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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27
INACCURACIES MOVE TO
BOYCOTT GERMAN GOODS

American Defense Society Appeals for
Twenty Million Signatures
to Pledge.
Washington, June 24.-Inaugurating
movement to boycott German-made
goods, the American Defense society
issued an appeal here for >20,000,000
signatures to pledge not to buy any
thing with the German mark.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27
Italians Drive the Enemy Across
the Pave River in Utter
Disorder.
DEFEAT is COMPLETE
From the Montello Plateau to the
Adriatic Sea the Teutons Are in
Retreat and Their Losses Are
Estimated About 10000 Men

Italian Headquarters in North
ern Italy, June 24.-Fron Mon
teIlo to the sea the enemy has
been defeated and forced by the
Italian troops to cross the Pave
river in disorder.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27
National League.

Pittsburgh, Ais; Cincinnati, IL.
Chicago, 3; st. Louis, 2.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27
Duluth Flax.

Duluth, June 22.-Flaxseed, July,
$500; Oct, 1882.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-06-27
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Minneapolis Grain

Minneapolis, June 22.-Oats, July,
70.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
Ben FrankIin's Simple Diet.

It Is amusing to read how Ben
Franklin thrived on a biscuit, or a
slice of bread, handful Of raisins, or
a tart from the pastry cook and
glass of water, varied at times by
boiled rice or potato, or hasty pud-
ding Of his own making. Upon this
fare grew Americas greatest states
man and the worlds greatest philoso=
pher. The rich and ambitious youth
Of these days would scorn such a diet,
holding that 1t was the steating that
made the man. But BENJAMIN not
only saved time and money BY his new
diet, but as he. says: Il made greater
progress from that greater cclearness
Of head and quicker apprehension
which generally attended temperance
in eating and drinking" This abstemi.
GUS life did not seem to ,detract from
his health. but rather contributed to his
longevity, for he lived to ~be. eighty
four years old. h
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
WORTHY OF MORE MENTION
Brakeman Seldom Properly Appreol'
ated n Il Life or Appropriately \,
s Honorsd lns Death

Following . railway accident recent.
II, there was great relief In ohicial
circles when the reportswas made that
only brakeman had been killed. Only
q brakeman! And there were hum
dreds Of others waiting to All his
shoes. .a e,
Only q brakemanis His name Was not
given In the telegraphic report OF the
accident. He had not made, a name to
which the world would pay tribute.
There were only few friends VINO
knew, him In the railway =. u. o. a.
and q brother and sister In Russia.
Home, family, friends he had left IN
the land Of oppression to come to
America, the country Of pportunity.
Alone, ignorant, unframed In Ameri-
can ways, he was only brakeman ~
|, the Official report stelHuE OF his death
Only q brakemani Yet 4. n such as
he who are moving our freight. truck
ing the meat that, supplies onrs tables,
hauling the coal that heats our homes,
bringing the milk with which We feed
OUT DaDleSs 0lauuAA8 6VAA fSNkIS0A5sSss :.
freight cars, leaning against the Wino'
with the dust of the deserts IN their
faces, the roar Of the engines IN their
ears, and the CRIME Of the nations on
their hands, wherever you ind cars
engines. freight, SCOT, danger, there
you Will find the brakeman, toinng
sleeplessly, hopefully. incompetence
", with death stalking ever at his SIDE,
to give us, comforts and make our
homes happy. Il Yet when the car
couplers pinch him within their giant
laws OF the wrecked train brushes ont
Ills life beside the railway track, the
reports that the public reads record
the death Of only q brakeman.-hall'
awaukee Journal. l. ,.,..-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
ONE OF: WORLDS cURlosITIEs
Flr Tree In Belgium Has Characterize
u ties UnliIes Any OfaJts Kind se-
4s3ssi Far 40 Known.

