Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 29, 1918, Page 1

- , £ B - o | B g 8 ) < - VOLUME XVI, NO. 198 7 R 1918 ; "FOK3¥ - ENTS PER MONTH SOPERCENTWHITE FLOUR PERMITTED; | INTIATIONFEE Noyon, Also | OFCOMMERCIAL | Ham Reported - (LUBISLIFTED | gy the| French TYflAYS g : .v(‘By United Press.) - i : Parjs,; Aug. 29.—The Journal des e > i “.. | Batts' understands both Noyon and Special Dispensation Will Add| i’y ®"e "oen vanduished by the o Roster; Organization to Boost Fair. gy = = ] Teutons Fight Fiercely, - LAMSON WRITES; SHOWS U\ith' ;VEBBCMiLLES.& i : S Ny ' ; TN \ “I helieve the new order will meet HE REMEMBERS BEMIDJ1 P(arins BAu l'ggs_%{r::gg ufi'é ~; 0 R ¢ { P it 2 the approval of the general -public ek fighting in %fo;o}x according tg bat- il =B ile o 4 - jand persunally 1 oonsider 1t 8 good B & z 4 » b JEf 4 i . one,” said T. 8. Ervin, president of Major Mitchell Outlines Plans| tle front reports early today. The| 5 Nl J ) the Beltrami Elevator and Milling for Home Guard Camp at | town heavily defended by machine B ; pr-s : Co., to the Pioneer when asked for a ¢ guns, is outflanked from the north- L ! K 4 fe ' Red Lake, Sept. 15-18. west and its fall is expected-an briet interview on the new order is L £ - : a. expected-any mo- sued by the National Food adminis- ment. tration whereby wheatless days and *| wheatless meals will come to an end | Sept 1 and the “560-50"" rule for pur- chases of wheat flour wiil be super- seded by a more lenient program, it was announced yesterday by. the fed- .| eral food administration, a copy of | which has been received’ by H. E. Heynolds, Beltrami county food di- food administration. rector. .. Benefit to Northwest. - Other Substi 1w “Jf means that the northwest, in] «There are so}rtlgtei%c‘}]uitiegd'\vl|ere my opinion, will be greatly benefitted | other substitutes are available and in that it is a big producer of corn|which retailers may wish to carry. meal, white corn flour, barley flour| order to meet this situajion the ,}and a limited quantity of buckwheat | following flours may be sold in such {|.flour, and the millers will be able to| combination in lieu of the akove i|:manufacture a satisfactory combina-| fiour, if the consumer so demands, aw ‘tion and do away with the needless| the ration of one pound to each four worry and annoyance heretofore| pounds of wheat flour; that is, fete- _causedlhousewives and the people in{rita flour and meals, rice flour, oat general, flour, kaffir flour, milo flour, peanut | ‘Our old wheat mill at St. Cloud|flour, bean flour, potato flour sweet { has been converted into a modern| potato flour and buckwheat flour. — cereal mill and beside it has been “It is desired, according to Mr. ¥ erected a new six-story concrete| Hcover's message, to insure a supply arms'in hand, are ghot, and that often in mass. Thé punishment shown wheat mill, now in the course of|of ready mixed flours on the market in the picture consists of surrounding the captive with a barbed wire completion | net in such a way that he must stand rigid to avoid the barbs. As soon ‘ PRk and to have millers and leaders of all as his strength gives out he falls, cruelly lacerated on the wires. The Believes Problgm Solved, kinds encourage the use and sale of Austrian guards take no pity. i “We will now make some changes| t)is flour, so the couptry may be on a S in the equipment and get down to a|mjixed flour basis, without the neces- proper mixture of flours for commer-|4jty of retailers making combination eals into the wheat flour at home for all uses. .Corn meal for the use of cornbread should be purchased sepa- rately from combination sales. “The new regulations supersede the 50-50 rule. The retail dealer selling standard wheat flour is re- quested to carry in stock either bar- ley flour, corn meal or corn flour and with every sale of wheat flour must sell some one or more of these in the proportion of one pound of substitute to each four pounds of wheat~flour No dealer may force any other substi- tutes in combination upon the con- sumer and these substitutes must con- form to the standards fixed by the At the regular meeting of the Com- mereial club, after the noon Iuncheon Wednesday, it was decided to elimin- ate the $10 initiation fee for a period of sixty days. It is understood that there are a number of business and professional men who desire tto Join the club at once, provided the fee was < . eliminated. of:Boissons, Will Boost Fair. : Canadians Near Bullecourt. The club also ‘went on record to With the British Afield, Aug. 29.