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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
SINS St, =! Silence; Z.
|. H0VERS ON ENTIRE.
WESTERN BATTLE .
FR0NT;;SIX WEEKS
(By United Press)

With the British afield, May Ia
A sinister silence hovers over the en-
tire battle front>as the Germans pre-
pare for their third huge offensive.
It is generally regarded to be the
greatest yet staged on the part of
the Teutons on the west 'front.'.
Six weeks have passed since the
big drive on b9th sides of the somme
stopped. Yet comparatively little
has been accomplished. Although
unusually dry and favorable weather
has prevailed, Hindenburg's promise
to Germany OF quick decision has
gone by the boards.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14

lightens the trend of everyday
a couple might be given as in p
"DOC'SY PATRIOTIC HORSE
doc" Northrup, the we'll known
osteopath, sin, the gladstone. spring,
takes himself and the missus and hies
out to their pretty little summer
home north of Bemidji on the Birch
mont road.
One of the paramount objects of
consideration of the Northrup house
hold is a spotted brown and white
pony, the family perambulator. And
it is some patriot. Fact is, he is
"there' every way when it comes
right down to being the best bet
Uncle Sam has in the equine line in
this part of the state, If not in the
entire state.
It was when the long line of autos
hove in sight last Sunday morning
on the trip of the band and the Home
Guard to Kelliher that the pony took
notice He was grazing near the
front of the house and was contented
with the world in general.
A few cars passed. Along came
the gaudily decorated recruiting car.
The pony gave snort as it threw
up it's head, made a dash, took up
his position in the line in front of
the recruiting auto and for three
miles cantered in front. Reaching a
barn and other buildings on the road
side, the pony turned out, wheeled
and watched the rest of the line pass.
And the "Doc?" That's another
story.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
1000 Reported Killed.

Moscow, May 14.-Four thousand
Germans and members of the Finnish
White Guard were killed in battle
near Lahtis, 60 miles northeast Of
Helsingfors. A German lombard
ment killed many civilians after the
White Guard occupied Tammerfors,
IS miles northeast Of Abo. They
shot 500 Russians, officers and SOL
diers, executing them in groups of
40 or so, machine guns being used.
MAKE w.s.s. PLEDGES 4
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
GOVERNMENT TAKES
OVER PRECIOUS METALS
(By United Press)

Washington, May 14.-The gov
eminent has Communicated for war
purposes all platinum at s1O5 per
ounce, iridium at $175 per ounce
and palladium at $1S5 per ounce.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
CLOSE OF A PERFECT DAY

CLOSE OF A PERFECT DAY
It was a blithsome morn, week
ago Saturday. Nymore had little UNI
usual to report. The hum of the
Crookston mills sang their industrial
tune and affairs moved as was their
wont. 1t was beautiful day.
In one spot there was a scene Of
activity. A house was the setting.
And it was a good house-fortunate
people. In front of this comfortable
dwelling was grouped several Kitchen
utensils Of household use. Along the
same thoroughfare were arranged in
front, other collections, awaiting the
arrival of the Red Cross salvage col
lecting truck. The last day Of the
drive.
The hard work was soon to be ter
minated and the ladies were again
assuming their usual spirit Of cheer
fulness. The weeks grind would
soon be at an end.
The sorting of miscellaneous met
ais, the sorting Of old shoes, bottles,
rags, old clothes and what not. The
last bundle of magazines tied and
paper sacked All taken care of and
sold. A sigh of relief-the close of
| perfect day.
Monday-A voice on the telephone.
A woman's voice. That of woman
of intelligence and blessed with good,
substantial sense A little uncertain
but maintaining her composure. She
was sorry to interrupt the one called,
but-the collection of Junk" taken
from the front yard were the kitchen
utensils Of the family. They were
just moving in.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
PACKED STREET CAR
BARELY ESCAPES TRAIN

St. Paul, May 14-Several men
were slightly injured and two girls
tainted when street car became
stalled on a railroad crossing this
morning, as a freight train rapidly
bore down upon the trap. The car
cleared the track as the train barely
reached the crossing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
NEW AIRCRAFT HEAD
(Pv limited PreSs)