What is claimed to be one Of the
most curious trees In the world was
found in Belgium by, NJ Louis Pire,
president Of the Royal Botanical So
ciety Of Belgium; It is sfiritree, stiA
standing atglast account, in the forests
of Aliaz, Canton Of Vaud.
'This particular tree" reports Pro
lessor Pire, islands $500 feet above
the sea and is surrounded by a forest
4of firs,i which it, exceeds IN height by
30 to 40 feet. 4. !.
1.-THE trunk Of this tree is ten me.
ters, or little more than thirty feet.
In circumference at the base. At about
4 yard from the ground ~ puts out,
on the south side, seven onshoots,
which have grown into trunks as strong
and vigorous as those OF the other
trees In. the forest. Bent and gnarled
at the bottom, these side-trunks soon
straighten themselves up and rise per-
pendicularly and parallel to the main
stem. "A %:.
"Another most curious fact Is that
the two largest side-trunks are con-
nected with the principal stem BY sub
quadrangular braces resembling: grid
-ers. These beams have probably been
formed by an anastomosing OF
branches, which, common enough
among the angio-sperms, is extremely
fare among conifers." +
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
Formation and Color.

The iridescence Of nacre, or mother.
of-pearl, il q matter of form and not
actual color. In fact, all t"chanseablss
colorsa are more, or less the result OF
form even where there ID. fermentation
beneath, such az in certain ribbed silks.
When sunlight bears directly upon
finely ribbed metal, as a gnle,l there -
the same play Of colors.
IN the case Of mother-of-pearl an In
teresting experiment has been made.
An impression Of the pearl was tax
en- upon pure white wax. It was then
found that herapparently smooth sur.
face Of the pearl shadg still sumcient
irregularities TO impress upon the wa1
surface that resulted in similar color
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tsr1isse.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01

them in another part Of the body It
bounces off as 1t would from plate
steel. with rifles and spears the hunt
ers kill their game, sometimes even
clubbing the smaller ones. The sea
elephants are like seals and the only
ones that will fight are the bulls, which
sbattle hsrcely. liz
!, After the oil had been rendered on
ship board and the boat was filed with
the precious fluid, Captain Cleveland
turned the PROV Of his boat toward
America, He took secret route, so as
10 avoid German raiders, although he
barely missed mine while making
Tor the West Indies. Not long ago the
i6.O00-mile trip was finished, with the
ssyenty-year-old skipper on the deck
u bis seventy-six-year-old dream ship.
81 The hold was the fortune that his
t0yhood fancy had seen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
SHORT SENTENCE SAVES HIM
Man Released From Prison Because
Court Gave Shorter Sentence
Than Law Prescrlbes. A.

Montgomery, Ala. - Because the
court gave him shorter sentence than
the law prescribed as punishment for
operating gambling table, J. F. Bal
ley Of Leighton is a free man. Bal
icy was convicted and the court SEN
fenced him to serve six months in the
penitentiary. He sued out writ Of
habeas corpus. After the hearing the
circuit court Judge ordered his release,
holding that the trial Judge had erred
h giving him only six months when
k4b law prescribed not less than pne
III =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
Reoret lntsrfsrenes- with Nature.

n00TSI lHS0VISVOOS0 WI" N0sNsSe
Australia is regretting the laws
passed some years agos ordering the
slaughter Of hawks, owls, carrion
crows or other birds that prey on
young animals and birds, says Sgd
ney dispatch to the Cleveland Press.
These have now been almost wiped
out, with the result, as described BY
recent writer, that decaying bodies.
numerous on sheep farms. have been
left to be demolished by the larvae Of
blowfiies. which have now increased
to- such an appalling extent as 70
threaten the sheep on the runs with
destruction. the animals becoming
i':Ayblown" and eaten ut alivt b. TIL
l6AAsereus pct $3.50.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-01
FINDS NEAL tn
IN DREAM ship
Aged Skipper Brings Home For-
tune In Boat Of Boyhood I
Fancy.
!. CALLED BACK TO SEA
Deserts Elfs Oh Water, But Sight o.
Aged Bark Revlves Dreams and
Lures Him Forth to
q IA Riches.

