The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-07-25

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VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 25, 1918.
No. 6.
HEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
St. Cloud.—Five priests in Steam-
county have volunteered as chaplains
In the United States army.
St. Paul.—When the July requisitions for service in the army have
been met there will be but 17 men left
in class 1 in Pennington county.
Rochester.—Billy Sunday, in his
room at St. Mary's hospital, autographed six baseballs which will be
sold for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Rochester.—Mrs. E. P. Dodge of this
city was doubly bereaved when both
her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
LoreiiM^Bennett, succumbed to pneu-
monia^ithin three hours of each
other.
Red Wing.—Thousands of young
people from all parts of the United
States and Canada will assemble here
Aug. 22-25 for the annual convention
of the Young People's Luther league.
.Speakers of national repute are on the
program.
(Moorhead.—Two hundred threshing
machine operators of Clay county, at
a conference here, adopted plans for
th'e season's operations. Clean grain
threshing was emphasized. A schedules of threshing prices soon will be
announced.
Moorhead.—Mrs. M. L. Jacobson,
Wjjfe of M. L. Jacobson, superintendent of the Moorhead public schools,
wfio suffered a split lip and had her
right cheek punctured by a sky rocket
wpich hit her in the mouth July 4,
will be disfigured for life.
\Virginia. — Approval of woman's
sujffrage was voted by the Minnesota
Federation of Labor In session here.
Thfe convention indorsed votes for
we. men and enacted a resolution urging the pasage of the Federal amendment to make woman's suffrage na-
tioV-wide.
■Vfinona. — Mystery enshrouds the
burning out of the electric apparatus
at .the Bay State Milling company.
Tiie fire, which was not serious in
property loss because of quick action
by  the  fire  department,  necessitated
.Ajne suspension of operation of the en-
/ tire plant.   An investigation is being
made.
St. Paul.—Definite steps to be taken
to secure a convalescent hospital and
lurgical annexes here for the care of
wounded soldiers and sailors and provision for their vocational training
will be determined at a meeting of the
board of directors of the St, Paul as-
lociation next Thursday.
St. Paul.—Gustav Lindquist, secretary to Governor Burnquist, has been
chosen chairman of the Republican
State Central committee. Fred L.
Gray of Minneapolis was named secretary and Hugh E. Leach of Alexandria was made treasurer. The committee is to be made up of 35 members.
St. Paul.—Governor Burnquist has
granted the request of St. Paul Rota-
riatis to issue a proclamation designating the week of August 11, as Marine Corps recruiting week in the
state, in furtherance of the campaign
to enlist 1,000 men in Minnesota,
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and
Western Wisconsin.   ,
Fairmont.—The executive committee of the Martin County Dry league
has announced that a county option
election will be held in Martin county
Dn August 5 with the object of banishing saloons from the last wet county
In the southern tier and making a dry
6trip along, the Iowa line, which will
prevent liquor from being taken into
the state from Minnesota.
Duluth.—It took a Jury in federal
, court just 20 minutes to find a verdict
Of not guilty for Joseph Ahlin, former
mayor of McKinley, who was arrested,
charged with violation of the espionage act. Immediately after the verdict, Ahlin was again arrested on a
federal warrant on another charge. It
Is charged Ahlin said: "If I met President WilBon in the woods, I would
shoot him. He had no right to declare
war on Germany."
Fairmont.—Rev. C. A. Larson, pastor of the Lutheran church near Monterey, who with his wife was arrested
o.i charges of disloyalty, agreed to
plead guilty today if the charge
against his wife was dropped. County
Attorney A. R. Allen consented and
Larson was given a six months' sus-
__ -landed sentence and a $100 fine. Lar-
s)n is charged with making seditious
utterances and his wife is said to have
forked against the Red Cross.
