Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 12, 1918, Page 1

sage to Bemidji; . Warns ,Against Peace Propaganda NAPOLEON FAILED BY FALSE BELIEF IN GOD v’m Minnesota Be- World Too Small for Prussian- ¢ 16; Can Shoot- ism and American Flag, Is Speaker’s Contention crue st v s e o CONTEMPTIBLE ACT: - [SPUR SOLDIER GASSED: ican' flag)”" emphatically - declared PATRIOT[C F m’s ] REASON LE"ER F AILED 't :Judge Oscar HaI}am of thekMinEbsota b 3 ig:treaty between the. Unit-{ Supreme ‘court -in the Elko theatre : j + i nd . Great Britain- which | last night, addressing an enthusiastic MA“‘ Box ls PA]NTED T0 ARRIVE AT HOME " ed by both countries|audience of Bemidji patriots, and a o _— ‘enforcement of which|strong- wave of applause swept the r € theatre. ve: heen promulgated. . : It was only one-of the many trite 0“»’“& &1 President Woodrow Wil| agsertions on the part of the speaker, son ‘mpde public the regulations un-|who has been “Grafted” by the Amer- der ‘the Jaw. Wwhich- ica First society to spread the warn- Members of thie signal ‘corps of t p division in training at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., are-shown signalling 'to lh']llum by means of an arrangement of “shutters” with which words are apelled Albert Almendinger, residing: on| The reason F. Falls of Spur didn’t rural route No. 1, box No. 26, Ten-|hear from his son, Private Frank strike, would like to get his optics|¥alls.of Headquarters company, 47th on some unknown, whom Mr. Al-|jnfantry, (reg.) .American Expedi- mendinger declares to be a “coward- | tionary force, was that the young sol- :Y Sk“{‘kty"dsgld mmlll O‘f mSl'Btefl‘Y 1‘:“; dier was lying gassed. in -a hospital. ing against sentiment in' keeping| !5 Dainte e mal ox in front of | - The information is contained in a od” Stqt _Ufder these regulations wfih tie peace propoganda bemgp mg_ ¢ Almendinger farm yellow. Jetter addressed to Mr. Falls, written flla'op, 8 nre named, bag lim- siduously workeéd by the German gov- Just why such a confemptible trick | by Allan B. Clayton, first lieutenant, its flx - gther restrictions pro-| ernment, and also against s prema- should be done is beyond all under-|y. S. A, commanding Headquarter’s o : intended as the| tyre peace. 5 standing of Mr. Almendinger for no|eompany, in which he replies to an - more intensely loyal resident resides m niry as to why no letters are re. Courtesy Avpreciated. in Beltramj county * ed by the father: Judge Stanton ~ introduced - the|:. Coming to his present home. flflm |~ 4. “Private Fals-of -this -com- ‘mn‘ 5. o | Speaker~ &nd <an-ificident with the[ St Paul, Mr.-Almendifiger settled-a| pany was recently gassed while hé o in Mi. esota will judge playing the principal role was quarter section in Hagali township in: action, but as this was not, begin Sopt. §§‘:°‘fi e Tied | Quickly recognized by the audience| Wien it was rothing but woods. To-| perhaps, serious we expect he fo ,’1’ suten law—S: ‘l’ 30, €d| and the first-notes of patriotism were| day there is a splennid farm, good; will return in a short time. The irie. chgclken Shatp. & "pd On| sounded. Covering the speaker's ta-| buildings, plenty of fine stock, mog-| address of the hospital to which - Wr?lson T jack 'nl TP "t e g‘;'oluse, ble was a large American flag. Judge| ¢'n machinery and equipment for| fe'was sent is not known but he 11 ol sze. ga'ea oL ?l‘t; desfl' Hallam and Judge Stanton were the|farming. He is the support of his| will be communicated with as er_yellowlegs—Nov. 30 on wild duck, | ;"' 0 nants -of the stage, As|ased parents and when it comesdown| &oon as possible and directed to geese, coot, gallinules, rails. - ‘The 5 to bei “slacker” for th - they entered from the wings, Judge| to being a “slacicer” for the EOVB"l write you. qNunfl 37}“‘?? o\])ens Nov. 1-and closes| gyqn oy casually removed a water|ment here it is. “You will be glad to know o pitcher and glass from atop the flag| Classed by the local draft board in| that Private Falls was gassed - Daily Shootmtmnutu. and set them on the floor, whereat| Ciass three, auctioneer and big boost-| while performing his work in the er in two Red Cross socials, being a face of heavy machine gun and liberal purchaser at both; one of a rifle fire in the manner of a true few to pledge $5 to the Red Cross soldier.” in its drive, Liberty Loan bond pur- Private Falls is a brother of Mrs. chaser ‘when paying interest on bor-| paul Haluptzok of Tenstrike. She rowed money, one on the canvassers| has three brothers ‘“‘over there,” one of the township in the W. 8. 