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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
LUDENDORFF IS BLAMED
FOR DEFEAT ON MARINE
(By United Press.

Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 3.-Gen-
eral Won Ludendorff is universally
blamed for the west front disaster,
according to advices from German
sources, which declare he will be sus-
pended by Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen, who has been summoned to
imperial headquarters from the east
A Zurich dispatch says that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg participated
in recent conferences at headquar-
ters and accused Ludendorff of mis-
management and imprudence. Lud'
endorff placed the responsibility on
his subordinates
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
WATER SUPPLY NOW
BEING PUMPED FROM
CLEANED DEEP WELLS

Bemidji's water supply is now COM
ing from the. deep wells. This is the
information given out, today by City
Engineer Swinson, an ardent support
er OF the deep we'll system which
supplies the city's water.
All day Friday one we'll pumped
the city's supply and today another
of the deep wells was "hooked on"
these wells having been undergoing
the cleaning process, which the city
engineer insistently urged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
FLAG OF FINLAND HAS
MADE ITS APPEARING NCE

An Atlantic Port, Aug. "a new
flag made it's appearance here and
took it's place among the colors flown
from vessels of American, Allied and
neutral nations. The flag is that of
the Republic of Finland and it was
flying from a sailing ship formerly
under the emblem of Russia. The
flag is of two colors, red and yellow,
and the former predominating. The
vessel arrived from South American
port
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
SOLE OBJECT. DESTROY
ENEMY" SAYS MARCH
(By United Press. }

Washington, Aug. 3.-General
March today informed correspondents
that eight divisions were now en-
gagged on the west front. The sole
objective is to destroy the enemy
army.
Officers report that it is impossible
to gather all the guns the Germans
abandon and that it is impossible to
walk over ground without encoun-
tering German corpses.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
LIBERTY BONDS REACH PAR.

New York, Aug. 3.-Liberty 3h
per cent bonds, which are exempt
from taxation, sold at par yesterday
on the stock exchange here for the
first time. Steady buying of this
issue by leading financial interests
has been noticeable.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
"DON'T MEET THEM SORT"
(By United Press. }

London, Aug. 3.-An American wo-
man who is a Y. M. G. A. worker
vouches for the following story:
A newly arrived American sailor
met a first draft friend at the Eagle
Hut in the Strand.
"Hello, Jake!" said the former, 81
suppose, now you live in London
you're meeting quite lot of titled
ladies?"
"Huh!" replied Jake, "You don't
meet them sort-why they wait al
my tablet
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
Aerial Bomb
Barely Misses
Hoover. Train
(By United Press. }

Paris, Aug. St is reported that
Herbert Hoover, American food ad-
ministrator, narrowly escaped when
a German air bomb broke windows of
the train in which Hoover and party
were riding at Bologne.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
American Losses $4,000.

Washington, Aug. 3.-General
March today told the military COM
mates American losses in the present
drive at $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
PURCHASES BUICK.

Ed. Curry and Water Marcum ar
rived home via auto this morning
morning from the Twin Cities, where
Mr.. Curry purchased a Buick car.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
BILL IS PREPARED FOR
MAKING DRAFT AGES
FROM Is TO As YEARS
(By United Press. }

Washington, Aug. 3.-Senator
Chamberlain will Introduce bill
Monday making the draft age 1S to
As years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
PARENTS ARE DEAD.
(Special to PiOneer.)

(SpeC1aI 10 FlOue0T.J
Nebish, Aug. 3.-Arthur R. Stan
ley, while in Nebish, made his home
with bis uncle, w. F.. Bradshaw. The
Bra dshaw family has moved to Mon
tana, leaving since Pricate Stanley
enlisted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
NebiSh
Soldier Meets
Death onFie|d
(Snecial to Pioneer.l J

- Especial to Pioneer.)
=: Washington, Aug. 3.-Today's list
of casualties sent by General Pershing
con tains the name of Private Arthur
R. Stanley, Nebish, MINI. =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
ALLIES PUSHING ON
BOTH SALIENT FLANKS
(RV limited Press

Paris, Aug. 3.-The allies are push
ing inward on both flanks of the
salient.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03

REMEMBER ITALY.
When YOU mention the Allies.
don't forget to say 'Italy."
When YOU display the flags of
our Allies with the glorious Stars
and Stripes. remember Italy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03

