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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
WAS TOO. PREVIOUS | \
Sarcasm That Berlin. Newspaper
Probably Regrets.
Prophecy That American Soldiers
Would Soon Cross the Rhine and
Enter German Fortressess Has
Been Very Literally Fulfilled.

The most biting irony that Game .1ut
OF Germany during the war was con-
tanned In the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, 4
little more than a year ago. Several
OF our soldiers had been captured by
the Germans. They were dragged all
over the empire and exhibited to the
enraged populace. just to show the
Germans that the Americans were
mot to be feared" The day the I'M
fortunate prisoners arrived IN Berlin
the paper printed the following under
the heading, ''Good Morning, Boys"
Three cheers for the Americans!
Clever chaps they are, 1t cannot be de
MED. Scarcely have they touched the
soil OF this putrefied Europe when
already they are forcing their way into
Germany. Before long they will cross
the Rhine and ALSO enter our for
tresses. That is express train speed
for American smartness.
1T Is our good fortune that we are
equipped to entertain numerous guests
and that we shall be able to provide
quarters for these gentlemen. How
ever, we cannot promise them dough
nuts or jam, and to this extent they
will be obliged to recede from their
former standard of living.
AS Americans are accustomed to
travel in luxury and comfort, we as
sumo that these advance arrivals
merely represent couriers for larger
numbers to follow.
I'VE are sure the latter will come
and be gathered in by us. At home
they believe they possess the biggest
and most colossal everything, but such
establishments as we have here they
have not seen.
Look here, my boys, here is the big
firm of Hindenburg & Co., with which
you want to compete Look at it's ac-
complishments and consider whether
it would not be better to haul down
your sign and engage in some other
line. =s7
Perhaps your boss, Wilson, will re-
consider his newest line of business
before we grab off more of his young
people,"
Clever chaps they are. it cannot be
denied" Yes. they were '.clever
chaps" So clever that today, a short
year after the sarcasm was printed in
the Berlin newspaper, they are actual
~ crossing the Rhine and entering
fortresses which seemed so secure
when the fippant editor gibed the lit
tie handful Of soldiers who had been
overcome.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
How He Got Needed Umbrella,

w. NJ. Hughes, the premier of Aus
tralia. once came by an umbrella
through illicit means. He is, fond of
telling the tale against himself.
While he was walking home one
p1tch-black night a sudden storm
broke and, seeking shelter from the
rain, he fastened to the nearest door
way. After waiting there for few
minutes, he spied small boy coming
along with an enormous umbrella:
The premier. thinking the owner
might offer to share, called out sharp
~: Hi, there, young man! Where
are you going with that umhrella?'
The lad, startled at the sound which
apparently emanated from nowhere,
dropped the umbrella and fed up the
street as hard as his legs would carry
him. He vanished utterly, and Mr..
Hughes predicament was solved.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
Rich Phosphate Deposits.

Extensive phosphate deposits OF.
Nauru or Pleasant island and Ocean
island, located about midway between
the Marshall and Solomon islands.
northwest of New Zealand, are said to
be the most valuable deposits of the
kind in the world. The islands, of
coral formation, have for ages been
the rookeries Of sea birds, which have
deposited guano that has impregnated
the limestone, forming phosphate rock
40 feet in depth. The quantity of
phosphates available is estimated at
5OO,OOO,OOO tons, and as fertilizer it
Is said to rival the famous nitrate
fields of Chill. This phosphate pos
scsses IS per cent Of manurial value,
as against about q per cent Of the
best English phosphate, according to
statement in New Zealand Dairy
man.
Before the war these islands belong
ed to Germany, but have since been
taken over by the British government,
and now it is urged that they be turn
ed over to Australia and New Zealand,
since much Of this phosphate is need
ed for the agricultural districts Of
these two countries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
Yank Artillery Made Record "a

The French take more pride in their
artillery than in almost any other fea-
ture Of their military service, writes
9. w. Barron in the Wall Street Jour
nal. In this war they made world rec
ords in effective gunnery. The Amer
i"an boys watched the French move
l3a-inch guns into position in 45 min
utes with horses and motors. Then
the Frenchmen saw the American
boys do it in 1914 minutes, and they
did not use either horses or motors.
Fifty American officers and men put
the gun into place and they were the
talk of the town at that French camp
Afterward the French called upon their
officers for themselves and ali their
man power to do this work when, the
tractor was not about.
When the Germans met the Amerf-
can gunners they thought new kind
of rapid-tire three-inch gun had come
into the war because it shot so much
more rapidly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
DISTRICT NO. 50