New Bedford, Mass. Three score
yearsaagosa small boy in this city
watched the whaler Charles w. Nor
gan leave port and sail beyond the
\ misty horizon. In boyish fancy he
raw himself bringing the ship back
20 port, filled with valuable cargo.
Now the dream has come true. Capt.
Benjamin s. Cleveland, seventy years
old, has just returned to New Bed
ford Id the dream ship Of his boyhood
with; a cargo Of $50, 700. t
As Cleveland grew to manhood he
took to the sea, but not in the Charles
w. Morgan. He spent his life on the
water and returned to land a few
yeRfs ago, with Just enough Of for
tune Is keep him the rest of his days.
Then;a little more than a year ago,
he saw the dream ship Of his youth
tied up at Fairhaven and doomed to
the scrap heap.
The ship was seventy-flve years old,
but Captain Cleveland knew the men
who had built it. He knew where the
Dtdfdy WOO smen had cut the oak and
locust trees out Of which the ship was
fashioned. Visions Of his boyhood
dream haunted him until he finally
bought the old bark, hired crew Of
90 men Ind sailed, In September, 1915.
His goal was Desolation island, $500
miles south Of Cape Town, South At
RIGA, the lair Of the sea elephant.
On the shelving beaches of that
dfeary island in the South Indian
ocean the sea elephants disport them
selves. They leave on q three-months
feeding expedition each year, but re-
turn in the mating season. The bulls
light for the females and never quit
until one Is killed. Hundreds come
ashore and lie on the beach. 1t is
then that the hunters reap their har-
vest. re-,
II Bullets Bounce From Bodies.
The bodies Of the sea elephants are
ittulnerable,, except in one soft spot
Et0-- ., y, sA~sfyp
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
Consuls Accused Of Giving
Germans Access To Am
erican Records.
By L. G. Martin.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 2.-Charges involv'
ing the loyalty Of an American minister
and several consular officers accredited
to Central American republic were
referred to the state department today
through the senate foreign relations
committee.
The charges, if true, so connect the
American diplomats with German inter
ests as to make probable the filing Of
the gravest accusations in the federal
courts against at least two men.
Disclosures Of the ramifications OF
German propaganda operating chiefly
through business house of tremendou.
influence and power, may also cause 0
Ceutral American eruption which will
oust German influence for good.
Accusations against the American
diplomats may, of course, be wholly
unfounded They were made to mem
bers OF the foreign relations committed
from four independent and wholly
trustworthy sources. One was the see
ret service of an independent govern
ment; another branch of the militar,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
GRAVE CHARGES MADE
AGAINST THE AMERICANS
IN CENTRAL AMERICA

service and the others quite as respon-
sible.
According to these charges, the ac-
cused officials have:
Accorded a German banking house
fullest access to American records and
papers in war time.
Sold confidential government infor-
nation to the German banker propagan.
dists.
Accepted "loans" from the bankers
in the form Of oyerdrafts" on per.
sonai accounts, in return for CONNER
cial information wanted by the Ger
mans.
In addition, the Germans are said to
have seriously compromised one of the
officials in way refleeting on his NOR.
atty, 80 that his further usefulness in
the country is ended.
Further, the charge Is that one Of
the officials involved was responsible
for Suppression of strongly pro-ally
newspaper which had made vigorous at
taeks on the German banking house.
The German banking house mention
ed is known all over Central America.
Through correspondents and branches it
reaches into every country there. II is
under suspicion as the head and center
of the German spy propaganda system
on the American continent.
The charges will be discussed by the
foreign relations committee at a meet
ing this week.
1t was said at the state department
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
DOgged Determination Over
coming All Resistance
Boches Can Make
By Fred s. Ferguson.

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent.)
With The Americans West OF Verdun
Oct. 2.--while activity in the remand.
er Of the line is confined to repulsing
bitter counter attacks and consolidating
newly won positions, the Americans in
the depth of the Argonne forest are
showing forward somewhat today.
Overcoming almost insurmounrable
obstacles, they are rectifying, their
line. The density Of the forest renders
liaison most difficult, but each group
goes forward as rapidly as possible,
maintaining communications with the
aid Of runners.
The Americans are continuing to beat
the bochc reserves. The fact that they
have not made any great strides for
ward in the past few days does not in
dieate that the Americans are through.
On the contrary, they have just begun
and from now on the first army can be
eounted on to make steady, though
not spectacular advance.
Evidences are aceumulating that tina
Germans are preparing to withdraw
from their advanced positions opposite
the Americans.
Coupled with the French advances on
our left. this will bring the pinching
ont Of the famous forest that much
nearer. American patrols have already
penetrated Montreheau wood.
Continuous counter attacks in tho re-
gion Of Apremont resulted In vn'suii
lterritory changing hands -four or five
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
GERMANY PREPARING
PEACE OFFENSIVE AS
HER JOB FOR WINTER
At The Same Time It Is Be-
Eeved She Is Preparing To
Withdraw From Belgium
By Carl D. Groat