International   Falls.—Under   orders
from   the   Minnesota   Public   Safety
pommission  and  Carlos  Avery,  state
_e warden, American and Canadian
Ime  wardens  and   police   returned
|re today after a three-day raid in
Rainy La^i district in the Cana-
In patrol h4J^SeaguH.    A score of
fnadians and Americans were arrest-
, and the boat was loaded with con-
Jiband wine,  whisky  and beer and
fc meats of game animals which are
lotected by game laws,
[Fergus Falls.—Ottertail county com-
issionerB, in a session here, approbated $2,000 to employ a county vis-
jig   nurse,   who    particularly   will
Irk in  the  schools examining  chil-
fcn   for   defective   eyesight,   throat
luble,    tubercular    symptoms    and
ler diseases.
loose   Lake.—The   village of Bar-
near here, has organized a home
[ird company.   Captain P. W. Swed-
of the Moose Lake Home Guard
li-Isted in the organization.   The new
|mpany has 40 members and expects
become  affiliated  with   the   state
_rd shortly.
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Interesting
Correspondences
Platte News
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kohs and
Wm. Raatz, visited at the Wolff
Home Sunday afternoon.
A Jolly Bunch of young- folks
gathered at the Theo. Rychner
Home last Sunday evening.
The eyening- was spent very
nicely by dancing.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross were visitor at the Math. Valentine
home last Thursday evening.
Tbose that visited at the C.
Reese home Sunday were, Mr.
and  Mrs.   Theo.   Rychner  and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner
and children were visitors at
the Wolff Home last Tuesday
evening.
Frank Wolff was a Pierz caller Monday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Sullivan News.
Mrs. Peter Adkins and children
called at J.A. Sanborn's and O.
B. Look's  la)st  Tues.   evening.
A card received form Edwin
Walmark says he had arriyed
safely oyer seas.
Lastrup callers Wednesday
evening were: Jack and Ed.
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. John Britton and childreu and C. E. Look
and family.
Miss Agnes McLaughlin of St.
Paul and Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Teirney of Foley spent a few
days of last week at F. Bown's,
Coranotta Beach.
School meeting Saturday was
well attended. Ray Sims was
elected treasurer for the coming
three years.
Mrs. M. Sims returned from
Dakota last week and was visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs H.
0. Smith.
The Peter Adkins family accompanied by Jack Lewis motored to Deerwood one.day last
week and called on Ralf Waf-
finsmith who has just returned
from France.
T. Wolfender and W. Goble and
and son Erie left Monday for a
trip thru northern Minnesota.
The town of Richardson is in
it when it comes to dragging
roads with a Ford. Mr. Grady
did efficient work with his car
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roadman of-
Onamia and Mr. and Mrs. Van
Deren of Minneapolis arrived
Tuesday and will spend a few
days at Coranotta Beach.
Merel Look and Mr. Gradly
were Pierz goers Tuesday.
County seat visitors Monday
were Mrs. John Lewis, son Jack
and Sam Martin.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.04
Wheat, No. 1, $2.00
Wheat, No. 2     1.97
Wheat, No. 3       1.94
Wheat, No. 4 ___ _    1.90
Flax,  _       3.70
Barley ___ .90
Rye     2.55
Oats        65
Ear Corn  1.40
Hay      10.00
Butter, Creamery ..      45
"       Dairy       37
Eggs  __       35
Flour,           5.65
Bran    2.10
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts 2.25
Ground Feed     2.40
Beans        7.00
Onions      2.50
Minnesota Commission
Of Public Safety
ORDER NO. 37
WHEREAS, It is necessary
to enact such regulations as will
utilize to the best advantage
the human energy of the State
of Minnesota for the purposes
essential to the prosecution of
the present' war, and
WHEREAS, The need of men
of Military age to provide reinforcement for the Army and the
equally urgent need for labor
to assist in the production of
food and other articles essential
for war purposes, necessitate
special provisions to the end
that all persons domiciled in
Minnesota shall, in the absence
of reasonable cause to the contrary, engage in useful occupations.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety:
FIRST: That every male person residing in Minnesota shall
be regularly engaged in some
useful occupation.
