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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
FOUND WITH THROAT CUT.
Prominent New Yorker Dead in His
Country Home at Mt. Kisco.

MT. KISCO, \. y, Feb. lS.-Robert
fan Cortlandt, member of prominent
New York family. was found dead in
the bathroom of his country home near
here today. His throat was cut. The
keeper said Mr.. Van Cortland came to
his country place yesterday and had
complained Of not feeling well.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
POWER TO PRESIDENT.
He Will Appoint Directors Of the War
Finance Corporation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-Amend-
ments of the war finance corporation
bin so as TO give President Wilson in
stead of Secretary MeAdoo power to
appoint the directors of the corporation
was unanimously decided upon today
by the senate finance committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
SENATOR ARRESTED.
Charles Humbert, from the Meuse, is
Proprietor Of the Journale.

PARIS, Feb. ls.-Charles Humbert,
senator from the Meusc. and proprietor
of the Journalc, was arrested this morn
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18

Many q man is out of work for the
simple reason that there is no work in
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Slightly Warmer Tonight and
Tuesday. South Winds.

WASHINGTON, February 18-The
weather forecast: Fair and slightly
warmer tonight and Tuesday. Light
south winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18

An irresponsible philosopher says
that zero weather Is due to the fact
that the heat of the sun is colder in
winter than in sumner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18

The Bolsheyiki when they seized the
Petrograd banks found in them over
Sl5O,O0O to the credit OF Kerensky
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18

Faith is the thing that enables men
to eat hash.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
oResist the Attack

germs, if the liver is inactivea'and the
blood impure . Il
81 What is needed most is an increase
in the germ-hghting strength. To do
this successfully you need to put on
.he0tthy flesh, rouse the liver to Wig
orous action, so it will throw off these
germs, and purify the blood. so that
there will be no HWeak spots, Or soil
for Egerm-growth. :. u.s..
We claim for Dr. Pieree's Golden
Medical Discovery that itssdoes all this
in a way peculiar oFitself. "" Sa
r Golden Medical Discovery contains no
alcohol or narcotic sand scan be procured
from druggist ssina liquid or tablet
form. T ablets COO. -
Send DR.. Pierce, IHValidsa Hotel, Buff
falo, N. Y; 1Ocsf for trial pkgs Of tablets.
isAAVINoNA;@ aMINN.-"I sahad aEFseveIe
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
Newest Devices Of Surgery :.
For Our Wounde S Soldiers
Nitrous Oxide and microscope At Hand ID Give
American Wounded All Chanceain World.

table, and the surgeons were at work.
They're after that 2aiabdominal
wound the inferno told me. They're
working with the fluoroscope.' .-,~,-.-
above Bll.sgt upturned fleet ssand
about a yard away stoodsan Ksraysap-
paratus. Its flesh: piercing light fell Eon
a disk of metal that Fan rderly held
over Bills barred. waist. " The violet
rays passed through the disk and into
the PATIENTS abdominal cavity. Il The
surgeons eyes followed them through
the metal. and into the, flesh. His
knife plying fingers worked under the
disk and deep In he:Iwounded mans
belly. He cutWith thatsolid platetfo
window. as. ,lsF..t>.as<s',
,."sHescansseez What t he's fter before
hes gets started. my guide exulted'
and I'll sle saFeflo oks aianyS shell Elfrag-
ments there is a magnetic contrivance
that sounds ~buzzer when he gets
I near them ~ ~ .->..
1T would be all right, they told me.
Thanks to the Horoscope and the nj
trous OXIDE, a stay here. under treat
ment and then a zrest at Zone of the
Red Observation-Disclosures camps by the
seaside would it, Bill fora return t.
the trenches" .,-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