(By United Press)
Washington, May 14.-(Official)
Archer London of Buffalo was to.
day named chief of the; aircraft pro-
duction division.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
NEWSPAPERMAN. DIED TODAY
(Rv TInitad PresSl

IDy
London, May Thames Gordon
Bennett, owner of the New York
World, died this morning in Paris
MAKE W.s.s Pledges
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
WEEKS LAUNCHING RECORD.
(By. United Press)

(By United Press)
Washington, May 14.-The emer-
gency fleet corporation for the week
ending last night launched an aver
age of two ships daily, according to
the report.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
DAILY CASUALTY LIST
(Rv Tinted PresS)

(By United Press)
Washington, May 14.-The cas-
ualty list today contains the names
of 27 missing, bringing the possible
missing from the Scieprey fighting
to over hundred.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
THE HUMAN Side OF LIFE

Sometimes incident into otherwise uneventtu
and prosac humdrum existence and which sort OF
gtens of everyday monotony in respects and
a couple might be given as in point:
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Continued on page FOUR
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14

Saturday evening, May 5, we went
to Fargo. Monday, under the guild
ance of Mr.. Altof, we went through
the Fargo publication plant. This
is a beautiful plant and kept to an
exceedingly high state of efficiency.
The plant has a 00,00O-gallon
capacity, and "a complete chemical
laboratory and installations of all
kinds for the scientific filtering OF
water. The water is secured from
the Red river and is very dirty, but
at the faucets anywhere in the city
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14

Continued on page four)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER ii.

went to Aix-la-Chappelle to hos
pital. l met many more wounded men
who had fought in Belgium. All were
Of the opinion that the Belgian dead
numbered as many civilians as SOL
diers. Even If the German soldiers
who fought In Belgium do not admit
the cruelties committed against the
Belgians, it cannot be denied that at
least 80 per cent Of the cruelties
known to the world to have been COM
mitted in Belgium were only too true.
A young soldier who lay next to me
in the hospital told me that his COM
pany, during a street fight in Liege,
was given orders to kill everybody
without discrimination. Systematical.
ly, one house after another was set on
fire. The inhabitants either fell in the
flames or became the victims in the
streets to the gun barrels of the Ger
man kultur-bearers.
At the time doubted the words OF
my neighbor, even though l had seen
what German warfare meant. After
L
hospital and again restored to my de-
tachment. Partly by auto, partly by
foot, reached my detachment by ten
o'clock in the evening. Our transport
moved this time over Trier to Luxem-
burg. The little grand duchy of Lux
emburg was overrun entirely by Ger
man soldiers. The Germans who had
made their homes in Luxembourg had
everything taken away from them, es-
necially the farmers, all food, without
thought of payment, so that in Luxem-
burg at this time there was shortage
of food. The people here as well as
in Belgium were very friendly, yet they
harbored a terrible bitterness against
the German government, which had
loosed it's troops like band of robbers
and murderers over their peaceful
country.
Belgium and Luxembourg, the two
first unhappy victims of the damnable
German politics and its drunkenness
with power!
That the Luxembourg citizens detest-
ed Germany an incident showed me
which happened in the village of Mar
moth. We were In a friendly CONVEX
s%tion with Luxembourg farmer. Two
officers approached and listened. One
officer, a captain, asked the Luxem-
burger, "What do you think Of the
war. and of the quickness Of Germany
There Is only one Germany, isn't
there?"
"Yes," replied the farmer. THANK
the Lord"
For those four words the farmer
was arrested at once and transported
to Germany as court prisoner.
could never learn what, became Of
him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06

