Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1918, Page 1

FORTY-FIVE CENTS, PER MONTH RETREATIN_G,ENEMY BURNING VILLAGES; MOMENTUMG NS ATOGARIGES T0ECONOMIZE, IFWARBOARD'S PLANS AREET (By United Press.) > With the French Afield, Aug. 3.—Plsier and Hartennes woods, where the Prussian guards made their stiffest resistence, is now virtually ‘encircled.. A remarkable feature of the fight- 'ing is that the artillery is keeping up with the infantry despite bad roads. ) ‘ g The Gg.rmans are burning villages where they are retreat- According to. a request from the ing. Unmistakably the Germans are withdrawing from the war economy -board oj the govern- o * 3 £ % GRCIG WL T ) o : whole pocket. ment Bemidji and Beltrami county ; - i auto dealers are being asked, togeth- er with those throughout the state, to observe certain new suggestions just promulgated the plan to be co- . operative among garage proprietors s The proposition is purely a request to get together and reach an agree:| ment; and-a‘vetled hint at’more dras- tic action is-made for failure to-help the ‘war .economy motrement of the ~ HOURS SPECIFIED FOR HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS Evel;ing Closing Also Set; Cut In Expense Is Watchword of New Movement. GERMANS RETREAT GATHERING MOMENTUM. Paris, Aug. 3.—The German retreat is gaining momentum as the allies push forward on the whole:45 mile front. -In the center, the Americans are driving toward the Aisne and up the Dorilon valley. The allied advance units have reached the Vesle and Aisne rivers. The allies surprued the Germans at Soissons and no time was given for starting fires. The flame-thrower has appealed to the Hun’s lust for devastation. However it hag .only added to the horrors of war without being particularly effective in either direct attack or defense: The photograph shows a flame-projector being used in a trench,..Below are seen two of the huge French guns mounted on rallw; y trucks in position to guard the left bank of:th agulnst the ddvancing Germans. B A»erial Bomb o P REMEMBER ITALY. When vou mention the Allies, AMERICANS CONTINUE ADVANCE ON FRONT. With the Americans Afield, Aug. 3.—The Americans con- tinue advancing all along the front. Cohan and several towns have been taken. Artillery is combing the roads over which " g government. ; g H - Outline of Movement. 0 " s The outline of the movement as directed to all ‘garages and repair shops ,throughout thc ountry is as . follows: First—Discontinue all free service I r e which you have been rendering in the past in connection with your busi- . ness. iz L - [ Second—Discontinue - automobile uea‘h un F'eld any kind, as well’as sales in connec- tion with anythmg pertaining to the automobile, such:as tires, accessories, gasoline, oils and etc.; all day Sun- (Special to Pioneer.) days and ' Holidays 4nd after six| .. WaShington, Aug. 3.—Today’s list o’clock p. m., on: Mondays, Tuesdays, |of casualties sent by General Pershing Thursdays and Fridays and after ten contains the name of Private Arthur o’olock p. m. on .-Wednesdays and|R. Stanley, Nebish Minn, Saturdays until after September 15th, 1 PARENTS ARE DEAD. week day at at six o’clock p. m. and all day Sunday and holidays. Nebish, Aug. 3.—Arthur R. Stan- Third—Put your automobile, tire,|ley, while-in Nebish, made his home accessory, gasoline, oils and shop bus-| with his'uncle, W. F. Bradshaw. The iness on a strictly cash basis. Bradshaw family has moved to Mon- Fourth—Educate your users, as far | tana, -leaving since Pricate Stanley as possible, to take care of their own | enlisted. minor adjustments; urge them to see that their car is properly equipped be- gasoline, an extra fuse, extra spark p}ug_, eitc H seet thatbnew customers are BEING PUMP ED FROM 4ziven instruction books and urged to study them. AN Fifth—So far as possible, eliminate CLE ED DEEP WELLS waste in your busi; S, papr arl . around ygur shop fi]sd/;mggti.culYoK _Bemidji’s water supply is now com- will - refuse to lét-‘your’ Techanics | IP8 from the deep wells. This is the wash their hands ini‘ofl or gasoline, | inforation given out today. by City [ Engineer Swinson, an ardefit’support- and other expenses to & minimum. er of the deep 'well .system which Seventh—Later on get together|SuLplies the city’s water. and form a school for the education |, All day Friday one well pumped fi of mechanics. . of the deep wells was ‘“hooked on,” Excentions-to-Above. these wells having been undergoing The only exceptions to-the above| the cleaning process, which the city are: engineer insistently urged. First—You are expected to make emergency repairs on tractors, farm St. Paul, Aug. 3.