SECOND: In any proceeding
hereunder it shall be a defense
that the person is:
(a) A bonatide student in actual attendance at some recognized educational institution, or
proceeding with his training for
some useful occupation.
(b) Children under sixteen
years of age.
(c) Persons physically unable
to comply with the provisions
of this order.
(d) Usually employed in some
useful occupation and tempo-
rarilly unemployed owing to differences with his employer common to similar employes with
the same employer.
THIRD: It shall be the duty
of the sheriff of the respective
counties, and of the Peace Officers, and of any other officer,
State or Municipal, charged
with enforcing the law, to
seek' and continue to
seek diligently, names and
places of residence of able bodied male persons within their respective jurisdiction not regularly or continuously employed, as
provided by this order, and report the same to the County
Attorneys in their respective
counties.
Any person violating or refusing or failing to obey this
order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the County
Jail for not more than three
months or by a fine of not more
than $100.00.
Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 4, 1918.
MINNESOTA COMMISSION
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
H. W. LIBBY, Secretary.
C. H. MARCH, Vice Chairman.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
The Blind Musicians
A concert was given by the
blind born brother and sister,
Louis and Barbara Tremmel, in
St. Joseph's school hall last
Sunday afternoon and evening.
The concerts were very well attended. Elizabeth Vasen of
Cross Plains, Wis., is acting as
their guide.
They left for Barnsyille, Minnesota, Tuesday morning. .
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Sixty Years a Priest.
Rev. Father Buh cele brated
his 60th anniversary as a catholic priest, today, July 25th, by
a solenm high mass in the Duluth cathedral.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
M. M. Williams of Little
Falls motored through here
Saturday evening.
Raymond, the 4 year old
son of Alfred Herold fell
from a haystack last Saturday and broke his shoulder.
A Letter From
"Somewhere
In France"
June 11, 1918.
My Dear Mother:—
You will have to forgive me for not writing for such
a long time, but I was almost
too busy the last four or five
weeks to do anything else at
all. I sure will try and never
wait that long again. I'm feeling fine and dandy and hope
this letter will find you as happy and contended as it left me.
We have been moving several
times the last five months and
besides we have had some very
strenuous training and other
like tasks to contend with. We
are having some awful hot
weather over here the last
month and it is almost certain
that we will haye a lot more
worse than this before the summer is over. We are all wearing
the little overseas caps and we
sure are brown as real Indians
from the hot sun. But then, I
never felt any healthier in all
my days then I do right now,
and I really do believe it will do
us all a whole lot of good to^get
hardened down good and tough
and all new blood running thru,
our veins.
Sure was glad to here by your
last letter that crops and everything looked tine and dandy, as
this is the year we all ought to
try to scrape up as much grain
and garden truck as in any year
heretofore. The crops out here
sure look swell and most of the
people are all thru haying and
will start on their grain in a-
bout two or three weeks. They
do not raise very much other
grain but winter wheat and rye.
Really most of their land is put
into grapes and clover. (Yen
Grapes.) If you could see all
the red and white wine they
handle oyer' here you would
think whole France was sowed
down with grapes.
Had a nice long letter from
John a few days ago and was
sure glad to hear from him.
Wish you would tell Henry and
the rest of the family to write
real often although, they do not
hear from me right along, as it
is yery hard writing very many
letters over here. If I could
tell you everything I see out
here like you can in the states,
why I could write you a ten
page letter every day if I had
the time. So do not always
wait for an answer to all of
your letters,, but just keep on
pushing them across.
At the place where we are
located now we have a yery
large and pretty church and
have a chance to go to church
every Sunday unless we are on
duty. They have five masses
every Sunday, from five to eleven, so if you get up a little late
for one you have a chance for
another.
Must close for this time and
hoping to hear from you very
soon, I am as eyer your loving
son,
ANDREW F. VIRNIG
Co. "C"  147 M. G. Br.
