The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1919-02-13

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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 13,  1919.
No. 35.
STATE BREVITIES
Willmar. — At one of the greatest
hog sales ever held in Kandiyohi county 108 Duroc hogs were sold for $16,-
500. Some of the sows brought over
$500 each.
Buhl.—The smoker that was to
have been given for the men of Buhl
was postponed because of the "flu."
Several cases of "flu" are now reported here.
Mankato.—Plans are being prepared
for a county club house to be built for
the Mankato Golf club on its recently
acquired property, the building to cost
in the neighborhood of $10,000.
Mankato.—John W. Donahue, 53
years old, former businessman and
chief of police of this city and sheriff,
died here of paralysis. He is survived
by his wife and five small children.
Minneapolis.—The State Fair will
continue eight days this year, instead
of six, as formerly, as a result of action taken by the Fair board. The
1919 fair will be held from August 30
to September 8.
Virginia.—The Commercial club has
passed a resolution favoring the
Great Lakes to the ocean bill. A mass
meeting will be called by the mayor
for the reorganization of the club and
election of officers.
international Falls.—Rt. Rev. Bishop
McNicholas of IJuluth was here last
week visiting Rev. Fr. Kiley while
calling on the various churches of his
diocese in order to familiarize himself
more thoroughly with his new duties.
St. Cloud.—During last year the St.
Anthony creamery made 97,764.50
pounds of butter, with an average
price of 55 cents per pound and a high
price of 77 cents in December. 1918
was the best year the business has
known.
Winona.—William J. Jackson, 75
years old, operator of the first flour
mills in southeastern Minnesota, died
here. He came here from his home in
New York as a youth and operated
mills at Money Creek, Houston and
Rushford.
Park Rapids.—Alfred Pierson of
Dorset committed suicide by shooting
his head off with a shotgun. He had
recovered from a recent attack of influenza, which affected his mind. He
was a son of Ellis Pierson, an old resident of the county.
Albert Lea.—Whisky to the value of
approximately $3,000 was confiscated
by the sheriff of this county. The
sheriff halted a motor truck which was
approaching the city and found it
loaded with "bottled in bond" goods,
all in pint flasks. The driver was
placed in jail pending investigation.
Eveleth.—Earl Corbin, employed as
brakeman at the Fayal pit since returning from service two months ago,
was injured when his feet slipped as
he was unblocking an ore car and his
hand was crushed beneath the wheel.
He was taken to the More hospital and
It was necessary to amputate his left
arm just below the elbow.
Winona.—The Winona County Memorial association, appointed recently to determine upon plans for memorial to the soldiers, sailors and
marines of the county who have
fought in the recent war, has decided
that a statue would be erected here.
The statue will probably be placed on
the river front in Levee park.
Minneapolis.—Reconstruction problems of the farmer were discussed at
the closing meeting of the Farm Bureau convention, held at the College
of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. D. A. Wallace, St. Paul, spoke
at the morning session. The afternoon meeting was devoted to live
stock lectures. W. M. Shanks, Worth-
ington; Dr. C. P. Fitch and Dr. C. E.
Cotton spoke.
Hibbing.—Stressing the need for
legislation raising the marriageable
ages for girls in Minnesota from 14
to 16, Range Probation Officer Everett
cites the case of a Virginia girl barely 15, fatherless, working in an Austrian boarding house, who, despite her
tender age, has been married and divorced. He says he can cite other
cases equally distressing, indicating
the age minimum should be raised.
Holdingford.—The body of Charles
Roehers, 36, single, having relatives
here, who lost his life in the north
woods near Northome, where he went
in search of work, was brought here
for burial. He had found employment
in a camp near Northome and started to walk out to the camp. The following morning he was found prostrated a Bhort distance from the
camp. He died ten minutes after he
was found.
St. Paul.—Damages of $500 are inadequate to compensate Lillie Sten-
ehoel for injuries she suffered November 19, 1916, while alighting from a
Great Northern train at Barnesville,
the state supreme court held in a decision, reversing the judgment of tho
Polk county district court and granting a new trial on the young woman's
appeal. Miss Stenshoel injured her
knee and for several months suffered
severe pain and was obliged to discontinue assisting her father in his business, the court found, and a complete
recovery will take four or five yearB.
