The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1919-02-20

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VOL. NO.  10
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEB^ARY 20'  I919*
No. 36.
Greenbush.—Greenbush Is contemplating the erection of a new school
building at a cost of about $50,000.
Bemidji.—Fire, the origin of which
is a mystery, badly damaged the interior of the Golden West bottling
works near the Union station^
Gilbert.—An Iron Range train
struck an auto bus stalled on the
crossing near Elba, injuring eight occupants of the bus, two seriously.
Hastings— Mrs. Pauline Sthroph, 83
years old, widow of the late Gottleib
Sthroph, a pioneer resident of Hastings, died at her home in South Hastings.
Fergus Falls.—W. L. Barker, feed-
mill proprietor at Almora, was killed
at his mill there when in trying to
start an engine the igniter blew off.
striking him on the forehead.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
Arnold    Guenter   is
owner of a Ford Sedan.
the
S. H. Preimesberger was a
visitor here a few days this
week.
Last DANCE
Annie Bedner was a visitor
at St. Cloud for a few days
last week.
Personal Taxes
Are Due Feb. 28
The last day to pay personal
property taxes will be Feb. 28
and County Treasurer , Prank
Renick reports that the taxes
haye been coming in more ra
pidly the past few days.
Remember that these taxes
must be paid on or before Friday Feb. 28.
Aged Women
Goes to Rest
Ida Klein of Long Prairie
Bemirdji.—Charles Sears, "proprietor   IS   visiting   at   John    Janisll
for a few weeks.
Before Lent In
Jos. H. Virnig returned
Tuesday from Maple Lake
where he has been on business for a few days.
The Loyal Neighbors Club
will meet at the home of
Miss Catherine Virnig tonight, Feb. 20.
FAUST'S HALL
Mr. and Mrs. John Gendreau were called to Bowlus
Saturday by the illness of
John's mother.
of a soft drink place here, was bound
to the federal grand jury at Fergus
Falls by United States Commissioner
H. A. Simons here under $1,000 bonds
as the result of a fight in his place of
business when Indian agents raided it.
St. Cloud.—Some months ago the
factory building of the Sauk Rapids
Automatic Roller Shade company
burned to the ground and since that
time C. W. Warren has been erecting
a new structure that surpasses the old
one in appearance and in output.
St. Paul.—Plans to bring thousands
of summer recreationists from all
parts of the nation to Minnesota will
be developed at the annual meeting of
the Ten Thousand Lakes association
at the St. Paul Athletic club in the
near future. Representatives of every
section of the state will attend.
Fairmont.—Farmers of this vicinity had such a profitable year a larger
number are retiring and moving to
cities and villages than ever before.
Forty-four auctions of farm " implements, stock and grain are listed in
this county between now and March
10, most of them farmers who are to
retire from active work.
Moose Lake.—This city is rebuilding
at a rapid rate and in a few months
traces of the great Are disaster of last
October will be largely a memory.
The two banks have consolidated and
will do business in a new building to
be erected on the Knutila corner. John
Carlson has a new store building nearly completed. The five churches will
all rebuild.
St. Paul.—The Northwestern Telephone Exchange company has appealed to the Minnesota supreme court
from the order Of the Ramsey county
district court issued January 20 restraining it fron" effecting a proposed
26 per cent increase in long distance
telephone rates In Minnesota and from
continuing telephone installation and
removal charges.
Northfield.—the memorial service
_o_-.G-J_etpn college for Professor Fred
Burnett HUl,: which was postponed
from- Feb. -, ..ore held in Skinner Memorial chapel, . unday. The speakers
Included President Marion L. Burton
of th£ University d Minnesota for the
alumni, Dr. Harry P. Dewey, pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church, Minneapolis, and others.
St. Paul.—Commissfmer Fred W.
Putnam of the State JaHroad and
Warehouse department Ijis gone to
Washington to attend a conference of
the executive and specia/ board committees of the National .Association of
Railroad commissioners* Thte meeting is called to work out k plan of cooperation between state hommissiona
and the Railroad Adminitration.
Winona.—Normal schooli of Minnesota are rising to the -nee^s of tha
northwest, and particularly this state,
growing out of the teacher shortage.
The problem, it is declared, is acute.
More teachers must be made available, according to educational authorities, and the reconstruction'calls for
the greatest strides in the teaching
profession. Greatly Increased enrolments are expected by school authorities for summer terms and the semesters beginning next September.
