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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21
WHAT SOCIETY
rs DOING
MISS CAsKEY ENTERTAINs.

Miss Ruth Caskey entertained at
party last evening in honor of her
twelfth birth anniversary, The even
ing was spent in music and games,
after which lunch was served.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21
Union Services.

Union Services.
Methodist and Baptist Churches.
1875 q. m.-Morning worship,
M. e. church.
s p. m-Eyening service, Baptist
church. T.. .s1
Sabbath school, 10 a. M, Baptist
church. ~. I'LL =. ..... Lid ,.,..-.. !. T..
Sabbath school at IL noon, M. E.
church. =. rs t*..-. ~
z p. m.--B. P. P. U. and Epworth
League. rs> - +,
Mr.. Whitby will preach at both
services. FEET
All are welcome. - i.
B. D. HANSCOM,
Pastor, M. e. Church
A. M. WHITLEY, #s
Pastor, Baptist Church.
NOTICE,
NY store will be open from $3.50
Ito $3.50 Sunday morning for milk
customers only. O.. e. Erickson.
s1t921
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21
Swedish Lutheran.

L. Swedish Lutheran.
Ammo encement for Sunday.
\ Sunday school. at 10 a. m.
b Services (Swedish), at T. a. IN.
Evening service (English), s p. m
REV. T. b. NORDALE
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21
HOSTESS Al DINNER.

Miss Emma Klein entertained a
number Of friends at s o'clock dinner
Thursday evening in honor Of George
Graham OF the U. S. s. Kansas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21
The Salvation Arnly
Fifth Ward.

Il 200 p. m.-Junior meeting.
$3.50 p. m.-Praise meeting.
You are welcome.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-09-21

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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

for the orphans OF fallen soldiers. he
had to go; and his counter-demand on
Enver Pasha for the publication OF
accounts Ga demand with which En-
yer was no more capable of complying
with than he) did not improve the war
minister's position. In fact, Talaat
Pasha, who as grand vizier represents
the will of the executive COMMITTEES
of the committee of Union and Prog
ress, found it polite to stimulate a hc-
titious opposition to Enver in parlia-
ment, as a gentle hint that this pecu-
lations, too, had better be yelled orc
efficiently from the public eye. But
the populations go on, and the balan-
ces of Enver and his rivals mount up
in neutral banks. Nor is the boom
confined to leaders. The plundering
of the Armenians and Greeks, the in
1ation of the paper currency and the
credit produced by the purchases OF
the central powers have brought il
lusory capital into the hands Of the
whole Turkish governing class, ana
there has been a fever of company
promoting, especially in the Anatol-
ian provincial towns.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
LANCE READ DIES OF
INFLUENZA; BRIEF ILLNESS

Lance Read, aged 20 years, died at
his home in HondersonVille Wednes-
day morning.
Lance had been attending Christ
school at Arden and came home last
week suffering from influenza. On
Wednesday morning he appeared to
be doing well and death overlook him
without the knowledge of his people.
They thought he was sleeping and
resting we'll but upon examination It
was found that he was dead.
Interment will be made in Oakdale
cemetery Thursday.
Surviving are the mother and two
brothers.
Lane was we'll and favorably
known in the city. He was not big
and strong in stature but he had a big
heart and his friendly greetings will
be missed by his many friends.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
LETTER FROM MARION WALKER.

Friends of Marion L. Walker, who
until he entered the service last
spring was a clerk for the Bland Hard
ware company, will be interested IN
the following extract from a letter
from France to the editor of The Hust-
Ter relative to his army work:
The three delights of a soldier are
mail, mess call and pay day.
I am still well and getting along
nicely. 1 am now on duty in the for
ward area on one of the big fronts.
1 like the work of the Military Police
over here very much. Am glad 1 was
assigned to that branch of the service
Over fifty per cent of the boys in my
Company are from North Carolina, the
remainder are from South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Yes, I am getting the Hustler over
here and look forward to it with a
great deal of pleasue."
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
TURKS PERISH In LARGE
NUMBERS; FINANCES ALSO BAD

