Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 1

Tod - VOLUME XVI, NO. 174 DROWNEBLADS | BODY CAUGHT - BY GRAPPLING gy BROUGHT TO SURFACE SHORTLY. BEFORE NOON Young Men »Exy)lis‘t Services as Divers; Accident Occurs Xesterday Morning The body of Arthur Fenske, nine- year-old son of Herman Fenske, was caught by a grappling hook about 1:30 o'clack this afternoon on the ' west shore of Lake Marquette, just south of Bemidji,”where:the water “was about eight feet" deep. The lad fell-into deep water in the 1 hile swimmi holding the enemy at bay in the Somme district, they are fully cognizant of %fi dt.of=th : e]'m Umfi Guard this forenoon secured FOR MOD good young swimmers to help search 4 for the corpse .and Chris Neuman. John- Cahill and John Simons volun- 4eered as divers in attempts to locate the victim of the tragedy. PSYCHOLOGY HELPING "THE WIN THE WAR SPIRIT k (By ‘United Press.) Washington, Aug. 1.—Uncle: Sam | has been using “applied psychology,” to get all the American people to real- ibe that they are in the war up to (By United Press.) . Los Angeles, Cal, -Aug. 1.—*How to Hold a Husband” is condensed into 10 commandments.for modern women by R. P. Knickerbocher, who recent- 1y gave Los Angeles women the bene- fit of his experience in this deca- logue: 1.—Thou shalt have no other man except thy husband; neither shalt thou eye another. 2.—Thou shalt not neglect thy home- for-a bargain sale or club or suffragette propaganda. 3 hou shalt .mot be a peach on the street, a:pippin in society and a lemdn in-the house. By o 4~—Thou shalt not wear $50 bon- nets and imported lingerie-when thy husband wears b5-cent socks and Lhand-me-down trousers. | . 5.—Thou shalt not play bridge whist for gain, neither shalt thou sip the sparkling glass. shall always be thy lover. i AT NOVEMBER ELECTION TO PREVENT ILLEGALITY 7.—Thou shalt not nag thy hus- band nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy servant. 8.—Thou shalt. suffer little chil- dren to come, for thy greatest name Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 1.—Dry workers in every county in Minne- sota will be supplied by the Minne- sota Dry Federation, it is announcpd here, with lists of the aliens regis- is Mother. 9.—Thou shalt not neglect to pray tered under order of the Public Safe- ty. commission last winter, which for thy children; neither shalt thou will be used in checking with the poll neglect to spank them. ....10.—Thou shalt not rear thy chil- Jlists of each locality to see that no aliens vote next November. dren by proxy, but'thou thyself shalt Alien lists have been supplied, An echo of the Fourth of July has just been heard, Charles Walters and Theodore . Thorsen, both of Bemidji now doing a stretch in the county jail for introducing liquor into for- bidden territory. Sentences was im- posed by Judge Page Morris in the Federal court in Duluth, that ar- rests having been made by chiefj Brandt of the Indian agents and Agent Johnson, also a federal offiicer. Walters was the chap who had 24 quarts of booze with him the day before the Fourth. He was caught and sentenced to'90 days'in the Bel- trami county. jail and also pay.a fine of $100. E Thorson had come from a trip to Plummer and was armed with a suit case containing booze. He drew four months in the Beltrami county jail and fined $100. h ctual . nghting. 3,000 miles away, it was hard to make a prosperous' farmer, merchant or law- yer in the west, middle west or even along the Atlantic seaboard realize just how deeply America was, commi ed this war. And until all the people fully realized that it was an enter- prise which: might drain the bottom dollar 'and the last' man they would not, so Uncle Sam reasoned, be so grimly in earnest, and so eager to give until it hurt, as if they had the right view of the situation. Justice Brandeis of the Supreme court is credited in Washington with having given Uncle Sam the psychol- ogy. “hunch.” At any rate, it has been used and is being used with good effect. Last winter when the coal short- age was' §0’ acute; “there’ was mucl talk about a “Psychological famine:” When folk und, they could’t buy coal,.in_.the . United States of Ameri- jca, the greatest coal. country in the world, they rather 'realized they were in a war, And an order was issued ’ that churches must close. When you ‘close a church to save coal, you start a preacher thinking. A good many. American preachérs figured that if the situation was so serious as that, it was time they began preaching about the war a bit. And today hun- dreds, even thousands of them, who were not saying much about the fight, simply keeping away from mention of it because they thought it their job to provide a contrast, are dinning war and victory into their people’s ears, and’ are proving excellent aids in whipping the war spirit to the nec- essary fervor. X This is one example. Other orders and moves the public did’t quite un- derstand were partly designed to have th esame effect... That they have had be their ‘mother: Call 300,000 During Month, ~ GrowderPlan (By United Press.) Washington, July 1.