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, Oct. 2.--State depart
ment advices this afternoon indicated
that Germany is preparing to evacuate
The Belgian submarine bases and per
haps to make more extensive evacu-
alton of Belgium generally.
The messages came from a secret
source.
incidentally, the department has
been indirectly approached about the
matter of sending Germany an ultima
tum against destruction Of Belgian cit
les when the evacuation does come.
The department 5 information said that
rolling stock, hospitals and storehouses
are being transferred from the fourth
army district to a general government.
The meaning of this was not entirely
clear, though the remainder of the
message indicated it was part of an
evacuation scheme.
Civilian authorities generally are be-
ing recalled and regulations regarding
the maritime district are being made
more severe, which the department
said seems to indicate measures for
the evacuation of the U-boat bases.
Reservits in Belgium have been sent
to the front. At Antwerp, the navel
base staff under Admiral Won Cohen
sen is preparing TO quit the city.
With Turkey reported maneuvering
for an armistiee on the best available
teEms, Germany is evidently preparing
two extensive moves-one a peace Of
fensive, the other grand scale retire.
ment in the west.
The peace offensive is deemed only
part of q scheme, known to this gov
ernment, to lay down pacifist bar
rage through the fall and winter, re-
gardless of how much refusal to accept
comes from the entente and America.
Austria apparently will be used again
--as catspaw. But it is noted that in
her latest felers, as reported in cables,
she admits being linked completely to
Germany. There is no sign thus far that
either nation is anywhere near the
mood to accept the broad gauge, altru-
istic program President Wilson has de-
clared permanent peace basis. As for
the west front military situation, Ger
many's problem grows more disastrous
constantly.
A retirement is destined to come be-
fore long. 1t will probably be for a
considerable distance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
By Lowell MeNett

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With The British Arm es In France, Oct. 2-The sup
porting trench system behind the Hindenburg defenses
known as the Beaurevoir line, has been broken
The British Ninth corps operating in connection with
Australian troops has captured the village of Beaurevoir
forming the north end of the defenses well as Bran
court eght miles northeast of ST. Quentin and six miles
east and south of LaCatelet).
The French have thus been enabled to push eastward
and above ST. Quentin cutting the latter off and compel
ling its evacuation
Utter demolition Of Germany's fixed defenses seems
to be in sight The Hindenburg system has become a
sieve soon to be memory. Open warfare, on scale
similar to the days when the Germans first reached France
has been made possible.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
GERMANS PREPARE TO,
EvACUATE BELGIUM
ON SHORTEST NOTICE
Holland Strengthens Garri-
sons On Border To Pro-
tect Neutrality.

Amsterdam, Oct. 2.-Plans for the
evacuation of Belgium, if necessary
have already been prepared, according
to Baron Won Falkenhausen, military
governor of Belgium, press dispatches
received here today reported. In con
versatiOn with a leading Dutchman Of
The Hague, Won Falkenhausen was
quoted as saying;
"Plans are ready for early evacua
tion Of Belgium if necessary. The Ger
man army can return to its own from
tier in order to show the world we real
ly want to defend Germany
The Dutch are said to be strength
ening their frontier garrisons to pre-
vent violations of their neutrality by
the retreating Germans
A correspondent ON the frontier stat
es that Falkenhausen secretly instruct
ed the provincial government in Bel
gium to rush their archives to Ger
many. Several hundred luggage vans
arrived in Brussels from Germany tc
send back the German officers fur
niture.
German soldiers are quoted as hav
ing said "we wont be here more than
six weeks longer. y
. Thsee days ago allied airmen Flew
over Brussels, dropping thousands Of
proclamations saying
"Have patience. The hour of liberty
is in sight. F"
The Germans did not turn anti-air
craft guns on these aviators.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
Outline Of What They VIII In
sist On Upon Final
Settlement
MUST REPAY DAMAGES
INFLICTED ON EACH
Bulgaria Disbands Armies
Allies Take Charge OF
Railroads.

