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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-01
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London, June 1There Disgusting the fact that the
situation serious not only of the Germans
having advanced % miles in five days. but they still have
large number of fresh And until it where
these reserves will be used the situation is anxious
Transport of allied working smoothly, and
there plenty to check the German advance with
hope Of Holding the enemy to little progress.
Besides the general objective of crushing the British and
French armies has three obecves separating the
French and British armies channel ports and capturing Ami
and Paris 1t is impossible to tell which of these will
the German reserves
GERMANS OCCUPY BANK ON THE MARINE
Paris, June 1-(Ofical)-The Germans occupy a thir-
eene front the north bank of the Marne between Cha
eau Therry and Verneu but failed in crossing the river at
any point.
The British and French are still holding Rheims
In violent fighting last night the left flank southeast of
Sossons the French hurled the Germans back the Ose
There French rcccot"red Chaudin and Vezy and
took several hundred prisoners Sharp fighting progressing
along the road from Dormans Rheims the right flank
EFFORTS BEING MATE TO DECEIVE ALLIES
By WILLD II PHILLIP SIMMS
Omitted Pr Correspondent)
With the British afed, June 1-Whie the Prussian
armies thrusng the country traversed in 1914
drunk with the first phase of BATTLE the German
commanders making effort to deceive the allies
garding further tunings the offensive. prisoners
claim thing another all probably prmed to deceive
their captors
Some say the Rheims blow the real thing others say
the main blow yet to while others the Ypres
sve is the chief.
IT. likely the allied commanders have general knowledge
of German plans and will act accordingly.
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FAIRBANKS CONDITION GRAVE

.8.5..54.'s% .s.s4. s%s.s%(By United Pfess> :. B.. :
1z indianapolis, Ind, June 1.-The
condition Of former Vice President
y e. w. Fairbanks is again critical to-.
flyEs y. -
- Heb the Red Cross
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SOLDIER KILLED ON
FRENCH BATTLE LINE
HAS RELATIVES HERE
(By United Press

st. Paul, June 1.-General Perish
ing's casualty list today contains the
name of "Gustave Hilbert, Bemidji,
Minn., killed in action"
The Gustave Hilbert referred to
in the above dispatch is a brother
of Mrs. F. S. King of the town of
Frohn, and Mrs. A. w. Stott Of Be-
midi is a niece of the dead fighter.
He had visited in Bemidji several
times but enlisted from Bismarck,
N. d. Ed Hilbert, who worked in
Bemidji at the time of the call, is a
brother of the slain Sammy.
Help the Red Cross
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~28 NAMES IN CASUALTY LIST

-(By United Press) u,
Washington, June 1.-General
Pershing's casualty report today con-
.tains 81 casualties s.,-sss.st.--s g ,;.y.
S''- Help the Red Cross
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GRADE SCHOOL
BOY CALLED
FOR SPECIAL.
VAR TRAINING
Another Step is Taken Today
Toward Military Policy
Of Government.
~
RECRUITS MAY ENTER
FOR TRAINING,TO JUNE 2
:. So 60 --.5'. - = -
For Next Ten Weeks Nation
Will Be Practically On
iWheatless Basis. r.. q
,(By United Press)

8&&f Washington, June 1.-Another
step in the policy toward military
training was revealed today when
& the war department issued call for
s524,174 grammar school graduates to
qualify for general military service.
They will enter the various colleges
and schools June Is for special mill
tary training. 81. ...., : 80
III N Voluntary recruits will be re-
ceived up to June T. -. ~., =.
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Practically 3Wheatless Basis.

Washington, June 1.-For the
next. 10 weeks the nation will be
\ placed on practically Ia wheatless
! basis. It is now squeezed down to
SSsO per cent of the normal wheat con-
y sumption and will be until August
r.15, when the new crop will be avail
able. : ..:zs -a
:; ss=5 Fraternal societies., churches and
Sunday schools and religious orga-
nizations will be asked to get mem
4 bers to pledge abstinance from wheat
until the new, crop is available.
Labor organizations are not asked
to abandon wheat but greatly cur
tail its, use. :'.>%.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-30

Begin today to do your part
The bread Allies now eating contains far smaller
percentage of heat -four than the Victory Bread which the
Food Administration wishes you use.
You giving your sons-they giving their lves-in
this fight for the Worlds Democracy. Will you send them
the food SO necessary for their health and vctory
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-30

ludl wv OI Quiet (CICdlS
than wheat flour.
See that there is no
waste in your home. SAGE
that slice q day.
Buy only as much
bread as you can eat, and
eat all you buy.
Order your breadregu-
larly in advance. We will
then bake only as much
bread as will be sold and
eaten.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
HARRY LAUDER
SELLS POODLE
FOR RED CROSS
Winds Up His Day in Omaha
With "DutCh" Auction at
Which He Collects 81, $40
for Relief Work.