The best is none too good for the
wounded American soldier. That Is
the Red Cross idea. The minute sci
ence finds an impro. ement in7surgery
it is adopted in the Red Cross army l
hospitals, which are models of up-to-
the:instunt completeness. -: 'sezii
This fact is wildly emphasized IN a
recent news dispatch from Reginald
Wright Kaufman, author Of "The
House Of Bondage" Kaufman had
been allowed u, accompany a badly
wounded friend into the operating
room :: .>a.4e>g sA,H2
"tCome on. said the inferno; your
friends in there He's about played
out can't stand chloroform or ether:
Got to give him nitrous oxide.
II knew that for patient whose re-
sistance has been diminished the diff
ference between the old anaesthetics
and this new one is frequently the
difference between life and death, but
I also knew that nitrous oxide Is not
on our army list and that no supplies
existed a year ago iniFrance. (
"'The Red Cross has put lp:a snlant
here explained the inferno. He open
I'd a>door. Bill lay on the operating
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
GPO1lT1cAI ANNOUNCEMENT

Ordered and paid for by A. e. Rako.
Amount to be paid for series S.. J l.
To the Voters of the 82nd~ Legislas
tive District:
Having filed as candidate for
representative, I am DESTROYS Of hav-
ing the support and cooperation of
the residents of the district. If
'eIected will represent the people
without fear or favor and my hands
will not be tied in any way. While
a member of the board of county
commissioners I have endeavored to
be fair and impartial and would at
tend to my duties in the legislature
with the same spirit. fully realize
the needs of this section of the state
and being an active farmer myself
I know that it's future growth de-
ponds upon the development Of the
agricultural resources, and will be
able from practical experience to
urge the laws that will be Of benefit.
The active support of the people OF
the district will be appreciated.
3w-613 A. e. RAkO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

! hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Register of
Deeds. If nominated and elected,
the duties of that office Will receive
the best of my attention.
I have been resident of the
county for the past ~16 years, am a
taxpayer and a family man. will
appreciate your support.
GEORGE w. RHEA.
d & w to 61v
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
After discussing the matter with
many business and professional men
and homesteaders from different
parts of the county, I have decided
to become candidate for the NOM
ination for the office Of register Of
deeds for Beltrami county at the
primaries to be held in June. II
elected I am confident that I can
discharge the duties Of the office
to the satisfaction of every resident
Of the county. I have been a resi-
dent of Beltrami county for many
years, both as farmer and business
man, and have devoted considerable
time to public affairs. I intend to
see as many Of the ratepayers as
possible before election but should
+ not see you all respectfully ask
your consideration of my candidacy,
and I would very much appreciate
your support and vote. believe
that every officer should make it a
point to do all he can to win the war,
even If his office is not directly con-
nected with the handling OF war
matters, and If elected I shall use
every influence at my command 20
make the, register of deeds office a
factor in promoting matters OF a
patriotic nature.
JOHN s. NORRIS.
d & w-531 to 615
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

On the solicitation of my friends,
1 have filed for the office Of sheriff
for the county Of Beltrami. I have
been a resident Of Bemidji and Bel
trami county for seventeen years.
am a taxpayer and a man of family.
In 1908 I was elected to the office
of county coroner and held that
office for six years, during which
time saved the county hundreds of
dollars by appointing deputies in the
remote parts, thereby saving the
mileage from Bemidji to Baudette,
which was $33 on every coroner case
in that vicinity.
have acted as sheriff on several Oc-
casions in Beltrami county when the
sheriff was incapacitated, and l feel
confident that 1 can conduct the af-
fairs Of the sheriff's office in man
ner that will meet with your ap-
prevail.
respectfully solicit your support
on June II, 1918.
M. E. IBERTSON.
d e W to GIG
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
NOTICE OF SALE Of; FRAME
~isSSGH00I,EH 01ISE