—Ruling that is- suances of liquor licenses in the ¢ity of Rochester lies entirely with tne repair work, automobile service of after’ which date you will close every (Special to Pioneer.) fore leaving the garage; that they have an extra tire, tube, plenty of oil, WATER SUPPLY Now Sixth—Reduce your ‘demonstrating the city’s suppply and today another implements or trucks used strictly for commercial purposes. In rendering service of this sort, it should be re- membered that the work should the rendered only in cases of real emer- gency. - Second—Should your physician or dertaker, when on professional ‘business strike trouble, you, ofscourse will be expected to take care of him. Third—Arrangements should - be made for towing in cars that become disabled on the road, but no repair work or supplies should be furnished until the following business day. Fourth—If you are running a pub- lic garage in connection with your business, you may keep it open for . the convenience of the public, but will do no repair work or make any sales. except as outlined above, RUMELY AND KAUFMANN INDICTED IN NEW YORK New York, Aug. 3.—Federal in- ~ dictments were returned here against council and that the mayor has vir- wide attention. order of -the Olmstead county court, writ sought. on all points. president and secretary of the New | mayor is not authorized to control York Mail and Express company, and | the discretion of the city council or S. Walter Kaufmann, former counsel | to dictate as to the fullness of inves- for. the German embassy in the United | tigations in the matter of issuing sa- States, as alleged participapnts in the | loon licenses. Also surety companies purchase of the Evening Mail for the|are held exempt from the.provision German government. ly purchased the Evening Mail on be-| surety on another. half of former Ambassador von Bern- storff and Dr. Heinrich Albert, for- mer commercial attache of the Ger- an embassy, in June, 1915. It is further alleged that on De- cember- 4, 1917, Rumely and Kauf- mann filed statements with the alien LIBERTY BONDS REACH PAR. New York, Aug. 3.—Liberty 3% tion was made of German government | first time. Mail. has been noticeable. judgment and discretion of the city tually no. control of the matter, the state supreme court affirmed the or- der of the Olmsted county district court directing Mayor Julius J. Rei- ter to sign a license‘granted George F. Miller. The de¢igion ends a con- troversy between the Rochester coun- cil and Mayor Reiter which attracted Mayor Reiter appealed from the sustaining a demurrer to a portion of his order in mandamus proceeding by Miller and striking out the balance as sham and frivolous, then issuing the Finding that the an- swer did not contain a defense, the supreme court upholds the trail court The opinion, written by Judge Os- Dr. Edward A. Rumely, former vice|car Hallam, stated first that the A that no person already a surety on a The indictments charge Dr. Rume- | license bond shall be accepted as per cent bonds, which are exempt from taxation, sold at par yesterday property custodian in which no men-|on the stock exchange here for the Steady buying of this ownership of any part of the Evening | issue by leading financial interests don’t forge+ to say “Italy.” When vou display the flags of our Allies with the glorious Stars and Strives. remember Italy. ONE BONDING COMPANY SETTLES ITS PORTION OF SHORTAGE IN FUNDS City Attorney “Fisk today received a’draft for $850 from the Massachu- setts Bonding & Investment company in settlement in full for the surety on the bond of George Kirk, former water superintendent, The claim of the city against the company was for $98.88 more, but the company was not acting as surety for a period of three months and 27 days and claimed exemption for liability during that period. The offer for settlement was made at a recent council meeting and accepted. The company was notified and the ar- rival of the draft wipes off the lia- bility of that company. - There are other companies to make seitlement but no difficulty is expect- cd in a satisfactory, adjustment. YANKEES NO LONGER NEED INSTRUCTION FROM ALLIES Washington, Aug. 3.