nous losses. The reports we received
were contradictory. 1t was impossible
to get clear picture. In the mean
time the artillery bombardment had
even the German soldiers. The heavi-
est artillery was brought into action
against the steel and concrete de-
lenses.
No soldier so far knew anything of
the existence of the 42-centimeter NOR
tars. Long after Liege was in Ger
man hands these soldiers could not
understand how 1t was possible that
the defenses, which consisted Of dou-
BILE six-meter walls Of steel and con-
crete, were reduced after only a few
hours bombardment.
myself could not take part In these
operations, being wounded, but my
comrades told me later how the cap
ture of the several forts came about.
Artillery of all caliber was trained on
the forts, but 1t was the 21-centimeter
mortars and the As which performed
the real work.
From a distance the l2-centimeter
projectiles were heard to arrive, to the
accompaniment of a fearful kissing
that sounded like a long drawn-out
screech which filled the whole at
mosphere. Wherever 1t fell, every
thing was destroyed within a radius
of several hundred meters. The air
pressure which the bursting Of the pro-
jectile produced was so terrible that 1t
made breathing difficult for those of
us who were holding the advanced po-
SitionS.
To make this witches holiday COM
plete. the Zeppelins appeared during
the night to participate in the work of
destruction The soldiers suddenly
heard above their heads the whirling
of propellers and the noise of the mo-
tors. The Zeppelins came nearer.
They were not discovered by the enc
my antil they were close to the forts,
which Immediately played all the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06
searchlights at their dlsposai on then

searchlights at their disposal on them,
hunting the armament for the flying
foe. The whirling of the propellers
Of the airships stopped suddenly. In
stead, high in the air a brilliant light
appeared, the searchlight Of the Yep
pelin, which, for a moment. illuminate
ed the entire landscape.
Suddenly all became dark again. A
few moments later powerful detona-
tions revealed the fact that the Yep
pelin had thrown off ballast" That
went on long while. Explosion fol-
lowed explosion. The1 were followed
by clouds Of fire. In the air, exploding
shrapnel which the Belgian artillery
fired at the airships could be observed.
The whirling of the propellers started
up again, directly above our heads. 1t
became quieter and quieter, until the
powerful ships of the air disappeared
from our vicinity.
Thus the forts were leveled. Thou
sands of Belgians lay behind the walls
and under the Notifications. dead and
buried. A general storming attack
followed. Liege was In the hands OF
the Germans, who had paid, In dead
alone in this battle, $4,000 men.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
Bright Eton Boys.

The schoolboy "howler" is quite COM
monty amusing, but its very frequen-
cy Is apt to make 1t something Of a
bore. 1t is doubtful, however, If q
more representative collection OF the
genus has ever been got together than
that recently given to the public, out
of his own experience, by the vice
provost of Elton. First there was the
exquisite, though not absolutely new
one of the boy who explained that
Homer was not written by Homer,
but by another man of the same name.
Then there was a dissertation on beads
I'm the terms that, "a bede Is very
old man known as venerable bede,
and sometimes called Adam Bede."
But the gem OF the whole collection
was undoubtedly the definition of q
vacuum as "the place where the pope
lives" After this to be told that grav-
ity is "a limit Of ten miles an hour" is
In the nature Of IN anti-climax-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06
bic. He released my comrade and ran
away with an insane cry of pain.

bic. He released my comrade and ran
away with an insane cry of pain.
Everything developed by seconds.
The blood Of the Belgian ran out of
my friends mouth; terrible nausea
and indescribable loathing seized him.
The taste of warm human blood
brought him almost to the verge of in
sanity. In the course of this night
battle / came in contact for the first
time with the butt of Belgian gun.
During a hand-to-haDd fight with
Belgian, second enemy soldier
struck me on the back of the head
with the butt of his gun so hard that
my helmet was forced down over my
ears. The pain was fearful and /
tainted
When I revived, was lying in a
barn, with my head bandaged, among
other wounded men. My wound was
not severe. I only had feeling as If
my head was twice it's normal size.
The other wounded soldiers and the
ambulance men said the Belgians had
been forced back within the forts and
that hard fighting was still In prog
reSs.
Wounded men were brought in con-
tinuously and they told us that the
Germans had already stormed several
forts and had taken a number Of main
and auxiliary defenses, but could not
hold them because they had not been
sufficiently supported by artillery. The
defenses inside the forts and their gar
risons were still intact. The situation
was not ripe for storming attack, so
the Germans had to retire with enOr-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06