FISMES IS WITHIN
YANKEE GUN RANGE
(Bv United Press. }

Nby UHIIeu T IeSo'J
With the Americans Afield, Aug. 8.
-Fismes is now within range of
American artillery.
Americans captured Chamery
where Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt fell
when shot down by an enemy air
aviator and are searching for his
grave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03
'RETREATINGENEMY
BURNING VILLAGES,
MOMENTUM. & GAINS
'''==......ASAL[ii'Ei:;;S;;;iPiijRESS0N: r.; p

,'->. (By United Press)
With the French Afed, Aug 3.-Plser and Hartennes
woods where the Pussan guards made their est resistance
virtually encirced remarkable feature of the fight
that the artillery keeping with the infantry despite
bad roads.
The Germans burning villages where they
ing Unmistakably the Germans withdrawing from the
whole pocket
GERMANS RETREAT GATHERING MOMENTUM.
Paris, Aug. 3-The German retreat gaining momentum
the allies push forward the whole As mile front In the
CENTER the Americans driving toward the Asne and the
Doron valley The allied advance units have reached the
Vesle and Aisne rivers.
The allies surprised the Germans Scissors and time
given for starting fires '|'}
AMERICANS CONTINUE ADVANCE ON FRONT.
With the Americans Aied, Aug. 3.-The Americans
advancing all along the front Cohan and several
been taken Artillery combng the roads which
retreating. The Boches burning all
material
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-03

Allies Continue Onward.
With the French Afield, Aug. g.
The allied advance south of the Vesle
river continues toward Fismes.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

world. The defences are imperfect and
slow.
The locution "peace without annexa-
tions or indemnties," seemingly so in
nocuous, was for the Russians a fatal
potion. The German psychologist ad-
ministered it with deftness and time
illness diabolcal
1t has produced delusions in all other
countries, particularly this one. The
demand for "a restatement of war aims
was the first insidious effect There are
those who still hold that the failure of
the Allies to restate their war aims
agreeably to the German propaganda
repeated by the beguiled tongue of Rus
sla was the great diplomatic blunder of
the war 1t was nothing of the kind.
Every attempt even to phrase again
the aims of this war has been a blunder,
leading only to words and more words.
There is only one rational war aim
That is first to overpower Germany and
then to talk peace
The English Labor party's idea of
peace by reconciliation" to avoid
peace by exhaustion is an unconscious
elaboration Of German propaganda SO
also is the idea in this country that
peace discussions with an unconquercd
unchastened Germany will lead to a
peace that any country but Germany
can afford to sign.
The Russian Bolsheviki have deliv-
cred their country to Germany.
Let the Bolsheviki in all other coun-
tries reflect and beware.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Go to the Garden!

The war has at last come to New
York You don't have to go abroad
or to training camp to see our boys
at work. You can see all their day-to
day doings at Madison Square Garden
singing, volley firing, setting up exer-
cises, manual of arms, and bands, bands,
bands! The Military and Naval Meet
for the benefit Of the Women's Oversee
Hospitals is far and away the best show
Of the war-it is a treat for the whole
city and it ought to get the city, the
whole city, into the war as no mere elo
quence or parade has yet done.
Yesterday was naval day. To-day is
army day-with British bayonet fight
ers from the Western front and a bag
pipe band. Tomorrow, the last day, is
a combination. Whatever you enjoy,
you will enjoy most the singing of the
1000 sailors from the naval training
station at Pelham Bay. You may have
heard John Browns Body" impressive
~ sung-but wait for these / 900 new
jackies, lined up with their muskets,
health and vigor on their faces and the
might Of youth in their voices. The
echoes may not carry to Berlin, but they
should carry to every corner of the
city
Go to the Garden. And then go to
war! If you can't enlist you can at
least resolve anew and start afresh to
put every ounce Of energy and heart and
helm into the lob of backing these g!Ori-
Gus boys Of ours in the great task which
they, for our sakes, are going forth to
face
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
The Invisible Force