—The Ameri- can forces in France have reached such a high stage of training in the new methods of warfare that they are to furnish instructors for the new units being organized- in the Unifed States. No additional instructors from the Allied armies will be asked except possibly in special technical cases. It was learned officially today that the War department has ordered a number of officers back from France to command brigades in the 12 new divisions, the formaion of which were announced by General March, chief of staff, in the last two weeks. “DON'T MEET THEM SORT.” (By United Press.) London, Aug. 3.—An American wo- man who is a Y. M. C. A. worker vouches for the following story: A newly arrived American sailor met a first draft friend at the Eagle Hut in the Strand. “Hello, Jake!” said the former, “I suppose, now you live in London, you're meeting quite a lot of titled ladies?” “Huh!” replied Jake, “You don't meet them sort—why they wait at my table!” THIS DAY IN THE WAR Aug. 3, 1917: American mission, headed by Elihu Root, lands at a Pa- cific port, returning from Russia. Premier Kerensky and his cabinet re- sign, change their minds, and with- draw their resignations. Aug. 3, 1916: Roger Casement, leader of Irish uprising, hanged. French recapture Fleury. - Aug. 3, 1915: French and British airmen bombard Strassburg. Aug. 3, 1914: Germany sends ulti- matum to Belgium, demanding pas- sage through Belgium for German troops. British fleet mobilized. the Germans are retreating. material. FISMES IS WITHIN YANKEE GUN RANGE (By United Press.) With the Americans Afield, Aug. 3. —Fismes is now within range of American artillery. Americans captured Chamery where' Lieut, Quentin Roosevelt feil when shot down by an enemy air aviator and are searching for his grave. BarelyMisses Hoover Train (By United Press.) Paris, Aug, 3.—It is reported that Herbert Hoover, American food ad- ministrator, narrowly escapped when a Germaa.air bomb broke windows of the train'in which Hoover and party were riding at Bologne. DEPOSIT MAIL EARLY. URGES THE POSTMASTER: WOULD AVOID DELAYS With the removal of the postoffice to the new Federal building, no little inconveniences has been experienced by the lack of mailing facilities on the part of business houses in the vicinity of the former site of the post office. However, Postmaster Ritchie has made recommendation for a mail receptacle to be located at the intersection of Fourth street and Bel- trami-avenue. In this connection and the conges- tion of mail matter in the evening, Postmaster.:Rifchie is again asking all who have-mail to deposit during the day pleasezuse the mail hoxes as early in the day as possible, that the mail may be gathered at the collec- tion periods, handled promptly and not wait until night and dump the Allies Continue Onward. With the French Afield, Aug. 3.— The allied advance south of the Vesle river continues toward Fismes. ALLIES PUSHING ON BOTH SALIENT FLANKS (By United Press. Paris, Aug. 3.—The allies are push- ing inward on both flanks of the sailent. SOLE OBJECT. “DESTROY ENEMY.” SAYS MARCH (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 3.—General March today informed correspondents that eight divisions were now en- whole works in the office at one time, | 52ged on the west front. The sole when there is a shortage of help. objective is to destroy the enemy There are 15 mail boxes in the city, | 2rmY- e those in the business district being Officers report that it is impossible conveniently located. Mail from | (o gather all the guns the Germans there is collected three times each abandon and that it is impossible to day, in time for the outgoing trains. wa!k over ground without encoun- The first collection is made between | fering German corpses. 7 and 8 o'clock mornings; second at P o 11 o’clock and the one in the after- American Losses 12.000. noon. If patrons will pay a little Washington, Aug. 3.—General more attention to co-operation while| March today told the military com- postoffice affairs are so congested and | mittee that General Pershing esti- difficult of handling better service| mates American losses in the present will result at the Bemidji office, it is| drive at 12,000. M <o wansx || UDENDORFF IS BLAMED = FOR DEFEAT ON MARNE (By United Press.) London, Aug. 3.—One hundred and fifty discharged soldiers who have lost - their sight have taken unto them- (By United Press.) selves wives and are now pettled | Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 3.