— offer its assistance to the secretary of | The Canadians are within about a the Beltrami County Fair association | mile of Bullecourt and Hendecourt, toward making the coming fair & pro-{ two miles east of Crosilles. 5 nounced success. Secretary H. -E. Reynolds was < instructed to get in toien v G . Sohwoeder secretary| REGISTRANTS ALLOWED EXEMPTION CLAIMS| ., advise him of tne dction of the club. (By United Press.) .. Yankees With Mangin, With the Americans in France, Aug. 29.—American troops are brigaded with General Mangin’s army and holding an important sector north- west of Chavignx, three miles nporth Cod e C2 770 &y i % DAY, V7 7R )P Austrian ., ~News Feachés italy of impressive incidents of the cruelties to which Ttalian Irredentists are subjected in Austria.. Those taken prisoners. Y. 1 j— = Lamson Doesn’t Forget. [ A letter from F. B. Lamson, former secretary of the club, now secretary: - of thte Chamber of - Commerce of| Washington, Aug. 29.—Conferees > Marshfield, Wis., was read and en-|OR the manpower bill today elimin- thusiastically’ received. He stated|ated the Senator Penrose amendment {hat he had extended an invitation to| Telieving registrants from claiming the American Civic Bureau to hold | exemption. : its annual convention at Biri:hlt]nont ; o R} g o Beach and advised that the club ex- tend a formal invitatipn to the staff FOUR TOWNS:FALL z G of the bureau. lNTo Aus y HANDS i " T T Secretary ‘Reynolds, who has ap 2. g ! ¥ 0OF- 2 y e 4 ill ‘use & blend:of wheat four and|guch-mixed flours, made according to slflefl];‘lifl golif_“imt' of Vsl‘jl‘:flmeifh“‘;‘ 20 i 4 AUTOISIS_EASI:OEMISS!SSI‘P‘“ RWBRASKED R \vg'“cznc::‘hg:tu‘li:l'm?: :ES ;atl:erotcei(: the following regulations, Ehould Lo graphs of thig-eity-and. yleilly,. otx ', (By Uni ; ; ' ’ ‘ labeled ‘Victory Mixed Flour,’ and are B o which aftes wes acotated | , With the British Afield, Aug. 20, 'TO.CEASE SUNDAY MOTORING TO SAVE GASOLINE K Australian troo, ave captured Y by, the club. -The club als_o agreed to Fouillers, Herbgcsourt, Asserg'illers the right mixture, but when once|foyrg so mixed must be milled in ac- x'%ljmburse Mr.t Retynoldds in case thel, 3 Balo done the problem will be solved, and| ¢ordance with the standards of the lbum was not returned. % < : : Battalion Encampment. RE AN public. in states east of the Missis-| The action was taken by the Fuel Jhemgtirontie Szsamputdnt g1 - 2 RUSSIAN CITY CAPTURED B iver Tamadiately to cease. the|administration, it was sald, to meet | g, M5 Brvin s interested in (he Big|shall be made or manufactured ex- Red Lake, September 0 , was e outlined by Major H. % Mitchell and| don(B’;\E;“ezdgp_“;fig it 1 y it was suggested that those expecting e . ; .| cycles and motorboats on Sundays| creased domestic demands and ex- i " & PR f%;fg‘if{jfihg;;,ipa‘?‘tfiga;:ifnng&g;dfge’ Slovaks have captured Vorkhendinsk. |\, further notice, as a gasoline| tensive military operations in France. th: ;k:‘g ;fie?wofil(f‘?x?éf&ax'ifil}fif Too MUCH SUGAR ls A smilsoad Hsker oirlee ot Mafos MIE Sibetifutes when purchasing suright IN JAPAK AND JAVA | chglly 8o that accommodations may be | ‘white corn flour. "It is going to take|to he labeled with the ingredients in Washington, Aug. 29.