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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
SURPRISE FOR CHURCH FOLKS
Called an Hour Earlier for Prayer
Meeting and Set to Digging
DandeIions.

Denver, Colo.-Every member OF
City Park Baptist church was urgently
requested to attend a special mid-Week
prayer meeting and to be on hand an
hour earlier than usual. When the
"worshipers" arrived the pastor pro-
duced an old case knife for each MEM
Der, pointed to a church lawn badly
cIuttered by dandelions and told men
and women alike to get busy. At the
end of an hour of digging the lawn was
clear Of weeds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
VOTE AS YOU SHOOT.

Following days Of the late between the
states and reaching up within recent times 1t was no
uncommon thing to hear the expression vote as You
shoot The yellow dog democrat and the
lican hewed line marked the division Ct II was
enough to know that candidate Of our Pocles
counted for very little except they TO the Great CUES
tion .5.s 5s5s@,. #s, ,s@ J. .a. 4
This custom has noticeable Effect served to
keep alive burning loyalty the fought Tor
Today the old and the old confederate are equally
proud Of their respective records N
The time has come when wenorh, south, east and west
need to adopt the old slogan, only in modified form Let
"vote shoot 81
All cannot shoot. Possibly there some who cannot
give much and some who but little But every quail
fled American citizen vote and the elections are
near Leaders, and national to be chosen " IS
vitality important that this choosing no mistakes pc made
There is but issue in the world todaythe crushing
and utter annhang Of with al its heishness and
all the unspeakable policies it stands for
Let us the shame of sending to our
halls any whose complete loyalty is IN the slightest
gree The great gravity Of the situation demands
subordinate other interest to tins one
unquesioned loyalty to the country
and her E%@s 81,
Let us vote as we shoovoe free the world from the
great octopus Of Hunism vote to give liberty to the down
rodden millions and to enthrone right justice
and universal peace But let remember in casting our bal
lots that there is but to accomplish these obJec
fight to complete and glorious victory
heroic lads will do the shooting Let every American
vote back up bullet. #s. ..#.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
Lucid English.

@ "a recent advertis ement contains the
following: s'If 4 the gentleman who
keeps the boot shop with the red head
will return the umbrella Of q young
lady with whale bone ribs and an iron
handle to- the slate-roofed grocer's
shop he will hear Of something to his
advantage, as the same is the gift OF
deceased mother now no more with
the name engraved upon it,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
Not True to TYPE.

'1sSmell anything, grandmother 2" ask.
ed the youngster who was lying on the
floor drawing.
f Grandmother assured him she did
not.
The young artist gave few finish
ing touches and repeated his question.
Grandmother shifted the air and again
declared she smelled nothing.
"Well," said the boy, "you ought to.
I have just drawed a skunk !"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
Before payof Q hronometer.

v Longitude haflled allinavigators until
the chroneme came intolIse In u 7335.
The ancients and later nayigators, in.
Guiding all the great discoveries, could
find their latitude by observations of
the SUMS height, but they could deter
mine their Longitude only by "dead
reckoning, . or estimating their ship's
progress from day to- day. This sys-3l
TEN was uncertain and caused great
many shipWreeks. M n
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
onIv Real Test Of Garden

After all, the true test Of q garden
is It's actual beauty, and If this quail
ity is not there in fullness and suff-
cheney the garden is largely a failure.
no matter what ideals" are at
tanned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY IL, 1918
Just Reward.

4 Weary Willie Oats the worst pie
i ever. tasted. Z tss5
~ Mrs. Jones Wait just a minute and
I'll give you ia ollar. That pie was
baked by my husbands mother. III
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
Art and Nature in Garden.

Art in garden is In reality but fdel-
ity to nature, vet both the mind and
the hand of man must place their
marks on the place or we should
have but one uninteresting bit Of
the Yilds. .-.s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
AMBITION TO BE REALIZED.

The proposal to the president to take the tee
phone and telegraph lines in of an emergency makes it
that emergency will Postmaster General
Bureso whose pet ambition it has been to rule the wires of the
land will that And when the wires gov
First aarge increase wages and then decrease in efc
iency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
Crowded out.

