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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-18
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

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Everything point to general collapse
OF the Central Powers. All week there
has been rumors Of yielding to the die.
tates Of the Allies. Steadily the enemy
has been pushed back until they are
\ retreating in q demoralized condition
for over q hundred miles.
Meanwhile, hostilities are proceeding
without cessation, and, as in days past,
the forces Of the Allies everywhere are
defeating the enemy. In Belgium-F -Flan-
ders, the British, Belgian and French
troops, under King Albert, are sweeping
forward fol. further material gains in the
process Of driving the invader out Of
Belgium. On the front in France, the
British, French and Americans are hard
after the GeImans and are making pro-
gress, although slowly, Notwithstanding
the strenuous. defence that issb being
offered. 81 3s;si u. # 3ss Y
Both in Serbia and Albania the En-:
tente troops are ridding the invaded
districts of the Austro- Hungarian and
8German contingent ID Albania being
we'll to the north of Duraxzo on the
Adriatic s9a, and 10 Serbia consider.
able distance beyond Nish, with the
enemy falling back toward the frontier
of AustFis: Hungafy. B.
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say that j feel like ]; had lost my best
friend. You know We were hardly ever
separated from eaoh other and Ne
worked 90 hard 70 keep ID the same
company whom transferred. But he
died like . real man. doing his beat 70
the last. That means at least ore more
sBoche / must account for when j next
get the chance. s,;5s g
We'will be back out Of gun sound and
range in . few days and then will try
and send you cable as it has been so
long since last wrote that / know you
are all thinking something has happened
to me. yss. .sis
] must close for now as have lot 81
letter writing to do to get caught up.
Love to Edith. s.
Sincerely your brother,
Pvt. Roy D. Chisholm,
60. r 12e Inf, A. P. Q. .734, A. E. F.
France.
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Letters From the Front

The following interesting letter was
written by Roy Chisholm, son Of Mrs.
y. M. Chisholm Of this c,tA 70 his
brother Ralph, Of Lakota, N. D. Chss.
Carigan, spoken Of in the letter, was
formerly q resldent .of Langdon before
going to Montana, where Roy met him
and became fast friends:
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Sincerely your brother,
Pvt. Roy D. Chisholm,
Go. r l26 Inf, A. P. o. 734, A. E. F.
France.
The following letter, written by Rev,
q. 81. Moore to his father, in Alliance
Ohio, is sent us by Mrs. Moore, with the
understanding that we might extract
from it what we thought would interest
our readers. The whole letter is inter.
esting and we herewith reproduce it in
full.
Mrs. Moore is employed in bank in
Alliance and has chargeof the Liberty
Bond business of that institution.
Somewhere in France, Sept. Z, 1918
Dear Father:
I have assumed the consent of all
parties to the suggestion made about
you and. Benlah: sharing letters, and &C
l am not duplicating much Of what
say. Lam still with bunch of chap.
lains. We are at present in little train.
ing school we are supposed to attend
and will be assigned from here, SO that
we will soon be on our way to our work.
1t has seemed like long time for train.
ing, but we hope it will make the work
easier when we really get into the game.
My neyt letter will probably tell you
what organization will be- gith, though
1t may not give my full address. / may
not know that myself until get to the
outfit and find out where they are.
We had quite trip getting to our
present location. Not that we have
been in contact with the front line OF
anything like that, but we got some
experience with French railroads and
got into the crush Of material and men
beng rushed toward the front line. On
the last lap Of the journey we were on a
train which had q schedule of IA horses
to make certain run and we lost Just
26 hours in making it. It was supposed
to land us in the town where we were
going to in the morning, SO we were
assigned berths in the French style
sleeper, and we occupied them two
nights. We we're not badly off in that
respect, but we were out of luck in the
matter of getting meals, as we hau to
live on what the porter or ourselves
could pick up on the way, with the little
we took with us to tide over an emer-
gency Of a meal or SO. When we did get
lin end at noon got down to table at
the \. NJ. q. A. hut, we were in shape
to enjoy q meal to the full. The second
night we were sleeping at a comfortable
rate when we we're awakened by great
commotion outsides and calls for every
one TO get off the train, which we did
without stopping to make complete
toilet, to learn that a train ahead Of us
had broken in two and part was running
back toward US down grade. 1t was
stopped some way, we did not learn
how, but We got little practlce in max.
ing speedy getaway. Some funny
things happened, Of course. One fellow
We had nicknamed Ever Ready. got his
things scattered all over the platform,
some never were found, and he laid
himself down behind . hedge until the
|excitement was over. He was the Joke
|of the train from that time on.
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American Expeditionary Force.
August 18th, 1918.