constantinople sept. aO.-In his
budget speech in the Ottoman parlia-
ment on February 81 last, david Bey,
the Turkish Minister OF Finance, gave
Some remarkable figures on the au-
thority of the director general of the
EOttoman public debt.
"At Berlin" he said, 'the rise III
price of the principal articles of prime
necessity has averaged 124 per cent,
at Vienna 178 per cent, and at Con-
stantinople 1870 per cent" In the
light Of the official announcement, it
is not surprising to hear neutraIs who
have been working Turkey compute
that a, quarter Of the population of the
empire has persisted already during
the war by casualties, massacre, star
walton or disease. In other countries
this might shake the government, but
the committee of the union of prog
ress is not so easily shaken. Women,
we are told, have brought their child
rem to the municipal authorities at
Constantinople crying, Take them, we
cannot feed them ourselves"
There have been raids on provision
shops, a riot or two, and such a flow OF
desertion from the army in the Anato1-
ian provinces that the mountains are
full of armed desperadoes and travel
ing is hardly possible for civilians.
But famine, assertions and brigan-
! dage are immemorial institutions i'll
Turkey, and a mere accentuation Of
these phenomena of state life does not
cause a Turkish government undue
alarm. The reported unrest among
the younger military officers is more
serious; that was the way the reyolu-
ton started in 1908; but the committee
is wiser in it's generation~than abdul,
Hamid and is raising it's younger col
leagues pay. After all, the interests,
o fthe whole Turkish official class are
at the bottom identical and there is
so much plumber to give away. The
committee of Union and Progress is
an organization created by Salonica-
Jewish brains for securing Turkish
of1cialdom the maximum profit from
the lands and peoples it rules andsdurs
ing the war there has been p%rofteer-
ing, as david phrased it in another
passage of his speech, "of d~isquieting
and fantastic kind" When supplies
began to run short each committee
politician appeared as controller soT
some necessity of life.
AIl-ROund Plundering
1t is true that, even in Turkey,
thieves fall out. For instance, wdes
the late minister of education was
found to be pocketing LT500, 900 as
signed to him by the ministry Of war
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
DONALD BLY,
DIED SATURDAY

Donald H. Bly,, aged 81 years, died
in the service of his country at Fit.
Monroe, Va, on last Saturday. The
body arrived in Hendersonville Mon
day afternoon and interment vas
made Immediately in 0akdale Gem
terry. DR.. McPheeters conducted the
ceremony at the cemetery, no other
services being held owing to the or
ders against public gatherings.
Radio Sergeant Bly, was one of the
boys leaving H~endersonville more
than a year ago with the 9Th COM
pany for Fit. Caswell. He was soon
promoted to corporal and was to have
Joined those going to France with the
9TH Anti-Aircraft Co., but when it was
learned that he had knowledge of
wireless t~elegraphy he was sent to
Fortress Monroe for instruction in
this branch of service and only a few
days ago was promoted to the office of
radio sergeant. He led a class Of I20
persons in the examination.
Sgt. BLY, died of complications fol-
lowing an attack of influenza. He
wrote his people on Wednesday OF
last week, telling of his illness and a
few minutes after reading his letter
his parents received a telegram IN
forming them of his death. \
Donald was a young man of attrac-
tive and worthy qualities and his n
timely death brings sorrow to his
man friends.
He is survived by a brother, Frank,
who is in France, and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. BLY,, OF Henderson,
vile,
Donald is understood to be the iirst
of the original 9Th company to lose his
life from any cause.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that many of those who left
here with him are now seeing ser
vice at the front and reports were re-
ceived this week to the effect that the
boys were in the thick of the tighllr 3.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the
Most Reliable.

After many years experience in
the use of it and other cough medi-
cines, there are many who prefer
Chamberlain's to any other. Mrs. A
c. KRISTEN, Greenville, Ills, writes,
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my mothers home and
mine for years, and we always found
it a quick cure for colds and bron-
chial troubles. We find it to be the
most reliable cough medicine we
have used"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
LIEUT.. VIM. OATES, GERMAN
PRISONER, WRITES PARENTS