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Edmunds and
children are here from Buffalo, Mont.
on visit to friends and relatives.
Frank Sanborn has returned from a
southern training camp. He. is look
ing fine.
Mrs. Lewis Norberg has nearly re.
covered form the flu and is able to
be out.
Several from Baldwin attended the
county hoard meeting at Elk River
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Edmunds were
visitors at the Herb Campbell home on
Wednesday,.
Stock of all kinds is looking fairly
good in this locality Notwithstanding
the shortage of hay.
Everybody is hauling Triumphs
who have any to sell.
There has been no cases of flu re.
ported in this locality for some time
We hope it is about done.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
Smashing All r. ords.

The knell of such musical German
propaganda as die Wacht am Rhein''
and Deutschland Uber Alles'' was
sounded the other day when more than
loo monograph records racing
these and similar airs We're destroyed
by a committee of women acting I'M
der the auspices of the National Phono-
graph Records Recruiting corps. The
records were reduced to fragments
with hammers at the corps sheadquar-
tiers. Aside from Kidding the country
of all German records that SAVIOR of
propaganda, the primal purpose Of the
organization is the gathering up Of all
Stacker records in the country for
the entertainment of American boys in
the front-line trenches. To this end a
Stacker drive for records will be
launched next week. New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
shipped to Winona, where the funeral

shipped to Winona, where the funeral
was held.
Mrs. X. Kuperus and Mrs. r. Han
enburg have recovered from an attack
of the flu.
Johan johnson was taken to the
hospital at Princeton for an operation
for appendicitis. The latest reports
were that his condition was extremely
grave.
John Devries from Prinsburg visit
ed John De Rose last week. He bought
the forty formerly owned by Pete
Devries.
The young people held a very sue
cessful party at the home Of John
Schultz last Tuesday night.
George Lunn was reported to have
been seriously wounded but later re-
port received by his parents stated
that two fingers had been shot off one
of his hands.
John DeRose was in Prinsburg on
business and came back by way of
Minneapolis.
The Misses Cora and S. Grover ex-
pect to leave for Chicago on Friday to
exchange country life for the big city
life this winter.
Mrs. B. Starkenburg has gone to
Aitkin to stay with her brother.
Ed. Talen is expected home on a
furlough.
The Ladies' society expects to hold
it's annual sale next Thursday after
noon at 2:3O.
v. D. Mier has gone back to Chica-
go after stay with the Talsmas.'
Mr.. Schwartz from Prinsburg, who
bought the Brink farm at Prinsburg,
was here recently.
VIM. De Boer has returned from
Iowa.
Mrs. De Rose was visitor at the
Groen farm recently.
P. Pluimer has secured the services
of young lady as housekeeper.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
HIS DAY Of FATE | |:
Mickie Viii Remember Incident
as Great Victory.
After All, Fear Is as Tough an Enemy
for Some Boys as the Boches En-
enlargement Will Work
Wonders.