truction that lay in the path Of our big
advance and it sure seems good to be
where the trees are not all knocked to
pieces, the fields trampled down and the
ground everywhere uprooted by the big
shells. Really. person cannot imagine
1t all till he has spent month IN the
middle Of things as we have.
An idea OF the vastness Of the scale on
which things are done on our front 10
shown by the way they move a division
here. We get an order to move, at night
say; in. q couple Of hours We are all on
motor trucks, troops, kitchens and every
thing, and away we go, for five or ten
hours and are put down at place tifty
miles away. The conveys sometimes
stretch away for miles, looking much
like a mammoth train.
I have had a taste Of real war since I
last wrote you, and while ! can't say
that lam in love with it, still it is not
30 terribly bad at that. A fellow gradu-
|ially works into it and hardly notices the
changes, ! can honestly say that, in
most ways the jump from civilian to
army life is the hardest I have taken.
Yet, during the past month have hard
|ly seen q civilian and have hardly paid
aLy attention to it until now, when
begin seeing them again. /.
I have been "over the top" couple of
times and luck was with me both times
The Boche fighting the rear guard
actions do not seem to like the accuracy
Of our shooting Or else they are just
naturally bad shots. II they keep leav-
ing guns and ammunition behind them
the way they have been doing, they will
have to stop shooting soon on account Of
lack Of material. y.
We are bivouactsd now near . town
in which is one Of the beautiful old
chauteaus that are 80 much loved by
the French, and with good reason. I
have not had glimpse Of the garden
yet but the boys who have seen it say it
is 9 work Of Art. / lost some Of my
toilet articles : while back and had to
take 4 trip tosthe divisional commisary
three miles away. to get . fresh supply:
II was my first trip to one Of the com-
misaries the government is putting in
over here. Every thing is sold at cost.
Auto strop razors cost e1.75, Camel
cigarettes, seven cents turkish towels.
26 cents. etc. I got s pound Of choco.
late creams for 90 cents the first / have
had Encs ! left Borde deaux, and / sure
made ashole il that box ii short time.
guess I will mske another trip over
there. 3sIssSs
S While I an writing this / I Am eating
some French cool kiesl lbought St 4 Franch
cooperative store located in town. Trey
taste very much ike the lsdy fingers sws s,ws
ussd q get at home, and Wills tl,sy are
pretty good, they are hSrdl snbstantial
Just at present. I also rinanagsd toRet
some writing poper so Will ~; and ~rits
= sfew letters ior u change. lsttetg
writing hasI been pretty slack lstely il
[isg gstting along toward mail time IS viii
Cult thiss pretty sudden. We - ysryll a,,t,l
liable ~ s. ons,o II foff quits ! while
|noy
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CONGRESS ENTERING.
f # TIL MON H OF.
End WAR SESSION
Three Important Measures
on Programme for Com
pletion This Week
LIBERTY LOAN BILL
HAS LEAD IN SENATE
War Finance Corporation and Webb
Export Legislation Come Next.
Fight on Wheat Prices
in House
q