Mrs. Flathunte Are there any rats
or mice in this apartment? @s
Mr.. Cubicle, the Agent Only mice.
We can supply space for rats at less
than $3.50 a month. III.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13
I The proper Time.

about what. time was 1T when the
witness was giving his evidence that d
the prisoner lost countenance Z"
81 suppose 1t was when his face
FELL,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-13

Who would have thought could go abroad this year
and find the Fourth of July here When London and Paris
both celebrate national holiday long step taken for
ward toward the brotherhood of nations.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
YANKS STRENGTHEN
HOLD ON FRAPELLE

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug. 19.-American
troops advanced slightly beyond
Frapelle yesterday and last night, and
consolidated the ground won in yes
terday mornings attack The Ger
mans, in retaliation. dropped 2,500
shells in FFapelle, but failed to drive
out the Americans. (Frapelle II In Al
SAGE. five miles east Of St Die, and
only four miles from the German
border. II was captured tn q surprise
attack Saturday morning.l
West Of Gebwiler. forty-ffvs Boehes
attempted to raid American positions,
but were driven off by artillery and
rifle fire without being able to reach
our lines. (Gebwiler Is in German Al
SAGE, twelve miles north of Mulhausen.
The lines are about four miles west
OF Gebwiler and ten miles inside Ger
man territory at this point)
There was lively patrol activity IN
the Woevre area One doughboy.
wounded nine times, heroically carried
in wounded companions.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
Rich Grow Richer.
TOKYO UNDER
MARTIAL LAW

TOXIC, Aug. 1S.-Hundreds Of per-
0nS are under arrest and many 9TH
81 are IN hospitals suffering from
Vounds following the rice riots Of the
Egt few days, In which mobs damaged
HB01iderable business property and
UAIAged many places.
ne city today IL virtually under
1artial law. The police and the mill
ny forces are In control, and only
n1lnor outbreaks were reported last
HhEht
The setIon Of the cabinet IN appro-
9gtAting $1,000. 900 for the purchase of
x1ee to help the people has done much
- relieve the situation. To this sum
has been ADDED another s.. 900 600 do
mated By several millionaires. The
Emperor, moved BY the distress, has
contributed 3,00o. 900 yen to the ma
tionAl rice fund
In some cases the press is outspo-
ken in placing the blame for the dis
tuTbancea. which are the worst in
years, on the government, which, It
declares, has been 30 tardy that IL
now finds the empire in the throes of
an insurrection.
Troops have been called out in near
ly every important city OF Japan.
There Is an abundance Of rice in the
empire, but II Is held In storage By
brokers and farmers.
The leaders in the riots for the most
part are underpaid factory hands.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
K. C. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

NEWTON d. BAKER.
SECRETARY OF War.
WASHINGTON. D. c.
MI DEAR Mr; Baker.
IN NEW York CITY.
THERE ARE Red Cross nurses.
ON THEIR way to France.
WITH THE American army.
AND sEcAUsE you pay them.
THOUGHT you'd be interested.
IN A couple of stories.
AND ONE Of the stories.
WILL PLEASE you a lot.
AND THE other won't.
AND THE nr.t one is
THAT A crowd of nurses.
WENT down to . bank.
m THE Wall Street district
EACH ONE with . check
TO HAVE them eashsd.
AND A busy cashier.
WHO LOOKED at their passports
AND IDENTIFIED them.
ASKED TTEEd out to lunch.
AND GOT another Official.
A MAN with a boy.
ON THE front in Franco
AND THE whole blamed crowd.
WENT OUT 70 lunch
TO THE Bankers Club.
AND SAT around there
LIKE MnLIoSAIREA
AND ATE what they liked
AND HAD . good tina
AND A1TEa lunch
4" BUSY cashier.
AND THE other man.
TOOK THEM an around
AND SHOWED them shs pIaesA
rE1D.LKs to s...
AND HE didn't leave them
TILL "D paid their fars.
ON rHE way uptown
AND THE other story.
COMES BACK uptown.
TO THE usu: hs..l
WHERE IoU pay tnsir board
AND SOME Of them sleep.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
MYSTERY IN DEATH
OF I IN FAMILY