Lieut.. VIM. Oates, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. M. Oates, of Hendersonville,
writes from a German prison that he
is very we'll treated"
There was anxious suspense for a
few days when Lieut.. Oates was9 re-
ported missing. 1t was feared that
he had been killed. Later reports
stated that he was a prisoner in the
hands of the Germans.
Lieut.. Oates parents have recently
had communication with him.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
IF YOUR CHILD is CROSS.
FEVERISH, C0NSTIPATED
Look, Motherl If tongue is coated.
cleanse little bowels with "CaIi.
fornia Syrup of Figs" T.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs" because in
a few hours all the clogged-up waste,
our bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
y well, playful child again.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take this harmless "fruit laxative"
Millions of mothers keep it handy be-
cause they know its action on the stOm.
ach, liver and bowels is prompt and sure
Ask your druggist for a bottle Of
California Syrup of Figs" which con.
Gains directions for babies, children Of
all ages and for grown-ups.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

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The grand appeal lis the lonely
head-board on the Scared field.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF This.
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
land VIII Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic

Domestic
Many men were killed and scores
of others injured in a tremendous ex-
plosion at the plant of the T. A
Gillespie shell loading company at
Morgan, near Perth Amboy, N. ]. The
explosion shook the countryside for
! miles around, and many citizens were
panic-stricken and fed from their
homes like wild cattle.
Capt. Gardner Green, prominent Ala
bamian, company G, 18th, infantry,
Rainbow division, has been killed in
action in France. He was killed
September IL at the battle of st. Mi
hiel. He had previously been gassed, re-
covered and returned to the fighting
line.
The total subscriptions to the fourth
Liberty Loan amounted to 1925, SOC, 900
on October 8! Secretary McAdoo says
that bond sales must average 1915, 000,-
900 a day for the nineteen working
days from that time, if the goal is to
be reached.
Twenty-six men, all from Cleveland,
/ Ohio, are known to have been killed
anu S0V0rdl luJuF0Q WH0u d E0uuSy1Nd-
MIA flyer, from Columbus and Cleve-
land, ran through a crowd of workmen
at the Interstate Engineering plant
at Bedford, Ohio, as they were board
ing a workmen's special train to go
to their homes after working.
A report compiled by Internal Rev
enue Officer D. J.. Can't, Of Atlanta,
Ca, gives 1873 as the number of dis
tilleries destroyed by agents working
under his direction during the month
of September. With those taken dur
ing July and August this makes a to-
tai Of 545 illicit distilleries, destroyed
In the Atlanta revenue agents divi-
sion. Revenue officers expect to be un-
usually active during the months Of
October and November as an unusual
~ good corr crop is reported in the
principal blockade whisky sections,
which it is believed was planted with
the view of converting it into whisky.
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Tho orao~1 on~1oI = " -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
Mrs. Smith Recommends r.
lain's Tablets

T have had more or less sto,..
trouble for eight or ten years" nuaea
Mrs. g. H. Smith, Brewerton' " writes
When suffering from attacks ~, T.
digestion and heaviness afto. Vi IN
one or two of Chamberlain 6 Tr,i's'
have always relieved me, ls's
also found them a pleasant Ia HSVe
These tablets tone up tic stoa"
and enable it to perform lis fnna4 'ca
naturally. If you are troubled WI
indigestion give them a fair tri., WIN
we'll and stay well. SET
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
AII-ROund PIundering

1t is true that, even in Turkey,
thieves fall tut. For instance, wftes
the late minister of education was
found to be pocketing LT50O,0O0 as
signed to him by the ministry OF war
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
HORSE SHOE FAIR FOR
RED CROSS POSTPONED,

Owing to the epidemic of influenza
the Horse Shoe community fair to
have been held on October Is for the
benefit of the Red Gross has been
postponed indefinitely.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

And we may all stand "maotI-
days" as long as there is strength IS
Goldfish. S~ III
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

Your Money Should Not Be Neutral;
Enlist 1t In the Fourth Loan.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
Two Quotas Could Be Sup
piled Before Second Draft
Is Reached, Declares Adju-
tant General GipSOn,