The peace that was initiated by the
terrified Bolshevik delegates at Brest-
I.itovsk without discussion has been ratl-
fed by the so-called All-Russian Con-
gress of Soviets at Moscow.
The Soviets are overwhelmingly con-
trolled by the Bolsheviki. They are not
Russia. Theoretically and morally they
may be incompetent to seal this ghastly
bargain, but practically there is no other
poyer 1t was to the Soviet Congress
that Mr.. Wilson addressed in vain his
message of hope.
One likes to believe that Russia can
better afford to accept this peace than
Germany can afford to give it; that q
wound has been inflicted which will some
day wake and demand mercless re-
venge. But nothing is certain any more;
least of all, what will happen. The world
a year ago could not have imagined that
this would happen; yet now it seems ali
the time to have been inevitable.
Germany knew Russians better than
their allies knew them, and utilized that
superior knowledge in a most effective
manner The invisible force employed
by Germany to defeat Russia was per
haps more potent even than the physical,
as Andre Cheradame says in his last
atlantic Monthly" article. The disrup-
ton Of Russia by Germany he believes
Twas brought about not By force OF
arms but By means Of moral propaga.n da
carripd IN hy speecn ar in urint Tho
that this maneuvre has produced
such tremendous results is that it was
based upon exact data Supplied by nA
tional Psychologist political science OF
which the Allies seem not to suspect
the existence. 1t by favor Of this
science, TO less subtle than powerful,
founded on minute observations that the
Germans were able to exploit unerrinsly
the extraordinary ignorance Of actualities
Of the Russian Socialists. their irnmeas-
urablc pride, and the artlcssness, even the
very genuine evangelical spirit, OF the
Russian people. which lead them natural
ly 20 forget afFronts, and, lastly, the par
ticularist tendencies Of certain Russian
nationalities, which the Boche propaganda
has transformed into geparatist move
ments 10 be Immediately carried out
Thus the moral, and even the material
dissolution Of the vast Russian cx Empire
of hundred and eighty millions Of
people Was made possible in few months
by the application Of national psychology.'
As in Russia, 80 in England, France
Italy and the United States German
propaganda is a colorlegs, odorlcss
tastclcss poison, so subtle that its worl
Is donc before even the danger is rec.
oQDized.
n is 3 psychic chcmntry new to the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Two Spans VIII Do

1t is greatly to be hoped that the Leg
islaturc will not act favorably on the
Sage-Welsh bills affecting the construc-
ton Of the so-called Castleton cutoff by
the New Y orl1 Central Railroad. This leg
islation demands the building Of single
span bridge across the Hudson on the os-
tensble ground that any other plan would
interfere with the navigation of the river
and its future deepening for the i'm
provement of navigation. The railroads
plans are for q two-span bridge. They
have received the approval of the War
Department, which has issued a permit
for the bridge as planned. General
Goethals has testified before a legislative
committee in favor of the two-span
bridge, declaring that to build single
span structure without central sup
porting pier would require material,
time, labor and money to a degree I'M
justiiable under war conditions.
The "Casteton CUTOFF is a proposed
connection between the lines of the New
York Central and the West Shore Rail
road via bridge across the Hudson some
eight miles below Albany. 1t would en-
able heavy freight trains to avoid the big
grade between Albany and Schenectady
and by readjustments of traffic conditions
would it has been estimated, double the
ight-carrying capacity of the Central
and its connecting lines. Also it would
materially shorten the time in transit of
freight between New York City and the
West
This line, under the legislation au-
thorizing it, must be built this year The
railroad company is ready to go ahead
with the work. All that stands in the
way is the local objection, registered in
the Sage-Welsh bills. Conceivably AL
bany might suffer some slight loss by the
diversion of freight, but it would be moth
ing to the loss this city and the business
Of the state at large would suffer if the
cutoff, a legitimate and long planned
railroad Improvement, were not built.
Successful prosecution Of the war de
mands the utilization Of transportation
facilities to their fullest capacity. Hero
is good and sure way to increase the
capacity, which has the approval Of the
Federal authorities. 1t would be folly to
prevent IT,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Faith" in Concrete

The concrete cargo boat launched on
Thursday at San Francisco was rela-
lively bold experiment. 1t is the first
large concrete vessel yet constructed.
The largest hitherto was of not much
over 600 tons.
Yet concrete has long been used for
sea walls, for small lighters and the like,
so that its use in salt water is not nov
city. A small concrete boat was actually
constructed nearly three-quarters of a
century ago.
1t IS evident enough from this that if
the concrete boat had any very striking
advantages it would have been tried out
before this. 1t is now almost wholly an
emergency measure.
Its great merit is that it requires little
steel, little. skilled labor, and may be
built almost anywhere in almost any
quantity for which engines and boilers
can be found
And for a certain type of vessel the
concrete hull might prove of high endur-
ance and serviceability.
The San Francisco enterprise was be-
gun last spring. 1t is matter of regret
that the vessel could not have been com
pleted last fall. By now we might have
had whole concrete cargo fleet.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

