Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 28, 1918, Page 1

ie - VOLUME XV], NO. 224 COTTONNOTTO - HELPPAYWAR | BILL; EXEMPT " FROM TAXES " Solid -Democratic South Able " to Block Efforts to _Secure Help .1 OTHER STATES BEARING i 'BURDF.NS OF THE' WAR Solid Democratic Vote Defeats . Amendment; Long Been on Free List (Special to Pioneer.) : ~ _Washington, D. C., Sept. 28.—Cot- ton, one of the major crops of the United States, has escaped all taxa- tiod in the new house revenue bill, thanks to.the southern congressmen, who are able to prevent the princi- pal agricultural product from' their states paying any direct part of the war expenses. The question of taxing cotton was § raised during the discussion of the $8,000,000,000 revenue bill by Rep- resentative J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylyania, republican member .of the ways and means committee, who made a fight to include cottou in the things to be taxed. He suggested that as more than 11,000,000 bales were produced in 1917, -a tax of $3 per bale would raise $33,000,000 in revenue, and re- lieve certain® other commodities that bear a heavy burden of taxation. The motion was beaten by a solid demo- cratic vote. “There is nothing personal or sec- tional in this proposition,” said Mr. Moore, in*a statement tqday. A Questions of Eauality. “It is simply a question of levying taxes equitably very much as was suggested by President Wilson in his +address to congress. “It does not seem fair that so much of the $8,000,000,000 should be rais- ed in so few states and it does appear three states of New York, Pennsyl- § centof-thetotal.~ “This“is due to the fact that most of the money raised comes from in- come, corporation and excess profits 7 taxes. Loy % & “The taxing of cotton, while the representatives of the growers object to it and have beaten it in all recent legislation is not new. ~ .. Taxed in Civil War. 2 *“Cotton hag been on the protective tariff list and also on the taxable listl, .1t was protected by a tariff duty from 1798 to 1866. Three cents a pound was then levied against cotton im- ports. That helped to_built up the wonderful growth of cotton -in~the . By FRED 8. FERGUSON. (United Press Correspondent.) With the Americans on the Vesle, ug. 28. (By Mail.)—Peter Begen- ski, American, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., al- ways was a curious sort of a person. As a sentry on duty just outside head- quarters of his‘outfit in the war zone, he was always wanting to know just what business ~other people had around there, if he didn’t know them, or’ if they didn’t appear to be at home. Peter would stop a member of his own outfit if the latter’s ac- tions didn’t look good to him. While Peter was thus looking after his job as sentry, always curious and always stopping people he wasn’t sure of, two Germans escaped from a prison camp. This camp was some hundred miles or so from Peter and his sentry post, on the Marne. The two Heinies in some way had obtain= ed old French uniforms. They had gotten a little food together, and sneaking by the guards one night, headed for the German lines. They traveled several nights. Their food ran out, and they lived on wheat and vegetables from the fields. They kept to the woods most of the time, but ossasionally allied soldiers saw them. On account of their French uniforms, no one paid any particular attention to the fugitives. lively there then. Troops were on the paid any attention to a pair of unat- tached French soldiers. So the Ger- mans became bold. They passed through a village in broad daylight. Peter Is on the Job. afternoon trick at his post right at the gate of headquarters. His rifle BEMIDJI DAIL ey from the treasury statistics that the| vania, and Illinois pay ;pg;p,ss per}: - CURIOUS YANKEESENTRY GRABS | 523557 omamition ! the two were going, and where they After four days the Heinies reach-| ed the Marne region. Things were‘a‘nd he covered the strangers. move, everyone was busy and no one| ‘then, with the Amercans’s pride in { Peter told his pals the real secret Peter had just taken up his early! Be a Booster for the Fourth Llrty Lonn Bond Sale; Help BEMIDJI, MINN.,, VSA'AI'URDAY EVENING, SEPT. 28,/ 1918 War MINNESey: Your Country Win the FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH H‘“FOC’ CEN’?