8. drive, | in England and two in France. Elev- when he should have -been on. the|en of her relatives have enlisted. farm, and pledged $10 himself. The father was also a soldier in the regular army for eight years, being mustered out Junme 29, 1875. TOWNLEY FA“"S TO Mr. Almendinger fails to see any gcod reason why any one should seek KEEP BOOKS DARK to cast asperions upon his patriotism e and loyalty, and there are hundreds Fargo, N. D., Sept. 12.—Judge who will share that same view. He|(C. F. Amidon, in United States Fed- has every reason to be proud of his|eral court, ruled late Tuesday after- patriotic record. noon, against A. C. Townley, in his —_—r demand that the trustee in bankrupt- ¢y, investigaiing Townley’s financial TROOP SHIP WITH 2.800 affairs, be restrained from making examination of records of Nonparti- The dialy limit for shooting migra-| the audience burst into hearty hand tory birds-is from one half hour be-|clapping, much to the surprise of the fore sunrise: until sunset. ' This is a | district jurist. federal regulation only. Straight Talk. Bag Limits. The address of Judge Hallam was The state'law must be observed as| a straight talk to his hearers. He Ly, it providing for small-| cited the early history of Germany #n the federal law. Hunt-| and its progress to the reign of Em- peror William and Bismarck, the lat- ducks, 10 quail, 5 of | ter noted for his nom de plume “The any. or ‘alt’other varieties combined,| Iron Chancellor,” which he lived up hey - ma Have in possession at one|to in conquest of weaker nations, the re than 45 wild ducks, 20 | inception of the dream of world dom- quail, 30' fi'z any or all varieties com-| ination. He read from records and bined. . Nt more than 25 prairie| documents the stealthy march of the chickens may be taken in the season,| propaganda the object of which w. £} the expansion of German domination, the Fedeml Law. with the aid of the mailed fist, the - Pheftew-Fedi order being isued to use any brutal T,fl‘ty act c%':le,fi'z lgi‘::g;zslag‘:. means to accomplish what could not its enforcement similar to the man-|De by other means, and history will ner in which the state game laws are| Fecord the cafrying out of that long|. ‘enforced.. Federal wardens will have standing precept of the arch-murder- elders both performing their duty as registrants to help the United States RH]NOW’S AIDE WILL ;;l:fitt];f war for world peace and hu- ATTEND ENCAMPMENT | cvvcre’to”s ‘fow "briet auestions ana _ received a blue registry card, which Word received today by Major-H. | will be followed later by question- Z. Mitchell states that Adjutant Gen- | naires. It is expected the first call ’ i hel| eral Rhinow of the state military will | will be made in October. ’ cotf‘r‘;eeq‘t::ntthefl:dpdl:::: ;t:a;}l;esdnot ]:, not be able to attend the encamp-| The registration polls will remain “war” talk, but a message to tne| ment of the Twenty-first Home Guard | open until 9 o’clock tonight. are the only ones classed as injurious| patriots of Bemidji to beware and Jl»)fl:;t:rha?m::l;] E”éo‘}‘?s’i‘i,’iiie;‘f%‘ia'&y AR RN i by the Minnesota law which may be| maintain their ideals -for which| ¥ § « d - killed -at- any time: Blackbirds,| America has drawn her sword, lend- at'21.1501.;gé»]e:c}(w’i[!:szx:;(in:)r;nge:;%g Tms DAY ]N THE WAR crows, English sparrows, sharp-skin-:ing their aid in every possible man- e S LS oncampnent 3 s T ith tkh g : o fi:gneé";’:,’s" g:gg:;ksl'xawks great gg;ssjloo‘:zl:let;e;g"s;llg)‘;fl:;:'er: soon ;?, for the day, returning in the even- Sept. 12, 1917—Kerensky made Aliens Mav Not Hunt go, and bring to civilization peace It is unlawfu i throughout the world and free from 1 for aliens to have ian intrigue. i& firearms in possession or to hunt in| HUD menace and Prussi g { er, Emperor William of Germany AMERICANS ABOARD ; mlniezgu:ya&i a’?::ii?l?; i M Tenal D sake sty sebsae s TORPEDOED: ALL SAFE| . Tve avestion of how tie nvestisa- L e O e “We Accent Issue.” x * tion shall be made was taken under ;gre "‘1 U. s}, cour:“or con:lmtigsioner. “We accept the issue of autocracy % NS advisement. It will not do to disregard the sUL_| a1 Jay is might,” declared Judge| pouq0n Sept. 11.