L The Board Of Education of Inde-
!pendent School District, s. Bemidji,
MINNESOTA, in their business office,
i'm the High school building on June
18th, 1918" will offer for sale to the
highest: bidder, or bidders, a certain
four=room frame school mouse build
ling, located on the Lincoln School
site in the Fifth Ward (Nymore) 1,
Bemidji, Minnesota.
/ All bids must be placed in sealed
enve1opes and addressed to the Clerk,
DR.. J. T. Tuomy, Bemidji, Mime
sota, and the bidder must write
plainly on the outside Of envelope
(Bids for School Building, or bids
for furnaces) The bids for the
school house shall include to obli-
i gate the successful bidder to remove
either in whole or in such parts to
suit his convenience, on or before
Sept LIST, 1918, all Of the frame
structure of the four-rOom school
with coat rooms, halls, stairways,
walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, and all
accessories, all plaster, lath, finish
ings, doors, windows, etc., of every
description; all masonry works such
as chimneys, and as much of the
stone foundation as shall be neces-
sary to fill in above for the proper
grading and filling-in, or all of the
stone foundation, If same be the
pleasure of the purchasers: The bid
der shall include in his ibid to take
all or enough earth from back Of the
school site and dump in to fill the
basement vacated in the removal of
the old building, and make the fill
11 q
premises broom clean.
On the above named date the
Board of Education will also receive
separate bids and sell to the high
est bidder two furnaces with all gal
vanized iron ducts, f1ues and pipes,
and registers pertaining to the heat
ing and ventilation of said building.
Bill of Sale will be executed by the
Clerk and President of the board to
the successful bidder, surrendering
to the bidder all Of the rights to the
above mentioned building and con-
veying to the bidder full possession
and ownership of all Of the building
under the first bid and all of the
equipment mentioned for the second
bid. The bidders shall enclose
certified check of ten per cent of his
bid to show good faith that he will
comply with the conditions of this
sale.
The Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any or all Of the
bids. The terms of this sale will be
cash or in ,bankable securities to be
paid when bill of sale is executed.
The ten per cent furnished with the
bids will be held by the clerk until
all of the building included in the
Bill of Sale has been removed and
premises left in conditions as stated
above. DIR. J. T. TUOMY,
I'd 68-615 Clerk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
ANNOUNCEMENT

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
e(Ordered by j.. j. Opsahl and to be
paid for at the5sregular advertis-
TO The VOTERS OF THE e2ND
+2.EEGISLATIVE DISTRICT:
~ Being Beltrami; County,
Having filed for Legislative Rep
resentative, will appreciate your vote
at June &17th Primary Election in
case my County development plans
meet your approval.
q. My business platform is to help
make effective warfare on Idle Acres,
Kaiser Bill, and Booze.
My Politics are the same:
Having on hand this spring LOO
bushels of seed potatoes as we'll as
the idle acres, am assisting my boys
in their potato planting instead OF
out hunting votes, the Voters OWN
CAREFUL JUDGMENT is the best.
Part of my Business aims at home
or at st. Paul, and for which I ask
your fullest cooperation, irrespective
Of whom you select to send to st.
Paul is:
1st. Work to secure the same
freight rates on pole wood, as on logs.
End. A law to allow incorporation
under State Banking laws and SUI
pervision, Township Live Stock Loan
Association; to encourage placing
sheep, and other live stock, on 160,-
900 farmsteads in Northern Mime
sofa.
3rd To rebuild the old Elwell
Road law plan, so that each forty
acre tract of land, for IL miles on
each side of the main line of NEED
ED new Railroads in the north end
Of the County, can contribute, not to
exceed $4,000 per forty acres or five
cents per acre, per year, for twenty
five years towards building the grade,
furnishing ties and culverts and then
ask the Federal Government Railroad
Director to furnish Rails, Terminals,
Equipment and Service. Land owners
to receive preferred stock from the
Federal Director and be entitled to
same interest as on Liberty Bonds
provided Land Owners help create
business for the railroad by produce
ton on their lands, as we cannot lick
the Kaiser with idle unproductive
lands.
4th. Fair and practical Franchise
and assessment Laws for the Red Lake
Indians. ,That,were disfranchised in
the recent County Option contest.
5th More clear cut Mineral AS
sessment and Mineral Reservation,
Laws, to encourage Northern Mime
sofa Mineral development.
These five suggested business or
development laws will help our Coun-
ty do their part better to lick the
Kaiser.
Will you, Mr.. Voter, help IN this
work Stick even if it takes several
years to win.
There are three Legislative Candi-
dates in the field. Opsahl, Rako and
Toureen. Select your man, but see
too that this suggestive development
work is pushed at home and at St..
Paul, by yourselves and all your
friends. Each one help to bring about
the best.
Respectfully yours,
j. j. OPSAHL,
The Home Maker.
Legislative Candidate, 62nd District,
Beltrami County, Primary Election,
T,~o 17tL C.Efk
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
State Of Ohio, s::ty Of Toledo.