—The fuel| - where transportation by steam |y gon't belieye the difference will be|{nited States food administration. using yof all classes of automobiles, |-a threatened shortage of gasoline for Joseph, Minn., the latter a wheat (Continued on Page Four) conseEvation measure Statement Is Issued. wheat flour, Mr. Ervin hesitated to oigl purposes and it may be that welgges of -flours and substitutes. = All much care and experimenting to get|the order of their proportion. The U lectricity is not available. ” administration has called upon thef -or e y is not avi hardly noticeable, if at all. No mixed flours except pancake flours with a few named exceptions, motor-| shipment overseas, created by in- mill. & Only voluntary compliance with the letter and :spitit of the request| "The United States Fuel adminis- GET YOUR BANNER. ../ arfanged for. \ ‘will prevent.the issuance of a man- tration considers:it necessary that a ihite & specific answer. He did sa 4 : 4 dat rohibi I limited conservation. of: gasoline beifMAXe 2 8P 2 Y, . . je Al omyess oF sutos are sskell %flg{gmoggegul;;gays}t};lsv;;g,egi;,gg undertaken, in the states east of the[ RqWever that o el probabitity that] ' . (87 Untledress} . . SOCIALISTS .QUIT RACE. 010D at' the fuel administration. Auto-| Missiseippl river in view of the in-|™ : While housewives of America and fair to be held in Bemidji 19 to 21, and all who will carry a small banner on the back of their cars are asked to call at the office of the Pioneer and secure one. Many autoists have already fas- tened the banner to their cars, creasing demand for gasoline for war .Consumers of the United States|Europe are suffering from a shortage will go on a basis agreed to by all|of sugar, those of the Far Kast have the Allied countries and will use only |2 superabundance of the sweet. Tokio 20 per cent of substitutes with 80 per | Sugar dealers are wroth, for they fear cent of wheat flour. the product of the Japanese empire - A— Restrictions on the quantity of|is to be driven off the market, or flour to be sold or to be kept on hand | Breatly lowered in value, by sugar mobiles for hire are included in the curtailment program. - purposes and the paramount obliga- : E tion of meeting promptly and fully- Motg‘fi’gfiggy?&fl&fi%fie‘he re-| all overseas requirements,’ said a icti ne-| statement issued jointly by Adminis- Zgnss:ons do not apply were announc: trator Garfield and Mark S. Requa, Tractors and motor trucks em- rector of the oil division of the fuel Pierre,-S. D., Aug. 29.—John C. Knapp of Sisseton, socialist candidate for United States senator, and E. ' Francis Atwood of Sisseton, socialist candidate for congress in the Second district, have filed withdrawals with the secretary of state. thus keeping in the mind of the ployed in actual transportation é,dm;nistmtlon. imported from Java. They have announced they -were[| Dublic the county fair and its of freight. ‘ y ; “An appeal is made, therefore, to ::1;1 lgrzn;l‘:sdf:mount bakers Tay e .rl)ava is at the bottom of the trou- not in sympathy with the anti-war dates. Vehicles of physicians, used in the people of the United States east Mixi at Home. Unnecessary ble. With a smaller crop export de- it policies of the socialists. performance of professiogal du- |of the Mississippi river to cxercise| pyffjculty housewives have experi.|mand than usual, its centrifugal su- 2] > ties. rigid economy in the consumption of | gniced in mixing the wheat flour and |&ar has accumulated into great stocks Ambulances, fire apparatus, gasoline during the next few weeks| ¢he substitutes is also to be elimi-|at Batavia and Sourabaya, and con- . police patrol wagons, undertak- |as g necessary and practical act of| nated. The Minnesota food adminis.