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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
Note LEAK PROBE IS .
AGAIN Being INSERTED
(By United Press }

Washington, Jan. 23.-With the
base of it's operations close to the
heart of the finance district, the
house note leak committee resumed
its hearings today. There was little
advance information on Wilson's
speech in Wall street yesterday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
ENORMOUS life TOLL
IN MUNITIONS BLAST
(By United Press)

London, Jan. 29.-Sixty-nine were
killed, 72 seriously injured and 32S
slightly injured in the munitions
factory explosion Friday, according
to the re-completed list today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
WILS0NSSPEECH HAILED
With GLAD ACCLAIM

New York, Jan. 23.-With few ex-
ceptions, the press of the country has
hailed President Wilson's speech as
the greatest step in the history Of
the nation and of the world.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
No LIVES LOST

Brainerd, Jan. 23.-No lives were
lost in the fire which destroyed the
Antlers hotel here and caused loss
of $4,000 yesterday morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
BOXING BOUTS ARE
CANCELLED AT NYMORE

There will be no boxing contests
at Nymore this evening, as sched-
uled and advertised. The matches
have been called OF.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23
GERMAN RAIDER VANISHES
SAME AS SHE APPEARED
(By United Press)

Buenos Ayres, Jan. 23.-The Ger
man raider has disappeared as mys-
teriously as she appeared in the
South Atlantic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-01-23

CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

The new wheat prices for the
northwest, By which n basic rate
of sos for Portland. Tacoma and
Seattle has been announced, has
resulted in a number Of large sales
during the past few days, the pur-
chases Of the Vollmer-C Clearwater
company approaching the 100000
bushel mark. The prices have
ranged from $1.75 to $1.95 per
bnshcl, or five cents higher than
the northwest price established BY
the Chicago basic Of 1920 per
bushel.
Among the large crops reported
sold are those Of Theo. Matson, I.
@. Wren. 7. 0. Crozier. Il. Il. Be
yer, ] ]. Jackson and Maynard
Bros. The prices quoted are net
to the grower. Lewiston Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

Al Camp Lewis. American Lake,
Wash, where the drafted men Of
the new national army are being
assembled for training in the west.
crn department, the Army !. NJ.
G. A. buildings. thoroughly equip
nod and splendidly manned, are
awaiting the thousands that are
,Friging daily. Tons upon tons
81 writing paper and envelopes
arc within reach, books. maya
zilms have been carefully laid out,
wen lighted buildings with ample
facilities for writing letters home,
for recreation aud comfort, are
completed and everything is free.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27
perhana Our own L. :,

At the Preside Training Camp
where 1900 selected men are be-
ing trained as officers IN the new
National army, Clarence A. SpanI-
ding, Of Pasadena, called to ser
vice for six months by the national
war work council Of the Y. M. G.
A. for religious work among the
men, approached a young man re-
Gently. I'm afraid we have no
need for you, said the young fell
low with the perspiration stream
ing down his face. We are kept SO
busy that the devil hasn't a
chance to catch us.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

sales went far above expectation,
due to the fact that he Is an ex-
perienced salesman in his line,
aud should / ever hold another
sale and am 500 miles away / win
send for him, as ] maintain he
he is the greatest auctioneer in
the whole northwest. lie is a
straight forward gentleman and
conducts his business IN the same
straight. forward gentlemanly
manner.
/ felt it my duty 70 lei the com
munity know what he Is, and the
and Camas prairies are
the gamer and Spokane, Big
Bend and Palouse countries the
lo0sers.
Respectfully yours,
}. q. Graham.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

tary drill started in the high
school Monday under the direc-
ton Of Professor Booth This
viii be supplemented by vigorous
exercises in calisthenic drills. The
boys take well 70 the work.
Miss Virla Wallace has regis
tered for a post graduate course.
Miss Nellie Rafliff has been
teaching in place Of Miss Bertha
Hackeft who will be here ready
to take her place in the school the
first week after institute. Mr..
Curtis says that Miss Ratliff is a
teacher Of unusual ability and
that he is proud Of the start that
the pupils have made under her
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