Harry Lauder wound up his visit
to Omaha by extracting $1,340 for the
Red Cross from the audience at the
Boyd theater last night. He did it by
means of Dutch" auction, with a
white poodle dog as the object of sale
The dog was sold many times, with
bids from S. to $1OO and lives to be
sold again.
The auction was the end Of busy
day for Harry Lauder. He arrived at
noon and was promptly routed from
his car for interviews for the after
noon papers. Then he was hustled
along to the Chamber of Commerce,
where he spoke at a business mems
luncheon and from there to the Boyd
theater, where he gave matinee per-
formance. In the evening he repeated
his show, concluding with some seri-
Gus words about the war, and the
auction for the Red Cross.
We Know Nothing of War.
"You don't know anything about
war yet" Mr.. Lauder told the mem
bers of the Omaha Chamber OF Com
merce at noon when he spoke after
luncheon in the main dining room.
"You have heard people tell about
it, but you know nothing about it.
The only thing a lot of you have
concerned yourselves with is whether
it affects your pocket or not. But
you will know something about it.
You will know when these boys
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Two)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
CONCRETE SHIP
GREAT SUCCESS;
BUILD 81 MORE
Great Moulded Affair Takes
Water and Rides Like Buoy;
Epoch.Making Event,
Engineers Say.
(By Associated Press.)

A Pacific Port, March 14.-So COM
pletely successful was the launching
here today of the worlds largest. re.
inforced concrete ship that her build-
ers announced they Immediately would
begin construction of 81 similar ships
of larger size and expected that all
would be completed within 18 months.
Six weeks from the day the con-
crete was poured into the forms, the
7,9O0-ton ship, christened Faith"
took the water. The huge hull,
careening sharply as it slid down a
steeply pitched incline, threw up a
huge wave in the narrow estuary,
then righted sharply and rode like a
buoy. Not hitch had marred the
operation and a large crowd, aware
of the fact that they were participat-
ing at significant, perhaps an his
torical ceremony, shouted itself
hoarse.
Engineers Are Delighted.
Engineers expressed themselves so
satisfied with the launching and the
manner in which the vessel responded
to immersion that it would be un-
necessary in their opinion to give
the Faith transpacifc towing try
out, as intended. There was no ques-
tion, it was said, that the ship was
entirely seaworthy and it was an
nounced that engines would be in
stalled at once and the Faith put into
commission as rapidly as it could be
fitted out. Two tugs Immediately
took, the Faith in tow for an iron
works plant nearby
Enthusiasm was unbounded among
experts who witnessed the launching.
They predicted that concrete con-
struction would make a new era in
shipbuilding and the speed with which
the ships could be turned out would
have an important bearing on the al
lies successful prosecution of the
war.
Utility rather than grace is ex-
pressed in the concrete ships lines.
1t looks as if it might have been
carved out of rock itself, so massive
is her build.
Launched From Meadow.
The launching was from a broad
meadow, with none of the usual ap-
purtenances of commerce except a
couple of construction sheds. Not
even a telephone ran to the plant"
1t is the contention of the builders
that concrete vessels can be built
with no greater preparation, wherever
land and water meet, and that ma
terial always is at hand or near by.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
NoNPART|SAN
MEETING HALTED:
MEMBERS Beaten
Organizers Are Escorted Across
] Nebraska Line and Put on
Train fof, Norfolk; Given
Ard Degree" =