Armenian tableland was cleared of
Turkish armies. The curtain seemed to
have been rung down forever on reign
Of horror. Christendom rejoiced in the
assurance unfortunately illusory) that
the bloody Turk would soon be exiled
for good from all of Asia except the
Anatolian Peninsula.
Lenine's betrayal of Russia to Ger
many has changed all that At Brest-
Litovsk, as one of the conditions of
peace, Germany exacted return of
Armenia to her executioner and an ex-
tension of Turkish power to other Chris
tan races in the Russian Caucasus.
Now that treaty is being sealed in the
blood of helpless men, women and chill
dren, whose only offence in the eyes OF
the Turk is that they are Christian. IT
is St. Bartholomew on a larger scale.
And the man who has sounded the tocsln
for this new religious massacre IS not
the puppet Sultan in Constantinople, but
the pagan masquerader in Berlin who
claims to inherit the noble faith of
Melanchthon and Luther
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Centralized Power

We hope we have set forth very
clearly the grounds upon which we
based our belief that Republican mem
bers of Congress should not oppose the
passage Of the Overman bill, and should
even support it in its original form.
The intent Of the bill is excellent 1t
aims to drive ploughshare through a
mass Of petty regulations, by acts Of
Congress, b. which the work Of the
war, and the Navy Department cspe-
cially, has been seriously impeded. The
war board, for example, if it had been
created, would have had to deal with
all this red tape Of procedure. SO that
the only question now is the method
Of getting it done.
There seems little possibility of the
creation Of war board as long as the
President has a working majority OF
Congress at his back. AS long as the
President is rcsolute against war
board it will be Of no avail to enact a
bill obliging him to appoint one, for
in appointing it he would be able TO
defeat the purpose Of it.
The plain question, therefore, is
whether anybody is to have authority
to do the thing which pretty much
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
The Finance Corporation Unznaskcd

When the war imitation corporation
bill was presented to Congress by its
authors, it was explained by Mr.. Paul
Warburg, of the Federal Reserve Board,
that the power to issue the vast sum Of
four billions of notes, or "bonds," as they
are now to be called, might never be
exercised. Mr.. Warburg explained that
the chief intent was to thaw out or, shall
we say levitate, huge mass of frozen
or unstable securities Of, among others,
the public utilities corporations and
the like.
An amendment in the Ways and Means
Committee of the House proposes that
the power given to this board of four
unnamed men to issue notes or bonds be
reduced from four billions to two billions
And Immediately there is a great outcry
from the friends of the bill. Why?
If the power to issue this tremendous
quantity of notes is desired chiefly for its
moral effect, why, in all conscience, would
not two billions serve as well as four
billions?
If the need were clear and justified,
Congress could at any time increase the
amount as the exigences Of the country
seem to demand.
There is q plain and obvious reason
why this would not be satisfactory, and
why such journals as 'The Times" and
other new and strangely found friends Of
initiation should back: "Bctter no hill at
all than a puny t1oo bHlions" Gtalics
ours.)
The reason is that Mr.. McAdoo, Mr..
Skelton Williams and the rest wish
to have this vast power to juegle with
the finances of the nation, according to
their own roseate notions of the eco
nomic function of cheap credit.
This bin is not needed to win this war,
and, in our judgment, would go further
to make the war unpopular, stir up every
kind Of discomfort and all manner of
strikes and work more injustice than any
measure that could be proposed short Of
printing plain fiat money.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Another St. Bartholomew

