The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-05-18

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VOL. NO. 7
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 18, 1916.
NO. 48.
YS REPUBLIC
IS DETERMINED
French President Asserts War
Will Continue.
College Town
May 20 and 21.
MUST HAVE LASTING PEACE
France   Will   Not   Accept   Settlement
That  Permits Germany to "Re-  ..
main  Menace to Europe."
Nancy, May 15.—President Poin-
care, in an address here, responded
to Germany's declaration regarding
peace contained in the German reply
to the American note.
"Prance does not want Germany to
tender peace," the president said,
"but wants her adversary to ask for
peace."
The president then made known
clearly the only kind of peace which
would be acceptable to France.
The address was delivered at the
Molitor garrison before a large number of Lorraine refugees, to whom the
president, after expressing his sympathy and renewing promises of solicitude and protection, said:
"France will not expose her sons to
the dangers of new aggressions.
"The central empires, haunted by remorse for having brought on the war
and terrified by tlie indignation and
hatred they have stirred up in mankind, are trying today to make the
world believe that the entente allies
alone are responsible for the prolongation of hostilities—a dull irony
which will deceive no one.
"Neither directly nor indirectly have
our enemies offered us peace. But we
do not want them to offer it to us;
we want them to ask it of us.
"We do not want to impose ours on
them. We don't want a peace which
would leave imperial Germany with
the power to recommence the war and
keep Europe eternally menaced. We
want peace which receives from restored rights serious guaranties of
equilibrium and stability.
"So long as that peace is not assured to us; so long as our enemies
will not recognize themselves as vanquished, we will not cease to fight."
TWO MORE IRISH
LEADERS EXECUTED
Dublin, May 16. — James Connolly
and John McDermott were shot for
complicity in the rebellion.
James Connolly was styled by his
associates commanding general of the
Irish republican army. He was one
of the seven signers of the proclamation issued by the insurgents at Dublin at the outbreak of the revolt.
Connolly was wounded during the
fight and was taken prisoner. His
thigh bone was broken by a bullet. It
was announced in London last week
that he could not be placed on trial
at the time on account of his wounded condition.
John" McDermott was known as one
of the most brilliant orators in Ireland and as one of the so called Inner
circle of revolutionists in the recent
uprising.
MEET   STRONG   OPPOSITION
Russian Troops Are Trying to Reach
Bagdad.
London, May 15.—Asiatic Turkey is
the only war theater where infantry
actions of any great importance are
reported. On the line in Prance and
Belgium and in the Austro-Italian theater there have been minor engagements. On the Russian fronts bombardments are in progress.
Russians and Turks continue their
attacks and counter attacks in the region south of the Black sea littoral
and also west of the Persian border,
where the Russians are endeavoring
to force their way through the Mesopotamia region, with Bagdad and a
Junction with the British forces farther south their ( bjectlves.
To the northwest of Erzerum, in the
Kope mountain region, Constantinople
reports the repulse of Russian attacks
to regain lost positions.
NEW NOTE ON THE SUSSEX
German Government Now Admits A»
tacking Vessel.
Washington. May 11.—In a supplementary note just received from Berlin   th rnment  admits
onslbillty   for   the   loss   of   the
steamer  Sussex.
suits  of  an  Investigation  based
on   facts   supplied   by   the   American
tunica-
tion says, have shown that the ci
Hon originally  set up by the Germans
that the exjftofcion of the Susse:
ed to a cause other than a
tan  submarine  attack  cannot be
maintained.      	
Estimate of German Losses.
London,   .May   11.—More  than  700,-
000  G lidiers  have  been killed
io wounded, ai
lag to announcement,
■1   upon  official  German  casualty
lists.
Read the Journal ads.
A college farce comedy in
three acts presented by the
Foley high school, will be shown
at Faust's opera house Saturday evening, May 20, and Sunday May 21.
This play was put on at Foley
to a packed house and by special request it was repeated the
week following with even better
success. There is no doubt but
that this will be as good as any
amatuer play ever seen in Pierz.
Foley people claim they have
never seen anything equal to it.
Come and feel satisfied that you
have gotten your money's worth.
Synopsis of Scenes.