SYRACUSE, n. 2, Aug. 1s.-wIth
the charred remains of an entire fam
lily In the keeping of the coroner to-
day. the authorities are seeking a So
luton OF what appears to be whole
sale murder and arson to conceal the
crime.
According to the police, a search of
the ruins of the Philip A Roth home,
at YillseyviIle, near here, where the
bodies were found, discloses that six
skulls are missing from the seven
victims of what Is asserted to be
murder.
The slain ones are:
Phillip A. Roth. head OF the family,
OF whom little 10 known here
Mrs. Philip A Roth, his wife, sup
posedly from q Western State.
John Roth aged eleven years.
Clarence Roth, aged nine years.
Charles Roth. aged seven years
Edward Roth. aged nve years.
Mary Roth, aged three years.
Fire was discovered in the Roth
home early yesterday morning. but a
neighbor, beyond spreading the
alarm, could no nothing because
flames had enveloped the country
home and there was no means OF
lighting the blaze.
When the FIRE had burned out and
curious ones began a search OF the
ruins, they uncovered the body OF
one of the victims. When this was
brought clear of the ruins It was
found to be SO badly burned as to
be beyond recognition and the head
was missing. At first 1t was thought
that 1t had been burned of.
Eventually an organized search OF
the ruins disclosed that the whole
family was dead and that the skulls
were missing from all the bodies
save that OF HRS. Roth. Near the
body OF Mrs. Roth was a charred
shotgun with one shell discharged.
With the discovery OF the shotgun
and other suspicious circumstances,
those who had thought the deaths
came from the fire notified District
Attorney Frank Bech, Coroner Eu-
gene d. Holly. and Health Officer
". p. Dean, all OF Tioga county.
fastening to the scene OF the fire |
the county officials began an investI- |
cation which. according to their state |
ments. has disclosed that the whole |
family was murdered and their home |
so fired to hide the crime.
Neighbors who have been but |
slightly acquainted with the family /
we're inclined to think that Mrs. Roth.
r-ho has been considered eccentric,
the family, fired the house,
md then killed herself.
officials MyEtihed.
Nothing has been disclosed by the
authorities to show the exact cause
II the deaths other than the Are.
There is nothing in the statements OF
he coroner to indicate there was a
wound in the body OF the dead wom-
n. NOR is il possible at this time to
isclose whether the rest OF the family
we're slain before the fire or not.
County officials declare that II
: ould have been out OF the question
o expect that the fire would have
made. such inroads that not a single
member Of the family could have
'scaped or sounded a warning before
III were consumed.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
ALLIES IN RUSSIA
DECLARED SUPREME

LONDON. Aug. 10.-Complete re-
establishment Of allied power in Rus
sia caused Germany to abandon the
Bolsheviki, according to a dispatch
from Milan.
Bolshevik troops are reported to
have evacuated Moscow and carried
their lines back along the railway
from Petrograd to Svanka.
Germany has severed financial re-
lations with the BolsheyikI.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
SLAV AGITATION GROWS

BERNIE, Aug. 19.-The Muencher
Neuste Nachrichten writes that the
south Slav agitation in Austria has
much increased lately.
The Neue Zeitung, of Lemberg. re-
ports that a conference OF Polish,
Czecho-Slovak and Jugoslav deputies
took place recently, which arrived at
a formal written agreement
This declaration affirms the com
munity of interests OF Slav peoples in
Austria and establishes Il perpetual
alliance of the three SIav peoples
Poles, Czecho-Slovaks, and Jugoslavs.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
GERMANS BOMBING
TOWNS OF ALLIES

PARIS, Aug. 19.-German air squad
rons have been very active In bomb
ing towns behind the front the last
two days.
There were numerous raids on
Rouen, where six persons were killed
and FIVE wounded. The Gothas flew
as far as Havre, where no damage
was done. Two consecutive raids on
Vernon caused only material damage.
Several warnings were given at
Dunkirk and Calais during the period.
At Calais some nifty heavy bombs
were dropped on Friday night
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
GIRL IS POLICE MASCOT

GLOUCESTER CITY. n. r, Aug. -.
The Gloucester City police Depart
ment has 4 four-ysAr-old girl that has
been adopted asa mascot until her
parents are located The child was
found wandering along Broadway,
near the tollgate, Friday. and does
not know where she lives. but says
she came across on q big boat with
her mother. and the Gloucester au-
thorities believe her parents reside In
Philadelphia The child says that her
name II Fannie. She has q lump over
her left eye. and says that her'father
did It
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
ALLIES TO RUSH
HELP FOR CZECHS
tcontnued from First Page.)

gether with the Germans. would 80 on
to the strongly fortified city.
The Swedish vice consul at Moscow
has requested Sweden to send ships to
Petrograd to take a party OF 90 out Of
Russia These are believed to be
refugees OF entente nations.
German representatives In Stockholm
explain the departure Of their country
men from Moscow on the theory that
the Bolsheviki are about to fall. The
new government at Moscow probably
will be headed by ChernoH and thc
social revoludonarieG Germany would
recognize this government Stockholm
agents said.
The German government refused to
grant safe conduct to refugees until ne
Eotiation with England covering treat
ment Of Germans in China Is settled.
Negotiations arc also under way to
permit departure Of English and French
hostages.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
KAISER DENOUNCES
RAID ON FRANKFORT