—Gen- eral von Ludendorff is universally blamed for the west front disaster, according to advices from German quietly down to home life. “And a topping lot of girls they have iplcked up-with - oazs SIE. Ar: sources, which declare he will be sus- pended by Field Marshal von Mack- ensen, who has been summoned to thur Pearson. “You might think they would only get the ‘left-overs,’ imperial headquarters from the east. A Zurich dispatch says that Field but they know too much for that! In connection with the Blinded Sol- Marshal von Hindenburg participated in a recent conferences at headquar- diers’ Children fund, a schoolmaster asked his boys to bring a gift accom- i b panted by an approprinte;proverbior ters and accused Ludendorff of mis- management and imprudence. Lud- endorff placed the responsibility on quotation. his subordinates. On the day appointed one little boy put down twelve cents with the re- FLAG OF FINLAND HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCE mark. “It is more bhlessed to give An Atlantic Port, Aug. 3.—A new than to receive.” A second angelic-looking boy plac- flag made its appearance here and took its place among the colors flown ed a quarter on the desk and said “Cast thy bread upon the waters and it shall return thee after many days.” from vessels of American, Allied and neutral nations. The flag is that of the Republic of Finland and it was A third boy, bright faced and cherry, placed a cent on the desk with fiying from a sailing ship formerly under the emblem of Russia. The the remark, “A fool and his money flag is of two colors, red and yellow, are soon parted.” PURCHASES BUICK. and the former predominating. The vessel arrived from a South American Ed. Curry and Water Marcum ar- port. rived home via auto this morning morning from the Twin Cities, where Mr. Curry purchased a Buick car. The Boches are burning all BILL IS PREPARED FOR MAKING DRAFT AGES FROM 18 TO 45 YEARS (By United Press.) i Washington, Aug. 3.—Senator Chamberlain will introduce a bill Mcnday making the draft age 18 to 45 years. ARMY CAPTAIN ADMITS HE'S RAINCOAT GRAFTER: WILL BARE HUGE PLOT New York, Aug. 3.—Important dis- closures in the alleged conspiracy of army raincoat manufactures to make large profits by delivering inferior goods to the government were indi- cated when. Captain Aubrey W. Vaughan, a quartermaster corps of- fiicial indicted in connection with the case, pleaded guilty and agreed to become a Federal witness. He had pleaded not guilty when arraigned Thursday. Vaughan was charged with having accepted commissions, which later were alleged to have been divided with other army officers, for pro- curing raincoat contracts for Felix Gouled, a Weehawken, N. J. manu- facturer. His conusel asserted in court that Vaughan was ready to make a full admission of the facts. His testi- mony was taken later at the United States district attorney’s office, and it was said that the witness had exon- erated other army officers from sus- picion, Millions of dollars are involved, ac- cording to Federal officials, in con- tracts of several manufacturers, which are under investigation as part of an alleged conspiracy in the sale of soldiers’ garments to the government. Joseph Pines, president of the Pines Rubber company, was arraigned in Tederal court charged with bribing a Federal inspector to pass inferior rubber goods designed for army rain- coats. Pines pleaded not guilty and was released under $5,000 bail. ITALIAN ROYAL ACADEMY HONORS PRESIDENT WILSON (Ttalian-American News Bureau.) Rome, Aug. 3.—A committee of the Royal Academy of the Lincei, the highest body of distinguished men in Italy, has sent a certificate of mem- bership and badge to President Wil- son by diplomatic couries in recogni- tion of his election to membership, The president was nominated as a foreign member, taking place in Cate- gory IV,, Social Science, and the class of moral sciences, history and philol- ogy. The president was proposed for membership in January and his elec- tion by unanimous vote took place in March. Recently the president of the Lin- cei, Francesco D'Ovidio, the vice pres- ident, Professor Antonio Doiti, the administrator, Senator Rodolfo Lan- ciani and others sent to the Italian embassy in Washington the symbols of membership, to be turned over to the president.