 50 miles long. The base is 35 miles long. The Germans thus cover 876.square miles. The German line is increasingly The Germans have university has elected officers for the‘ drained their reserves beyond effec- tative on' the board. Mr, Gainey was a star ath- lete during his high school days in Bemidji. FRENCH REPULSE . DESPERATE ATTACK (BY United Press) Paris, March 29.—(Official)— “The Frencn are holding firmly the territory recaptured from the enemy yesterday in the Montdidier sector, despite desperate enemy attacks. We captured Monchel by storm.” «Pjoneer”’ AddsLatest Model Linotype To Its Equipment; - Huge MachineBeing Set Up Yesterday afternoon there arrived over the M. & 1. railroad, the latest model of linotype construction, the! famous No. 14, manufactured by the genthaler Linotype company, New York, the new machine being shipped to the Pioneer Publishing company. Arrzngements had been made for the reception of the new machine and the work of installing commenced immediately and was rushed during the remainder of the day and throughout last night. The machine weighs approximate- Iy two tons and cost about $3,500 set up ready to rumn. 1t is operated by electricity with electric melting pot for casting the type slugs, every detail operated by electricity, and | is the last word in perfection of the great line of Mergenthaler ma- chines. . Eight Different Faces. 2 1t mngazines are equipped with | eight different type faces for cast-| ing and has full equipment for meas-| ure of any required width. Besides| the huge magazines wherein are held the type “mats” is an auxiliary| i handling a large | paper matter, book and job work and magazine from which all the reg- ular heads of the Pioneer will be cast except the special heads. With the type faces pnnt:lined in the machine magazines'a gZreat por- second semester and the class named | tiveness, while the allies are still Daniel Gainey, of Bemidji represen-|holding their reserves fresh for the university athletic'time when needed. Haig’s Morning Rewert. London, March 29.—General Halg this morning reported that the Brit- ish took a number of prisoners and machine guns north of the Somme, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. “Our positions were maintained against strong attack from the north of the Somme yesterday afternoon and we gained ground by suceessful counter attacks. “Heavy fighting continued north of the Somme until late in the eve- ning. We maintained the line through the day despite superior en- emy assaults. Our machine guns did great execution.” RUSSIA’S DEMAND FOR WAR SPREADING (By United Press) Petrograd, March 29.—The de- mand for war with Germany is since the war began. Reinforce- Orsha, Kuhieman. Kuhleman, replying to the Rus- tion of the advertising and job work |sian protest which said that Germany will be done, saving time and labor, was sending forces into Finland, and eliminating the redistribution|grounds American Ambassador Fran- The machine js variety of type. of news- is the model used in t{jie largest plants in the country, and the only |one in this part of the state. Addition to Model 5. The installing of this remarkable machine in addition to the speedy »del 5 which has done yeoman service in the Pioncer plant. It will be retained, giving the%’ioneer plant two linotypes, a remarkable feature of a newspaper ~nd publishing plant in a city the size of¥Bemidji and located as she is. ¥ It shows the growth)and progress of not only the Pionee#¥ plant but of the community and the development of its busines: interests, the Pioneer keeping abreast and a little ahead to meet the demands. 7 capable of | cis’ statement regarding America’s readiness to assist in maintaining Russia’s status quo as a violation of the Brest Litovsk treaty. TUSETH JOINS MILITARY BAND IN CANAL ZONE Emil Tuseth has enlisted and will leave tomorrow night for Fort Sher- man, in the Panama canal zone, where he will enter a military band. Mr. Tuseth has for the past year been doing orchestra work here and is al- so a teacher of violin. He is also a member of the Bemidji band and plays the cornet, as well as the violin. northward}, ¢ spreading throughout Russia. Anti-| German feeling is the most intense| ments have been rushed to Smolensk, ' T ALL POINTS March'; extending| " Type- of dirigible'and new Italian JUNE 5, IS PROBABLE REGISTRY DATE FOR YOUTHS OF 21 YEARS (By United Press) is the likely date set for the regis- tration of all youths who have .be- come 21 years of age since the last registration. Passage of this meas- ure:bhy_ eopgress is certain. | YOUNGIWOMAN TAKES MAN'S PLACE ATGARAGE The announcement that girls and young women are to be employed at the box factory in the near future, discloses the fact that already young women are taking the places of young men generally supposed to be the only ones’ qualified for certain service, At the garagei of!C. W. Jewett, Miss Elva Beach of Long Prairie is in charge of the gasoline and oil department, performing the duties of filling the tanks of cars for patrons and look inl after the gasoline and oil=/bmsiness” in- general, taking the place of a.male -éemploye, and she is #illing her dutiés splendidly, ac- cording to Mr. Jewett. In addition, this hustling young lady does considerable stenographic work for the concern, indicative of her versatility. “And 1 am going to secure an- other in the near future,” remarked Mr. Jewett in, a brief interview. SPEAKS TONIGHT AT HIGH ! SCHOOL ON WATER SUBJECT F. L. Anders of Fargo addressed a special meeting of the council last evening on the water problem. He is the man who superintended the installation of Fargo's filter plant, and at 8 o'clock tonight will speak at the high school auditorium on lustrated. Every property and citizen is urged‘to be present. ANOTHERFBIG CLASS ' WILL“LEAVE TUESDAY From twenty 10 thirty volunteers will leave Tiesd%v on the noon train [for Duluth,s.all.shaving enlisted through the local recruiting office in charge of Corpotal Clarence Fou- cault. The Home Guard, led by the Four- teenth Battalion Minnesota Home Guard bandP5will escort the volun- teers from stlie recruiting office to the train. .Gitizens are expected to turn out enfiassa and give the boys a rousing sendoff. The honor roll will appear in Mon- day's Pioneer. The recruiting com- | mittee is mdking sbecial effort to assist Corp Foucault in recuring added volunts ¥re with a view to in- creasing the number beyond the thirty mark. Entertainments for these men | Monday night have been arranged {at all the theaters, roller skating rink and the military ball. Satur- Idny evening these volunteers will be ! guests at the Red Cross dance held |in the city hall. Singing and speak- ling have also been provided for at | the city hall Satyrday evening. navy for patrol work along the Adriatic, -~ ‘Washington, March 29.