American E. F.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
John Gassert of Crow Wing
County spent Monday and
Tuesday here.
There was a heavy rain
east and south of the village
about 3 o'clock yesterday.
Maud and Agnes Faust
took the train for St. Cloud
Monday to call on relatives.
Most farmers and especially those who have much hay
down, are between the devil
and the deep sea as far as
rain is concerned. While
their grain may need the rain,
their hay does not.
Young Women Wanted
For Student Nurses.
About 1,000 young women of
Minnesota of good education,
character, health and sense, between the ages of 19 to 35, are
wanted to register as United
States Student Reserve Nurses.
Mrs. A. P. Stoll, treasurer of
the National Council of Defense
for Morrison Co., will have
charge of the registration in
Pierz, which must take place
between July 29 and August 11.
Anyone interested may call on
her for further information.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Minnesota State Fair Week
The Minnesota State Fair,
September 2 to 7, is to be a
"War Exposition," as far as
every department is concerned.
Its greatest aid will lie in encouragement of food raising and
food saying. Stupendous exhibits of live stock, farm products, children's contest work,
women's work, and machinery,
will feature this part of the Fair.
Nothing of the kind, as planned,
has ever been staged anywhere,
in America.
But the greatest thing of interest to all the people of the
Northwest will be the gigantic
exhibit of war relics, great guns
and every kind of instrutnen
used in the waging of war in
Europe. Combat planes, and
all kinds of paraphernalia used
by the aviation department,
will also be exhibited. The
Federal Government, for the
first time in history, is coming
to the State "Fair with a wonderful exhibit, demonstrating
the work of practically all the
leading departments at Washington in the prosecution of the
war.
It is believed that the Northwest is so interested in the war
for Democracy, which the Fair is
assisting to such a degree, that
the attendance record of 400,000
established last year will be
shattered by a wide "margin.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Proceedings of
County Commissioners
Board of county commissioners met in the commissioner's
room and proceeded to organize
as a board of equalization after
taking oath. D. Rocheleau was
elected chairman and B. McNairy clerk. They then examined
personal property of said county as returned by the assessors.
They then proceeded to equalize
class 2.
The following raises on Household Goods was made:
Buh 80 per cent.
Buekman 10 per cent
Granite 80 per cent.
Hillman 100 per cent.
Leigh 100 per cent.
Mt. Morris 300 per cent.
Pierz 30 per cent.
Platte 120 per cent.
Pulaski 200 per cent.
Richardson 100 per cent.
Village of Buekman 50  per
cent.
Village-of Lastrup 150 per
cent.
Village of Pierz 50 per ct.
Sewing Machines
Make all sewing  machines at
full value of $12.00.
Class 3.
Agram—Stallions  raised  100
per cent.
Buekman— Stallions raised
100 per cent, except Mat Zor-
meier, Thoen Bros, and George
Kowitz.
Cattle—Line A
All calves in  different  towns
under $12.00 full and true yalue,
raised to $12.00.
Cattle—Line B
All cattle one year and under
two, raised to full and trme value of $24.00.
Cattle—Line D "Cows"
All cows raised to $60.00, full
(Coutiuued on Page 4 Column 1.).
Local Happenings
Of the Week
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Irene Benfeld visited in
Minneapolis last week.
F.  X.   Virning   returned
from the Cities Saturday.
Mrs, J. J. Roch returned
yesterday to her home in
Zumbrota.
John Martch, a wood dealer
of Denham, transacted business here Monday.
A farewell dance was held
Tuesday evening in honor of
the boys to  leave tomorrow.
Hazel Beckstead of the German State Bank left for her
home in Hawley, Minn., Saturday.
Anna Faust returned yesterday from Washington
where she had been the past
three months.
The John Hoheisel family
will move into their new
home in Genola the last days
of this week.
J. C. Seifert of St. Cloud
has been engaged to teach in
district 78, the Kobilka district the coming year.