silence Of his fellow men. especial
~ the members OF the American
Truth societyssswas probably the
cause of his becoming quickly
known here
The committees statement con.
tinnes:
$50 the notorious American
Truth society, which 80 emphat-
ically denied its pro-German as
s0ciations, figures as indirectly
linked up with Germany s secret
representatives. This society is
still extant and Jeremiah A.
OLeary, its moving spirit, is now
the editor Of Bull, recently shut
out of the mails for publishing
sediti0us matter
Many inventors, the committee
state the seized papers show, are
represented as having plans I'M
volying the use Of devices Of des-
truction. One entry is cited as
follows:
june Is, 1915. sender, G.s.
Viereck. Contents, inquiry as 10
bombss supply offer. Told 10
send further details.
. Possibly the further details, FL
the statement continues, tare IN
dicated IN another entry Of four
later:
I" Sender Niereck. Contents,
offer Of picric acid.
Picric acid as a constituent Of
many high explosives. "
An entry entitled "pnre war
expenses. from the Won Igel pap
ars is made public By the com
nittee as follows,
Edwin Emerson $1,000.
Fair Play lMr. Braun $1,000.
Fair Play, tMr. Braun 81 500 |
Marcus Braun, 81 900.
~. Archibald, 5000.
The statement continues:
Concerning the identity Of the
ast entry, there might be room
or doubt, but for a signed receipt |
rom j. +. j. Archibald, aelnowl.
dying the sum Of 5000 from
he German embassy for propa-
,anda work. "
The committee concludes It's
Exposes as follows:
While chiefly concerned with
military affairs ia Europe. the
representatives Of a supposedly /
nation were keeping an
Interested watch on our own &C.
Ivities IN that line. A secret code
iessage Of April II. 1916, signed
1922 1920 4B9i9 addressed Won
eel 10 this effect:
= Herewith respectfully send
Il extract regarding the troops
lniioned IN California and the
rmnmcnt Of the coast fortified
0ns =
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

Sunday school nc 10 q. M, Mrs
.Jamison, superintendent. Y. Y
$. G. +. at z p. m. Preaching Al
II q. m. and s D. m. The sub.
icct IN the morning will be
Treasure In an Earthen Vessel. 2
In the evening an address viii be
given to the young people Ev.
cry one is cordially invited Ia
worship with u.s. Come and bring
others.
Il. M. Finn, Minister.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

palousc, Wash, Sept. "a, 1917.
Nezperce Herald,
Nezperce Herald
Gentlemen: | feel It my duty
TO have you publish this in your
valued paper for Mr. Harry
Cranke knowing that he has just
made his headquarters at Nez-
perez, and to assist farmers in
you vicinity that as yet have not
had the pleasure TO hear him con-
duet a sale. Mr.. CranlSe conduct.
ed two sales for me this year, one
OF rs head Of pure bred and grade
cattle and one Of my farming inn
Elements, horses, etc, and both
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

Warning is hereby given that
unless the private tools at the
manual training shop are claimed
and then taken away by N0vem-
Der said tools viii be c0nfiscat-
ed by Mr. Hardy and marked as
property OF the school.
We have been here only three
weeks. The pupils say they are
glad we teachers are going away
to- institute next week. How
TO Keep the Pupils Busy" will
probably be one Of the subjects
of interest at that important con-
ference. Laughter.
Cows chew their cud. What
are your" One day this week,
Miss McMonigle automatically
slipped the foregoing proyerb IN
10 the hands of four members Of
the high school
Miss Volborg has been elected
to the position Of principal Of the
Junior high school
Twenty-one happy children are
enrolled in the second grade.
During September, we shall try
to get the habit Of being on time
and regular in attendance. We
viii be glad TO have the mothers
and fathers visit us in the second
room at any time.
Company Tenchuni Right
Dress 'FRONT.' Count off
Tenehunl Roll call. Yes, mill
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