Turkish troops have entered Erzerum.
y communiquG from Constantinople
says that they met with resistance from
Armenians (meaning, of course the Ar
menian civilian population). This is
roundabout notification to the world
that the determination of what was left
of the unfortunate Armenian people has
already begun.
In view Of the Turks past perform
ances, it cannot be doubted that the
work Of extirpaton viii be mercilcss
and thorough. Many times before, while
the Turk had Armenia in his clutches
he had scourged that Christian province
He massacred the Armenians because
they were Christians, moved thereto by
religious and racial fanaticism. Now he
returns as conQueror to country
freed two years ago from his blood
thirsty rule He has an additional
grudgc to satisfy because Armenia had
turned with JOY to it's deliverers. More
over, he rctnters the scene of his for
mer atrocities with a warrant from three
alleged Christian kaisers, now his allies.
TO wrcak his will not only on the Ar
mcnlan remnant in what was Turkish
territory when the war began, but also
on the Armenian and other Christian
elements in the Caucasus provinces
which he had long ago lost to Russia
Two years ago the Christian world
Germany, ustria-Ilunpary and Bull
garIa excepted) cxulted when Erzcrum
fell. Trcbizon1 was evacuated and the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Russian Names

Cfrom Tie Westminster Govette)
We seem destined never to arrive at arv
agreement as to the spelling OF Russian
names OF persons and places In COM
munlcation from Petrograd correspondent
the other day the name of Russian gen
cral was made to end in "otf" in one nIaca
and in "ov" in another. Readers of "Don
Juan" will remember that Byron's spe1linp
OF SouvaroH "Suarrow'; and the Rul
gari"n soldier whom we know as "Savotfv
actually spells his name in our alphabet
"Sawow." There is quite an extensive
margin for choice in the name of Kier
which has just come into more than usua
prominence. The city, as Thackeray in.
forms us,
Stands on the rocky Dniepcr's shore"
and was called, in the legendary davs as at
present,
by different names, I'd have YOU know:
For if you looks in the geography books.
In those dictionaries the name it varies
And chey write it off Kieff or KioF.
kiova or Kiow"
But it would be we'll if the present dis
crepancies in Russia were only matters of
spelling
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Farewell, Russia!

Russia's detection, now formally ac-
knowledged, is the first break in the anti
Teutonic alliance. She is physically
powerless, of course, but nevertheless
she formally publishes her resolve no
longer to be bound by the London pact.
She has made a separate peace. There
fore, what is Russia-neutral or enemy!
The answer to this question will have
an important bearing on the conduct OF
Japan.
There is every reason to believe that
japan has answered it already, and that
with the ratification Of the Russo German
neace at Moscow she will automatically
regard Russia either as an enemy or as
a country possessed by the enemy, and act
accordingly. She will be able to make out
a case on that ground. She will De able
to argue that japanese and Engllsh IN
terests are attacked in and through Rus-
sia. with the consent of Russia; that she
is bound by right to protect her own IN
terests and bound by treaty to protect
those of Great Britain, even to the eX-
tent of sending an army to defend India,
if need be.
Japan has been preparing for many
weeks to act in the situation which has
now developed, and she may be expected
to act swiftly. Her tactics are prompt
The attitude of the American govern
ment ought now to be clearly defined II
for no other reason than this, that
silence is bound to be misconstrued and
misrepresented both at home and abroad.
The crv of the Yellow Peril has already
been raised by Hearst and his crew as
an argument for making peace with Ger
many. Shall that kind of propaganda
be allowed to continue?
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

everybody agrees should be done There
is one obvious duty now before the
country. That is to realize this ma
tons potentialities for war.
The Presidents autocratic powers
are not creation Of yesterday. They
have been growing steadily ever since
this government has been established.
There never was a better time to
test out whether this Capitalization of
power in the hands of a single man
practically irremovable, is the wisest
and most effective form Of government
we could have. And, practically speak
ing, this test is now forced by existing
conditions.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Writ Sarcastic
AFrom Tic ropeka Capitall

tFrom The Topeka Cdpi'a'' -. 4,
This" says Wait Ripon, pr0pav' ~,
most distinguished member OF wv ,,.t.
"Bushwaviki," "is war OF cap.
For once Wait is right about IT. " ~,
the capitalistic market gardeners o.. sss,t
antry of Belgium had not a''a'NsS hasn n
loving Germany there would nave
war. r.siit
The longer we cogitate upon INV 4 tp
of the war-and we do more or less ..sus' :.
sort of thing--the greater ous -. the VI
that Germany did not sooner ,s.,aoa,hrs'
of aggression started by the Wv
Bclgiums. ,roubls s
Meanwhile we save YOU w. ,,a Sfss
inditing a letter about it by sa!"'s
it that way on purpose. s.