Minneapolis. — Louis Kenyon, 55
years old, a farmer of Luverne, Minn.,
dropped dead in a restaurant at 9
Washington avenue north here. The
coroner said death was due to heart
disease. The body was taken to the
county morgue and the police wired
Luverne to notify the dead man's relatives.
Winona.—H. M. Bierce, attorney,
has been appointed referee in bankruptcy for this district by Judge Wilbur F. Booth. He succeeds W. T. Valentine, who died last month. The district embraces the counties in south*
eastern Minnesota.
Interesting
Correspondences
Sullivan News,
This is indeed tbe age of inventions last week we saw one
of our neighbors trying- out a
new snow plow be says be expects to realize a fortune from
tbis much needed invention.
Earl Smith was a Hillman
caller last Wednesday.
Mrs. H. C. Smith and son
Earl were business callers in O-
namia Saturday.
Several of our young folks
attended the basket social and
dance at the school house near
Platte town Saturday night.
Hillman callers Saturday
were Riley Hoskins and sons
John and Laurel.
A bunch of young people
gathered at tbe J. W. Lewis
home on Peavy Lake Sunday
evening and spent a very enjoyable time.
We are sorry to hear of tbe
reported death of Glenn Oliver,
in Prance.
Mrs. Wm. Kovenickand little
daughter Clara spent Monday
at the Peter Adkins home.
South Agram News,
Announcement was made Sunday in St. Joseph's church of
the coming marriage of Miss
Treesa Bolster, one of our most
respected young ladies, and
Frank Dillenburg of Buckman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Eidenshink and children were welcome guests at tbe home of
August Janorshki last week
Friday.
J. J. Brummer and children
and William Leidenfrost were
among the Pierz goers Saturday.
Hubert Smith of Lastrup
was a welcome visitor at the
Redding home Suuday.
Tbose that visited at John
Bares Sunday evening were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Redding and
son Math and daughter Anna,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kahl and
son William and Eya Brummer,
and Hubert Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rostetter
were callers at the Neisius home
Sunday evening.
Platte News,
T
Swaser Bros, are busy sawing wood in this  neighborhood.
Henry Otten and Clara and
Alfred Litke were visitors at
tbe Gallus home Thursday evening.
Miss Rose Gainor spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Anna
Kluetsch.
Andrew Kainz was a caller at
Lartrup Thursday morning.
Miss Rose Matlock left for
Pierz Saturday where she will
work for R. T. Healy for some
time.
Frank Kluetsch was in Pierz
Wednesday.
Gust Pilarski is employed by
Mrs. J. Holieski.
Peter Louis and Julia Gallus
were callers at the Litke home
Friday evening.
Walter Pelowski was a Platte
caller Saturday.
Frank and Vero Smith and
Sohnna Ebertowshi were the
welcome guests at the John
Lepinski home Saturday eyening.
Joe Kainz and Alfred Litke
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Matlock
were among the Pierz   callers
£
Germany Has
Road Open for       Prices Are Due
A President
Edward David, a majority
socialist was elected president
of the German constituent
government by the national assembly at Weimar, dispatches
announced. The vote was 274 to
25. Herr Febrenbacb, former
president of the Reichstag, Conrad Haetssman and Herr Dietrich were elected vice-presidents.
A Mean Thief
Brainerd, Minn.—A thief entered tbe home of Henry Roberts, 1702 East street, through
a window, while the family was
away, and rummaged bureau
drawers, and smashed bis little
boy's bank, and tbe contents,
$3 in pennies and nickles were
taken. A.trail of burned matches marked the path of the burglar.
Died .
Miss. Mary Hainz passed
away at ber home one and \ mile
northeast of the village Thursday evening at llo'clock. The
deceased was about 31 years
old. Tbe funeral services were
held at the St. Joseph church
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Burial took place in the St.
Joseph cemetery.
Mike Grittner was a busl-
ness caller at Buck man Tues-
day.
John Langer and Wm.
Burkel of Little Falls left
Sunday night for the Twin
cities to attend a convention
of Standard Oil company a-
gents.
Automobiles
The trucks of the Sylvester-
Nichols company and tbe Little
Falls Bottling Works of Little
Falls made trips between that
city and Pierz Friday and the
drivers report the road to be in
a possible condition. This road
has been closed once or twice
during the winter, owing to
snow drifts but could yery easily
be kept open for traffie at all
times with a very little expense.
This roads carries as much or
more traffic than any other road
in the county and should be
kept open. /
To Take a Drop
Washington Feb. 7."