as; sergeant at arms, Francis
johnson; advisor, Prof w. IL
Booth.
Junior: president, Grace Flatt
vice president, Edith Smith; see.
rctary-treasurcr, Esther Smith
sergeant at arms, Dwight John
son and Leroy Perrine; advisor,
Miss Greene.
Sophomore; president, Clay
ton Miller; vice president, Edna
Cargill; secretary-treasurer, Grace
Sullivan; sergeant at arms, Ada
line Potecf advisor Miss Kjos-
ness.
Freshman: president, William
conger; vice president, Josephine
Thomas; secretary, Violet Smith I;
treasurer, Earl Stellmon; SER
geant at arms, Ray Kaylor, Mar
rion Crumpacker; advisor, Ar.
Hardy.
Miss McMonigal has been chos-
81 10 fill the responsible position
OF principal of the high school.
This viii be welcome news for the
patrons Of the sshool who know Of
Miss McMonigle's excellent work
here last year, and, besides, she
has every quality which, is neces-
saIy TO be an efficient executive.
The fact that she has the key 10
the biscuit supply win probably
be conducive 70 excellent behavior
on the part Of the pupils.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

The teachers and pupils will
give a grand carnival on Hale
ween night. Watch this column
for another announcement II
win pay you 70 keep that date
open for the big doings.
All Of the high school classes
have organized and elected Of
ficers and faculty advisors as fol-
lows:
Senior president, Harry Bar
bee; vice president, Lily Sehafer;
secretary-treasurer. George Thorn
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-27

= 4 CSW THURS
1 Old Buggy
1 Old Hack
2 lain. Oliver Gang Plows
/ lain. John Deere Gang Pillow
/ Assertion Steel Harrow
/ TIT. John Deere Double Gut
away
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You say to the drug store man.
"Give me small bottle of freezone."
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet.
A few drops of this new ether COM
pound applied directly upon tender.
aching corn relieves the soreness In
stantly, and soon the entire corn or
callus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted of with the fingers.
This new way to rid ones feet Of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
a moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating tha
surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to order a small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.-adv
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
SPORT.
s,.ndln. of Western League Clubs.

Machine-like driving. deadly Sec
onds and a seldom faltering stride on
the green carried Larry d. Brom-
field back into the Colorado state golf
championship in the thirty-six-hole
final match played at Lakewood
course in Denver.
After receiving only eighteen les
sons in swimming. Mary James Sny-
der, 6 years of age, of Denver, dived
from the twenty-three foot tower at
Washington Park lake and swan to
the opposite pier, distance OF ITO
yards. So far as can be learned this
record has never been approached
The junior, senior, all around and
relay championships of the Amateur
Athletic Union will be held at the
Washington University stadium. st.
Louis, on Aug. 31st, Sept. LIST and 3rd.
respectively. The earnings will be do
mated to the ST. Louis chapter of the
American Red Cross.
Denver fans have seen their last
game of professional baseball in Den
yer this year. Unable to make his
club pay, Hugh L. Jones, owner of the
Denver Western League franchise,
wired that "after due consideration, ;"
he had decided to play the balance Of
the schedule in Wichita. Hutchinson
and Joplin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Bulgarians have wanted peace for
over year.
Since April the entente allies
Lave made prisoner 167, $50 men Of en-
emy armies.
Five per cent of the drafted men
will be modified Sept. 5th, others on
Oct. 3rd, and the balance as soon as
practical.
Dead Mans hill. famous in the Yer
dun fighting. has been captured by
the French, together with Avocourt
wood and other German strongholds.
The French are gaining steadily on
both sides of the Meuse, taking the
Fosses and Beaumont woods and
reaching the outskirts of Beaumont
and Bethincourt.
The German advance toward Riga
seems to have been checked. To the
south the Russians and Rumanians
are keeping up their strong resistance
against the Germans.
Artillery duels seem to be the chief
operations in the west, especially Sc
we're encounters having been fought
east of Ypres. The British have won
some important trench positions.
Incendiary bombs. which were
dropped by two German aviators on
two hospitals behind Verdun killed
ten wounded men, one woman nurse
and nineteen trained male nurses.
The Russian council has begun at
Moscow, with Kerensky and other
members of the government present.
Kerensky sounds warning in address
that all attempts against power will
be met with blood and IRON
In the week which ended August
10, five French steamships of 1000
tons or more were sunk by mines or
submarines, according to the weekly
official report. Four vessels under
1000 tons were sunk. No fishing
ships were destroyed.
The Italians are keeping up their
drive eastward over the Bainsizza
plateau. Airmen are lending great
aid to the forces, dropping bombs and
using their machine guns with telling
effect. Gen. Cardinals troops have
captured a total OF $4,000 men, includ
ing 500 officers, and have taken much
booty in their rapid advance along the
Isonzo front.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
Horrors of War.