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1e.-The Co
logne Gazette prints telegram sent
by the direction OF the Emperor to
the burgomaster of Frankfort, stat
ing that the Emperor deeply sympa-
thizes in the misfortune which has
befallen the open town of Frankfort
as the result OF an enemy attack
which was contrary to international
law, and claimed many victims" The
telegram requests that the burgo-
master convey to the victims relatives
the "sympathy of the All-Highest"
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
General Pershing's S
COmmunique.

Additional details Of the combat in
which Captain Blddle brought down a
German machine on the afternoon of
August Is are contained in Section B of
General Pershing's communique for
yesterday, and made public by the War
Department today. The observer in the
German machine. q Rumpler. was Killed
and the pilot was wounded, but the
plane landed intact, says the COM
muniQue- The combat took place north
west Of Vouxieres-aux-Dames, at 40
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
OSAKA THEATERS
FIRED BY MOBS

OSAKA Japan Aug. S.-Mobs Pill
lAged groceries, drygoods stores, and
food depots and set fire to theaters
and other buildings. The military
forces called out to maintain order
were attacked
The street railways have suspended
operations at night owing to the con-
fusion In the city, and the governor
has forbidden the people to 60 out
upon the streets after dark.
II Is stated that Maizura, where
1000 workmen from the naval ar
seuA Joined the populace in sacking
the rice stores, many persons were
injured in collisions with the police.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
ALLIED FORCESARE
IN ROYE SUBURBS
Continued from First Pags.)

Continued from First Pags.)
Disc and the Aisne yesterday ad-
yanced a mile and a quarter on Q
front OF more, than nine miles, estao-
fishing complete connection between
the Picardy and Aisne-Vesle battle
fronts, the French war ONCE an
nounced today.
The advance. was made between
Carlepont flour miles east OF Rlbe-
courO and Fontenoy (five miles west
Of Soissons), which marked the west
ern end OF the Marne counter-onens-
i've. The French occupied the impor-
tant plateau west Of Nampcel. They
also reached the southern border OF
the Audignicourt ravine (five miles
southeast Of Carlepont) and captured
the village Of Nouvron-Vingre "a
mile and q half north Of Fontenoy).
They took LOO prisoners.
Violent Bombarding.
There was violent artillery fighting
on both sides Of the Avre yesterday.
Eight hundred additional prisoners
were taken in that region
North and south OF the AVre there
was violent artillery nghting," the
communique said
west of Roye we took 400 Ad-
ditional prisoners yesterday. making
total OF s00.in the Avre region during
he day.
Between the Ofse and the Aisne
the French rectiied their front on
a width of >ffteen kilometers (nine
and a third miles) between q point
south of Carlepont and Fontenoy, ad-
vancing two kilometers Ga mile and
a quarter). They occupied the table
land west OF Nampcel reached the
southern border of the ravine OF Aud
ignicourt and took Nouvron-Vingre.
They captured LIDO prisoners"
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
AMERICANS HOLD
ALL AISNE FRONT

ROTTERDAM. Aug. 1s.-GermSn
military writer's at the front claim .
complete American army has taken
the field for the fifst time and has
completely relieved the allies along
the Aisne front. according to dis
patch received here Sunday night
The entente troops are moving to the
northwest part of the front in large
numbers, the dispatch adds
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
BRITISH TAKE 400
FOES IN ADVANCE

LONDON. Aug. 1e.-British troops
advanced yesterday on q four-mile
front to . depth Of between 1000 and
1000 yrds between vieux Berquin
and BaileuI, on the Flanders front.
capturing the village OF Outtersteene
and several farms. Four hundred
prisoners were taken Progress was
also made BY the British southwest
Of MerVille, IN Flanders
On the Picardy front, British forces
advanced between Chilly and Fran
sart
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1e.-The Aus
triRn government has replied favor
ably to the Vatican's proposal that
Austria take the initiative in propos-
ing an exchange OF prisoners with
Italy on the basis OF man for man for
all who have been in captivity more
than q year.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
ENEMY PREPARING
TO DEFEND NESLE