—Provost Marshal Crowder plans on calling 300,000 men to colors during the present month. counties. which are to have county option elections next month. 1t is said many men who had voted and even.taken part in politics have turned up on the list of aliens. Care will be taken by the dry to see that they do not vote in the fall. “Another thing we are going: to watch this fall,” said Former Gover- nor Van Sant, chairman of the Min- nesota Dry Federation, “is the ques- tion of election judges. We expect the wets to do what they can to roll up a big vote on-governor and other state officers, and try to-hold down the vote on the dry-amendment. “Every voter who votes for can- didates and fails to .vote ‘on the amendment is counted ‘against it, under our constitution. Unless the it is evidenced by President Wilson's 0 rceht statements thfiit theh%merican ANTIPODES,‘EQ_THE FRONT. ;ligys llx’z:idx;ep‘l;lesigt;tylo;rggi;gf efi:; eople are now in thoroug armony n . ot (By United Press.) judges may fail to hand out on the war, and are.in it to a vic- torious finish. 2 COMMERCIAL CLUB IS TOLD OF POTATO PLANT Progress on. the new proposed *po- Melbourne, Aug. 1.—Australia has contributed ten per ceit of her popu- lation for the Allied firing line. With a population of barely 5,000,- 000, more than 426,000 have enlisted. Of these 48,780 has been killed and mcre than 133,000 wounded. - The total cost to Australian in money has been more thah a billion dollars. ballot to the voters.” NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS SPLIT ON PROHIBITION Hastings, Neb.; Aug. 1.—Nebras- ka democrats in their state comven- tato.. flour factory was reported at the Commercial club meet- tion llatef?dopted 3 plattotl;ml t;m"ioring in, ‘Wednesda, noon. Morris ENEREAL equal suffrage and a partial indorse- Ka i MUST F’EPORTV ment of national prohibition. The Kaplan, who is interested in launch- ing this enterprise for Bemidji, ex- plained the organization and pointed out where it would be advantageous to Bemidji and farmers in this vi- cinity to make this a community en- terprise. It is desired that business and pro- fessional men subscribe stook for this new enterprise, to the extent of about one-half the amount needed, within the next ten days. Mr. Kaplan explained where it would be to tne interest of the com- munity to have this new factory’ in opgration this fall. CASES T0 STATE BOARD St. Paul, Aug. l.—Beginning to- day ass cases of venereal diseases must be reported by physicians to the state board of health. Dr. H.-G. Irvine, director of the division of venereal disease, today announced that a new regulation to that effect with the force of law will be put in operation August 1. 3 Druggists are prohibited from sell- ing medicines fo rthe treatment of such diseases except on prescriptions of licensed physicians by another reg- ulation of the state board of health which was approved today by Attor- ney General Clifford L. Hilton and will ‘be effective immediately after publication. Enforcement of these rules, Dr. Ir- vine said, will be an important part of the division campaign against vice diseases, convention is nearly equally divided on the question of prohibition and woman suffrage and an effort to har- monize differences kept the conven- tion in session until shortly after midnight. GUARD IRREGULARITY * CHARGES TO BE AIRED St. Paul, Aug. 1.—Governor Burn- quist will appoint a board of inquiry to investigate charges of irregulari- ties in the Fourth infantry, now the First infantry of the new Minnesota National Guard, filed recently by J. C. Melville, Minneapolis,” who re- signed as captain of Company A. The personnel of the board, the governor indicated, may be made public to- day. PATIENT CONVALESCING. Mrs. C. M. Grover, who underwent an operation some time ago at St. Anthony’s hospital, is convalescing and was taken to her home, 110 Ir- vine avenue, yseterday, - FRENCH BUILDI'NG,THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE French far-sightedness and preparedness: are clearly depicted in this photegt ply iine. ‘Engineers-behind the lines are busy building ‘new trenches and making ih through the Minnesota Dry Federa-} tion, to the dry organizations in four{ __’s News Today From the American Battle Front In ,Frénbe-'--Bj the Unllc;d‘. BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST. 1, 1918 Ed 1ger FORMER CZAR TO PREPARE TO DIE Amsterdam, Aug. 1.