St. Paul.—A table showing the number of men furnished to the army by
each state during the war has been
made public by the War Eipartment.
New York led with 367,864, and Nevada stood last with 5,105 .'.n the total
of 3,767,624 mon obtained- by draft,
voluntary enlistment, or through the
National Guard. Middle. Western
states furnished the following numbers of soldiers: Iilinc>i§. 251,974;
Michigan, 135,485; Minnesota, '§9,ll6;
Iowa, 98,781; Wisconsin, 9_t,2ll; South
Dakota, 29,886; North b-,ko.a, 25,803.
Winona.—Rain, sleet and snow in
southern Minnesota will t.e beneficial
fo the crops, according tp, A. p. B1;U.,
federa} reporter lji this territory. The
_all of snow will serve t<b protect winter wheat and clover a_jd prevent a
repetition of the experiences of a year
ago. Not only is the. imolsture, afforded by the recent stoHms, desirable
for the winter cr opB, but vthe soil, It is
asserted by experts herta needs th«
ingredients provided by the rain and
th« snow. The crops are \in a critical
stage, it 1b deolared, andL alternate
freezes and thaws will me»n loss...
The snow blanket will _e S___JJ * »Um
Ulant to the crops,
Grand Rapids.—The h'"^ft' county
board has sold $125^5.0 refunding
bonds to Kalman, Mwteebs & Wood
of St. Paul, who o. ffered a premium
of $4,451 for the m nds and agreed to
take care of the/expenses of printing
them. This wa#i the best ot several
offers received
Two HarbdffB.—Members of the
Lake Countywarm Bureau association
have pooled their requirements for
gra.8 sejfid under the advice of the
count^Bgent and will order $1,000
Wfirifli |sc.ed. By ordering this way
Hiated that about $300 will b»
Home and Foreign News
A bill conferring upon tbe
president broad powers to put
into effect tbe $2.26 wheat guarantee was introduced in tbe
house.
President  "Wilson  sailed
the United   States   aboard   th
liner   George   Washington    jt
11:15 a  m. Saturday.
A serious railway striu "a8
broken out in Sweden. Work
is stopped on 19 differflt lines
The American Red^ross hospital at Neuilly, France, was
closed Friday aft-r four years
work.
It is annovlCed that tlle u"
nited State' will spend eighteen billie1 dollars in 1919. Evidently * yingT to emulate, the
Minne.--t'i legislature.
Washington,     Feb.   9.     The
from the natural c?
age. The deceae1
her home in  St.
HcJse today   passed  the  agri-
Gertrude Stumpf returned  C-ltural appropriation  bills
from     Minneapolis    Friday jarryingapproximately ,31,000,-
where she spent a few plea (
sent days with relatives.
Monday, March U,,
Copenhagen, Ne*;;  Spartacan
rioting is reported at Dresden.
Mrs. Magdalene Gross  a -
known  resident   of  St.   C*ud'
died at her  home   a  we'  agX)
Tuesday in the afternor' at tlie
age of 84 years deathresultln8f
_es of old
has made
.loud for the
g was highly respected and °Ved by a wide
circle ot frilds- ^e was the
grand moth4' of 27 children and
the greatsrandmother of 31. A
native - Alsace-Lorraine, she
has lird *° see her native land
take hy force from France and
tl)r regained.
Mrs. Magdalene Gross, form-
r . .rly Magdalene Grill, came to
this country from Alsace-Lorraine in 1851 and made her
home in Reddinger, Pennsylvania, where she married John August Gross, an employe of the
iron shops in that city. In Reddinger two children were born
to them, Mrs. Mary Dimler of
St. Cloud and Mrs. Elizabeth
Pierre of North Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Gross lived in
Reddinger for about six years,
and then moved to St. Cloud.
The following children were
born in that city: Barney Gross
of the village; Mrs. Sophie Kie-
ger of St. Paul; Mrs. Catherine
Zinken of St. Cloud, who lived
with the deceased; John Gross
of Great Falls, Mont., and Mar-
garite. Gross, the youngest of
the children who is dead.
Funeral services were held at
St. Cloud Friday morning.
Joseph   and    M1*b   Mary
Schmidthbauer were visitors
Only one   of 18   members   of
the crew of the Danish steamer
Carmen   was   saved   when   the
vessel was sunk by a mine Sun*
at St. Oloiid  and St.  Joseph day in the North Sea
for a  few   days   returning
Monday.