Washington, March 31-Entering the
afth month Of the second war ses-
sion, Congress- this week II expected
to complete three more important
m<asures--the new Liberty Loan Leg
islatiou. the bill creating n war finance
corporation and the long-pendins
W ebb export bill. Work will start ON
the Overman hill. vesting Presidcnr
Wilson with greater powers for re-
organisation. and attention Will he
given during the week to other wnr
Regulation, including amendments to
the selective draft act.
Right Of way is to be given in the
Senate for the Liberty Loan bill, author
ixing $500, 10000 more war bonds, $S,oO0,-
100000 Of treasury certificates. and addi-
tional loans Of $500 100000 to the allies.
This measure. which goes tomorrow from
the House to the Senate, should be law
before next Saturday, when the third
Liberty Loan campaign begins.
Tomorrow the conference report on the
administration bill for the war finnce
corporation is slated for presentation,
with prospects Of its transmission to the
" 2.
President by midweek. Presentation to
the House of the conferees agreement
on the Webb export bill also IL planned
for tomorrow.
Anti-spy legislation is to be considered
tomorrow by the Senate judiciary CONF
|mittee. The so-called woman spy" bill.
extending espionage laws to enemy allen
women, which has been passed BY both
houses. is scheduled for completion this
week. The COMMITTEES will take up sew
eral important espionage bills. including
the House measure penalizing interfer-
ence with government war loans which
the leaders propose to enact ahead Of the
Liberty Loan campaign.
To secure early House consideration Of
the Senate bills amending the draft law.
changing the basis Of quotas from state
populations to proportions Of men IN
class ! and recurring registration 81
tCsntinaed - Pare Thxee1
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Summary Of the News
GENERAL NEWS.


1--British and French not only hold
line, hut push enemy back Mt
some points.
People OF Paris attend church In
spite OF big gum.
Public warned against ground
glass In flour, bread and bread
wrappers.
Congress enters upon fifth month
OF second war session.
Government may take over pack
ing industry.
2-German forces showing greatest
activity behind line opposite Sec
tor held by Americans.
3-Americans stn~ M they 20 forward
into big battle. "a
S-Holland prOtcxss against taking
her mercantile marine.
0-Postmaster At Muscle shoals seek
Ing relief from growing business
LOCAL NEWS
6-COn9ress Of social workers will be
notable gathering Of great
speakers.
Meeting 1t Jefferson theatre for
Liberty Loan drive.
Community sing was shot through
with patriotism.
Book campaign war success, but
more books are welcomed.
FEATURES
S-GuIf States Steel makes splendid
record Of operations.
4-Edit0rinI comment.
tf--IndustriaI news.
1tl~-SpoFta.
1l--aiarket review.
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Food Administrator Hoover
Suggests There Must Be
Changed Policy as
to Meats
UNDER PRESENT RULE
HE rs POWERLESS TO
REGULATE INDUSTRY
Tells President Producer
and Consumer Must Be
Better Protected From
Profiteers