—Given two liours. in -which to prepare- for the end, Nicholas Romaney, former Rus- stan emperor, was taken out by his executioners in a state of such col- ldpse .that is was necessary to prop him against a post, says the Lokal _A.nzieger of Berlin, which claims to hgve received from a high Russian D! on’s last hours. two hours, ness. and collapsed in a chair. Subsequently he wrote When ‘the escort ar- rived to take him to the place of ex- ecution, Nicholas attempted to rise but was not able. The priest and a soldier were obliged The condemned man descended the stairs with difficulty for a priest. several letters. from his chair, to help him. and once he fell down. unable to when post. Washington, Aug. menced. nomic relief expedition. me etk THEY RAISE 'EM THAT CLEVER IN THE WEST By FRANK J. TAYLOR (United Press Correspondent.) ite the fact that they ute r should the: Hun break the eady 1;0'1: the third line of-defense. rsonage on accounf of the emper- ¢{Nicholas was awakened at 5 a. m. He was told to dress and was shen taken to a room where the decision of the soviet council was communi- dated to him. “He was informed the execution would be carried out in The former emperor, it is added, receltved the announcement of the sentence of death with great calm- He returned to his bedroom stand without support the place of execution was reached, he was propped against a He raised his hands and seem- ed to be trying to speak, but the rifles spoke and he fell dead. Allins Begin Program For Aid 6fRussia (By United Press.) 1.—The pro- gram to aid Ruia ha already com- The United State, and England have dispatched troops quietly to Vladivostok to aid the eco- FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MON ? (By United Press.) Wa.shington, Aug. 1.—Officials today said the Uni!ea States must steel. itself for the shock of the first t : list f:):'_n the Soissons-Rheims fighting. SRRy caaua.lt.y * American casualties thus far are 14,000, 11 with those of the French and British. : ' oY compurecjl BULLETINS By JOHN DE GANDT. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Aug. 1.—New Franco-Amer- ican advances’ are reported .over a - large portion of the Rneims-Soissons battle front this afternoon. The allies| went forward in the Saponay region between Quilchy Che- teau and Fere.en Tardenois in the Arcy wood district near Cierces, and made fairly cousiueravle progress toward the Rheims rofid in the neigh- morhood of Bligny. South of the Courmont-Fismes road the Americans hurled back the Ger- mans in a wood near Goussancourt. On the right flank of the sallent the Americans are progreéssing toward the Andre valley and vicinity of Ville en Tardenofs. GERMAN DIPLOMAT f TAKES HOLLAND JAUNT b (By United.Press.). . ... i London, Ayg. 1.—Von Kuhleman is in Hollard, apparently on an. er- rand looking toward new peace move- ments. WIRE LINESNOWIN - GOVERNMENT HANDS Washington, Aug. 1.—At midnight last night the wire communication system of the ¢ try passed quietly § under control o%e government. ] For the immé#@iate present, offii- = cials say, there will be few changes in the method of operation. Admin- istration will bg through thq same { channels as before and by thg same G | executive officers. Any changes the government undertakes will be with their agsistance. Changes to Be Gradual. Postmaster General A, 8. Burleson and David J. Lewis, who is to be directly in charge of the wires un- der him, are proceeding slowly in plan. They are studying the poli- cies of the companies and theirgpeth- ods of /operations. A series of conferences have been held with representatives of the com- panies concerned. Steps. are to be taken within a short time to consolidate competing ] companjes but in this the govern- 1 ment will proceed slowly. Officials say a mass of details remains to be )\‘vorked out before action can be ta- en. TELEGRAPH C0. FAILS = T0 STOP DISCHARGES (By United Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1.—Although the government contirols the tele- graph lines of the nation, the West- ern Union continues to discnarge union members and union leaders have protested -to Washington. WE ARE FEEDING THEM Ay > (By United Press.) With the Americans Afield, Aug. 1.