‘ER”—THE B;LE v'FRON'l'. :N ITALY . ‘lNVEST YEAR’S OFFENSWE IN—— ™ [ Historigg, \ 8o, 4 Developnjemg in the past week on both the‘Wostern Front (Foch's lleft: in France) and the Balkan I'ronts (part of Foch’s right), are interesting and gratifying to the Allied observer, even when considered in their detla‘x‘lxlsy ang rvi%lhoun retetl;enco t;zdea(i;l lothtutalr ({r&o the Enletnt.e gltunnou as a 1vvh«lJ‘lie, i ey must, however, be considered in the latter aspect, for they possess a sign: o re e thei)nrle takmg"?}"t’l"g*‘l“y‘ e pect, they p a significance,.entirely lost e Franco-British drives in the Cambrai-St. Quentin séctor and the American drive.elimf fif{ g}l};l‘?‘l‘efi:‘;i?&z:&vzhe Y“Ia:t ‘l;‘rltznt. adn% tl{z F‘fific?l«lSerx;blm:iuiva}\Ix;ce lm theflcenlter Otr ‘v.heIBulkan] i'l“;:)ln;llgnm; B3 E actions delivere o ed left and rig s, the Front in Italy & srea—which in reality {t is—the allied fieflz'ten i R % ceiheine chnalg pon the holding and ready-to-drive qualities of that center, the-operations of the flanks ha largé extent depended, both as to-its defensive capaeity and its ability, by constant acuvlty.ul:nrug‘}tlsvgn‘tolrg * length, to force the enemy to maintain his'troops against that center instead of being ablo to reinforce his flanks. . 8 That the Allied lines in Italy are fulfilling their task 1§ a matter of record. “Activity 3 . front” isr:‘he tenor iord'fhet v‘vjeek’fihomcial ‘,')9“‘:""’ 8 i 5 a: UL on the entlrg The arrow indicated on the map by ‘the letter A points to the trend of operations in th theatre of war. Foch has there shortened his front and gained strategic advantages of posltlofi(. o Wentors The arrow.indicated by B poinis the direction of the thrust %ainst the.-Bulgars. The Allied objective in-that zone is the cutting of the Oriental Railway, running frem Berlin, Vienna and Budapest, through Serbia to Sophia, and Copstantinople, and its Saloniki feeder along which the Allies are advancing. - With these operations in mind, let us turn to possibilities developed thereby on “Foch’s Center,” in- dicated g"l’rs(:.'l T‘hera thecgotex&tzau‘t,ies r‘es‘(‘:!ve!thcmlelvex into two courses of action. K n importanceé and in the minds of many able strategists is the Napoleonic Route t and Berlfn. A drive against the Central Empires, delivered from the Plains of Venitia across tl?e ‘{Lfi»‘:‘;fi and up through Istria, has‘been and will be until its accomplishment, the greatest potentiality in the Allied situation. The advance of Cadorna showed the way, and the disaster'of Caporetto far from discounting the idea, calls for that co-operation which the unity of command undér Foch now insures. Second is the situation in Isgrin. newly emphasized by the possibilities of the Balkan drive. Thare, Trieste, Iiume and Pola are Austria’s bases on the Adriatic, as well as the termini of lines of communica- tion running through Serbia and to Montenegro. Here again is the Italian advance across the Isonzo au- thority for a plausible course of action, It will be remembered that the fall of Goritz to the Itallans-placed ’é‘er:‘e:‘t:“l'n such a precarious position that in authoritative quarters its capture was considered almost a And, with the Oriental Railway cut and Turkey and Bulgarin separated from her allies, the o Y of her Ad}:{nt}crrzg“s wox'x(m ’drlvefAt“strla ll?to I'?l de%nslre status wi{hh? her own territory, ithe captire s further weakening o e weaker Hun Empire is far from con, re. , very purpose of the drive against the Bulgar and the Tl‘x)rk. 2 Jhconjectice cndand, 11y neater the United States. It has been upon the free list, however, since 1883. “During the Civil war and for sometime thereafter cotton was taxed at the rate of three cents per pound, a~much higher rate than was pro- posed by my amendent : which the democrats defeated.” BLIND CONGRESSSMAN T0 SPEAK IN BEMIDJI A letter received by W. Z, Robin- son, head of the America First assor ciation of “Bemidjl, :states that Con- ‘gresgman. Sehgl] of Minnesota will be in Bemidjf in about three weeks anu speak on the war in Europe, under the auspices of local America First Liberty Loan day-was apretty day in Bemidji and hundreds of residents of the city hied themselves /to their designated registry