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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
OBITUARY
JOSEPH P. SETTLER.

Joseph P. Spittler, son of John A spittler, the we'll known secretary of the Home Brewing Co.,, died this morning at his home, 9o56 Main street. He had been employed of late in the garage of the Remington Arms Go. as an automobile mechanic, He is survived by his father and mother, who have the sympathy of large circle of friends in their sad be- reavement, He was a member of the Bridgeport Lodge, No. 89, local Order of Moose, a delegation of which order will attend the funeral from his late home on Main stree on Wednes- day morning, at 9:SO, and from St, Joseph's church at 10 o'clock. In torment in St, Michaers cemetery,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
IEAVEg HOSPITAL

Jeseph smitrahovitz. who had been iniurej about the head early Satur- day evening when he aiighted from a iitnev at State and Courtland streets before a car came to a stop, was yes terday discharged from St. Vfncent's bosnita1 where he was taken after the accident by pr: Harry H: Weiss of inc HmeFgeney hospital staff, and is feeling much better.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
Liberty Stationery

This writing paper, which is a good linen finish and agreeable to the pen, has at the top of each sheet lit tie group of Allied Flags embossed in color. The British, the Tricolor and Old Glory in the middle.
 24 sheets 24 envelopes
 Main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
The New Wells

Van Raalte Rainbow Yelling, black and taupe, 50 cts yard Large dotted Yelling, black, brown, taupe, navy and purple, 65 cts Velvet Spots, black, navy, brown and taupe, oO GUS Craquele Mesh, black, k,taupe and navy
 65 cts Lace Veils, plain mesh or scroll oe- signs, with edges of chiffon,
 $1.5O up Main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
Whipped Cream Bowls

Plate, Bowl and Ladle in dainty decorations, colored bandA floral sprays. Were regularly 50, 65 and 75 cts,
 45 cts to close out
 Basement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
Wash Goods
The kind that wears

Colored Galatea, neat striped pat terms, 27 inches wide, 39 cts Devonshire Cloth, striped or plaid designs, 32 inches wide, 39 cts Especially good for children's school dresses and durable, home frocks.
 Third floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21

Main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
American Women Make Aix=les=Bains a Real
 Home for U.S. Boys On Vacation From Trenches
Beautiful Watering-place Among French Alps Provides 2,OOO Tired
 Soldiers Every Day With
 Comfortable Quarters, Tasty Food, Sightseeing Tours, Movies, Maga- zines, Dancing and, Best of AL the Opportunity to Meet and Talk With "Real American Girls." "

T>HERE are nearly 1000 dough-
 boys in Aix-les-Bains every
 day now. They are there on vacation. French and English sol dicrs go home when the time for leave comes. They see their wives, sweethearts and mothers, sleep com fortably in the old familiar bed and eat home-cooking. They come back to their places in the Army re- freshcd and renewed.
 . But the American boy cannot go home Either he must go without @ vacation-which would mean un- happiness and reduced eflciency- or home must be created for him fin France. The Y. M. c. A has undertaken the task of making that home fo- him. American Y. M. c. A. women have the largest part of the share in the success attained.
 When the doughboy arrives at ,Aix-the beautiful and comfortable watering-place among the French Alps-everything is ready for him. The Army has furnished him with transportation and arranged to pay his hotel bill. The Y. M. c. A. finds him a room and arranges for his board. He Is assigned to a comfortable room in a good hotel, where he can have French cooking, as a change from American fare, freedom from military discipline, be for eight days his own master, and so get a real rest.
 Settled in his room, the boy heads for the casino, the center of interest in the town. This magnifi- cent structure set down amid hand some gardens, was at once the play ground and the gambling haven of the aristocracy of Europe.
 Aristocracy Lends Color
 A few of the aristocracy still come to Ak to mingle with the doughboys and lend color to the scene. The casino has been taken over by the Y. M. c. A. and i: operated as a club free to all en listed men. It is here that thC American women preside. These boys may not have seen an Amer ican woman for six or eight months and these women are to them moth CTS and sisters for the time being there to make their vacation a req home coming
 Mrs. Helen Bagley Anderson, ( Colorado Springs and Detrot
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
oilet able Sets
Nippon Ware and very attractive 7