|sequently prices there are down. Thig P ers’ wagons and conveyances | patriotism.” tration said today that the federal| Week the prices have dropped from EACH AMERICAN DIVISION IS is announced, makes it possible to re-| Way. It is being suggested in To)(io lieve the people of burdensome rules | that available space on ships plying o and by observing the moderate re- from Yokohama to San Francisco and strictions put in effect Sept. 1, the|Seattle should be devoted to sugar on wheat supply will be made to servethe ground that it is not economy easily through another year. to waste either ship space or fruit Conservation still is necessary to|available for canning. avoid disaster from a short crop next par e, P s n e GHORT TURN TRACTOR e A T STATE FAIR EXHIBIT “It has been agreed that the wheat PR bread of the Allies shall contain 20 per cent of other grains,” the food ad- ministration explained today, “and it Motor vehicles on errands of of their own automobiles, wherever necessity in rural, communities > possible. used for funerals. After listing the exceptions to the| admirtistration had indicated plainly $3.25 to $3.10 a picul, (133 pounds) ; ‘Railway equipment using gas- | request, the statement makes an ap- | that it wanted millers to prepare the |80 that the present price at Batavia . oline. 5 peal ““to the patriotic men and women | various flours ready mixed. This the for centrifugal sugar is about two : ¢ Repair outfits employed by |of America, east of the Mississippi|administration contends will tend to|and a third cents a pound. With 7 g telephone and public service |river to undertake voluntarily, addi- | lessen the waste due to experiments. | higher prices in Japan, it is to be 5 companies. tional conservation in the operating The bountiful new wheat crop, it|expected that sugar should flow this By Lowell Mellett. | ish Tommies -working on the road put United Press Staff Cgrrespondent.) fiflet? dDWfl;{vgg dz::aztr’i&sn:ome more t oo of those seriolis 3 With the Amencgfl army ~in They, lookéd just as good as the France, Aug. 12. (BygMail.)»—The|gonera]l said they were. But when general'never batted an eye as he pro-| we visited one of their camps half an nounced this verdict on his own |hour later the.first man to whom we .| were introduced bore a name as Ger- SWEDISH LUTHERANS IMAKE RESERVATIONS 'T0 DEDICATE FLAG) NOW FOR SLEEPERS e TO THE STATE FAIR Friday evening the service flag of the Swedish Lutheran church will be dedicated and a program has been P arranged for the occasion, which will All those who intend to m‘.lke the commence at 8 o'clock. After the|trip to the state fair and be there the program, refreshments will be served. | opening day, should promptly notify All are welcome to attend.” The pro- o gram ?avill be as foul]owS: L the agent at the Union depot, that|y only just we should bear our share p i anea car reservations may be made for the{in this saving and our bread at least ong— ence. sleeper Saturday night. should be universal with those who Invocation—Rev. Nordale. ~ ~ As it now is, there is only one|are suffering, more greatly from the Song—*“America, My Country,” 2 war than ourselves. girls’ chorus. > ’ | sleeper run from International Falls, “pistribution and transportation half of which is for International ding—Alice Elmquist. circumstances in the United States | gffifl'fiaym;fifi Haxil:ah. Falls and intermediate points, the|render it necessary to rely largely on ATT_E_NTION . Talk—Mrs. Westin. other half for Bemidji and on down ;'01;'"'2;;{5&%0!‘1 of Our’ll;‘omesv tiuten- S —“Star Spangled Banner,” orce xture. e ‘Victory girlg’nghurus pangl the line, so it can readily be seen that | .- 4+ i wholesome and there is no tto hall ¢ "Address—Rev. Theo. Nordale extra accommodations are necessary. | difficulty in preparation. 9111 ;Ot bf 81“?";”“] fltsflh% C:(;:"‘ 1‘rad pc‘;- % > "Ly B - . : . n al o'clock. eps va s Song—+God Bless Our Native|These will 'be furnished if sufficient Policy Is International. foting a Bemidji company will be nd,” Red Cross chorus. number make application. “For this purpose regulations are Le d ed, .0 LR effective Sept. 1, providing first for taken. = the preparation and marketing by the ANDERS IS RECOMMENDED manufacturing and distributing| COUNTY AGRICULTURAL OFFICER d‘“s’u“" s man as Ludendorff. That might “They're the -best division in|seem to refute the general’s theory, France, Sir! aE .