Argentina has made arrangements for a loan of $200,OCO,000
Henry and Peter t-.au left gold to the allies.
Monday for Minneapolis to John T> &„„-. manufao
attend the auto Bhow which turinJf dlemist of St. Louis, is
is held from the 15th to the dead, leaving an estate of $20, •
22nd of this month. ' 000,000 to his widow and three
children.
Don t forget to attend  the
DANCE      at     Hartmann's     Spanish influenza was reapon-
tr_n    __-.-._-}   _..    ..   ,~   q       +• slble for 10,886  deaths  in  New
Hall, bee ad. on page 8    oi
York in eight weeks.    The fatal
toll was the highest since 1890.
A recent statement of the Im-
this issue.
Mrs.   Henry   Lust   and
daughter   left    for   LaBtl'Up perial German bank  shows  to-
Tuesday   where   Mrs.   Lust tal gold holdings of $2,255,400,-
will do some sewing for Miu
000 marks.
Ben Rose.
Toney Jamma killed a wolf
on the Gerhard Wilkes place
The minesweeper Erins Isle
Was sunk; by a mine at the
mouth of the Thames with tbe
loss of  39   lives.    Twentyeight
last week.    The first wolf re- survivors were  landed at Pen-
ported  killed    this  year  in arth.
this vicinity. j   Tbe important  city   ofLinZ)
There will be another in Upper Austria, has been de-
dance    at     Hartmann's vastat/d by hunger riots    Ad-
vices from there said   that   the
nail,    March    3,     1919. damage amounts to   millions of
Watch   the   next week's kronen.
Journal. It is estimated tbat fully 50
August Eichmiller of Ona- Per cent of the  able-bodied lamia-was a business  caller in %°TS?*  thf  ™™A of Tabiti
■ ,.     died of Spanish influenza
the  village  yesterday.    Mr.
Eichmiller, eleven years ago,
was in the livery business in
Pierz.
U. S. Spent
$18,481,000,000
To January 31
Washington, Feb. 15: One
hundred and seventy-nine billion dollars represent the total
cost of the war to both sides up
to January 31 according to ofR-
C.ail figures obtained. Of this
amount the entente and the U-
nited States expended $119,581,-
000,000 while Germany's allies
spent $59,100,000,000. The U-
ni ted States' total expenditures,
third in the limit of associates,
were $18,481,000,000 besides
which this government loaned
$18,375,000,000. Great Brltains
financial out lay was $37,100,-
000,000 while France was second with $27,000,000,000. Japan was smallest with $1,000,-
000.
& Eastern Bank    'A Letter From
Closed Defalcation
Pittsburgh, Feb. 13: The
Park Bank of Pittsburgh, with
deposits totalling more than
$2,225,000, was closed by the
state bank examiner because of
an alleged defalcation on the
part of an employe.
Armistice Renewal
Was Signed Sunday
A dispatch said that the German government had accepted
the new armistice terms. The
armistice renewal was signed at
6:30 Sunday.
Weekly Platte News,
Joe F. Phol from Morrill was
a caller at his store in Platte,
Thursday.
' Miss Johanna Ebertowski
left Thursday for Little Falls,
where she will visit with relatives and friends for some time.
The dance given at Joe Pilarski home Saturday evening
was well attended and a fine
time was reported.
Miss Rose Ganior, the teacher
from Platte spent Saturday
with home folks.
Christ Reese and son Christ,
Joe Kainz and F. Kluetsch
were among the Pierz callers
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swaser
and sons Frank and Leo were
callers at X. W. Swaser home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Frank Hayes and son
Clarence were callers at Frank.
Kluetsch home Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Toney Smith Jr. and
Miss Vera Smith, spent Sunday
with Mrs. John Lipenski.
Mrs. Wilson Hayes Sr., and
son Herman and daughters
Delia, Emma and France, were
visitors at Walter Hayes home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Katie Litke and daughters Clara and Alice and son
Johnnie were visiters at the
Walter Litke home at Hillman
Sunday.
Frank Kluetsch left Monday
for Daggett Brook, where he
will visit with relatives for a
few days.
Delia Kluetsch was a»caller
at Walter Pelowski home Monday.
E. M. Thompson was in Piatt
Saturday.