Washington, March 81. De
termination of a national
policy governing meat produc-
ton, sale and distribution dur
ing the war, which may in
clude virtual price fixing and
definite control Of actual fed
eral operation of the big pack
ing houses, has been entrusted
by President Wilson to a spe-
|cial commission of five promi-
|nent government officials.
This step, announced tonight, was
taken at the recommendation of Food
Administrator Hoover, who advised
the President that he found himself
Ipowerless to protect properly all
branches of the cattle industry, and
that the governments present course
lis almost intolerable in criticism
from both producer and consumer"
Mr.. Hoover asked that the President
extend to meat the policy instigatad
in steel, copper and other commodi-
ties which are sold at prices fixed on
the basis of conferences between pro-
ducers and the government.
| The food administration suggested, and
President Wilson now has approved the
| plan. that national policy be deter
mined by the following officers acting
personally or through authorized dele
gates: The Secretary of Agriculture.
representing the viewpoint OF the pro-
Queer; the chairman OF the federal trade
commission. representing the influence
OF trade conditions; the chairman of the
United States tariff board, representing
economic thought; the Secretary OF La
Dor, representing the viewpoint of the
civilian consumer. and the food adminis-
traitor, who was to carry out any policy
| adortel.
Mr.. Hoover submitted his proposal to
| the President in letter outlining at
length the trials OF his organization in
seeking to stimulate production and at
the same time to prevent the robbery OF
| the average citizen by profteering. He
declared that some change in the govern
ment's present course was necessary for
| the protection OF the producer and civil
liam consumer, and to insure the increased
tContinued ON Page Three)
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Geneza. Switzerland, Saturday
March S0.-Lieutenant General Won
Rohne. German authority on ord
nance and Inspector OF artillery, gives
in a magazine, of which he Is edi-
tor, additional details in regard to tho
long distance German guns with which
Paris is being bombarded. He SAYS
they are 20 metres (s5,s) feet long.
The empty shell weighs $50 Kilograms
G30) pounds and the charge weighs
the same The projectile attains u
height of 80 kilometres $50 miles
and descends from the sky like q me-
tecr on it's target.
General Won Rohne says it requires
about three minutes for the shell 4,
reach its destination. The greatest dir
fculty in the way of increasing the
range was overcome by sending this
pro1ectile high enough to reach the
rarified air.
1t Appears the Germans are extreme
~ proud of the bombardment Of Paris
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New York, March 31.-Warnine
70 the public ssto be most careful
- The future when eating bread
vcll.. cakes and pastry" because
Staged bits Of glass have been
sound In flour. bread and bread
~,.ppers,s was ISSUED by the Ted
-, food board here today.
re warning added that "cc"-
r,.ints Of this character have been
sufficaently frequent to warrant
=. hoard In publishing this warn
Ing. much ~ 1t disliikes to be put
- the position Of seemfng to un-
am,x alarm our public"
According to the bonrd. mo or
vsp,xcd attempt I" work injury
~ u,acinx glass In bread has been
fennd. hut such acts are attrib-
ned 10 malicious persons ensaxed
" hakerIes and factories affected
617EouGewlves should examine
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Public Warned Against
Ground Glass in Flour,
Bread and Wrappers
r..r,l Food Board Says Complaints Are Sufficiently
Frequent to Warrant Issuance Of Notice to House
w;ve. and Others to Be Careful When Eat
ing Wheat Products Of All Kinds

bread after it has been cut and
made ready for the table, says
the warning. "Where bread -
baked In the honss. the Hour
should he thoroughly sifted for
foreign substances. Owners Of ba-
kcries and those handling Hour
und substitutes used In baking are
asked to have rigid Inspection
made before these commodities
leave skipping rooms In bulk or
manufactured FORM Where s"s-
picion in excited there should De
thorough investixatioR.
Asserting that II lad already
taken steps to protecs the public
the board announced that its chair
man expects to conAr this week
with Governor wAifn,an 70 seek
the passage Of spe aal Hesitation
which win meet u situation more
adequately.
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OF PARIS
ATTEND CHURCH IN
SPITE OF BIG GUNS
Long Range Bombardment
Of French Capital Re-
sumed Easter Sunday
Afternoon

Paris, March 31.--The lombard
ment of Paris by long range Ger
man guns was resumed mt 2sI5 p.
m. today.
An official note, issued tonight,
sayss
"The German long range cannon
continued during the day to bonn
bard Paris district. One person
was killed and one injured.'
At the services this morning the
churches were even more crowded
than il usual ON Easter Sunday.
No unexploded shell from a gun
bombarding Paris has thus far
been found. However, there have
been examined in the municipal
laboratory fragments of sufficient
size to permit the directors to
reach certain conclusions. They
are of the ounion that double
fuse Is used and that the Euna
fire 210-millimetre (sA-inch
shells.
Apparently four gums are being
used. two ON each alternate days.
The installtion and adjustment Of
the gums must require at least
three months. Doubtless they are
concealed under mountains of ce-
ment. rendering 1t most difficult
to locate and destroy them.
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paris. March S1-On the southern pat
~, front the French have recaptureo
Ayencourt and Monchel and gained con
siderable ground in the region OF orv.-
lers, according to the official commune
cation from the war office tonight
The text reads:
"The. Germans, exhausted by their SAN
summary check Of yesterday, made vio-
lent local attacks today only at certain
points on the front.
north of Moreiul the enemy galheu
~ success except in the region OF Ham
gard En- Santerre, where al'er s'uDoo
fighting, he succeeded in gaining ioo'-
hold in that village.
"Between Moreiul and Lassigny our
troops. according to the latest ihiorina-
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SO Enemy Airplanes Are
Destroyed by British
on the Italian Front