Sioux Falls, S. D., March IA
nonpartisan league meeting. scheduled
to be held at Gregory, S. D., yester.
day was prevented and five league or.
ganizers were beaten and driven out
Of Gregory county across the Ne.
braska line, according to the five mer
who arrived here tonight. The meet
ing was stopped, despite assurances
OF Governor Norbeck that the sheriff
Of the county would protect the
league members, the men asserted.
After being seized and beaten, the
men were forced by the home guards
to march through the rain to Burke,
the county seat, seven miles distant,
where they were held in jail last night
according to the story. The men were
released this morning after third
degree" they asserted and placed on
a train for Norfolk, Neb. They ar
rived here tonight from Norfolk.
Sheriff Not Seen.
During the outbreak at Gregory the
sheriff, who had arrived in town with
force of home guards earlier in the
day, was not seen, it is claimed. The
governor, they said, had wired his
assurance that the sheriff of the
county would maintain order at the
Gregory meeting, after they had ap-
pealed to him Tuesday, when a meet
ing was broken up at Hernick, S. D.,
and several members beaten.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15

the once very popular ginger ale high
ball.
A few drinks usually sufices for
her purpose, and the bottle and a
crisp greenback change hands. Both
leave shortly after, and her presence
is soon noted in another cafe with
another man affected by the Nebraska
drouth.
The source of her supply is un-
known, but it is reported that she is
the same woman who has been noted
on the K. nsas City train at frequent
intervals, apparently suffering with
a severe toothache. A hot water bot
tie is carried to relieve the pain. but
the smell of the contents remind one
iavorably of the now deceased John
Barley '-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
GERMANS WILL STARVE BALTIC
PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM VASSALS
Ralph I. Wilson, Omaha, Ex-Creighton Man,
Drops 5000 Feet in Balloon at San Antonio;
Uninjured; Describes Thrilling Flight

Wilson says. The crew was unable
to close the yawning chasm in the
monster, and it started for the ground
at the rate Of so feet per second. As
the bag neared the ground, the flying
cadets, including Wilson, worked like
beavers heav:ng overheard sand bags
to check the flight of the dirigible, but
apparently with scant success.
Student at Creighton.
Wilson'S father. in telling cf the ac-
cident, could not visibly suppress his
emotion for the narrow escape of his
son. He declared he read the story
i'll The Morning Bee, but had no
inkling that his own son was one of
the officers to take the daredevil
plunge. Wilson, according to his
father, will return to Omaha in
few weeks.
The newly appointed officer has
been in the army three months, having
been selected to enter the officers
school at Fort Omaha October IS.
Prior to that time he was a student
at Creighton university, where he re-
ceived several medals for his ability
as scholar, having made the record
of leading his class two years.
Wilson was captain of Company A
in the Creighton battalion previous to
his enlistment. He was very popular
with his associates and has an un-
usually large number of friends in
the city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15

WARRANTS FOR TWO.
Warrants were also issued for the
arrest of William Mack, 4525 Twenty
first street, and Mrs. A. Setterquist,
5000 Miami street, two members of
the cult which sells "The Finished
Mystery"
Mack, an old man, who worked Is
years for the city street department
and acquired little home of his own,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon.
He was released under a bond of
$4,000. He, with Mrs. Setterquist, is
charged with violating the espionage
act in circulating the book.
FOUR PAGES OUT.
The copies carried by the aged man
in his little satchel had four pages
cut out of them. This, he said, was
done on advices from Washing
ton that the books could be sold with
these pages cut out.
1--WE do not make any profit on the
books" said Mr.. Mack. 1--WE sell them
simply to help the work along and
to try to shed brightness into the
world which is so dark today. The
book has 800 pages and we sell it for
90 cents. have my own home and
my son and daughter keep me. I
can do this work Sometimes l sell
three or four copies a day"
Mrs. Satterquist will be taken into
custody today.
Sold Before War.
Officers of the sect in Omaha say
the books are Pastor Russell's in
trepretations of the scriptures. They
were sold long before the present war
started and everywhere are distrib-
uted by members of the cult without
pay.
Warrants From Lincoln.
Lincoln, March l4.-Federal war
rants charging several persons of the
Sect Of the Messiah" at Omaha with
violating the espionage act by cir
culating copies of a book alleged to
contain disloyal matter were issued to-
day under direction of United States
District Attorney T. S. Allen.
At the same time a search warrant
was issued for the seizure of 10000
copies OF book entitled "The Fin
lshed Mystery" reported to be stored
in building in Omaha, and said to
contain statements encouraging re-
slstance to the draft law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
DUTCH SHIPS INVOLVED.