Nippon Ware and very attractive Three, four, five or six pieces, tray, powder box, hair receiver and sometimes a hatpin holder, candle stick, etc., all very handy and nice to dress up the toilet table.
 Decorations in apple blossoms, violets, and colored bands.
 Were $50 for $1.O0
 $2.OO $1.5O
 $2.50 $1.85
 Basement
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21

American prisoners are forced to work in the KrupP plants,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
YEAR TODAY, WILSON
\ ASKED CONGRESS
Il TO DECLARE WAR
.By CARL D. GROAT

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
. Washington, April 2.-America
found itself today on the anniversary
of President Wilson's request for
war on Germany, great part Of
the world struggle, with a remark
ably vast record of achievement.
More thousands of men are now in
France than army men a year ago
dreamed could be put there; American
naval vessels, cruising the submar-
inc zone, are doing their bit--and
big one-to stamp "schrecklich-
keit" out of the world; vast army
has been trained and is now being
seasoned; another is about ready to
enter camps; American war wheels
are whirring, grinding out ships,
guns, shells, rails-a tremendous
stream of material to back a grow
ing, enthusiastic army.
And, there is abroad in the land a
war spirit, deep-seated and fervent,
spirit born of the realization that
Germany is now controlled by mill
taristic plunderers, who in their mad
ness are stretching forth their CORY
hands to crush the weak and the
strong and to make the world unfit
and unsafe for democracy.
Some of Americas mighty task is
still in the making. There have
been, and still are delays in war
work. Some of our expectations were
exploited too boldly, and there are
disappointments ahead.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
WOMAN WANDERS
AIMLESSLY IN COLD

With her five children in the
Owatonna school, Mrs. B. Benson Of
Puposky, victim of i'll health, wan
dered irrationally for about SO hours
in the cold in the vicinity Of her
home, staying out all of two nights
and was discovered last evening by
Charles Durand, wandering aimlessly
near her home Deputy Sheriff Ca
hill had gone to the scene in an en-
deavor to locate the missing woman
and she was brought to Bemidji last
night for examination.
Mrs. Benson was taken to the
Lake Julia sanatorium few months
ago, she suffering from tuberculosis,
leaving her husband and five chill
dren. The husband is section en-
ploye and was unable to care prop
erly for the little folks and they
were taken care of by the state.
During her stay at the sanator-
ium, Mrs. Benson left suddenly and
was found and taken home. On her
last wanderings she had encircled
Mud Lake, walking distance of
nearly twelve miles in the cold and
dampness.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
HOME GUARD ANNUAL (.
= BALL BIG SUCCESS


{. The large number, who anticipated
good time at the first annual ball
OF the Home Guard last evening, was
in no way disappointed. Nothing
had been spared to make the dance
a success. There was a large at
tendance and the music was of the
very best. Lieutenant DePew and
Mrs. Arthur Grafton led the grand
march. The hall was prettily decor
ated with the national colors and
baskets of cut flowers. i
! = Card tables were also arranged for
those who wished to indulge in this
diversion. The ladies of the Red
Cross served lemonade. Both the
members of the Home Guard and
band appeared in uniform.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
0bjectives0f
Germ mans / Is
Now Evident
BY JUNIUs WOOD

Omitted Press Correspondent
With the French armies, April q.
"A complete checking of the Ger
man advance renders possible the
comprehension Of the stupendousness
of the enemy's offensive plan. 1t
was comprised Of three simultaneous
thrusts along three highways to-
ward three centers, railway, indus
trial and political.
The German right was toward Ar
ras, along the route through Cam
brai; the, center toward. .Arras along
Amiens through Bapaume, Vern
and Yo Roye; the left toward Paris,
over the Montdidier-St. Just road.
The advance on all three routes was
checked and the enemy has modified
his objectives.
The gigantic battle that is raging
between Lassigny and Morueil is for
the protection of the Amiens railway.
The enemy is rebuilding the bridges
between Ham and st. Quentin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
FIFTY-FIFTY RULE
HOLDS ON WHEAT