—The British | AR inquiry will be made to deter. ise and -sunset schedule this fall Hallam. “We meet it with demoe.! ondon, Sept. o e ritis e Nennartisan ahief i :’::lh izi;fi:&:aflt égtlzefg%ve;}m;;t racy m{d that law is right.” ;l(:}grexf :;sgcéalzftflaszfiigg tfi,’.:z‘;:;in hmas converted to his own use, sums . £ son .of Yhe blologici.l. sirvei' is now He recalled Napoleon’s famous say-) A1l hands were saved. The troop |in excess of $300 a month, which he making a tour of the country hold-|ing “God is with the best battalion,”| ship was beached. : has sald is salary he accepts from ing conference with state game com-(8nd cited his fall, as will be the| In order to save time, instead of | league and its newspapers. g C0 3 Ca o missioners and arranging for co-oper- | fate of the Kaiser who arrogates 110 launching the boats the men clam- ation in enforcement of both state|himself the divine aid of the Al-|jycred down ropes to destroyers which REGISTRY D AY SEES and Federal lawa. :nigl;g' oltsWfl:I ;fel:; f{&'@"{fi?uf’fig swgrmed a{oundl the ixa:ltrlcken vessel s d n exile it ‘ . Protected Varieties. e “Covponal” gave. utterance to 4| e spration was seeatty tscti.! HUNDREDS FLOCK TO It is unlawful to kill at any time| changed opinion and said that it was|tated by the fact that the sea was in Minnesota ‘any wood duck,.-mourn-|the moral uprising of the nation:| not rough. ANSWER UNCLE S AM ing dove, snipe (other than Wilson or| that caused tke dream of world em- The troop ship was a member of a jacksnipe and greater and lesser vel-| pire to fade. And so it is with Ger-| jarge convoy approaching the Eng- RRETE lowlegs), wood-cock, upland, or gol-| n.any, asserted Judge Hal:am, the|lizh coast. The vessel was torpedoed | _Males between the ages of 18 and deri plover; ruffled grouse (part-|mcral force uf the world nations has| 200 miles from shore at 3 o’clock | 46 vears, inclusive, went to the polls ‘ridge), Chinese ringneck pheasant,|ricen to crush what the German auto-{ on Friday afternoon. in their respective wards today and English pheasant, harmless birds. cracy, Prussiauism and wantoa mur-| The transfer of the American sol- | Tégistered under the mew manpower Other Restrictions. der stands for. diers from the stricken vessel to es-| bill. That is, all who had not reg- . « » corting British and American -tor- | istered before. K It fs -unldwiul in Minnesota to Peace™ Is Subterfuze. odo boat destroyers was made with- | _ Bemidji is making an excellent shoot from motor boats or from any| Ty peace prepaganda, he asserte D boats upon the open water. (Blinds| .5 merely subterfuge to azain get are pérmitted if constructed within ready for a world war, to gain ter- the natural growths of vegetation).| itory for German expansion at the It “is unlawful to sell game of any|oynence of other nations whom Ger- kind or to hunt without a license.|nany would seek to crush by force “Ligenses. may be obtained by resi-|o¢ arms, and ke cautioned 21 Ame dents from county auditors. It is|jcang to beware any peace urless it unlawful to place game in cgld 8tOr-| had annihilated the Prussian regime :gle; to hunt at any time in game|,nq jts aims end ambitions. uges. § Injurious Species. s The foHowing varieties of birds A letter also received today from [ ies. Major Gorham, International Falls, Sept. 12, 1916—French capture 1st major of the Twentieth battalion,|line south of Combles. says 12 men will leave International Sept. 12, 1915—Russians take af- Falls Saturday night enroute to the| fensive from Riga to Rumania. Red Lake camp and will ®ome to Be- Bept. 12, 1914—French and Brit- midji for transfer, ish chase Germans across Aisne, Minnesota, except on a non-resident| At the close of the meeting, sev- license. Persons who have taken out| eral of the audience joined the An;e.r- their first papers” are not classed as|ica First soclety, of which Bemidji sMens, already had several members, + | + ny | o | | | il | | | | | s | ‘ STAR out injury to anyone. showing, the youngsters and their|- ing the same day. commander-in-chief of Russian arm-| JIVE CENTS PER MONTH g\t iED T0-DA PERSHING LEADIN HISMENINATTA "PARTS OFLINE ARE EAR HUN BORDER By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press Correspondent.) With the Americans on the Metz Front, Sept. 12.—The first American offensive started at 5 o’clock this morning between the Meuse and the Morelle river. The attack was carried out by the First army, under the direct command of General Persh- ing. French are assisting toward the right and left. This dis- patch is filed at St. Mihiel salient. The Americans have advanced several kilometers on a fifteen kilometer front and have captured ten villages. .The im- mediate objective of the advance is limited to a specified line. Tanks are in action and the greatest number of American troops and artillery yet engaged in any single operation are —_ engaged in the attack. St. Mihiel is on the Meuse directly in front of Metz, approx- imately 33 miles from that city and about 23 miles from the Lorraine border. It is the apex of the St. Mihiel salient. The American line is reported within wo miles of the German border and at some points the line is actually touchlng the Lorraine-line; approximately. 