I cut down the woods road lined by
dugouts and emplacements to see the
boys before they started on their raid.
] went to the very end of the woods,
but was too late. There, far down
the white road. could see the little
khaki figures swinging along, Maude
Radford Warren writes in the Saturday
Evening Post. One, at the end, seemed
much larger than the others. Then I
could see that it was coming back. I.
waited. Soon saw that the figure was
Mickie. He came toward me, his head
lowered.
Whats the trouble, Mickie?" I
asked.
Forgot my gas mask" he mumbled,
"and the lieutenant sent me back"
He didn't meet my eyes; poor little
.Mickie. only nineteen, hating rats and
jumping at loud noise, lazy and soft
and fond of an easy bed! put my
hand on his arm.
"Oh, Mckee" I said, ''last time you
were chosen for party-the first time
you were put on real job--you had
cramps. A boy with an Irish name
shouldn't act this way. Don't you know
that the boys already suspect you, and
that the lieutenant is only giving you
the benefit of the doubt? The next time
anything like this happens to you he'll
be certain, and then he'll put you in all
the dangerous places. If you run away
then he'll have you shot for cowardice.
If you would just face it once you'd feel
different. Nothing is ever so bad when
we are going through it as we thought
it would be before we got to it. Please,
Mickie, take my gas mask and 60
back"
All honor to the poor shaky lad that
he did not try to excuse himself on the
score that should need the gas mask
myself. He let me fasten it on him.
Then l lent him my lucky four-leaf
clover to wear as mascot, and with
out speaking at all he started back
down the white road.
returned through the woods and
any woman will know my thoughts:
What If anything should happen to
Mickie? What would his mother feel
If she knew the responsibility I had
taken? And why, If one came to that,
had any woman the right to pray:
mot death to my son, o, God; some
other woman's son?'
If had son of soldier age hope
I'd have the courage not to pray for
him except deep down. And I'm glad
the mothers and wives and sweethearts
of alt these soldier lads are thousands
of miles away from the battlefields.
It's sort of wearing to see man you
care for put on his weapons and turn
his back to you and walk down a
cam0uflaged road. The real comfort
is that after all the danger is very
much less than it seems. We have to
remember always that,a small percent
age Of men are badly wounded; q
smaller still killed, and the huge ma
jority of shells and bullets never harm
anything except earth and trees.
Mickie was chattering of his adven-
lures with his chin up when next saw
him. 1t was not the same Mickie.
Only he would not meet my eyes. I
found my gas mask later on the Y
counter. To this hour Mickie has
avoided me; he cannot forgive me be-
cause saw his greatest shame and the
beginning of his conquering. Some day
he will.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
Some Filters Are Anehored

Il picked you out to write to because
can see by your eyes you're the lone.
some kid" gushed letter addressed to
the handsome young aviator whose
likeness had just appeared IN the Great
Lakes Recruit.
The handsome young aviator is a
Kansas City man. Now, Mary" he
wrote to his wife, sin case you don't
feel toward me as you used to. this Is
the time to speak up. as you will oh.
serve by the inclosed." And he, sent
her the letter. 4 > 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
Lived Lsno After Burial Aliva.

John Boyle, who died at Jersey City,
N. j., recently, was one of the four
men rescued alive in 1891 from the
Evansville mines of j. G.. Hayden 4
Co, when q miners were entombed
for 10 days by q rush Of water. The
four survivors ate a mine mule
drowned with their II comrades.
Boyle was widely known as fiddler
in the Lehigh field, but lost his taste
for the coal regions after his 10 days
Of darkness and moved to New Jersey.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
PEASE

Everybody seems perfectly satisfied
with the soft winter weather. It looks
as if nature displays an extraordinary
sense of good will toward US in the
far northern country this season.
The Roulets sustained a heavy loss
last week when their son, George
passed away. The remains were
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
A Smart Dog.

Mrs. Arthur Dodge, the anti-suf-
fragist, said in an eloquent New York
address:
Women neglect the duties that be-
long to them the home and what not
and they demand to undertake du-
ties outside their province, such as
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
Princeton, Mimi,

Princeton, Minn., Oct. 20, 1918.
The board of education of independent
school district No. met in regular session.
Chairman D. A. McRae called the meeting to
order and preceded.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and
adopted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT.
Duluth News Tribune.)

The bill to prevent ratification Of the prohibition
amendment constitution has been introduced m
the state legislature by Duluth member Representative Pit
tenger This creates peculiar situation and one that mas
rather vaudeville feature. ,r y.
Duluth the one and only city of its size in the United
States that motion and act has voted itself saloon
More than that the ryest city It's SIZE ~ ne
country local sentiment compelling the OF the law
only this but Duluth has voted dry four successive
times Twice it voted city alone once Tor county opton
and prohibition This leaves question as 70
the sentiment Duluth Four such declarations are enough
the entire state Of Minnesota especial champion of the
interests should be found in Duluth 1t not memDerI
Ramsey Hennepn Stearns any OF the otner
counties who obtrudes himself as
sor the Of whisky The melight added TO
unsavory distinction by the genemans residence and SO
Misrepresentation of dry city or dry county
The method taken to block the OF
brewery morals The bill takes the form OF appeal
popular provides for referendum The amendmentl
ratified by act Of the legislature as have been all
other amendments but by popular vote not all ana
by majority Of those voting on the subject but by ma
ority of all the votes cast.
The sudden devotion Of the liquor interests LED by tne
brewers is in harmony with their equally
sudden democratic principle So long as
owned the legislature longtas they could by
ter purchase and sale they fought anything that limited az
popular vote. ss.. .E#, z.s ~
A bill to rafy the prohibition amendment has also been
introduced adoption been equally recommended
governor The Pttenger bill is solely bill in avoidance
is against prohibitions either conviction because owned
bythe brewers.
Any man be for prohibition and vet votes
the plea that he believes in the referen
du of latter His morality simply ranks lower
than his cupidty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
SIRENS OF THE SEA-