st. Paul, April 2.-The fifty-fifty
rule of the food administration, re-
quiring individual consumers to buy
an equal amount of substitutes with
every pound of white flour remains
unchanged and is now in full force,
according to A. D. Wilson, state food
administrator.
"In fact there never was a time
when the conservation Of flour was
so vital as now," Mr.. Wilson said.
'sThe work Of the state food ad-
ministration has been much dis
turbed and the public very much con-
fused by erroneous statements con-
cerning the fifty-fifty rule and the
list of authorized substitutes ever
since the rule was first put into ef-
feet.
with the grave necessity that ex-
lists now for the conservation of
wheat to he very limit, any intima-
ton that the fifty-fifty rule had been
abandoned could not but do harm
This rule is the only thing which has
made it possible to extend our linn
tied supply of wheat flour over the
period between crops instead of hav-
ing the supply long since exhausted.
''The present flour ration must be
one and one-half pounds per person
per week. Each householder is per
mitted to have on hand at one time
no more than thirty days supply OF
wheat flour, or six pounds for each
member of the household.
persons who understand the seri-
business of the wheat situation and
who have any desire to do their part
will keep within the limit and even
below it,"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
TWENTY-FIVE GIVEN
HEARTY SEND0FF AS
THEY LEAVE FOR CAMP

Twenty-Five young men boarded
the train this noon for Duluth,
when they will be assigned to train
ing camps. Corporal Foucault ac-
companied them as far as Cass Lake
on the journey.
The squad was in charge of Clay
ton johnson and Wilfred Case and
the members were all splendid speci-
mems of young manhood.
The boys were escorted to the de-
pot by the Fourteenth BATTALION
Home Guard band and the Bemidji
Home Guard company. There was a
large crowd at the depot to bid the
boys good bye and the usual seen es
were enacted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

At the first annual ball of the
Home Guard last evening, the Four
teenth battalion band turned out in
it's new uniforms, they arriving late
in the afternoon, just in time for
the festivities.
The uniforms are even better than
ordered, being two grades highan
than the ones for which measure
ments were taken. This happened
on account of the manufacturers De-
ing out of the cloth designated at
tbe-time and rather than disappoint
the guard, filed the order.
There were 26 in the order, and
they were all made to measure and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
Fourteenth Battalion Band
Appears In New Uniforms

are of the latest pattern, the band
presenting a splendid appearance
and not only is Director Peterson
proud Of the boys but ther are proud
of themselves. - ~ 4~
One of the best examples Of CO.
operation in boosting for Bemidji
was that of Barney Erickson, propri-
etor of the Toggery. He took the
measurements for the uniforms and
sent in the order, waving all COM
mission on the suits, which amount
ed to several dollars, and the boys
are highly appreciative. Tan shoes
are now being purchased to complete
the outfit.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
ALLIES TAKE PRISONERS

Paris, April 2-(officiaD-Be-
tween the Disc and Somme rivers the
night was relatively calm. The
French and British progressed some
between Somme and Demuin. In the
region of Calonne, we, by two coup
de mains, took some prisoners.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

Washington, April 2.-The giant
Liberty Bond bill, which the house
passed, has been found to be imper-
feet and has been recalled for fur
ther consideration.
The bill legalizes the Third Lib
erty Loan. Before it was returned it
was discovered it robbed the states
of millions of bank taxes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
PNEUMONIA HOVERS

L.. A: LaBaw, official court re-
porter for Judge G. w. Stanton, was
taken to St. Anthony's hospital yes
terday afternoon, being threatened
with pneumonia,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
FIRST DRAFT SOLDIERS
MAY ALL SEE FRANCE
(By United Press)

Washington, April 2.-The United
States and her allies are endeavoring
to make the western offensive the
last enormous battle of the war.
This is accountable for the plan OF
Fastening soldiers abroad.
New restrictions on imports will
provide more tonnage 1t is thought
the cantonments will be stripped of
men of the first draft call.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
RUSSIAN GENERAL EXPECTS TO
FORM ARMY OF 1900, 900
(By United Press }

Petrograd, April 2.-Genera: Bay
off, commander of. the Moscow dis
trict, declares he expects to form an
army of 4,O00,OOO men to defend the
Russian revolution within the next
two months.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
Arras Being Bombed.