15 milés from. Metz.-- - T General March 'announced last week that 93 pet. cent of the American rifles in France are now under dlrect command of General Pershmg. ALL THE FOLKS AGREE A |5t 5" Veare of weer "5 CHANGE WAS NEEDED |icrvitory and ot ono word trom them in that time. He did not know his - o second child, born shortly after Paris (/I:yrUmll:d Press.) ) the German hordes swept over his aris, Aug. 18. (By Mail.)—|country and buried 2 years later. To Hereafter American soldiers’ letters|his little girl he was only a name. will catch the first train out of “an|Four years of hope and fears and Atlantic port” that’s headed toward}doubts, and then word from Tvian the “folks back home.” that they were there and would be Instead of lying hours or days in|in Bourg where he could reclaim the American port while being sorted | them. and distributed into sacks and trains, He carried in his hand a very much expeditionary force mail now goes di-| crumpled package, a doll he had rect from the ship to the right trains. | hought his little girl. He had carried’ To eliminate every minute of unnec-|it around with him all day. He had oo essary delay to soldiers’ mail from the| gone from bureau to bureau, from of- time it is dropped into the mailbox in| ficial to official, asking for informa- France until it is placed in the eager|tion which would help to find his lands of the “folks,”” the postal serv-|wife and child. He would have to ice It ust inaugurated a new meth-|be patient. They, wuu]d be traced. od of handling soldiers’ mail. He had only 3 dnys in which to visit Previously the letters were stacked, with his family, 'to make up for 4 up in g base port in I'rance and put|years. He despaired. upon the first outgoing ship, and sort- Then someone told him to go to ed in New York. Now the mail jskepo Atnerican Red Cross. He came gorted, distributed, thrown into thej ey very little ilope but left jubi- right sacks and routed while waiting lant. The Red Cross w:vas able to help for a sailing. him. The Red Cross knew where his Perfecting of this system follows|wife and child were, knew their des- completion at a base port of a big|tination. The destination was con- mail terminal similar to those in the|firmed by telephone. In a few hours greater American cities. To this ter-| he would be with his family. And s minal is sent nearly all of the mail|{we sent him on his way with an from the expedition. Eighty experi-{outfit for his little girl, a few toys, enced mail clerks from the United|gsomething for his wife and package States sort the letters, each clerk|of tobacco for himself. handling the mail for a section of the country with which he is famil- ’ trom et Tweniy ours on| CLEARWATER FAIR ch letter by the innovation. ° s i b et nice OPENS GATES TODAY RED CROSS FlNDS ”’l"(’wdu.y is;l tl;ei fl.r;st.B;lalyc u;fm:l:lftmi: FAMILY OF POILU \'\n';;l(:n( ';)uenlls;et:);s? fairgevfir held i;] Clearwater. A cordial invitation is extended Bémidji residents and all Beltrami county to attend the fair By An American Red Cross Worker (Written for the United Press.) and help Clearwater county make it = Bourg-En-Bresse, France, Aug. 18.|a complete success. (By Mail.)-—A French soldier re- Tomorow, C. F. Schroeder, secre- cently visited Red Cross headquar-|tary of the Beltrami county fair as- ters in this little town near Lake|sociation, will be a visitor to the Geneva. Clearwater fair, and urges as many He was a bronzed, weatherbeaten|as can to be there, also. man, the dust of his journey still up- on him, hjs Dbattered helmet and _— [e ae oty b0 sae. ki menetre—s | LITILENS VOLUNTEER TO ety et i ier feemn. | COLLECT REGISTRY CARDS led like a child’s, his e moistened with tears, as he told h tory. Judge J. E. Harris and Earl Geil The words came jerki He had | .¢ 4 0is morning for Anderson, north come to Bourg to find his wife and of Red Lake, and will collect regis- child; lm.lmd been told that they tration cards from townships in that would arrive here on the convoy of | . ity for the local board. repatriated French people leaving i Sheriff Andrew Johnson and W. W. Evian June fth. And he had been granted three days’ permission to be| Bowser left 'for the Grygl%l co“‘s‘;:;i | with them. a generous concession, he [ Wednesday afternon on the added, at this time when no man can | mission. be spared. And all to no purpose. Harry Koors left today for Moose i Already the better part of the day | Lake, Brook Lake and Taylor town- _ | was gone and he conld get no trace | ships performing the same duties. of them. And no one scemed to hef These men have offered their services |ahle to tell him whére they were. free to the local board.