When Sirens Of the Sea appears
at the Rex tomorrow, Bemidji will
have the opportunity Of seeing one 81
the most beautiful pictures produced
by the Jewel productions (incy star,
ring Louise Lovely and Carmel Mey-
ers, supported by an all-star cast.
It's IN enchanted island and over
yonder sit Lorelei and her sirens.
Destruction or not, I'm going to Lore
lei, z exclaims the handsome young
yatcn tsman, Gerald Waldfon, 70
Hartley Boyce as they sail past q
rock-bound island, where Sybil, an
.exquisitely beautiful maiden, and her
girl companions. all donned in sea-
weed In lieu of bathing suits, are
playing ukaleles and dancing about
the beach. The GIRLS seek hasty's he'll
ter as the young men make a land
ing and rush after them. I
A big feature of the picture are
the water scenes and exhibition Of
swimming and diving. @
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
THEsAyAGE WOMAN v q

What would a savage woman do In
Partisan ball room If you are
not certain, see Clara Kimball Young
at the Rex theatre tonight when she
appears III IA The Savage Woman one
Of Selects celebrated star and mas.
terly productions.
The story Is adapted from the.
novel La File Savage, by Francois
.Curel, and its adoption for the
screen is a role vastly different from
any which Miss Young has before
chosen for the screen takes this cele-
.brated star away from her usual So
ciety play and shows her to excep-s
isionaI advantage as Renee, daughter
Of "a French trader, derelict in Abys-
sfnia, d role In which the young girl
Is brought up in jungle, seen amid
Its wild beauties as the reincarnated
queen OF Sheba, and as a half tanned
thing amid the artifcialittes Of Pari-
san life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14

star is Julia Arthur, one OF the most
noted actresses of the American
stage.
The self-sacrifcing Red Cross
nurse was charged with aiding Eng.
.lishmen in their efforts to quit Bel
GUM after the German occupation
So far as the powerful neutral ma
itions, including the United States,
could discover, the evidence against
the nurse was Of the fimsiest sort,
and Brand Whitlock fnterceded for
the woman, and pleaded with the
German "authorities" throughout the
entire night preceding her murder,
to no avail.
Edith Cavell wasSled out in the
dawn OF a gray morning and shot
within fifteen minutes OF her notiti-
cation of the findings" Of the "court
martial" that tried her. a newsarmy
rose up in England that same day.
The bullet that slew Edith Cayel1
killed the Hohenzollern hope Of VIC
tory.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
DAILY HEALTH TALKS
Better be Careful About Your
Kidneys
BY N. b. COOK, NJ. D

n Foods taken into the stomach 20 through
various chemical changes, and some OF
these changes are poisons that must be
sifted out and disposed Of. 1t is the duty
OF the kidneys to do this. When the kid,
news do not fully perform their vital work,
death may be only few hours away.
Happily, Nature has provided warming
alarms telling people when their kidneys
are not well. These warnings come III the
form of dragging pains in the small Of the
back, weak stomach, low spirits, chils,
nausea. headache, scanty urine and Ire
quent desire to pass it, short breath, numb-
ness, cramps, coated tongue, bad breath,
puffs under the eyes, thin blood, dry skin,
ringing in the cars, spots before the eyes
and many other symptoms. All come
from the one cause Of kidneys that are not
hitering the poisons out Of the system. To
overcome these troubles, DR.. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, N. T., compounded what he calls
Anuric Tablets, No other kidney medl-
cine IS its equal in giving relief and re-
establishing healthful work in the kidneys.
The treatment is very simple, as you need
nothing except water when taking Anuric
Tablets glass OF water with each tablet,
This washes and Pushes the kidneys while
the medicine itself is dissolying the uric
acid poisons and driving them out.
Anuric Tablets are made double strength,
SO that they dissolve uric acid the same as !,
hot water dissolves salt or sugar. Most
people need Anuric Tablets because most
people have uric acid Better get that
poison out of your body for safety's sake,
and better begin today.
To gently and agreeably coax the bowels
back into normal activity, take DIR.
Picrce's Pleasant Pellets. They are just
as good for costiveness as his Anuric Tab
LET'S nTe good Tor kidney Disorders. and that
Is saying great deal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
WHY NOT MEMORIAL FOR BEMIDJI.