State Of Ohio, S:ty OF Toledo.
Lucas County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm Of r. ].
: Cheney Geo. doing business in the City
of Toledo, county and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
SwornHto before me and subscribed In
my presence. this 9th day Of December.
: A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
tine Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
I for testimonials, free
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o.
Sole bysall druggists, 75c.
fSaIalrs Family Pills for constipation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

gave me immediate relief. It is surely
ansiexcellent .tonic, does not purge and
is not objectionable to- the taste. !.Was
living in England when l first took the
Discovery.' Have since been around the
world and always carried a bottle OF
discovery right, with me. lswould not
bea'without it. "-lAAlALTER4 H. sDUNSToN.
iNiliowF Farm, R.. F. D. 2.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
champion. Whittier.

Big Flat, ,'Ark.-W.. j. Sword is
ninety years old, yet he holds state
championship. Sword is champion
whittier of Arkansas. He challenges
all Corners. With a trusty pocketknife
he began whiting on drygoods boxes
fifty years ago. Now he carves out
bird houses. hoe handles and little
Windmilla- -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

POLITICAL ANNOU NCElGENT
(Inserted by I. B. Olson in his own
behalf and paid for by him at
rate ofF$5.00 for serfes.)
... i y, 3I.3B. 4OLSON IN q
% andftfate for @
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Having received encouragement
from representative men of the coun-'
ty to enter the race fore the Office
of Register of Deeds of sa Beltrarnt
county, I take this opportunity to
announce my candidacy for said Of
fee. i will not Sibe In a position 70
make an extensive campaign, but
will appreciate your vote and sup
port all the more haYesFtwO sons
in the service and am contributing
every dollar I make (outside Of a.
bare living) towards theswar. I be-
lieve I am competent TO mi this Of
flee and if favoredhwithaJh@ nomira-
ton and election, VIII asgive the
office my closest attentfoM and the.
best service there is IN me. :;
- Respectfully,
I.tsf3AULS SON..
d & W to GIG ri. %y
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
C., a. HUFFMAN
Ordered published by Edward Pau
son. and price to be paid for

son, and price to be paid for
series, $5.00.)
hereby announce myself can
didate for the office Of County Com
missioner from the First District of
Beltrami county, to be voted upon
at the primaries June II. I have
had eight years experience as COM
missioner Of Todd county and feel
I can execute the duties to the best
interests of the citizens of my dis
trict and the county at large. Your
support will be much appreciated.
EDWARD PAULSON.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
Was He Riqht?

"What's the dispute abolt" de-
manded the proprietor. Remember,
in this store the customer ~ always
right ~; ~" 81, i ',-.--. '-~4D,,--~
"He says you're an old shark" exs
planned the clerk briefly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

attack OF Nptoinalll
poisoning swh i c h
left ME = in very
| bad condition. I
tried a gr e a t
many "so-called"
tonics, but .,f!elt
no better :liIltl
a friend suggested
my trying a bottle
Of DR.. Pierce's
G;otde Medical
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15

I hereby announce myself asa
candidate for the nomination Of
Sheriff of Beltrami County, Mime.
sofa, at the primary election to be
held June II, 1918.
lowing to my work as Chairman
ofA-the' sExemption Board and s"ths
work q connected with the Sheriff n
office, IT would be impossible for 1ne
to see you all personally. there
fore respectfully ask your support
at the Tcoming" election. = +;
Very truly yours,
.!'' ANDREW JOHNSON! Il
d & w-529 to 615
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
1'~ACnange.
Ruth is an alchemist I know,
~ Aud so I'll have to drop her,
For every time I'm out with her
: my silver turns to copper:
Widow.