} DUTCH SHIPS INVOLVED.
While the board makes no reference
to the determination of the United
States and Great Britain to take over
Dutch ships in American and alled
ports, unless the Netherlands govern.
ment accepts a pending economic
agreement, its statement throws i.,ier.
esting light upon the situation which
led to this decision. The, hope il ex-
pressed that the neutrals will contrast
the respective attitudes of the Cri'ed
States and Germany toward the p'cb-
lem of feeding them.
STATEMENT OF BOARD
Following is the statement:
"Germany's war leaders are isina
the submarine war weapon TO prevent
ful6llment of American agreementsto
feed and relieve European neutral. A
mass Of cumulative evidence and :ndi-
cations in the possession Of the war
trade board shows that GERMANY is
employing the submarine menace tc
prevent neighbor neutrals receiving
any food or favors at the hands CT tht
United States and its associates III the
war, and to coerce these neutl ais
through starvation into political and
economic dependence upon Germany
quite as fnuch as to strike at'tfIc4 Soin.
munications of its opponents-~Ger.
mapy's artensihie aim in proclai!ring
the ruthless submarine campaign
Further indications tend to now
that the submarines are being used
along similar dog-in n-the-manger E.:es,
to destroy neutral shipping without
regard to its employment in order to
weaken prospective neutral CONT cti-
tors after the war and to drag down
neutral tonnage as far as possible to.
ward a position of equality Cor ;rftri
ority) with the German mercantile
marine, which has lost between 10 and
so per cent Of its ocean tonnage. SO
that the neutral trader may be equally
as badly off as his German riVlI Tor
tonnage in the after-the-war race for
commerce.
Draw Lines Close,
mo other Interpretation can BE-
placed, for example. upon the repeated
Instances of destruction of neutral
Danish ships on voyages between Ice
land and the Danish mother country
entirely outside of the war zon~ nor
upon the multitudinous mistakes
whereby Dutch and other nerral
ships clinging TO the precarious mar
row way left open through the pro-
hibited zone are torpedoed outside
the zone by U-boat commanders,
whose word that the vessels were
within the zone is later accepted un-
questioned by the German pt;ze
courts. Prominent ship owners in
Scandinavian countries have stated
their belief that many sinkings we're
inspired only by the intention t, get
rid of neutral tonnage so as Il M
crease the relative value of German
shipping available at the end c' the
war,
Examinations of the captains OF tor
pedoed ships before the marine c5urts
in these countries bear out this belief,
the testimony repeatedly shown; that
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
MANY BELIEVED
DEAD IN WRECK
BURIED BY SLIDE

Harrisburg, Pa, March l5.-Penn.
sylvania railroad train No.. 19, the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago
express, west bound from Philadel-
phia was wrecked east of Elizebeth-
town near here early today. 1t is re-
ported to have been buried under a,
landslide.
A relief train with nurses and physi-
clans will start from Harrisburg for
the scene Us soon as it can be made
up.
Two cars were derailed. One was
upset and the other is lying across
the tracks. The train is said to have
been running at the rate of 90 miles
an hour when a boulder in the Eliza
bethtown "cut' struck it in the mid
die.
Lancaster, Pa, March 14-Reports
received tonight state that IS persons
were killed and about 40 injured in the
wreck
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
MILLION TONS
OF DUTCH SHIPS
TO AID ALLIES
Move Is of Tremendous In
portanCe; Will Take Effect
March IS; Entente Hand
Forced by Germans.
(By Associated Proa0.)