Paris, April 2.-(Oficia) )-Arras
and Stpol are under the heaviest
bombardment since Thursday. Sew
eral citizens have been killed. Ar
ras is three miles from the battle
line. Stpol is 21 miles northwest
of Arras, and three miles beyond the
farthest German advance at that
point in 1914.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

the meeting. The latter bid was at
the stipulated per cent and accrued
interest, with a discount of $1,950.
The Chicago house bid the same,
with s2,42O discount.
r. E. Schumacher, during the
course of the discussion, offered a
bid for the bonds at discount OF
$500, he representing Wells-Dickey
of Minneapolis sag .-
Meeting Adjourned.
This put another phase on the
matter and it was decided to adjourn
the meeting until Wednesday night
= q lCantinued on Page EQurl
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
NO BULGARIANS FIGHTING ON
WEST FRONT, IS ANNOUNCED
(By United Press)

Washington, April 2.-No Bull
garians are participating in the fight
ing on the west front, the United
States state department officially
announced today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
BOND PR OBJ / ! ] |. EN- | ]: J
Will Be. SOL VED
COUNCIL, TOCLEAR
lMOOTED MIDDLE
War Interest and Statute Pro
vision Prove Stumbling
Blocks to Sale Of Bonds.
BRIDGE LET WITHOUT sz...<.
.:..5. PAYMENT PROVISION
Showed Onto Taxpayers To
Make Obligation Good; To Z
Be Settled Immediately.

The council is determined to clean
up the bridge bond matter and it IS
going to do SO if it breaks leg
z$ The bridge matter has long been
fostering sore on the city and if
/ there's any reasonable way possible,
and there is, it is to be taken care
of and not be the nightmare that
1t is .%% Il; Is-
If When the bridge contract was let
in the fall Of 1916 there was abso-
. lutely no means provided for pay
ment. It was saddled onto the tax
payers of Bemidji and left for them
{ to make good. That's it in snut-
shell. It became bone of conten-
rtion under. the circumstances and
was showed onto the new council last
year. Bonds we're issued to pay for
the structure and again came up the
4 sbugaboo of state statute to buck
the plan for getting rid Of the hang
ing obligation. ..>. s.5:l :
E Il The $4,000 bonds voted, were to
be sold at. par and accrued interest
and at per cent. That's a statute
provision. But when offered for
sale they encountered the existing
money market and the bond compa-
MES would not buy unless at a dis
count, which the statute plainly for
bids. L. =s.s -. 4. 4sz,: 4 .sss-@ :
:. .g.. 4.@ e. Has Been Solved. s=: $.= \.
4 However, several cities Of both
Minnesota and other states have sold
municipal, bonds under exactly sim
liar circumstances at discount, and
it is held by the attorneys of the
biggest bond companies in the coun-
try and also in Minnesota that such
can be done and done without detri-
ment. Five per cent municipal bonds
does not appeal to the bond buying
companies. County bonds and other
bonds draw better interest and that
is what the investing public desires
money. 1t is cited that even Lib
erty Bonds are a better investment,
the third Liberty Loan to bring 4 II
per cent, non-taxable and exempted
in other ways. And that, briefly is
the predicament in which the coun-
Gil finds itself in these war times
: with money interest climbing.
r The bridge bonds have been adver-
: tised and bidders have come with
the view of purchasing, but without
exception have stipulated a discount
running from around $1,375 to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. But the
statute provisions balked. the. sale.
Three More Bids.
At the meeting of the council last
night two bids for the bonds were
opened, they having been readver-
:. tised. One was that of the North
western Trust company. of Minneap:
oils and the other a Chicago bond
ing house. "A. A. Greenman repre-.
sented the Minneapolis company. at
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
REPORT PARIS AGAIN
UNDER COMMANDMENT
(Bv United Press J

Paris, April 2.-The bombardment
of Paris began again this morning.
The super gun of the Germans is be-
ing used as before.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

Mrs. Frank Getchell returned yes
terday noon from Mcintosh where she
was the guest of her mother, Mrs.
B. n. Sorenson, during Easter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
Teutons are Resting.