Act 1—Eight o'clock a. m. at
"Ma" Bagsby \s college boarding
house. Trying to wake Jimmie.
"Seven cuts and it's only November." Marjorie, the ever-
blooming college widow. The
Ace of Spades has troubles of
his own. Rehearsing for ihe
college dpera. Three giddy
widows. .Jimmie meets tlie girl
from Dixie. A college spread,
pillow light and quadrille. The
foot ball captain appears at the
wrong time. Reconciliation.
For the honor of the school.
The discipline committee makes
a morning call upon Jimmie.
The fatal frat pin. "Thus doth
Marc Anthony salute her snaky
highness, Cleopatra of Egypt.'1
Jiminie's explanation and plan
of escape. Too many Aunt
Jane's appear.
Act II—A faculty dinner party
at the residence of the Popp's.
Arranging for the dinner. The
punch too weak lor the major. {
"When one is on the faculty,
some things must be done sub
rosa.:' The college faculty arrive. The conversation turns
to Jiminie's Aunt Jane, a real
live millionaire. "Howdy do,
Prexy, isn't this a beamish evening?" The college serenaders
"spiking'' the punch. Major
proposes to Aunt Jane. Professor Popp samples the "spiked" punch and becomes somewhat exhilarating. "I feel more
like a man.'' The real Aunt
Jane arrives as a pleasant. (?)
surprise for Tad and Jimmie.
''Excuse us, but Auntie's not ]
feeling well."
Act III— The Thanksgiving'
foot ball game. On the side
lines. Aunt Jane "hits the
pipe." "If the last half goes
anything like this one, I'll have
to write home to Grandma.''
Jim's lour leaf clover. "I shall
keep this always. He's a regular college flirt. Leviticus tlie
chief official rubber down. Tin-
two Aunt Janes. The Major
forgives perforce. "Touchdown,
Touchdown.'- The real Aunt
Jane gets mixed up in the game.
"He's within a yard of tlie line."
Jimmie makes the winning score,
"All's well that ends well."
Story of the'ptav.
Jimmie Cavendish, a typical
college good fellow, is a senior
at the college. The night before the opening of the play he
has been out on a lark- and in
his rah-rah enthusiasm has
broken several windows, painted a statute on the college cam
pus and, to. cap the climax, calls
at the home of Professor Popp
the chairman of the discipline
committee, and kisses his tyrannical wife who answers the
bell.    He escapi loses his
lraternity pin.    Mrs. Popp finds
This Swindler Was
Here Last Week
this and sees Jimmie's name on
the back. The play opens the
next morning at "Ma" Bagsby's
boarding house where Jimmie
stays. "Ma" Bagsby, the foster mother of all her college
boarders, is expecting her niece
from Carolina to spend Thanks
giving with her. The young
lady arrives and at once eapti-
vates the fancy of Jimmie, after
she has "pounded' him out of
bed by tacking a poster on liis
door. Matters are complicated
by the arrival of the discipline
committee on his trail. He
manages to get out of scrape
temporarily by stating that
he was with his Auut Jane the
night before. His aunt Jane is
thinking of endowing a chair to
the college and Jimmie "works"
the discipline committee. They
insist on seeing tlie Aunt, however, and Jimmie's two chums,
Tad and Shorty, each unknown
to the other, agree to impersonate Jiminie's aunt, Airs. Bagsby.
in her endeavors to help Jimmie
out of the scrape, also prevails
upon Marjorie to dress up and
impersonate the aunt, not knowing that Jimmie hadsecured the
assistance oi Tad and Shorty
lor the same purpose. At the
end of the first act, climax is
reached when all three "Aunt
Janes'' appear at the same place
at the same time. Jimmie insists that they are all his aunts,
Jane, Clementine and Susannah.
Mrs. Popp gives a faculty
dinner in honor of Jimmies
auntJane and Tad has to attend
the dinner disguised as the
auut. Mrs. Popp's brother,
Major Kilpepper, proposes lo
Jimmie's auut in a ludicrous
love scene. The real aunt arrives from New York and goes
to the dinner party. She is met
by Tad and hustled away before
she meets the faculty. Things
are getting very exciting fur
Tad as the Major insists in making love to Tad, and the dinner
is lull ol comic interruptions.