They were in the equad under train
ing at certain military center and
furnished contrast not uncommon
these days. One was tall and wiry,
the other short and puffy and an hour
of Swedish drill had set the lesser OF
the two blowing hard.
II can't stand much Of this" he
whispered. I'm simply all in," and at
that moment the drill sergeant init
mated that he would give them an
other spell before they were dismissed.
This was too much. The podgy pa
triot felt 1t was time to protest.
I'm really awfully sorry to seem
unmilitary in addressing you. sir" he
said, "but this Swedish drill is more
than I can face in my present condi-
ton; besides" he added dolefully, 81
never knew we were at war with
Sweden"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
GENE EHAl
Sugar prices have been cut 1

Sugar prices have been cut IN
cents.
w. C. Won Stein, farmer near
Shawton, Ohio, has a field Of oats
that measures feet S1a inches high.
and so heavy that rabbits can not run
through it.
John Francis Beckwith, poet, au-
thor and soldier, arrested in Cleveland,
Ohio. on charge of using the mails
to defraud, told federal officers he
made love to scores of women through
out the country in order to get funds
to keep 1.-The one woman" in luxury
in a home in the Adirondacks, near
Albany N. Y.
Herbert c. Hoover, federal food ad-
ministrator, went to Chicago to look
into the meat situation" He went
away carrying in his pocket formal
request from the packers-adopted
unanimously in advance of his arrival
that he appoint a federal dictator"
at once to take entire control of the
livestock industry.
Edsel Ford. son of Henry Ford, mul.
timillionaire manufacturer, was exam.
ined by Detroit draft board and it
was announced he passed the physical
tests. Ford claimed exemption on In
dnstrial grounds
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
WASHINGTON.

Wilson orders some notifications in
draft law provisions.
Early adjustment of the labor dis
putes in ship yards expected.
Explosion at Mare Island navy yard
was caused by outside parties.
President Wilson's reply to Pope
Benedict's peace proposals has been
completed and is ready to go forward
to the vatican.
Regulations to govern the operation
of coal mines will be issued by DR..
H. A. Garfield, the fuel administrator
Secretary Baker appointed a library
war council headed by Frank A. Van
derlip of New York.
The governments ship building
program calls for total of 1,27O ships
of 100000 tonnage
President Wilson may address Con-
Gress at the same time he answers the
pope's peace proposals.
Hearings on the administration sol
diers and sailors war insurance bill
were completed by a House commit
tee.
Infantile paralysis as nation wide
or state wide scourge is no longer
feared this year by the public health
service.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
WESTERN.

Shell explodes and kills two arttil-
lerymen at Fort Sill. Okla.
Three hundred forest fire fighters
believed trapped by blaze in Montana.
Sheriff at Spokane, Wash. receives
letter threatening death from l. w.
w.
Negroes who "shot up Houston,
Texas. taken from Jurisdiction of civil
authorities.
Butter sold in Portland, Ore, at the
highest price ever recorded, So cents
a pound, or $105 for two-pound
brick at retail.
Charles l.. Alleman, until last July
1st president Of the Standard OIL Com
pany of Nebraska. died at his home in
Omaha after prolonged illness. He
was 81 years old.
Allen l.. Burris, mining man from
Colorado Springs. was seriously in.
jured in an automobile accident near
the San Xavier mission while return
ing to Tucson, Ariz.. from copper prop,
critics in which he Is interested.
The wheat pit of the Chicago Board
of Trade has been closed. The action
of the directors closing the pit was
due to request Of Herbert c. Hoover,
food administrator, that trading in
wheat futures cease at least for the
period of the war.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
HER WORK NOT APPRECIATED
Cook Thought Efforts Wasted Because
Master Was Not Laid Up Per-
odically From overeatino.