With the British afield, April o.
General Won Hindenburg is paying
the allies the compliment of further
hesitation. Activities are local.
HindenbVrg's armies are probably
too badly mauleda to make further
progress until reinforced. A second
blow against Arras is likely. Not
a general battle has been risked since
Thursday. ! Ina short sharp fight
the Germans took Poe, forcing the
British back short distance near
Demuin. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
GREAT GERMAN AVIATOR
RETURNS TO FIGHTING

London, April 2.-The greatest
German aviator, RichthOfen, has re-
turned to the fighting
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
SENATOR WOULD BATTLE
TURKEY AND BULGARIA
BULLETIN
(By United Press)

Washington, April 2.-Senator
King this afternoon oqered reso-
luton to declare war on Turkey and
Bulgaria
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
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-" = = ,gtg%-H-ss, gftZ "a '~rr
Bond d Bill |:||..i |
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I. !: Is: | .D|je|f|eCtiv l|||| We {
"v.s"" g-5--- - - ~
:. BULLETIN L: [..
(By United Press

Washing gton, April 2.--The house
promptly .repassed the amended Lib
erty Bond bill. y r,rE !, y n
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
SAMI;,iESl HEADING
TO BATTLE 'FRONT.':
MEN ARE In HIGH
SPIRITS; MUD DEEP
(By United Press)
Rome, April "A neutral report
places Germany's losses in the pres
ent battle at 525,0O0.
Sammies in Action.

Sammles IN Action.
With the Americans afield, April
2.-All Americans offered to the al
lies are in action. The roads are
filled with horses and men. The men
are in the highest spirits despite the
mud. They are enroute to the battle
front. The Germans are jumping on
the Toul front, apparently antici-
pating trouble.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02
Baker Visits Italy.

Rome, April 2.-secretary of War
Baker and United States Ambassador
Page are visiting the Italian battle
fronts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

America is Lauded.
London, April 2.-Newspapers are
lauding Americas new activity in
the war.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-02

CONTINUED on Page, Four)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-28
Day Nursery Will Be
Reopened on Monday

The Day Nursery will be opened
Monday, according to announcement
made today The building has been
well fumigated by the Red Cross, and
parents need not hesitate about bring
ing their children to the Nursery
While the Nursery has suffered
somewhat through turning over its
building as temporary hospital for
influenza patients, the directors feel
that they have benefited the public
at the same time. as thirty cases have
been cared for at the temporary hos
pital. The last case was dismissed
from the hospital last Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-28
RICHMOND LOSES
FIRST CAME TO
RUSHv|LLET TEAM
Game on Rushville Floor
Ends With Score of Is to
y.

The Richmond high school basket
ball team for the first time this year
lowered its colors to another team
last night when the Richmond boys
lost to the Rushville five at Rushville,
1922.
The first half of the game ended
with Rushville seven points in the
lead. In the second half, however the
Richmond boys brought hope back to
the Richmond rooter's hearts when
they tied the score at 21-21 three min
utes before the final bell.
At this point, however, the Rush
vile players took all the joy out of
the Quaker City rooters when Keat-
ing, guard and Thompkins center,
scored field goal and foul goal re-
spectively and another Rushville play
err scored foul goal, Richmond only
came back and scored one foul goal
and the game ended at that point, 25-
%.
One of the Richmond rooters said
that the game was fast and rough"
After winning three straight victories
from bigger schools represented by
better teams the Rushville victory was
a surprise to local players.
The game was probably lost be-
cause the Richmond boys had a little
dose of won-before-we-start and
they were little too sure of their
power to defeat anyone in this part of
the state Rushville went into the
game with the idea of playing their
best and they came out on top.
The Richmond players all seemed
inclined to play rough game and
Eversman and VanAllen were both
put out of the game because of per-
sonal fouls. Carson was also put out
of the game because of personals.
The complete score follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-28
Mrs. Edna Spencer Dies
at Home in Whitewater

Mrs. Edna NJ. Spencer. 80 years old.
died at her home east of Whitewater
yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
She is survived by her husband,
Harry Spencer, one daughter. Lolene.
one son. Oliver her mother. Mrs. Alice
Blose. two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Jen-
nings. of Randolph county and Mrs.
Myrtle Hill of Richmond and one
brother. Joseph H. Blose OF Richmond.
She was a member of the Whitewa-
ter Methodist church. and had been a
school teacher in Franklin township
up to the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held from
the Methodist church Monday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, the Rev. John w
Zerbe OF Marion officiating. Burial
will be at Whitewater. Friends may
call any time.