Oklahoma will have enough men
available in class No. under the qucS-
tionnairc to I'll two such quotas as
were called under the first draft, ac-
cordlng to reports being made to the
office Of Adjutant General +. II Gipson
by local boards
1t is estimated on the basis OF re-
turns received from local boards as TO
men already classified that approx
matcly twenty-five percent Of the men
classified will be placed in class !.
There are about l7S,0OO in the state who
come under the QUESTIONABLE and il
the twenty-five percent ratio holds
good, more than 40,0v men will be
placed in the first class
10000 Men Available.
The states quota under the first
draft when oS7OOO men were raised
was lS.SN In this state about 2SO0
OF the first quota have not been sent
to camp Allowing for these men to be
taken from the 10000 under the ques
tionnairc in class Mol aud for twenty
three percent being physically dis
qualified as under the first draft, ap.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
Operators Expect
a Hiqher Price

Fixing of a zinc price BY the gov
ernmcnt, the same has been done with
copper and other metals, has been
under consideration for some time but
not until the under production Of zinc
became acute did the possibilities OF
such action become pronounced ac-
cordng to +. Z. Wallower OF Oklaho-
ma City, president Of the Golden Rod
Mining company operating in the
Miami, Okla, zinc fields, today
The price to be fixed, Mr.. Wallower
said he believed, would be high enough
to stimulate production and to allow
the smaller zinc mills in the Webb City
and Joplin. Mi, fields to operate on a
good profit. Such a price, he added,
also would be of benefit 10 those com
plnits in the Miami and Picher dis
trlCts.
Should the price be fixed, and should
it be SCI at the anticipated figure, it
was said, profits to zinc mills would
be assured, which would be a general
stimulation to all branches OF the IN
duStry
Present prices for zinc are in the
ncighborhood OF so per ton
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
OTHER ExT0RTI0N
CHARGES POSSIBLE

Other iniormations charging extor-
ton against agents and officials OF the
Oklahoma Gas and Electric company
may be filed shortly, similar to the
charge under which Henry Wilmer
ing chief accounting officer OF the com,
pany was arrested Thursday, according
to Henry NJ Gray assistant county
attorney
THE case against WllImcrinR is not
in the nature OF test case, but is
merely question Of plain law, and any
other persons who have paid protested
gas bills because Of threats to cut of
the service may have warrants issued
against the person making the threat
said Gray Each exlortlon case filed
as a result OF the county attorneys
action against the gas company will bic
tried separately, according 10 Gray
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19

Clarence $. Darrow. prominent Chi
cago attorney, is being sought by
Henry Wllmering to represent him in
his preliminary hearing set for lam
uary 80. Darrow won fame in his de-
icnsc of the Mcnamara and other
dynamite cases in Los Angeles.
Mr. Wilmcring, who is chief ac-
counting officer Of the Oklahoma Gas
x Electric COMPANY was arrested last
Thursday afternoon, on a charge OF cx-
tortion arisng out OF a controversy
over the payment OF a gas bill. His at.
torneys may ask change OF vfnu,
from the court OF Justice Robert w
Maupin for his preliminary hearing. 4
copy OF the information against the ga
company was obtained yesterday by
Paul X. Rciss, now representing the
COMPANY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
or REGISTERED MEN
IN OKLAHOMA ARE PLACED IN The
FIRST CLASS BY QUESTIONABLE

proximatcly 10000 men still will be
available for military service from
class No. l.
In view OF the fact that men who
have reached the age of twenty-one
since June last will IN all proha-
bility be called up in the future, at
tacheS Of the adjulant generals office
believe 1t not likely that il will be
necessary to go lower than Class to
furnish all Of the men desired from
the state Tor military service
Average In City Low,
Reports to General GipSon OF the
percentage Of men classified being
placed in the first class range from
fifly-two percent in Garfield county to
five percent in Woods county. Many
of the counties have more than twenty
five percent IN Class !, notably Semi
mole with thirty-iour percent, Pawnce,
forty-five percent; Pushmataha, forty
percChl Major, thrty-fiye percent ;
Mcintosh, thirty-onc percent and Grant
forty percent
A comparatively small number OF
men have been classified in the Okla
homa City districts, but the local dis
tricts rank lower than the average In
the number OF men placed in Class |,
In Oklahoma City district No, !, ten
percent Of the men are going in Class
/, in district No. 2, twenty percent
and in district No. ;, seven and one
half percent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
Dutiful Negro
Buys License
For Cold Dad