The college glee club, after serenading the guests oi Mrs. Popp,
are treated rather shabbily and,
out of revenge they "spike'' the
punch. The innocent henpecked Popp thinks the punch is
better than usual and, not knowing that tile punch is "spiked''
takes a little too much. In his
exhilarated state, he proceeds
to lay down the law to his domineering spouse, but is rebuffed
and led back to the dinner by
tlie ear.
Jimmie's admiration for Mrs.
Bagsby's niece deepens and he
obtains her permission lo escort
her to the Thanksgiving football game and to the play and
dance afterward. Tad decides
that  he   need   impersonate   tlie
aunt no' longer, since the real made such ardent love, renew8
one has arrived, and takes off l,js love making, much to the
his old maid costume. Shorty lady's surprise. Tad arrives
and Jimmie pursue him trying and explains the whole joke to
get him to keep up the acting the Major. The Major is most
for a while longer, ana by mis- Indignant and threatens to ex-
take pursue him into the midst pel Jimmie and Tad, but is fin -
.lie faculty dinner party. Lily pacified by Tad's threats to
Thus closes. ad act. ; tell all about the   Major's   love-
The third act depicts   the  ex-   making.    The football men need
A fellow who posed as a ger-
man surgeon drove through the
Pierz country last week, and by
means of a plausible tale of woe
and persecution at the hands of
the Canadian government, sold
about $50X0 worth of pocket-
books in two days. Some of the
victims claim that he had the
faculty of shedding genuine hot
tears as a climax to his story.
He is gone now as far as we
know, but he is no doubt plying
his schemes in some neighboring german community.
The St. Paul Volkszeitung of
the 15th of May gives its readers a warning, the translation of
which in substance is this:
During the last few months
begging by selfstyled german
reservists, who tell heartrending stories about their xe-
pereriences in Canada, has developed into a sort of a plague.
Under no circumstances and
under no pressure of sympathy
should the least linancial aid be
given them.
Refer them, instead, to the
german consulate, which is in
position to provide for worthy
applicants.
These beggars are all swindlers.
If you wish to gftfe anything
Lo the reservists in distress, or
anything to the german cause,
you may do so by remitting any
sum from $1.00 up, to the German Consulate, LQRBNZ, 605,
Commerce building, St. Paul,
Minn., which will see that your
money is not misplaced.
Temperature Tuesday was
Hi ice below freezing. Wednesday two below freezing
and today it was just at the
freezing point.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
'Vheat, No. I,   $1.] i
Wheat, No. 2       1.07
Wheat, No. 3        1 02
flax,         1.80
Barley  62
Rye       -i
Oats      37
EarCorn      65
Hay     7.00
Butter, Creamery ..       3?
Dairy       27
Eggs       if
f'lour.Royal      3.20
"    WhiteRose      3.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran ■ 1.25
Shorts   1.30
t'racked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.40
Beans      4.00
Onions         60
News From The
County  Seat
Remove the horse's sho
Are the parture fences in
good repair.'
August Sauer of Dixville
visited Pierz Wednesday.
The infant son of John T.
Harseli died Tuesday and was
buried this morning.
The German Bank basement was half full of water
Sunday morning.
The stork visited tlie Val.
Meyer home Saturday morning aud left a young daughter.
The strong wind Sunday
morning blew tlie lid off F.
A. Nelson's gallery in upper
town and deposited it onto
the sidewalk.
Lost—A white   pig   weighing
about 90 pounds. Last seen
about 3 miles northwest of
town, Holder please notify
Wm. Nimscu.
Cresence Faust is in St.
Barnabus Hospital in Minneapolis where she will undergo
an operation for goitre at (he
end of this week.
The corn season is getting
late and many farmers north
and east are just waking ap
to the fact that home-grown
seed corn is scarce. Hard
luck.
The Nash wa uk 11 igh School
Band has been hired to plaj
during State Fair week. Tin-
band is composed of 37 boss
and girls, ranging from 12 to
18 years.
Frank Johnson and John
Jeuquist of Platte Lake town
were Pierz visitors last Thursday. Frank reports that settlers are beginning to come
into his country.
Jos. Zeigler sold his farm
to a In-other toJake Duschner
and left yesterday for Bis-
mark, N. 1).    He has not yel
decided where lie will live in
the Flickeiiail state.