The Government today took
steps to bring down prices of
all ocmmodities. Officials re-
' presenting all de par t ment s,
headed by Secretary Redtield
cable President Wilson asking
that he appoint a committee to
act as a Government Industries
board in peace time.
Saturday.
Mary Kluetch and Sophia
Schubert were visitors at the
Matlock home Sunday afternoon.
Peter and Anna Froelich
were Platte callers Sunday
afternoon.
Frank Konen from Buh was
in Platte on  business   Monday.
Northwest Buh News
Mr. and Mrs Emil Raatz and
daughters were visitors at tbe
Frank Wolffs home Sunday.
William Raatz who has been
staying at bis brother Emil's
place, left for Iowa Saturday to
visit Friends and relatives.
Miss Thresa Tretter who has
been employed at her sisters
place in Freedhem the past few
weeks, returned to the Christ
Tretter home Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Buessuler
visited with her uncle Robert
Hoppe and family Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Boser and children
spent Monday at ber sisters
place Mrs. Lorenz Boser.
Mary Hoppe and Leo Zuleger
were among tliose who took in
tbe party at Emil Raatz's Friday. A good time being reported.
Some excitement was seen
Sunday while two young ladies
were on their way to Lastrup
church. The cutter in which
they were riding upset and tbe
occupants were thrown in the
snow. Neither of the two ladies
were hurt.
Home and Foreign News
Italy has 100,000 war orphans
needing help.
King Peter of Serbia, who is
ill, is said to be in a serious
condition.
Further Bolshevik successes
in the north, south and east are
reported in a Russian wireless
dispatch to London.
Five big guns, worth $150,000
each, were surrendered by tbe
Germans to tbe American troops
at Coblenz.
There are now more than
130,000 German troops outside
of Germany, including 10,000 in
Turkey.
Two British gunboats arrived
at Strassburg, and the British
Hag now floats over the city.
A federal republic of the
Balkans is the latest plan advanced for keepiug the peace
among these firebrand  nations.
An army of 500,000 men has
been unanimously decided on by
the house military committee as
the baisis for determining the
appropriation for army pay
next year.
The cost of the war to Great
Britian has been fixed at approximately $40,640,000,000.
The price of $17.50 for hogs
for February was unanimously
agreed upon by the committee
of packers, producers, commission men, food administration
and deparcment of agriculture
officials last Tuesday.
Twenty thousand silk workers at Basel, Switzerland, will
soon be idle unless the Swiss
government is able to establish
trade agreements with the
powers.
The food administration has
sent a measure to congress
appropriating $1,250,000,000 to
enable tbe government to carry
out its guarantee ot $2.20 a bushel for the 1919 wheat crop.
In army hospitals in the
United States there are 66,592
occupied beds and between 65,-
000 and 75,000 sick and wounded
soldiers in France.
Wm. Preimesberger left
for Buckman Tuesday where
he is installing electric light
plants.
Joe H. Virnig returned
Sunday from St. Paul where
he has been on business last
week,
Mrs.-J,   H.   Schaefer  and
children   returned  to   their
i home at Melrose   after visiting at Pierz and Sauk Rapids
for a few days.
The Next War
Already, before peace has
been declared or peace papers
signed, they're talking about
another war, and, seriously, we
cannot believe the one just ending will be the last one. It may
not come in the life of any Pierz
resident living today, -But as
long as there are people to differ in opinion and ambitious for
gain, so long will there be war.
Along this line we read of a
western man who has invented
a gun that uses no gunpowder.
He has perfected a rifle that uses gasoline instead of powder
for its explosive, and he says it
sliOots seven times harder than
powder-propelled bullets. In
other words, the future rifle
will have a spark-plug instead
of a percussion cap. It will
carry enough ammunition for
hundreds of rounds in the stock,
and the cost of killing a hundred men will be but a few pennies. He figures a gallon of gasoline would be enough to bombard London, and a barrel would
conduct a couple of Mexican
revolutions.
A few more inventions like
this, however, and we can keep
our army at home and wage war
tanks, sky squadrons,scout with
cruisers and automatic artillery
directed by wireless.
Somehow we can't feel that
we want to be on earth when
the next war is pulled off.