81 wants to buy a marriage permit"
announced a husky voiced African OF
Fritz Blumenthal, deputy court clerk
this morning
Cupid's ledger was duly opened, and
the name OF Ben Mitchell inscribed on
the dotted line
what age insQujred the clerk, dip
ping his pen in the ink
sixty in March" replied the
negro.
"SlNly-mo what You mean 70.
don't you2' demanded the astoundcd
clerk.
"Say boss. thi, amt no marriage OF
mine; I'm buyn' this for Pa" replied
the darky
."Why didn't your pa come in and buy
il himsclf?" the puzzled clerk inquired
The son, who signed his name as
Joe Mitchell, said that it was too cold
for his father to venture out But for
the fact that Joe brayed the cold to
drive in from Jones City, the marriage
license bureau would have scored a
blank this morning, as only the one
license was issued
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
GERMAN PEOPLE
BUST UP BUSTS
OF HINDENBURG
BY the Associated Press.

IN RlTlSlI ARMY HEADQUAR-
Im TIERS IN FRANCE, Jan. 10
~ Small infantry raids with the
customary amount ol artillery and
air activity by both sides continue
to be- the order OF the day along
the British front The mud how
ever remains the dictator Of mll,-
tary affairs
The opposing forces are contin.
ung their enemy feeling out proc
csscs through the long line by max
ing surprise incur,lonS into each
others trenches and returning with
a few prisoners.
One prisoner who had thrice been
wounded made this statement
"On Field Marshal Won Hindcn-
burg's birthday small busts of the
general were placed on the street
corners in nearly every small Ger.
man towns. In some places the peo-
pie had hurled these to the ground
before noon In Cologne there arc
over 1900 descrters in various
prisons"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
U. S. MAY RELEASE
SMALL RAILROADS
FROM SUPERVISION
MCAdoo Hints at Only Big
Lines Being Operated,
CONTROL HAS HELPED OUT
Director General IeStitieS Be-
fore Senate Committee,

WASHINGTON, Ian. - Director
General McAdoo was summoned before
the senate interstate commerce COM
mittec today to explain the operation
OF government administration OF rail
roads,
Mr.. McAdoo said that certain So
called short line railroads would be re-
leased from government operation As
soon as Investigations now under way
determined it was not necessary
In explaining the purpose OF tho ad-
minStration railroad legislation, Di-
rector General McAdoo said he did not
propose to keep control OF any unncccS-
sary lines, nor have the government
compensate those not taken over.
'AS far as | can see after three weeks
preliminary investigation" said Mr..
McAdoo, 81 don't contemplate taking
over any roads not necessary for the
governments war purposes and II some
interests necessarily get hurt by it they
will have 10 stand it,
Might Seize Canals
Director McAdoo said that IT it
should develop that operation Of canals
was necessary they might be taken
over He added that operation will also
be extended to inland waterways.
Director General McAdoo was told
hy senators that small independent
short lines feared bankruptcy II the
government took control OF the large
trunk lines and that the government
should take over all railroads, large or
small
Treasury Already Burdened.
az can't tell yet Mchdoo replied
what will be essential Tor the purpose
Of the war. The treasury, already over
burdened. cant be called upon 10 re
imburse for real, imaginary or indrcc'
injury | don't think the government
should draft into its service a needles
railroad any more than It should dral'
a cripple into the military service
There is no intention to do any IN.
Justice to the short lines, They will be
helped as far as possible consistent witt
the needs Of the nation
Chairman Smith suggested that the
short lines are in a different situation
because Of the sudden transition OF the
transportation systems from com
petitivc to a controlled basis
Not Hit Yet
at seems to me-" McAdoo replied
"that the short line, are hollcring be
fore they're hit The bill ought "a
provide compensation OF railroads ONLY
that are really used and injured"
"Do you consider these short lines
are part Of the continental system p
asked Senator Smith
81 would consider them So" Mr.
McAdoo replied III they form part
Of the system utilized for war ncccsSi-
ties, have assumed that the bill will
not deal specifically with questions as
to what should or should not be taken
over by the government under the
presidents declaration That has got
to be determined after an lnvestiga
tion. My own opinion is that IT is the
duty of the director general as quickly
as possible TO determine what railroads
or parts OF railroads are needed by tn"
government and 10 notify the carriers
That is now IN progress
Courts Should Decide.
AS to railroads taken over com
penSation is provided under the law We
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