"Over There"
A letter from Raymond Harris
has been forwarded to us for
publication which is printed below. Raymond is at present at
Muden, Germany and is in the
best of health.
As Raymond is a menber of
the Fourth Division he enclosed
a clipping from a newspaper
which describes the work of this
division. The clipping reads as
follows:
FOURTH DIVISION
Regular Army: Division
Headquarters arrived in France,
May 17, 1918. Activities:
Marne counter-offensive, July
18 to 21 (brigaded with 6th
French Army), vicinity of Nor-
oy and Hautevesnes; Vesle sector (almost continuous heavy
lighting), August 2 to 12; St.
Mihiel sector, near Watronville-
Treseauvaux (in reserve), September 6 to 13; Argenne-Meuse
offensive, September 25 to Oct-
oder 19.
•Prisoners captured: 72 officers, 2,684 men, Guns captured:
44 pieces of artillery, 31 machine guns, Total advance on
front line, 24i kilometers.
Itsignia: Four green leaves
of ivy superimposed upon a
diamond of olive drab. The
four leaves represent the number of the divison.
ALLIES DECIDE
TO LEAV
Troops Operating in Siberia and:
Other Provinces Are to Be
Withdrawn.
JOY AT WASHINGTON!
Announcement Brings   Expressions of!
Approval   From  Several   Lawmakers,   Including   Senator  Johnson of California.
Mrs. John Stuckmeyer and
daughter Rose, who have
been visiting in Madison,
Wis., with relatives returned
home last week.
Wm. Kippley and Frank
X. Rauch took the train for
Albany Saturday morning
on business returning in the
afternoon.
A Valentine party was
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Gravel Sunday
evening. The evening was
spent appropriate to the occasion. Prizes were awarded
to the guests fortunate e-
nough to win the games.
Music was rendered by different ones in turn, after Ferdinand Dahmen who
which a light lunch was left for the state of Washing-
seryed. The remainder of ton about 2% years ago re-
the evening was spent enjoy- turned home Sunday. Ferd-
able by all. At one o'clock inand was drafted in fall of
the guests departed declar- 1917 and had been in the
ing that they spent a very trenches for 9 months until
pleasent a very evening. he was wounded Nov. 9, 1918.
U-Cent Stamp
To be Issued
The postoffice department announced Saturday that a new
13-cent stamp is to be issued
which will be of use in paying
postage on special delivery
letters and registered letter.
The new stamp has the head
of Franklin in profile and is
printed in yellow and green ink.
It will be of the same size as
the stamps of the 1911 issue.
A supply of the new stamps
will soon be at the St. Paul
postoffice.
Following are the different
stamps now in use: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20,
30, 50 and $1.00.
Henry Lust returned Sunday from Minneapolis where
he attended the auto show.
Christine Thielen is visiting with relatives for a few
days at St. Cloud.
Ursala Dahmen returned
from Washington Sunday
where she has been for the
past few years.
Joe Otremba Sr. left for
Anoka, Saturday to visit his
daughter who is receiving
medical treatments there.
T. M. Savage of Waite
Park was a business caller
here yesterday morning.
Mary Brunette received a
letter from her brother
Frank in France stating he
has met several Pierz boys.
Steven,    Peter,    Frances,
The letter follows:
Muden, Germany.
Jan. 19, 1919.
Dear Sister Catherine:—
Have all day today to write
you a letter but I thought I
would write this morning.
How is everything at home?
Am feeling fine 'and hope you'r
the same and also the rest at
home.
Have had a pass to go to
Coblenz yesterday, and it is a
nice little city, but it wasn't
like getting a pass back to the
states. The town where we are
compet at is water and two big
hills on each side of the Mosel,
we are between the hill and the
Mosel and if you want to get to
our drill grounds, you have to
climb the hill and when we get
to the top of the bill we are
tired enough to go back to our
room and stay but if they
wouldn't have so many American Y. M. C. A. in Coblinz the
city would be as dead as Pierz
is when they have a big snowstorm.
I and my friend went to see the
Rhine river and we couldn't see
nothing but water and tbat looks
all alike around here, bd! ha!,
and there sure is plenty of it.
Have enclosed a clipping out
of a newspaper which tells you
a little about the 4th division.
I suppose you are waiting for
me to write you when I am coming home, but when I arn coming
home I do not know. We might
be home soon and it might be a
couple of months, which I hope
it won't be.
Hoping this finds you all well
with best regards, from,,your
brother, Raymond.