Codified and Revised
Game Laws Reported
To the Legislature
ENTIRE    LAW    REWRITTEN—SEV-
ERAL  NEW   FEATURES   IN
THE  CODE
Ignatz Boser is employed at Frank E. Hall of Little
Joe Boser.s for a few days.        . palls, manager of  the North
Adam Hohn is sawing wood Western Telephone Co., was
at Christ Tretter's. here  on   business   Tuesday,
•_-.,„   a  a       rr i      • making  the   trip   in a   car.
Mrs. Andrew Kainz  is   visit- ° *f
ing her daughter Mrs. Lawrence From here Mr-   Hal1 left for
Boser for a few days. Onamia and Wahkon.
The legislature of 1917 .provided
for the creation of a commission to
codify, revise and annotate the game
and fish laws of the state. One member of this commission was to toe
appointed 'by the governor, one toy
the lieutenant governor, one by the
speaker of the house, one to toe designated toy the attorney general from
his force, and the game and fish commissioner was to be a member.
The commission appointed under
this provision of the law was composed of Earl Simpson of Winona,
Senator Peter Van Hoven of St.
'Paul, Representative A. QVI. Peterson
of Coleraine, Assistant Attorney General Rollin I_. Smith of Minneapolis
and Carlos Avery. The commission
was instructed to report to the legislature of 1919 and its report hae
been submitted.
Entire   Law   Rewritten
In order to condense and arrange
in orderly sequence the many statutes which have 'been accumulated
through succeeding legislatures, it
was found necessary to re-write the
entire law and arrange it under appropriate headings. The purpose has
been to preserve the present laws
with only such changes as seemed
necessary to make them more clear,
explicit and eifective.
The "permissive" form has been
adopted, thus prohibiting the taking
of wild animals except as permitted
toy the act.
Except as noted under the following heads the purport and intent of
the law is to remain the same as at
present:
New Features  in the Code
Part 1. Title to Wild Animals-
Taking, Transportation—"Head hunting" is made unlawful, by prohibiting the wasting of the carcasses of
game animals. Penalties are all included in one section and have been
increased. The minimum fine when
no other is prescribed is fixed at $25.
The minimum for violations effecting deer or commercial fishing, $.50.
Illegal killing of moose is made a
gross misdemeanor. The statute of
limitation i6 extended to three years,
the same as in other criminal statutes.
i Part 2. 'Licenses—A dollar trap-
! ping license is required and no trap-
i ping by non-residents is to be permitted. The fee for non-resident
'•■bird license has been raised to $15
land big game $50.
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Local Happenings
Ofjie Week
tomorrow is St. Valentine
day.
For your high   grade
Wall    Paper   and   the
cheapest see
34-4 Andrew Faust.
Mrs. Math Zearer is seriously ill at the hospital at
St. Cloud.
Madge Morrill left for O-
namia last week where he
will be employed.
Mr. John Banach and sons
were hauling ice for John H.
Grell last week.
Herman Faust who has
been on the sick list for the
last three weeks is able to be
up and around again.
It is reported here that the
farmers of the southern part
of Wisconsin are plowing
their farms now.
Loyal neighbors club will
meet tonight at Miss Loretta
Hartmann's home.
A big crowd attended the
dance at Hartmann's hall
Tuesday evening.
Miss Barbara Schraut and
Miss Cecilia Preimesberger
were welcome guests at the
John L. Boser home Sunday.
There are four short
chains at the Pierz postoffice
without a name. Owner of
the chains should kindly call
for same.
Frank Langer, depot operator of Moose Lake was an
over-Sunday visitor with relatives here.
Alfert Hansman who was
in the training camps the
past several months was
visiting relatives here this
week.
Jos. F. Phol of Morrill, intends to leave for the state
of New York soon where he
he intends to make his home
in the future.
Gertrude Stumpf left for
Minneapolis last week where
she is visiting with her sister
A. M. Kleiner for a several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dah-.
men left Tuesday morning
for Le Roy, Wisconsin to visit
relatives and friends a week
or ten days.
Mr. N. J. Rauch and wife
Mrs. Math Nelles left for a
tour through the state of
Texes this morning. The local people are accompanied
by F. Spangler."
Mrs. E. H. Kerkhoff sold
her house and 7 acres of
land on the south side of the
village to Peter L. Girtz Saturday. Mrs. Kerkhoff will
make her home on the John
Vorath farm in the future-
Mrs. Henry Liudquist left
Tuesday for Minneapolis
where she will meet her
husband who has returned
from France. Mr. Liudquist
has been wouuded some time
ago and has honorable been
discharged from the army.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindquist will
visit at Minneapolis for some
time after which they will
come to Pierz.