—June 5| west front, which is a great help. “Water Supply,” the talk to be il-} owner | _—— FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER’ om " DISPATCH SRS L A LLOWED T9 FIGHT flying boat Macchl, used by'the Itallan ELEMENTS HINDERING GERMAN ADVANCE (By United Press) London, March 29.—The elements have taken sides with the allies, with rain and a high wind sweeping the The German successes at first, made possible by quick transportation, will thus be trippled by the mud. Fightine Continues. (By-William P. Simms) With the British afield, March 29.—Fighting continues despite the sudden change, the weather sending a sudden gale of rain across the bat- tlefield. Thbe Germans with ox-like perseverance are butting away against the British line in the Arras rqglon BREAD CARDS PREDICTED ' ‘Washington, March 28.—Chair- man Lever on the floor of the house predicted bread cards for the United States within a few months. BOLCOM ASSUMES HIS DUTIES MONDAY W. G. Balcom, who was selected by the board of education some time ago to succeed Supt. W. P. Dyer, who resigned to accept a position at the University of Minnesota, in the ag- ricultural department, is expected to arrive in Bemidji today or Saturday from Staples, to assume his duties Monday. Mr. Dyer, who has been superintendent for the past eight years, retains control of the Bemidji schools until April 1, and is at pres- ent in the city for a few days. | BELIEVE || GOUNTER | STARTING (By United Press) Washington, March 29.— “Dhe enemy is being held at all points,” says a dispatch today from General Bliss to the house committee. Counter Offensive Started. ‘Washington, March 29.—Amer- ican army officers believe the big ~~~~~~~~~ |allied counter offensive against the Germans has already started. They think General Haig's thrust on the north and General Petain’s sharp thrust on the south f'nks are the first stages of the ¢ nn'er offensive. It is believed here that the neces- sary troop disposition made by the army in its maneuvers, which the al- lied international council author- ized, is about to strike. The maneuvers of the allied armies have been a mystery to the Ger mans in their drive and its activity is daily expected. The allied armies have been held back until Hindenburg battered his own army.-into exhaustion and vul- nerability and today the German ad- vance is at a standstill. Further tremendous efforts are expected. De- spite the gains of yesterday, officials are optimistic. Pershing Asks to Fight. Paris, March 29.—General Persh- ing, conferring with French offi- cials at the front, asked in his own name and in his country’s name that the entire American force here be engaged in the present battle. Offi- cial announcement stated that Gen- eral Pershing said the army is en- tirely at the disposal of the French and made the request in a confer- ence with leading British and French generals and statesmen. AMERICAN BAGS TWO MORE FLIERS (By United Press) Paris, March 29.—David Putnam, Brookline, .iass., & member of the LaFayette escadrille, has brought down two more German aeroplanes, making a total of five for this Am- erican flier, figtato Starch And Flour ' A proposition advanced by Morris Kaplan, proprietor of Kaplan's gro- cery, is meeting with much favor by farmers and several business men, it being the establishment of a potato starch and potato flour mill in Be- midji to turn the excess potato sup- ply into money, instead of allowing the thousands of bushels of Northern Minnesota potatoes go to waste. Tt 'also embodies a plan for the manu- facture of Saratoga chips, and evap- orated potatoes, such as is being ad- vocated by the government, and al- ready about 70 farmers have ex- pressed themselves as heartily in fa- vor of the new project, while some prominent business men are lending | support. It is explained, that suppose a farmer received 80 cents per hun- dred pounds for ungraded potatoes, which would be better than 75 cents per bushel for graded. It takes approximately 650 pounds of pota- toes to produce 100 pounds of po- tato flour. At $4. which the far- { mer would epproximately receive, the cost of converting into flour would be abhout $1.50, including overhead expenses, and the finished product would bring practically $6.50. The jobbers price is 14 cents per Plant To Insure Farmers Profit,Sponsoredby Kaplan pound today. The manufacturers price is 13 cents per pound, which would allow a leeway of about 7 cents per pound here from that of the manufacturers, as it is at pres- ent. A potato is about 15 per cent sol- ids and 85 per cent water and the evaporated potatoes, as advocated by the government for gencral sale and war purposes, is on the same prin- ciple as evaporated apples or peaches. It is further explained that pota- toes cannot be carried over to suit the owner. They must be sold at the proper time or hecome waste, and there are not enough solids to make good stock feed at any price. Po- tato flour is declared the best substi- tute for wheat flour, as is recognized in making potato flour cakes, etc. The plan carries with it the in- stallation of a potato washer, cooker, flour mill, starch mill, combining a potato peeler to make the flour ab- solutely white. If it was deemed feasible an evaporating machine would be installed. With potatoes being held and going to waste in such immense quantities as at present it would seem that considerable importance would be attached to the project for preventing tais and turning them into profit instead of loss. {