Henry Crasser! of Pier/,
county commissioner from
the Third district, hied lasl
Tuesday morning for re-nomination at the primary election June 19. He has no opposition as yet.
The base ball season at
Pierz will open next Sunday,
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
in a game with Foley Poky
has a fast team and a good
game is expected. Several of
Buckman's best players will
join Pierz and help defeat the
Benton county tean.
Marshal Loop's House JABOUT THE STATE
Burned Saturday:
Marshal Loop of North Gran
ite lost his house by tire Saturday afternoon.
It started on the root from a
defective stovepipe and was far
beyond control when discovered-
.Mrs. Loop who was sick abed,
heard the crackling of the Ha
which led to the discovery.
There was no insurance on the
building.
The family   has taken temporary quarters at the C. R. Coja
cob home.
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTION
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told:
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reador.
-Gross
John Weidenbach, son of Peter
Weidenbach of Granite, and An-
tonia Gross, youngest daughter
of Theodore Gross of the village were married last Tuesday
morning. Cecilia Bolster and
Katie Weidenbach were bridesmaids and Theodore Gross, son
of   Jos. Gross,   and Henry   Wei
Copper has been discovered on the
Cayuna range near Emily.
Thomas   McKinsey,   the  ol
hing county, I
l'hoehe A.  Hard. .lent
Paul  since   1'
eighty-two yean.
The flour mill at
been • : >ss of]
more than
Dai!
publican candidate for congress from;
'ourth district
done In the Twin
ami surrounding country
severe wind storm.
The Mini
association, in their annual session at
si. Paul, declared
the next
meeting    place    of    the    Minui
■■  .'on-
at Brah
her,   employ.-a   by   the
denbacb   were   best   men.    The   Melrose Granite company at St. Cloud,
wedding-was  celebrated   at the" wns ,i"s!:i""-'   ""J*   ^f"   n   '
pound stone dropped on him.
brides home in i \       .\i.-\ W. Crosier, torn
large number of friends and rel    ,ns'/l"'or ;uul  £roJ
with   tin-   I nited   Commi .viol
atives   of   the   Weidenbach   and   >: 1 at  Minneapolis.
Out of town guests at the
Weideubach-Gross wedding:
Henry Bermeil. .Mrs. Anton
Bernieil and Mrs. Paul Jasch-
ke of  Randall:   Math.   Wei-
Gross families attended.
A bowery and food music furnished pastime   for all lovers ol
St. Louis couut>  h audi-
dates   tor  renomination  and   tin:
ipirants have
Martin   i B   woodwork.
home in the village
dancing*, and a table laden  with   the   Keil   Manufacturing company  at
... , ,     , . Albert  1 •■ "i as the result of
the b st  products ol  the kitchen   tt0 explosion of
gave sufficient   till toall   erupt] '' Jourdaln, a  ploi dent
and logger of Stillwater, He
M>r were the thirsty   WM elghtj I had
forgotten.   Ample reireshmeul ■  re8,dent  of  Stillwater  since
j 1852.
were on   tap until   the dawning :ik Slocum, a resident of Mlnne-
of   Wednesday    morning.      The   ap"lis """''
of Hennepin counl
young   coUple   will   make   their   in th.- Mill city.   11.■ wa four
W.   1..   Hemphill  ot   Housi
1 lie Journal  join-,  their many   reported to the Minn. lhat
f.iends in   wishing   them a Ion r valued,
* K   000 m  from  his room  In a
and prosperous wedded 1 Mill City hotel.
John   Mlnea,  hIxi old,
a pioneer grocer .>f St.  Paul. Il
Mr.
when the Capital City  had a popula-
! tion of only 4
The prohibition cam] iluth
Remember "A Gel lege Town"   has opened in an
,,,.  ...   | ...  .,;    .   .. ., ,.      city in the dr)   column in ti.
o3 Folej High School at Faust's „U11. 19    Many prohibition
Opera House on   May   20th   and   "in he Import)
.,,,.• . Kin-    starting    in    th uilth
-1st      A nice   trip   and   a   good   ,,,
Belle Prariie News
evening s entertainment.
John Rassler arrived from St.