TO LIMIT LOAN
TO TEN BILLIONS
Secretary of the Treasury Asks!
Congress   to   Grant   Him
Broad Powers.
SENDS DRAFT OF BILL!
Glass Seeks Permission to Determine!
Interest Rate and Other Terms      i
of the Coming Victory
Liberty Issue.
Washington, Feb. 11.—Congress is!
requested by Secretary Glass to in-i
crease the amount of Liberty Bonds!
authorized, but unissued, to approxi-j
mately $10,000,000,000 and to give him!
broad powers to determine the interest!
rate and other terms of the Victoryj
Liberty Loan, to be floated late in
April.
Mr. Glass also sought permission to
issue not more than $10,000,000,000 of
treasury notes, maturing within five
years, and asked that the war finance
corporation be authorized for one year
after the declaration of peace to make
commercial loans on exports to facilitate foreign trade.
In a letter to Chairman Kitchin of
the House Ways and Means committee, Secretary Glass outlined the broad
policies which the treasury hopes to
follow in dealing with war loans and
other national financial subjects of
the readjustment period.
Draft of Bill Submitted.
The secretary submitted a draft of
a bill which would carry out the
treasury's recommendations. Specifically this bill would accomplish the
following results:
Raise from $5,000,000,000 to $10,000,-
000,000 the authorization for the Victory Liberty Loan and permit the
treasury to determine what part of
this sum should be sold.
Permit the secretary of the treasury to determine interest rates on
bonds maturing within 10 years, or the
next Liberty Loan, instead of limiting the rate to 4V4 per cent, as provided in the present law.
Permit the issue of not more than
$10,000,000,000 of interest-bearing, non-
circulating notes having maturities
from one to five years; these might be
sold along with bonds for the Victory
Liberty Loan.
Authorize the issue of bonds and
notes payable at a premium.
Exempt War Savings certificates
from income surtaxes.
Confer on the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to determine the
tax exemption in respect to future issues of bonds and notes and to enlarge
tax exemptions of existing Liberty
Bonds in the hands of subscribers for
new bonds and notes.
Reopen the privilege of converting
4 per cent Liberty Bonds into 41/4s;
this privilege expired last November 9.
Create a 2% per cent cumulative
sinking fund for retirement of tha
war debt.
ADVISED TO RESTORE KAISER
Prince Henry Says Then Germany
Will Be Prosperous.
London, Feb. 11.—The Hamburg
Nachrlchten, which recently in a ser
ies of articles has been dealing witt
Germany's future, wrote to Prince
Henry of Prussia, brother of formei
Emperor William, in order to ascer
tain his views on the subject.
Prince Henry replied, according t'c
the Nachrichten, that Germany, in or
der to reach her future goal, must re
establish her monarchy and her eco
nomic life on the pre-war basis. The
empire, he added, should be place,
again under the old dynasty and undei
the leadership of Prussia.
BUTTE   MINERS   ON   STRIKE
Situation Is Under Control of Military
Forces.
Butte, Feb. 11.—Twelve thousand
miners are idle here, either as a re
suit of last week's strike of indepen
dent union organizations as a protest
against a reduction of $1 a day it
wages. The situation is under contro.
of military forces commanded by Maj
A. M. Jones. |
Operation of street car service ir
Butte was halted when crowds oi
strikers surrounded the barns, and, ac;
cording to the military authorities!
threatened violence if the cars wen!
sent on their runs.
PEACE   MEETING   MAY   MOVE]
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Sessions May Be Transferred to Sohii;
Neutral  Nation. ,   j
Paris, Feb. 11.—The question oi
moving the peace conference fronj
Paris to a neutral country may be cor!
sidered by the conference if what ii
characterized as the obstructive polic;1
of the French press and certain Freud,
officials continues, it developed.
Ukraine Accepts Invitation.
Paris, Feb. 11.—The Ukrainian sc'
vict government has announced tha
it is willing to accept the invitatio:
of the Allies to the proposed confei
ence of Russian factions, according t
the Temps, but it considers the dat
fixed, Feb. 15, too near at hand. Th
government also expresses a prefei
ence for holding the conference a
Paris instead of on the Princes
Islands. The anti-Bolshevist goveri
ments of Russia are apparently firm i
declining to participate in the Princei
Islands conference.
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