—Striking at the apex of the allied advance in the Soissons region, the Ainericans stormed the positions and gained objectives between Cierges and Sergy. Continuous Battle. i|. All around.the salient there has been a continuous battle during the lagt -‘two days, with the Germars launching repeated counter-attacks |- against the Allied lines. They have all failed and the Allied have gained important ground at various points. Immediately south of Soissons and west of Reims the German lines are strongly held, but enemy efforts to improve his position in the latter regior have broken down. Will Retreat to Vesle, There now. seems to be little doubt that the Germans will retreat to the Vesle river as soon as possible, any possibility of making a stand north of the Ourcq being seemingly gone. Against the new British positions at Merris, in the Lys salient, where the Germans were driven back by a surprise attack on Tuesday, there has beer a heavy bombardment. Plunging northward from Sergy,, Americani 1roops . have made . d bril- liant and important advance in des- perate fighting and apparently have opened the way for further success- ful operations against the Germans in the Marne salient. Enemy resistance of the stoutest character was no obstacle for the Americans, and they are now on the Fere-En-Tardenois-Coulomges high- way south of the forest of Nesle. The advance by the Americans late Tues- day measured a little less than two miles. French troops on the wings also moved forward, and Allied pres- sure on the west and east flanks of the pocket is being maintained with force. Drive New Wedge. In their advance the Americans drove a new wedge into the enemy line'and the Allies ar now in a posi- tion' to drive the Germans back by flank movements both east and west of the head of the apex, which lies near Necles. Most exposed is the German lines from the Nesles region southward through Cierges to Ron- cheres. The line is about four miles in length and offers an opportunity to drive the Germans from the region southwest ~of Ville-En-Tardenois without a frontal attach against the hills to the south. PARIS REPORTS ATTACK OF ENEMY REPULSED (By United Press.) Paris, Aug. 1.—(Ofticial).—Ger- man attacks near Rheims were re- pulsed. PERSHING’S REPORT FAILS TO REFLECT SEVERE FIGHTING (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 1.—General Pershing’s casualty list still fails to refiect the Soissons-Rheims fighting. Today's report gives 120; marines, five. He asked As he was Japan, JEWISH LEGION SAFE. With the American Army in| New York, Aug. 1.—Safe arrival in MEAT—AND THEY LOOK IT! France, June 18. (By Mail.)—He Palestine of the first two contingents was a lad who had grown up in the|O0f the American Jewish Legion is (By United Press.) P woods of some western state, and|announced by the Zionist organizg- Washington, Aug. 1.—The “food ] he knew everything ahout hunting|tion of America. American army boys are getting now { is assuring them fine health. 1 and trappihg. His ability to crawl around in the grass without being seen was uncanny. Early in the game ‘Heinies” near. back. ed,” he said. They told him he was craz anyway they didn’t have arnbther man who could crawl around the way he could. He was disappointed. said, “Well, gimme a chap who can understand that Heinie chatter, and we'll go out and listen to them. can get all the information you want. he started crawling through the barbed wire into No Man’s Land, and pretty soon he had visited all the outposts of the lying hidden near them until he got ready to come One day he reported to the lieu- tenant in charge of his “P. C.” “Gimme a man who can crawl around with me, and we’ll take that nest of Heinies out there single hand- In the wake of data showing mor- tality and sickness rates lower in army camps than in most civil com- munities, came word today that the average soldier gaihs nine pounds o after entering the service. Moreover, according to Maj. J. R. Murlin, it is sound flesh that will “stick.” The American sodier’s meat ration, 13% pounds, which is higher than that of his British, French or Italian brothers-in-arms, is making him quic kon his feet, or, to speak the medical lingo, “gives him quick de- livery of maximum energy.” TYPHUS EPIDEMIC CAUSE OF KING'S FLIGHT (By United Press.) Amsterdam, Aug. 1.—A &erious epi- demic of typhus.in Bulgaria caused Ferdinand to flee. KAISER IS WHISTLING. (By United Press.) . Amsterdam, Aug 1.—“America’s numerical superiority is not fright- ening us,” says the kaiser's procla- mation to the empire. GERMAN PRISONERS NO LONGER ARROGANT By WILLIAM P. SIMMS. (United Press Correspondent.) With tne British Afield, Aug. 1.— German prisoners are now showing rejection. When the offensive first started Germans captured showed a high morale and strutted inside their prison cages arrogantly. They now admit supplies and ammunition are low and divisions worn down, and in general the prisonerg are an un. happy lot, & . and Finally he We