Washington, Oct. 2.--Serbia and
Greece today announced their peace
demands on Bulgaria. They are:
|. Reparation for all damages in
occupied territory.
2. Abandonment Of all plans for
domination of the Balkans.
3. Guarantees that Greeks living ON
Bulgarian territory shall not be cxter-
minated.
The terms outlined in an official
statement issued at the Greek legation
by Minister Roussos, apply to the condi-
tions of the peace settlement to be in
sisted upon at the general peace table.
Bulgaria, Minister Roussos said,
speaking for both governments. shall
be prevented from designs looking to
supremacy in the Balkans.
"In the opinion Of the Greek and
Serbian governments, the armisticc up
on Bulgaria does not constitute final
settlement of the differences between
Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria. Minis
ter Roussos stated.
Gas Germany, the accomplice Of Bul-
garia must repair all ruins she has ac-
cumulatcd and give guarantees that In
the future she will not be danger
for the peace Of the world, SO Bulgaria
must repay all the damage caused the
Serbians and to the Greeks
"Shc must be prevented from form
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
King Albert And General
Plummer Threaten Ostend
And Zebrugge
ILUDENDORFF ROBS LINE
TO HELP STOP ADVANCE
Foch Stabbing Persislently
Into German Lines AT
Fifteen Points.
By Webb Miller.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, Oct. 2.-Using ten armies al
great crowbars, Marshal Foch is relent
lessly prying off the pillars on the Ger
man front.
At fifteen distinct points the crow
bars have stabbed deep into the Vita
Places in the enemy lines and are being
showed home.
At least four of the pillars--Roulers
Menin, Cambria and st. Quentin--art
tottering, while menace to the other
is looming larger every hour.
The points Of Foch 8 crowbars are ter
to fifteen miles in width at some points
and at others they are only few
thousand yards.
Among the most impcrtsnt ivsul,s Of
the advances in the north are the men
aces to concentration centers and disor
ganization of the German lateral com
n.unication lines
Possibly the most interesting move
ment undar way Is between the Nortl
sea and Lille, where King Albert ant
General Plummer are pushing ON witt
wonderful success, which is highly dan
gerous to the Germans because unless /
tend and Zebrugge
is stopped it will mean the fall of Os
Beth the gravity with which the Ger
mans regard this contingency and the
state of General Won Lutlendorff 3 re
serves are shown by the appearance O.
divisions ON the Belgian front which
have been rushed from points hund
red miles down the line.
Plummer and the Belgian monarch are
accomplishing double purpose by sim
ultaneously edging around to the north
of Lille, while General Horne. further
south, is striking between Cambrai and
Douai, thus drawing big half circle
around the important city of Lille and
the great industrial and coal basin.
Meanwhile, Generals Horne, Byng
Rawlinson, and Derby are tightening
their grip upon Cambria and st. Quen
tin by driving crowbars in OF. stnci
side and between each town.
Farther south, General Mangin IS rol
ling ahead, showing the Germans off the
Chcmin- Des Danes heights. Genera
Berthelot, smashing them on Mangin Z
Iight as far east as Rheims, is hasten
ing their withdrawal here.
On the extreme south of the grea
BATTLE front, General Pershing is slow
ly pushing ahead against the most bit
Ter resistance and is overcoming thu
difficulty of natural obstacles in the Ar
gonne forest General Gouard's new
attacks, on Pershing's left have wol
considerable success.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-02
FEDERATION OF SMALL
STATES TO Be FORMED
IN MIDDLE EUROPE
Would Include 60,OOO,OOO
OF People Between Baltic
And Black Sea.
By Raymond Clapper.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Oct. 2.-Formation of a
mid European federation to consist of
chain Of small states extending from
the Baltic to the. Black sea is under
way here. it was learned today. The
United States, semi officially, will spon-
sor the movement.
Headquarters of the committee for a
mid European federation are to be open
ed here this week. Representatives Of
the peoples will confer over the innum-
erable problems presented by the
scheme. This federation, to fight on
reconstructed eastern front, is being
organized as step in fulfillment of
President Wilson'S program of liberia
tion for all oppressed peoples. 1t is
expected to block Germany's ambitions
in tho. east during the war and will be
incorporated into the world league of
nations at the peace table, according
to the present program.
Of Many Races.
Jugo Slavs, Czecho-Slovaks, Italian
irredentists, Poles, Ukrainians and Ru-
manians in America are uniting in the
move. They hope to induce their coun
trymen in Europe to join them Later
Firms, Lithuians, Esthonians, Greeks
and even the Bulgar peoples may join
in the movement its leaders say.
Sixty million people IN Europe are
affected. Ten million of their country
men in the United States are being re-
lied on to start formation Of the feder-
auIon.
Military participation in the war ag-
ainst Germany is essential to the suc'
cess of the scheme. Every nationality
joining the federation must recruit its
legion to fioht the central powers, ac-
cording to plans now in contemplation.