Washington, March "A million
tons of Dutch shipping. nov held in
ports the world over, through Hol-
lands fear of Germany's threat to sink
them if they venture out, will be
brought into the service Of the United
States and Great Britain on March l8
Unless the Netherlands government
braves the menace Of Germaly's pres
sure and voluntarily accepts an agres.
nlent under, which the ships would Ii
I9Jut in tratff the United States and
Great Britain will take thanlS over
under international law, availine
themselves of sovereign right which
Germany itself has hitherto exercised
under the same authority.
Formal Notice Given.
Formal notice ,has been presented
to The Hague by the American and
British diplomatic representatives OF
of the allied governments intention.
As a result the Netherlands minister,
August Phillips, acting under instruc-
tons of his government. made final
and personal appeal to President Will
son to at least modify the decision.
The Associated Press is enabled to
state that the president saw no reason
for altering the decision and that un-
less the ships are turned over by next
Monday a presidential proclamation
would be issued taking over the ships
in American ports, of which there are
about 80. Many more, however, are
in British or other allied ports.
From the American official point OF
view, the action is one into WHICH
the allied governments have been
forced by the German duress of Hol-
land, which may now see its ships in
trade again, and can point out to Ger
many that they were taken through
no will of her own.
Will Help Tremendously.
Coming at time when the dire
need of the allied cause is for ships,
this acquisition of 100000 tons is of
tremendous importance.
Every arrangement has been made
for the compensation OF the Neither
lands for the ships.
They will be insured and armed and
if any be lost they will be replaced,
besides material compensation for
their use and the United States will
permit the export of breadstuffs and
cattle foods, which Holland needs
sorely for its own people, ard in addi-
ton will restore the interrupted trade
of Holland with its colonies by guar
anteeing bunkers for its ships in that
trade.
Under this arrangement Holland
still is left enough ships for its own
needs and has been notified that plen-
tiful supplies of food await it if it
sends bottoms to carry it. b. this ar
rangement. officials point Out, further
responsibility for food shortage in
the Netherlands rests on Germany.
American and allied officials have
no fear that the move will force Hoi-
land into the war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
Torpedo Victim Ends
Letter on Solid Earth

Minneapolis, Mimi, March l3. .-"I
didn't finish this letter for few
days because, dear mother, stayed
out all night" ends on clean. c.;sp
paper a letter received here today
by Mrs. Hattie c. Wiggin from her
son, Sergeant Gilbert H. Wiggio:
letter which begins on crumpled,
stained sheets.
Sergeant Virgins is member Of
the goth engineers. The letter was
mailed where the grass is green,
and it is like a little bit Of heaven"
1t was swimming party winch
interrupted his letter writing
swimming party in the north ebrn-
mel. He thrust the sheets into his
pocket and they were there as he
floated about waiting for one Of the
boats which came to the rescue of
the Tuscania to pick him up. That
is why they are stained.
II have had some wonderful ~
periences and I am enjoying them
all" says Sergeant Wiggip
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15

Omaha booze hounds" are keen on
the trail Of a Society bootlegger,"
Frequent ieports have been made Of
her appearance in the better class ho-
tells and cafes, but no evidence has
been produced that would tend to
identify her.
Only the better class of cabarets
and cafes are visited. She is care
fully dressed in the latest costumes
and is always accompanied by male
escort
Ginger ale appears to be the
favorite beverage of the. society
bootlegger" Following the receipt of
the popular soft drink she slyly
brings forth a small bottle. A little
shot" and the soft drinks becomes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
Son of E. H. Wilson With
Group of Flying Cadets at
Time; Number Severely
Hurt by Fall.

Ralph T. Wilson, le years old, son
of Ellis H. Wilson, 1922 Marcy street,
was in the balloon which fell $500
feet at San Antonio, Wednesday.
The father received a telegram
from his son Thursday, which says,
Dad. had the greatest ride of my
career today. Was in the balloon
which fell 5000 feet yesterday and
never phased a hair, although some
Of it is grey now, am told. We
landed in fifty-mile wind on Mon
day, and were dragged over the
ground several hundred yards"
VALVES GO WRONG.
The story of the wild ride taken
by several officers and cadets in the
runaway balloon was printed in The
Bee Thursday morning. The Asso-
ciated Press story gave only the
names of those injured. Wilson de-
clares five other flying cadets were
in the basket, and escaped serious in
juries.
Something went wrong with the
valve in the top of the gas bag, when
the balloonists attempted landing,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-03-15
Americans Make
First Permanent
Advance on Enemu
BULLETIN

With the American Army in
France, March l4.-American
troops in the Luneville sector
have occupied and are holding
enemy trenches northeast of
Badonvillers, which they forced
the Germans to abandon
through recent raids and con-
centrated artillery fire. The
trenches have been consoG-
dated with ours. This, though
a small forward movement,
marks the first permanent ad-
vance by the American army in
France. The consolidation of
the trenches enables the Ameri-
cans and French to operate
from higher ground than here
tofore.
The Germans made only
feeble attempts to retake the
position, but each time were re-
pulsed.