London. March 3i.-Eighty-three enemy
airplanes have been destroyed by British
aviators since they began operating on
the Italian front. says British Official
communication issued tonight.
The British have lost 10 machines in
aerial fighting. The text of the COM
munication. which tells OF the operations
Of the British on the Italian theatre, fol-
lows:
ON tho Italian front the British troops
holding the Montelxo section we're re-
1ieYed in the middle Of March and since
have taken . new sector on the Axiago
plateau.
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idSGS.
ed he would regale himself in the French
capital on April I, his fare will be that
of the German army: and instead OF
passing triumphantly through the boule-
wards Of the city victor over the
French and British troops he will be bust
ly engaged in lodging the shot and shell
hurled at him by them and endeavoring
to withstand the heavy thrusts of their
infantry against his battle line.
On the other battle fronts the fight
ing continues of minor character, al
though the maneuvers in the ltaiian
theatre still seem to indicate the near APP
proach Of hostilities OF major char
acter. The British troops now are hold
ing portion of the Asiago plateau sec
tor. over which strategists have pre-
dicted that the Teutonic allies would en-
deayor to pass in their attempt to gain
the Venetian plain.
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Germans ThrolDing
Masses of Infantry
Against the French
Battle Between Moreiul and Lassigny Is Purely
/ One of Foot Soldiers Heavy Artillery IssN0t
Being Used Machine Guns Doing
Good Work
ny the Associated Press

With the French Army in France Saturday March 3OA
great German infantry flowed against the French lines
today between Moreu and Lassigny 1t was purely battle
of Germans hurled against
time after time only to be cast back again by
ter attacks
the battle
sides displaying obstnac
fighting the villages
Roye where bayonets and hand
adnS div
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ROLL OF HONOR

Washington, March b.
Twenty-eight casualties among
the American expeditionary
forces announced today by the
war department were divided
as follows:
One killed in action, one died Of
wounds, nine died of disease, one
severely wounded and sixteen slightly
wounded. The list follows:
KILLED IN ACTION
Private Martin O'Connors.
DIED OF WOUNDS
private Lawrence e. Redmond.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Private Alfred speiEle.
Died Of disease,
DIED OF DISEASE
Corp. James Leopold Loehr.
Corp. California True.
Private CIement' Bason.
Private Charlotes Charles Brown.
Private Dewey Douglas.
Private Herman Hahn.
Private william Edgar Murphy.
Private PERCY G. seay.
Private Robert Thili.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Lieut.. Walter l.. Hardenbrcok.
Lieut.. Talbot T. speer.
Lieut.. Guy Daniel Tibbetts.
sergt. Alfred J. Berxercn.
sergt. Dewey J. Hooper.
Corp. Joe Ruben.
Corp. John Wilson.
Bugler Joseph kuns.
Private Frank J. Bedcrnicke.
Private George N. Bell.
Private Pelegrino Cavessa-
Private walter Decelle.
Private Jerry Ferde.
Private George r.. Gehx.
Prsyats Wtlhur L. Lawrence
Prlvata nansy 4. Hutleage
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tween the various phases. Whether the
Germans will be able to make demon
stration In another direction while the
present struggle is progressing remains
to be seen, but indications point to the
utilization of a great part Of their troops
in the huge effort.
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Not alone has Won Hindenburg lost
large numbers of men killed or wounded,
but both the British and French armies
have taken a considerable number or
new prisoners and also captured machine
guns At last accounts the Germans had
launched a fresh attack in the region be-
tween the Rivers Luce and Avre and
fierce fighting was in progress.
ALLIED RETREAT STOPS
The reports from both the British and
French war offices seemingly indicate
that the allied troops have reached the
limits Of their retrograde movement. In
any event, they have cancelled the en-
gagement of Field Marshal Won linden
burg made with himself to take dinner IN
Paris on All Fools day. Instead OF the
truffles and other viands which with
the German commander in chief predict