Streets, sidewalks, houses In
the town of Neuve Chateau are
heaped with dead and wound
ed-civiIians and soidiers-after
the town is taken by the Ger.
mans In a hsnd-to-hand encoun-
ter. The next InstaIIment tells
how the German soldiers car
rIed out the orders Of their Off
GERS to show no mercy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06
KAlSER'S TERRIBLE ENGINES OF WAR RAIN DEATH UPON
THE CITIES OF BELGIUM

Synops-Ihe author these
ing to the engineers
Belgium with
their destination
soldiers
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06

The long-expected shortage Of gaso-
line is developing. and consequently
the fuel administration last week re-
auested that for the present all auto
mobiles, motorboats and motorcycles,
used for pleasure. be not used on Sun
days, in all states east of the Missis-
sippi river. AS the gasoline is needed
for war purposes. all patriotic owners
of cars accepted the request as q COM
mand.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-06

Spain's threat to seize interned Ger
man shipping to compensate for
Spanish losses by submarine warfare
had it's effect in Berlin, for though
the German government did not yield
entirely. it made it plain that 1t want
ed no more countries added to the list
of it's enemies. While the discussion
was going on. however, another Span
ish vessel was torpedoed, and the sit
uation became yet more critical.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
TO HIS LEGAL HEIRS
Late Mort AIbauSh's Will Filed in
Probate Court Today.

The will of the late Morton Al
baugh, clerk of the United States
court, was filed for probate today in
the office of Judge Ralph II. Cav.
Only nine words were used by AL
baugh in directing the division of his
estate.
II bequeath all my estate to my
legal heirs" the document reads.
: The will was written at Wichita
April 3, 1901. about the time Albaugh
received appointment as state bank
commissioner. w. Y. Morgan. present
lieutenant governor, and candidate
for nomination for governor at the
August primaries against whom AL
baugh was pitted in his fight to put
Henry Allen in the governors chair,
was one of the witnesses to the will.
c. w. Williams of Chanute. was the
other witness.
The will cannot be probated until
testimony IF the two witnesses is OBJ
tanned. Thirty days after it is probated
are permitted for an inventory of the
estate to he filed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
70 Build Model Towns About
MunitiOn Factories.
Otto NJ. EidIitZ Is in Charge of
Gigantic Housing Plan.
RUSHING BILL THRU CONGRESS
Include Recreation Center,
Churches and Stores.
Govt Can Commander Land
About War Factory Sites.

Washington, Feb 19.-With a $780,,
100000 enabling appropriation being
rushed thru congress, the government
today was prepared to launch a gil
gantic housing programme give de-
cent shelter to American workmen
at war factories.
The plan. modelled somewhat after
the British and one of the most am
bilious war moves the government has
made to improve labor conditions, was
outlined to the United Press today by
Otto NJ. Eidlitz, new director of hous-
ing as follows:
Construction at munitions centers
as fast as they can be reared-of suit
able sanitary houses in sufficient
numbers to give decent homes to all
workmen employees in the vicinity;
Making these houses of permanent
structure wherever expedient and
compatible with necessary speed in
completing them. This is proposed to
make them IA permanent contribu-
ton 10 the Industrial efficiency of the
communities"
Erection of recreational buildings
where the new labor cities are re-
moved from regular communities
Also of churches, schools, stores, etc,
everything to assure comfort and the
requirements of proper living.
The houses to be quilt and paid Tor
by the various communities in which
they will be located by funds advanced
by the government out of the $50,
600 revolving fund. Communities
realizing the community benefits of
attracting big industries to their To-
calities would form committees, raise
20 per cent of the necessary outlay and
apply to the director of housing for
the remaining so per cent. This, on
proper security. would be advanced as
q fifteen year loan on easy terms.
The houses to be built under plans
and standards of the government and
AL requirements of recreation, etc,
supplied as the government dictates.
The workers. to have the open
door to purchase their houses, if they
desire. Hint of communicating prop
erty about the plants also was given
-bX EidlitZ.
ut is quite possible that the gov
ernment's power to commander prop
erty in the vicinity of munitions cen
rers may simplify the situation and
save money in some of the new build
ings," he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
Phosphate Will Strengthen
Your Weak Nerves
DRUGGISTS SUPPLY IN TABLET
FORM AND PURCHASERS RE-
CEIyE BINDING GUARAN-
TEE. SATISFACTION OR
MONEY BACK