places "and sub- society. ¢ scribed for their allotments in bonds The Fourth Liberty Loan sub- Congressman Sehall is the -blind to help win the war. In many ip- serintion volls will be open until | representative of Minnesota in the stances, above the allotments were 9 o’clock ight B national house of congress at Wush- tak hile i o.cloak tomihts ingt He i dent patri d was Gocepted, v eances less| Al those who have not called |5, S iincq” trom the mattlo Bemidji’s quota is large for this and subscribed shon}d do 50 be- zone of the western front where he loan and it will take some hard work| fore the hour of closing. was_accompanied by his wite, who to reach the desired figure set. Hm}dmds of Bemidii Tefllde}lt’ described to him the scenes and The committees held a meeting last| subscribed today, several taking = |sights of where they were, / evening at t{?e Commerciachlub and| much more than their allot- He was ;lsfi on a transpodrt whlclh "went over the situation. he mem- ment. was torpedoed enroute and experi- bers will continue their duties after The “bie fellows” are coming enced many harrowing incidents. His allotment day today until they have . it talk is most interesting and he has seen all who have been scheduled for :fir?:h;nnge::esg&‘;fé tl?;g b%t been heard by large audiences in the i A 5 -] subscription. No oge can afford not to be a g‘t\‘rtl;l Cities and elsewhere in the . .subscriver- to this loan. The ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— The boys are fighting for you tives. . ; force. . It took him only about 10 Buvers of bonds cannot lose. |minutés to locate a.stolen shot gun tunic buttoned up as smartly. as for| Thev are ‘an investment and |and knows who committed the crime. parade. Peter looked things over.| ~draw good interest. You are L.'P. Bckstrum had a shotgun in There was considerable movement| not giving anything away. The [Dhis garage. A boy stole it and trad- along the road. Wagons, men and| government. your country, is go- |4 it for a 22-calibre rifle. 'Mr, Bek- horses were hurrying past. Most of| ing to pay vou for letting it have strum discovered thé theft and noti- i NTa) :]Illd. V{)ifll'!. t!l‘hev are oflering g ¥ - elr lives .to save yours an Lose anytKing by theft? 1f so, con- ' HElNlES INF RENCH UNlF”RM those of vour family and rela- |sult ‘Officer Tibbetts of the police m’f;;z: s;:es:‘;exzf‘ih;‘;zi:;‘il;fie’i vmg home. and returned it to the owner. No attioilar. . Thay were walking slows ou can pay cash or you can complaint has been filed, the owner ly. ‘The 'ms" thing Peter moticed arrange easy payments. Yojl are of the gun having recovered his prop- i the winner. erty. was that they needed a shave. Also o their uniforms were soiled. Peter's HELP WIN THE WAR— uy DibertyBonds curiosity began to work. He watch-| DON'T BE A SLACKER. SUNDAY JOY RIDBRS ed the pair closely, and became more ——Buy Liberty Bona: curious, Just- why should two Lt OF MINNESOTA AFFECTED Frenchmen be as far back of the lines CASS LAKE IMPROVING. as headquarters, and look as though| According to the Cass Lake Times they had just stepped out of the line ) great improvement are being made Say, you gasoline Sunday joy rid- Peter asked himself, and couldn’t'in that little city this fall. ' The|ers, here’s a gentle tip: think of an answer. Times says: » Several have asked Charles E. Bat- The objects of Peter’s curiosity by| “Cass Lake is growing every mo-|tles, - county fuel administrator, this time were right in front of the|ment while serving her country.| Whether Minnesota was “east of the gate leading to headquarters. That pavement is now nearing Third | Mississippi river,” which embodied Peter stepped out into the road.|avenue—full width of the street.|the recent edict of Fuel Administra- 2 The armory is having the soup pour- | tor Garfield, and to be certain of his Peter Asks Questions. .+ {ed into its wall and our drill room |Position Mr. Battles referred the “How are you?” Peter ventured|and community center will be ready | uestion to the state fuel administra- in very best French. to take care of the winter’s activities ;‘;;‘ Thf Tie:l'!’ V{‘:Q‘: the effect that “ s LS to the benefit of the entire town. nnesota.. nciluded. rnspzre!g. g e L1 Here’s our dope, boys: We are| That seems to settle all arguments. to serve our country, and in order to AL rty Bonds—— Then Peter wanted to know where STva. Undls. Sam’ ‘all the milk wad —Buy Liberty Bl cream that is produced we have to give the cow producing it the best of came from. He got an answer, but haguadl fos aga"eteHened "rovet | THIS DAY IN THE WAR | Simultaneously his rifle clicked ——Buy Liberty Bonds ! Sept. 28, 1917—British advance Peter marched them away. A YOUNG WOMAN DIES. ‘north of Thiepval. brisk line of questioning, and thel Miss Olive Schroth, daughter of| Sept. 28, 1916——Chancellor Mich- | story of the two Germans came out.| Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schroth of this| aelis says the United States govern- Peter returned to his post. And]|city, died yesterday afternoon at her | ment tries, “even by unparalieled ter- home from tuberculosis, having been | rorism, to stir up war enthusiasm.” his newly “‘mastered” language,]taken ill two weeks before Easter. Sept. 28, 1915—Berlin banks make She was 23 vears of age. The fun-|statements indicating Germany has of his capture. { eral will be held tomorrow afternoon enough money to carry on the war “It was all up with 'em, as soon as|in the Methodist church at 2:30|for a whole year yet. they began to talk to me,” said Peter. | o’clock, Rev. B. D. Hanscom officia- Sept. 28, 1918—French advances | i was shining, his shoes elean, and hisl“They spoke rotten French.” I ting. Interment in Greenwood. east of Souches. - OFTS ISCRY | FLANDERS HAS OFLOANTEAMS | COMMENCEDBY ONHUNSTRIAL, HAIG'S TROOPS Fourth Liberty Workers Begin Short, Strenuous Campaign This Morning YANKEE “PEP” lMBUES NINTH FEDERAL RESERVE | Belgian Artillery Co-operating in Advance: 10,000 Pris- oners Fall to Allies YANKS BREAK THROUGH DEFENSES OF ENEMY Americans Also Within Mile of Head of Three Standard Guage Railways Stores in Many Cities Through- out State Close Shop; Bemidji Goes to Polls (By United Press.) London, Sept. 28.—The second British army commenced operations in Flanders this morting in conjunc- tion with Belgian artillery. This may indicate the long expected of- fensive in Flanders by the British. In the Cambraj sector, the attack has already resulted in the capture of more than 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns, The British advance on Cambrai continued today. - (By United Press.) Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 28.—In- vest your year's profits in Liberty Bonds,. With this cry the fourth Liberty Loan teams went to the renk and file of the people of the northwest to- day, not prepared for argument but for a quick and hearty reponse. The campaign of the Ninth Fed- eral reserve district for its quota of $210,000,000 is imbued with some of the Yankee ‘pep’” which won Per- shing’s first army such a remarkably quick and decisive victory over the Huns at St. Mihiel. Governor The- odore Wold of the Federal bank de- clared he believes the district will g0 over its quota in record time. Because directors of the campaign want it short and snappy, some dis- tricts were not even launching their soliciting campaigns today. St. Paul, for instance, will not open its solfcitation until Mon- day and will continue it only three days. This plan is also to he follow- ed In other cities of the northwest. The fourth loan is for $6,000,000,- 000 with the bonds at 414 per cent. They are dated October 24 and if pur- chased on the partial payment plan payments may be made as follows: 10 per cent with subscription; 20 per cent November 21;. 20 per cent De- cember 19; 20 per cent January 16 and 30 per cent Januury 30. Prosperous farmers who have raised record-breaking crops and sold most of them are expected to help the northwest go “‘over the top’ in short order. Only in extreme western North and South Dakota was there any shortage in crop production and these districts have been given con- sideration in the allotments to var- fous county committees. In scores of cities and towns of Minnesota, not a store was found open today. All who were not out working for the Liberty Loan were at home waiting with a pehful of ink ready to sign up for their share of bonds. Governor. Burnquist pro- claimed a holiday for all except those in the most essential industries. ~——Buy Liberty Bonds—— N. D. KEYED