| if this man, a captain, had not talked Thus calmly—he didn*t raise his| ity a drawl that comes from being voice and he didn’t bang the table|yorn i the land of cotton. with his fist—he gave his men, credit On a hill-slope close by target for having won the keenest competi-| ,actice with machineguns was under tion of its -kind .that France has} .y Every now and then there seen. This is the competition be-jcame g bhurst of excited cheering: It tween the dIVlS}OnS. It has peen|gounded like a ball game. That was under way ever since there have been|one of the reasons this was the best as many as two divisions over here to|gjyision in the army, the captain ex- compete. Each is striving to Prove, piained; there was keen competition that in organization and in spirit it|among the men themselves and in- leads all the others. stead of keeping this feeling bottled “I'll tell you why,” said the gen-|,, it was encouraged in every way. eral. “These tar-heels and Tennessee| of course, he said, there wasn’t much mountain lads of mine are all real real necessity for teaching his men Americans. I don’t suppose IOré|t; gshoot, since they came from a than a dozen of them ever saw a fOre-| section where everybody knew how igner until we came over here. . You|ty use a riflee. A man who couldn’t go and look them over and see if I'm| hit a buzzard in a tree top at half a The short Turn Tractor, manufac- tured in Bemidji, is to be exhibited at the state fair, St. Paul, by Manager Dahl of the plant, and he has left for the Twin Cities to look after the installation of the tractor in the agri- —r cultural machinery department. Members of the Motor Corps and all car owners interested are request- not right.” mile, was considered a community Which we did. Several companies disg\lace. MILIT. trades of the t f a mixed fl TEND AIR of them were passing the general‘s Good At Yelling Too TH]S DAY lN THE WAR FOR. —&Y COMMISSION complying wl?l))utnh;yinote;l:‘u);enal ‘;3;1 WILL AT Tan house at the mom nt. They trudged Another angle has been taken in|icy, which will be available for pur- The agricultural display of the Bel- The yells of derision and delight continued from the hill slope. They forecasted a new experience for Ger- man troops when they meet that bit along easily under the pack that some soldiers, consider so heavy. They were cheerful, and unwearied. chase by the household; second, in|trami county for the state fair will —— regulations covering the case where|be shipped out Friday and not Thurs- straight wheat flour is sold by re-|day as intended. A portion of the ex- the water works problem of the city, F. L. Anders of Fargo, superintendent of the filter system there and an en- Aug. 2, 1917—Russian troops on Rumanian front reported throwing away their arms and running toward Americans, All Right of civil war frightfulness known as|home. gineer of wide experience, having] tailers, that at the same,time 20 per|hibit will be sent Saturday. “Wheah do we go from heah ”tLe rebel vell. Aug. 29, 1916—Hindenburg suc-|been recommended for a commission]cent of other cereal flours must be| Friday night, County Agent & in the army engineers. sold co-incidentally; third, requiring|{ Aamondt and C. F. Schroeder, secre- asked ome of another. They looked mighty good, these ceeds Falkenhayn as chief of the all bakers bread shall contain 20 per|tary of the Beltrami County Fair as- The other replied that the captain| gouthern boys. However— Kaiser’s general staff. Mr. Anders was the engineer who had called for volunteers to storm the| " «y7| tell you why our division has Aug. 29, 1915—Russians in gen-|inspected the local plant and system|cent of other cereals, and the food|sociation, will leave for the state fair, eral retreat in East Galicia. and was to draw plans and make esti- | administration relies upon the house-|and Harry Olin, agricultural direc- brewery in the next town. He didn’t!}e Jead over the others,” said a New smile and the others who heard en- joyed it without smiling. And Brit- (Continued on Page Four) holders of the country to mix at|tor of the schools, will motor down, mates for obtaining a suitable sup- least 20 percent of the substitute cer-|leaving Friday Aug. 29, 1914—Russians occupy ply of water for the city. Allenstein.