Co. I. 58th Inf. 4th Div.
A. E. F.
Washington, Feb. 18.—American and ;
Allied troops operating in North Rus- j
sia will be withdrawn "at the earliest!
possible moment that weather condi-;
tions in the spring will permit."
To facilitate this movement, and to !
i
improve lines of communications for!
the supplying of the forces that have j
penetrated into the country, President
Wilson has  approved the  sending of
two additional companies of American
railway troops to Archangel.
This information, cabled to the war
department by General Tasker H.
Bliss at Paris by direction of the
president, was transmitted to Chairman Chamberlain and Dent of the
senate and house military committees by Secretary Baker. The announcement brought expressions of approval from several senators, including Senator Johnson of California, Republican, who has been pressing his
resolution providing for a declaration
by the senate in favor of withdrawal
of the American forces.
England to Send More Men.
General Bliss also informed Secretary Baker that Great Britain had decided to send 2,400 additional soldiers
to Archangel to reinforce the army in
North Russia. In this connection General Bliss, said the British military authorities felt no apprehension over tha
military situation in North Russia.
Secretary Baker's letters to their
committee chairmen were identical.
They said:
"I have just received a cablegram
from General Bliss, sent by the president's direction, in which 4 am told
that the president has approved the
sending of two American railway companies to Murmansk for the following
objects: First, to assure greater safety
luring this winter of the Allied forces
both along Murmansk and at Archangel and south of Archangel. Second,
the much better supply and, If necessary, the reinforcement from Murmansk of the advance detachments
south of Murmansk and Archangel.
Third, to facilitate the prompt with-
irawal of American and Allied troops
In North Russia at the earliest possible moment that weather conditions
in the spring will permit.
President Directs Action.
"The president has directed me to
communicate the foregoing to the
lieads of the Allied governments which
[ have done. The president desires
that his action and the reasons for it
be communicated to the military committees of the senate and house for
their information.
"In addition to the foregoing, General Bliss tells me that the British
government is sending a force of about
2,400 men to Murmansk, and that they
have requested the co-operation of the
president to the extent of two companies of railway troops above referred to. The desire for the railway
troops is based upon the fact that supplies and reinforcements for Archangel
luring the winter have to go by railroad south from Murmansk to a point
near the southern extreme of the
White sea and that the operation of
this railroad is believed by the British to be absolutely necessary to guarantee the prompt movement of reinforcements and supplies to Archangel
and the troops south of Archangel.
3eneral Bliss also informs me that the
British military authorities do not feel
my apprehension as to the military
situation  at Archangel."
Frank Fuhrmann sold his
house and lot in upper town
to his brother Otto Tuesday.
A. H. Vernon announces
that he has resumed the general practice of the law, with
SIR   WILFRID   LAURIER
DEAD
Suffers
Former    Canadian    Premier
Stroke  of   Paralysis.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 18.—Sir Wilfrid
Laurier is dead. Sir Wilfrid, who was
78 years old, was stricken with
paralysis. He had been in poor health
several years.
His political career began in 1871,
when he was elected to the Canadian
parliament.
and Elenor  Gravel  who are offices in the First  National
attending school at Little
Falls, were visitors with
there parents and friends
here Sunday.
Andrew
wife  and
Schmidthbauer,
sons,    Leo    and
Bank building, Little Falls,
Minn.
Frank Faust received word
from Cross Plains, Wis., yer-
terday, informing him that
his   uncle  Ferdinand Faust
DUTCH   SHIPS  ARE  ENGAGED
Holland Vessels Will Aid In Bringing
Yankees   Home.
Washington, Feb. 18.—Negotiations
have been completed, it was announced at the war .department, for
having Holland-American liners bring
home American troops from France on
their westward voyage between the
United States and Dutch ports.
Henry left for their home at: had died, after a short illness
Hope, N. D. after a month's of two weeks. He was about
visit with  friends and  rela-' 87 years of age at the time of
tives.
i his death.
King Praises Red Cross.
Rome, Feb. 18.—King Victor Emmanuel has issued the following statement concerning the American Red
Cross: "The American Red Cros3
came, with generous impulse, whenever Italians fought and suffered for
their great ideal, and mitigated innumerable cases of sufferings of the
war with their assiduous labor of abnegation and loving assistance,
strengthening with pure love and making more united the brotherhood and
sentiments of sincere friendship already existing,"
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