Joe last week and is fencing his
farm   near   Freedhem.     He re
ports that considerable damage
was done to buildings near St.
Joe by the storm last week,
much the same as I,
I luluth, fanned
mile   wind,    spread    rapidly    to
other  buildings,  causing  a
I at $fi00,000.
W   H. DauielB, for tw
a   Duluth   resident,   wa
h In which hi-  • is a pas.1-
capsized in a storm.
C. A. Oilman, former Iletiti
ernor and a n
lature, will be opposed for i
by John  B.  Pattfson,
Emil Raats and family visited Cloud attorrn
with Mr. and   Mrs.   Chas.  Kohs
Sunday.
Miss Schooner,  who I
doing    practise    work     in    the
Gravellville  school    house   the
past week, returned to her home
at Little Falls Saturday.
Arthur Wieland visited at the
Joe Derosier home Wednesday
evening.
Otto Wolff arrived here from
Pipestone   last   Thursday lor a
Johi ling, a resident oi
nesota  fifty-one  years  and  lor  i.
years a leading attorney of the s
western section of the state, Is
at his home In Windom.
William Doyle, walking In his ■
l riv.-r at
kato.   He awoke to find himself i
carried do
but managed to rea
8am uel  D   Works, si
commissioner and  former state
tor from  .Mankato, has Ole.:
ernor on  the  Denv. He
gave St. Paul as hi nee.
H. H. Dunn of Albert Lea has. lt Is
said, decided  to  file  for  tl
lican nomination I. .  the
short    visit   with   his    parents,   First distr:
having again Monday for Bow-j ready in the field for the nomination.
lus   where   he   has   accepted   a I
position iu the garage.
Wm. Kohs called on  H.  Kid-
Ion Friday morning.
iwtlon the side tines at
tlie Thanksgiving football game
It is near the  end   of  the   first
Tad in the game as he is a substitute player. They mistake
the real Aunt Jane   for Tad and
half and the rival, team   is   win- rush her out on   the   field.    She
ning.   "-Tiie   home   rooters  are is tescued   by  Jimmie  and   be-
feeling  rather   blue.     Tad still cause of  bis  heroism,   forgives
disguised   as   the  aunt  amazes all of his  deception.     After  a
Leviticus by smoking a pipe and thrilling football description the
rooting for the home team.  Mrs. game is won by the   home team
by Jimmie who makes  the   win-
Rocking the boat in the mldd:
Mergocoppe overturned the light craft:
r.nd  was drowned.     His  companions,
Ida   Schrceder   and   Michael   Si
•vere rescued.
The Hope sanatorium at Hastings, i
denbacb. and daughter Anna      Tbe   meeting   held  at   Dahl-; four-story   brick   building,   was
gren's store at Freehem Monday   stroyed by fire of unknown
»«* «*■**•**.— i-u ^•assss-jsxr':
proved a successful   eve.it,   and indows.
ample funds wer . ior the
of Little Falls: Anton Adams
and daughters Bertha and
Mary ot Minneapolis.
Mel rose Man Killed,
This  year marks the  lift
contemp.ated "£»£ «£ '£«»?«„ ,
that tiie hall will be built in the
bault and the golden jubilee will be]
celebrated in June at tbe time of the
commencement.
W. H. Anderson, a Minneapoi
Peter Mever. 25, son  of  Geo
Meyer, of Melrose;, was instan-  dance at Little   Falls  Satin
tally killed early Monday when evening.
the automobi.e he   was   driving 	
plunged over a ten foot embank-
ment  just  at  the  outs ir   w.,_ cul.
Albany.    Meyer aud th
ning score, and the entire series  were retttrnirig from   a   country
verta
Bagsby and the real   Aunt Jane
arrive at the   game.      The   Mi
jor, mistaking the  real aunt for of episodes ends happily for all bher occupa loPula
the ed one to  whome  be concerned. e car were "uninjurt >'•
near future.
•ung   people  from
.,       . , bas filed  for the nomiu
r  associate  justice of  the
court-    Mr. Anderson was repret-
from  Winona
county for several terms.
deacon    Herman    F.    Parsball,
if copal church at
l.aki-. is dead 0
.
in mission
»e for l<
Read the Journal ads.
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