UP, (By_United; Press.) Fargo, N. D, Sept. 28 —With the state keyed up to the highest enthu- siasm through the county meetings which have been held previous to the date set for the beginning of the nation-wide drive, Nortt. Dakota was ready tbday to do what Wesley C. McDowell, state chairman, said it must do about Fourth Liberty Bonds —buy at least three times as many bonds as were bought in the last drive. The eastern part of the state, Mc- Dowell said, will be asked to take the greater portion of the bonds be- cause of the bountiful crops in that district, while the western counties, less fortunate, will not be called upon to carry as much of the loan load. McDowell’s has appealed to farmers to invest their year’s profits in honds. d Buy Liberty Bonds—— ALLIED TERMS TO BULGARIA; ALREADY SENT TO SOFIA (By United Press.) London, Sept. 28.—Alliel terms to Sofia include evacuation of territory outside Bulgaria, complete rupture with Germany, Austria and Turkey and demobolization of army. AMERICANS BREAK THROUGH. London, Sept. 28.—Americans have broken through the subsidihry de- fenses behind the Hindenburg line on a ten-mile front between Dannevoux alnd Kclisfontaine, northwest of Ver- dun. Battle front dispatches state that between Matillois and Mont Blain- ville the Americans are within a mile of the head of the enemy's three standard guage railways. They have captured scores of miles of light rail- ways. ——=Buy Liberty Bonds—— Bulgaria Has Approved The Armistic Offer (By United Press.) The Hague, Sept. 28.The Bulgarian parliament has approved Premier Malinoff’s request for an armistice and delegates are now enroute to the frontier. London, Sept, 28.-+Via Ottawa.— Arthur J. Balfour, the British for- eign secretary “and Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, are in conference with® David Lloyd- George, the premier, with regard tu the Bulgarian armistice proposal. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 28— The Wolff Bureau, the semi-official German news agency, says the Bul- garian Premier Malinoff’s peace offer is against the wishes of King Ferdi- nand and the Teutonic Allies. With the welding of the armies of the Entente into a compact whole under command of the Inter-Allied army council, guided by the master strategy of Marshal Foch, apparently has come the firgt break in the unit- ed front of the Central Powers. Bulgaria, smallest of the Teutonic Allies, seems to have struck her col- ors. Premier Malinoff has asked for an armistice to consider terms of peace. Whether he is acting upon his own responsibility as the repre- sentative of a revolutionary party or with the approval of King Ferdinand and the government, remains in doubt. In either case, however, there is little doubt that Bulgaria has ceas- ed to be a military factor in the war. Her armies are in full retreat and her so1l has been invaded. Recession of the Balkan state from the thraldom of Germany will be al- most as severe a blow to the Teutonic Alliance as was the collapse of Rus- sia to the Allies, Buy Liberty Bonds—— MORE NEW EQUIPMENT FOR BAKER'S JEWELRY Additional equipment has been in- stalled in the new Jewelry store of George Baker in the Dalton block, which adds greatly to the appear- | ance of the store and also greatly ficilitates the carrying on of the bus- iness. Oak fixtures have been installed for the stenographic desk, a sound proof room for the sale of records has been installed, with large plate glass inset, and there are yet more addi- tions to be made. Miss Eldridge is a new member of the store éorps, she being, stenographer and sales clerk. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN Subscriptions for Fourth Lib- erty Loan bonds will be received, September 28, from 8 o’clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m., at the follow- ing places: First ward——Central school, E. H. Denu, chairman. Second ward—Central school, E. N. Ebert, chairman. Third ward-——High school, E. L. Benner, chairman. Fourth ward, west of Mississip- pi river-—City hall council room, E. B. Berman, chairman, Fifth ward and that part of Fourth ward east of Mississippi river—Lincoln school, J. L. El- well, chairman. Subseribe at place designated for the ward in which you live. = e e e — e — - = e | | e )