A lady had a cook who gave her ev-
cry satisfaction, and she was under the
impression that the cook was equally
satisfied with her place. But one MORN
ing. to the lady's intense surprise, the
cook told her she was going away.
"Whatever do you want to leave for,
Jane?" asked her mistress. 81 am very
pleased with you, and l thought you
were quite comfortable here
"Yes. mum, I'm comfortable enough
in a way. but"
The cook hesitated and fidgeted
about.
But what?" queried her mistress.
"Well, num-" she blurted out. "the
fact Is, master doesn't seem to appre-
ciate my cookery. and can't stop in a
place where my efforts to please are
wasted; so I'd rather go, num-"
But what makes you think that
your master doesn't appreciate your
cookery? Has he ever complained to
you?" asked the lady.
mo, mum; but my last master was
always bein' laid up through overent-
ing-he said he couldn't help doing so.
because by cookery was so delicious;
but master here hasn't been laid up
once all the three months I've been
with you, and that's just what bothers
me so, mum ~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
FOREIGN.

Former premier of Dussia seriously
i'll in prison.
A second fire in Salonizi destroyed
1000 houses.
Austrians are crying for peace. says
subject just from Vienna.
H. A. Earl, Lake Preston, 8. D., is
on the Canadian casualty list among
those killed in action.
Thirty chiefs and sub chiefs of
Yaqui tribesmen, who have been in
revolt against the Mexican govern
ment. have accepted amnesty.
England, the archenemy of Ger
many, must be beaten down at what
ever cost. Emperor William told his
troops while on a visit to the Flanders
front.
NJ. Savinkoff, acting Russian minis
ter of war, has resigned. His resigna-
tion was the result of military and po-
litical differences with Premier Ker'
ensky.
The French war cross hkas been
awarded to r. A. Drake, Franklin, n.
H.. of the American ambulance field
service for driving through barrage
| OF gas shells.
The first detailed account of the
disastrous fire at Saloniki is con-
tanned in Reuter- dispatch from that
city which says that $4,000 persons
are homeless and that the property
less is enormous.
The crew of the German steamship
Renate Leonhardt, which was tot
| pedoed and sunk off the Dutch coast
while on the way from Rotterdam for
a German post. has been rescued and
| landed at Ymuiden.
Cardinal Anthony Mendes Bello, the
patriarch OF Lisbon. has been given
five days by the Portuguese govern.
ment to leave the capital. A decree
| forbids the cardinal to reside in Lis
| bon or the suburbs for one year.
A dispatch to the London Exchange
| Telegraph from Melbourne says Adele
Fankhurst, daughter of the English
suffragette leader, was sentenced to a
months imprisonment for a demon
stration she started outside parlia
ment building.
| The factories in the southeastern
portion of Petrograd were burned as
a result of an explosion. One hun
dred and twenty persons were killed
or injured. The entire militia which
has been employed since the revolu
tion to police Petrograd has resigned
on account of the refusal of a demand
for an increase in pay.
| Three women received the legion OF
honor for their work in connection
with the war. They are Lady Michel
ham, the founder of the hospital In
the Astoria Hotel, Paris; Mrs. Border
Turner of Chicago, who has main
tanned a hospital in Belgian territory
since the beginning of the war. ant
Miss WINS of the Scottish Women'i
hospital at Royamount.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, 30 took . second
and third, also bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
Just Is well as any other woman. I ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who IL troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles - they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE ]. VAN DER SANDE, 36 No.
York St, Paterson, N. J.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co, (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, II you
need special advice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-30
Good Memory for Dates.

"Do you know what day this is?"
asked Mrs. Occy Wattles, sweetly.
"Uh-huh," replied Mr.. Wattles.
Sure. Its-ah-"
1--WE were married just four years
ago this morning." Mrs. Wattles went
on.
.Yes, sir. l remember just as though
it was yesterday. And-er-its next
week our lease on the fiat expires,
isn't It?"-Kansas City Star.