PARIS. Aug. 10 90 O. ml~The
Germans. although exhausted. are
desperately resisting at Roye. pre-
paratory to the supreme effort neees-
sary to extricate themselves from
their dangerous position.
Meanwhile the enemy Is construct
ing an unusually powerful defensive
line to protect Eesle, six miles north
east OF Roye-
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
U-BOAT SURVIVORS SAFE

NORFOLK. Va. Aug. B.-Seven men.
some Of them seriously injured. were
picked up yesterday after being
in an open boat for six hours. They were
among the survivors OF a tank steamer
torpedoed or Hatteras. They are now
in a local hospital
The captain OF the steamer was picked
up by a hydro-aeroplane and brought to
land. Ten members Of the crew were
killed.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
FOOD RIOTS
STIR JAPAN
TO DISORDER
AND REVOLT

Food rioting in Japan threatens to
develop into political revolt unless
prompt steps are taken by the Tokyo
government to provide rice for the
population, according to the unofficial
view here today.
German agents may be working
among the masses to stir up disorder
by taking advantage OF the profteer-
ing situation, which is rapidly be-
coming acute there.
Siberia in Debate.
Anti-anneXat tionists who are strenu-
Ously opposing Japan's plans for in
terventior in Siberia are also be-
Iieved to be spurring the people on
TO bold steps which might unseat the
present ministry.
Details Of the rioting are arriving
several days late, but latest informa-
ton here attributes the immediate
outbreak to the food situation
Profiteers in rice have cornered the
market, and are holding the price
beyond reach OF the underpaid classea-
Rich Grow Richer.
war Industries IN Japan. a. here.
have thriyed under the demand for
Munitions, and the wealthy have
crown more wealthy as the poor md
Il harder to meet the rising living
costs.
Rioters are reported to have stoned
homes OF the wealthy, breaking into
restaurants and rice depots, and at
ticking the geisha girls as they rode
through the streets.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
SENATE TAKES UP
DRAFT THURSDAY

The Senate today agreed to meet
Thursday for consideration OF the man
power bill fixing the draft age limits at
eighteen TO forty-fiye-
No objection was made when Chair
man Chamberlain Of the Military Com
m!ttee asked unanimous consent to re-
sumo regular business at that time.
Members Of the committee hope II
may be possible TO consider and pass
the bill by Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19

SmoIensk Is on the Dnieper
river, twenty-five miles west and
south Of Moscow. Vitebsk Is
twenty-five miles west and north
Of SmoIensk, on the Duna river.
Both are important cities.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19

IN LITTLE hot rooms.
THAT JUST look out.
INTO OTHER rooms
AND II frequently happens
THAT THE elevator.
REFUSES TO 90.
AND THEY climb upstairs
TO THE seventh floor.
AND BECAUSE some Of then
HADN'T LEARNED to tip.
FoR THEY don't have to tip.
WHEN THEY live at homo
THEY HAD TO be taught
AND roU bet they were
AND or course I know.
THAT VIE are at war.
AND WE shouldn't complain.
BUT n makes me sore
WHEN I can live
AND BE comfortable
AND GET good meaIA
TO SEE Ties. Eiri:
WHO ARE going to FrHnaA
TO sUCCoR our boys.
SORT OF herded around
LIKE BANDs of sheep.
WHEN THEY ought to be golne
As HEROES 90.
WITH AN echo OF cheers.
AND THE best We have.
1 THANK you.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
ANTT-BOLSHEYIK SLAIN

NEW YORK, Aug. ia Copenha-
gen telegram to London reports the
assassination in PetroErad OF the IA
nous lawyer, Sliosberg, leader OF the
russian Jewry. who was a fearless
opponent OF the Bok6hiviki. says a
dispatch to the New York TImeS
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
INVITE SOLDIER GOLFERS.

LONDON, Aug. l9.--Ali the leading
British golf clubs have invited mem
bers os the American forces to nc
cept their hospitality and PLAY over
their courHeS
The Washington times., 1918-08-19
BOCHES OCCUPY
WTEBSK AND
SMOLENSK

ZURICH, Aug. IA German
army is occupying Vitebsk and
SmOIensk, with the approval Of
the BOlsheTiki, n Warsaw dis
patch declared today.
The Washington times., 1918-08-19

sink n submarine. One certl..cat,
fIIled with War Savings Stamps will
pap for n depth bomb-that effective
weapon that Is going 20 end the
Kaiscr-s reign Of pfracy.