With the discussion for more slightly and beautied Be-
midi strikes that the action taken in Lac qu Par county
q Madison San i The se aead soldiers o
ceent idea Lac Pare the first Minnesota county to SO
act
The memorial will be in the form Of iron fountain wen
ty diameter surrounded by figure ron OF modern
soldier.
will depict wife and mother watching for the return OF the
soldier.
agreed pay which will from the fountain
The cost Of the monument is $3.50
It will be erected by July J. in time for the great nome
coming at Madison July A.
Renvle county considering the erection of memorial at
Olivia county seat and the Of Candy to erect
memorial its account for the soldier dead IS now en-
gagged in collecting ST. 900 for that purpose.
What to do with the deep, unsghy triangle near the
depot passed by every visitor e Bemd peen
be favored The erection of memorial fountain on That spot
would greatly the visitors their IN Be-
midi the fountain could be erected in Library park on the
lake shore, other desirable spot
Such would be fitting tribute to BelramIs soldier dead
to the county seat and point Of interest for all
When McAdoo enroute to California to begin private life
stopped at Aberque M he addressed the railroad boys
wages eighhour day while have been getting
dollar year and eighteenhour day. Pretty nice IN Nc
under his administration the railroads lost
of the tax payers money the service became in chaotic
with the people held for exorbtant fares and freight
rates and poor service.
The charges dsloyaty been dropped by the
Max Eastman editor OF the banent soclal!sc
Masses other employees of the plant The
indictments were articles appearing in The Masses
two trials resulted sagreements OF the ur1es AT the
first trial George Cree official pub spokesman for the
president testified defense of the indicted editor and stated
that he held him in high regard and esteem It WORKED nne
Attorney General Gregory of the presidents cabinet
another who resigned Like McAdoo he his Isl
small Gregory another Texas politician, appointed by
Wilson to cabinet office following the customary line OF
naming souheners to the executive positions OF the govs
ment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
a T 7 H E
Il II E "A r E r S
GRAND TONIGHT

wife or Country the photoplay
at the Grand theatre tonight Is
purely and simply melodrama.
The marital troubles of a brilliant
woman who has q husband much
younger than herself, blended with
German propaganda, is the chief key
note OF the plot, but with an unex-
5pected denouement for the big punch
and a most unusual ending. Gloria
Swanson, Harry Mestayer, Gretchen
Lederer, Jack Richardson are In the
cast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
GRAND TOMORROW.

"A tense love story lis told In the,
new World Picture, tThe Road to
France, which on Wednesday will
be shown at the Grand theatre with.
Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greeley
starred. The love story Is staged
against the rushing activities OF q
big American ship yard inSwar time
THE Road to France will stir
your patriotismit will make you
even more glad to be an American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
EIKO TOMORROW.

q. Warren Kerrigan Is to appear
as. star in Three X Cord lon, another
of vigorous manhood. to
be screened at the Elko theatre Well
nesday and Thursday, matinees and
evenings. The story is that Of a
wastrel whose greatest good fortune
was disinheritance. Lois Wilson,
Walter Perry and others OF note are
In the, cast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-14
ELKO TONIGHT,

In Loves Law" ct the Elko thea
tire tonight, Gail Kane Is presented in
q highly dramatic photoplay, selected
blythe star herself as Most admirably
suited to her best abilities. Loves
Law, is the story Of a talented girl IS
struggle for decency In her rise 20
fame. -