In These Days.
'Tt's as useless as the fifth wheel to
a wagon"
t'That adage is out Of date All au-
tOmobiles carry an extra tire"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-16

Arras the Germans are continuing to
fall back and the British are keeping
in close contact with them. No offic-
ial explanation has yet been advanced
of the retrograde movement of the
Germans over this front, but it is not
at all unlikely that the operations on
:'le Somme front and the harassing
tactics the British recently have en-
I..oyed made the enemy DESTROYS of
establishing himself on new ground
eastward, with the Ancre river a
barrier between him and his foes. At
any rate the Hebuturne salient has
virtually been obliterated by the re-
tirement of the Germans and evident
y they now will be compelled to make
q readjustment of their line between
the Somme and Arras.
In the week of lighting on the Picardy
front 1924 prisoners have fallen in'o
the hands of the French and British ar
mics. according to an official announce
ment. Unofficial reports, probably COM
piled since the official data were sent
from the front. give the number of prls-
oners in allied hands since August -
$1,000 and say also that go captured
guns thus far have been counted.
The situation in Russia again is loom
ing large. With the Soviet leaders hav.
ing fed from Moscow to Kronstadt, the
Soviet troops now are declared to have
begun evacuation of Moscow American
troops have begun to disembark al
Nladivostok 10 aid the Czecho- S,ovak,
army in it's campaign in Siberia or al
lied force is chasing the enemy ntre
than hundred miles south of A.char-
gel on the railroad; further allied ,!orps
have made a landing southwest o.
Archangel and are endeavoring 10 cut
off the retreat of the Soviets, while Brit
!sh troops have arrived at Bakl in the
Caucasus on the Caspian sea. to ass. st
the Armenians in defending this Impar-
tant seaport against the Turks, to whom
u was given by the Brest LitoqsE trat-
" IN the attempt made by the Teutonic
Allies to dismember Russia. Thus it
will be seen that allied forces now ar.
operating jointly on thr.c inpo,tan,
sections of Russian terti.orv-on ,na
north with base n the white sea in
the east with base In the CASPIAN, arl
on the south in Trans Cauca3ia prcb-
ably realizing the seriousness - The
sttua ton as it now affects tha .-ep,ro1
Powers. with defeats on :he western
front and British military positions t,
the other theatres none .oo serio,s
With the feeling in Russia daily crow
ing more intense against the Solshevj'u
and Germanic rule, and with the spec.
ire OF the more than million Ameri-
cans in France and more millions soon
to be in readiness for overseas duty.
important conferences are in progress
at German headquarters The Germa,
and Austrian Emperors and their suites
and Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
General Ludendorf are the main coz
ferees
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-16
RUSSIANS MORE THAN ANXIOUS TO
AGAIN FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM
L. S. at VladivOstok

Washington. Aug. .5.-American
troops today began to disembark at
Vladivostok and Immediately VIII
join the international force 20 aid
the Czecho- Slovak army in its cam
paisn in Siberia. The Americans
compose the 9th Regular Regiment
from Manila and will be followed by
another regiment from the Philip
pines and additional troops from me
United States.
The eth Regiment has not been
raised TO war strength and me ex-
act number OF men is not definitely
known here but it is estimated mere
at. from 1900 to 1900. Colonel Henry
D. Styer commands it. The entire
American force will be under Major
General Graves. who has been COM
manding a regular army division N
Camp kearney. Californi1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-16
BOLSHEVIKI RETREAT

Washington, Aug. 15.-The march
of events in Russia. from news re-
ceived today. seems to be rapidly
assuming the proportions Of a rout
Of the Bolsheviki and of a nature to
bring dismay to Germany.
With allied troops rapidly moving
south from Archangel. forces Of
British, French, japanese and Amer
Jean troops at Vladivostok and OPP
Grating to the westward and a Brit
ish force at Baku, the Czecho-Slo-
vaks have taken new heart in their
heroic fighting against the Germans
and -Austrians. Late dispatches to-
day recorded the advance Of the al
lied troops from Archangel to Pa
bereshska, 100 miles south, on the
road to Nologda. The Bolsheviki are
retreating and are reported commit
ting every known atrocity upon the
civilian population, which openly mas
espoused the cause of the allies. Inc
Bolsheviki throughout Russia are re-
ported not only fleeing before the adj
vancing allies, but the newly arouS-
ed Russians have learned that the
allies are not beaten on the western
front as the Germans and Bolsheviki
have been persstently preaching. As
the real news reaches the great mass
Of the people, the men are reported
taking up the arms that they carried
home with them when they were dis
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