Weak nerves rob men and women of
all the joy of life aud quickly reduce the
strong and robust to a c, ndition which is
pitiable in the extreme. This condition is
brought about slowly and stealthily in the
majority OF cases, and the poor sufferer
fails to realize what is wrong until faulty
memory, indecision, Jack of desire for work
or recreation, insomnia some other I'M
mistakable symptom indicates weak
nerves. 1t is then that many people make
the big mistake of resortiug to the use
of so-called nerve tonfcs. alcoholic stimu-
lants or drugs. Nothing could be .fnore
harmful more dangerous The nerves
are weak and exhausted; they need food
and nou rishDient--not drugs that will lash
them into temporary activity. Feed your
nerves and they will become strong again
and your health will improve in conse-
quence. That is the advice of present day
physicians and. specialists. and the nerve
food they recommend is just one 5-gr.
tabiet of pure bitro- phosphate taken during
advice, but it's excellence has been proved
over and over again, and, as package
containing sufffcien. bitro-phosphate tab
let's for two weeks treatment can be OBJ
tanned from any druggist at reasonable
cost the remedy is within the reach OF
every sufferer from weak nerves. More
over the whole risk of the trial is assumed
BIZ the manufacturers. for every package Of
bitro-p phosphate tablets is accompanied by
binding guarantee of satisfaction or
money back tits sold In TINS city by
FULLY Mcfarland Drug Co, Waggoner *
Goodrich. and al! good drnggists-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
KEEP UP CAMPAIGN
Goal in Y. NJ. c. A. Membership Drive
Is Not Under 800.

1t seems that number of the citi-
zens of Topeka have gathered the i'm
preston that the Y. NJ. c. A. member
ship campaign is at an end. Far from
it, tho already 225 memberships have
been secured in the city during the
past two days. This means that there
are 225 memberships in Topeka Sc
cured during the period and besides
2e5 memberships have been issued to
the men in olive drab who were MEM
bers of the Y. M: c. A. before the call
to the colors.
This morning Copeland said: 1.-The
campaign is not yet closed nor will it
be until at least 800 more member
ships are secured to take care of those
Topeka boys who were not members
of the Y. NJ. C. A. but who are with
the colors'' Copeland laid especial
emphasis on the physical examine
tons given to members at the Y. NJ.
c. A. before the members are al
lowed to take part in the physical ex-
ercise.
1t is urged by Copeland that the
membership campaign be carried on
until every Topeka boy wearing the
uniform of Uncle Sam be supplied
with membership
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
PREMIER EXPLAINS
Centralized Authority of Allies Neces.
STATED Retirement of Robertson.

London. Feb. 19.-Premier Lloyd
George today made in the house of
commons his eagerly awaited state
ment regarding the recent army
changes. He said the government was
anxious to retain the services of Cen
eral Sir William Robertson chief
of-staff SO long as it was compatible
upon the policy decided upon in COM
mon with Great Britain's allies.
The premier said the policy of the
government was based upon the as
sumption that the allies had suffered
in the past thru lack of concerted and
co-ordinated efforts. 1t has been de-
cided to set up a central authority to
coordinate the strategy of the. allies.
The general principles laid down at
the present session in Versailles of the
supreme war council were agreed to
by all, the premier told the house. 1t
was also agreed that there should be
an inter-allied authority with executive
powers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-19
SHE is A CARRIER?
Mrs. Edith Milburn Put Under a
Meningitis Quarantine.

Cultures taken from the throat of
Mrs. Edith Milburn, 1113 North Van
Buren, street prove her to be a spinal
meningitis carrier" according to DR..
H. l.. Clark, city physician. Mrs.
MiIburn, who lives with her daughter.
Mrs. E. G.. Messenger. has been under
quarantine with the rest of the family
since Friday.
Mrs. Milburn. according to Doctor
Clark, exposed herself to the disease
when she went to Emmett to visit her
sister and the latter's son while both
were ill with the ailment., Both the
sister and nephew died thirty six
hours after becoming sick The case
in North Topeka will be kept under
quarantine until all danger has passed,
Doctor Clark says.