_ Jake Eisel of Virginia,
Minn., came home Monday
for a few days' visit before
leaving for the training camp
July 26.
Joseph A. Jansen of Agram
has sold his farm to Lyman
McCough. Jos. intends to
move to town by the first of
October.
John Reding of Elrosa was
a visitor here the first days
of this week. Crops are
looking fine around Elrosa,
he says.
Norbert Borgerding arrived here from Melrose at 8:30
Monday morning. He made
the trip in 3 hours in a Ford
Run-about.
Frances Doll, employed as
domestic in the Vogel family, left for Perham Wednesday owing to the death of
her grandfather.
The Flaudy Litke family
left for the "Four Corners"
a few days ago where they
will live in the future with
Mrs. Litke's parents.
A long prayed-for rain
fell early Monday morning.
The rain was just the right
kind to sink and soak the
ground. In potato fields it
is said to have penetrated to
a depth of 8 inches.
Ferdinand H. Terhaar and
Catherine Rae of Minneapolis who were married in
Minneapolis July 16th, left
for Herrick, S. D. after a
week's visit here among the
groom's relatives.
The orphans of the Little
Falls orphanage, 104 of them
had a picnic at Fish Lake
last Thursday. The program also included a ride
on the gasolime -launch of
Rauch Bros.
J. N. Terhaar began his
duties in the German State
Bank Monday mouing, and
A. Saurer of Albany took
his place in tho pluee as
manager in tho Borgerding
Lumber yard.
SHELLS COAST ■*
NEARJAPE COD
German Diver Also Sinks Three
Barges and Sets Fire to
Fourth and Tug.
PLANES ATTACK DIVER
Two   Fliers   From   Chatham   Aviation
Station  Engage Foe Submarine
Without Result—Several Members of Barge Crew Injured.
Orleans, Mass., July 22.—A barge
tow off the easternmost point of Cape
Cod was attacked by a German submarine, three of the barges sunk, a
fourth and the tug set on fire and
four shells dropped on the mainland.
The action lasted an hour and was
unchallenged, except for two hjdro-
airplanes from the Chatham aviation
station, which circled over the I.-boat,
causing her to submerge for only a
moment. Then the submarine reappeared and resumed firing.
The crews of the tow, numbering
41 and including three women and five
children, escaped amid the shell fire
In lifeboats, Several were wounded,
but only one seriously. This happened
to be John Botovich, an Austrian, of
the crew of the tug. His right arm
near the shoulder was torn away by
a fragment of shell. The minor injuries of the others were from shell
-Plintera.
Thousands  See   Encounter.
The .barges were in tow of the tug
Perth Amboy, owned by the Lehigh
Valley railroad, and were bound from
Gloucester for New York. One was
loaded with stone, but the others were
light, being on their return trip after
bringing coal to New England. The
attack was without warning and only
the poor marksmanship of the German
gunners permitted the escape of the
crews.
The one-sided fight took place three
miles south of the Orleans coast guard
station, which is located midway between Chatham, at Elbow, and Highland Light, at the extreme tip of the
cape.
The firing was heard for miles and
brought thousands to the beach, from
which the flashes of the guns and the
outline of the U-boat were plainly visible. Possible danger to the onlookers was not thought of until a shell
whizzed over their heads and splashed
in a pond a mile inland. Three other
shells buried themselves in the sands
of the beach.
Survivors   Lost  Their  Clothes.
The survivors of the tow, with the
exception of two injured, were taken
to the Orleans coast guard station,
communication with which by telephone was not permitted under navy
regulations. No information could be
obtained from official sources on the
cape.
Botovich and another man from one
of the barges, both of whose arms had
been injured, were removed to the private hospital of Dr. James McHugh.
Later Botovich was taken to a hospital
In Boston.
The survivors lost all their personal
effects and some of them who were
having their turn in their bunks when
the U-boat appeared came ashore in
their night clothing.
THANK HOOVER FOR EFFORTS
English     Children     Send     American
Thousands   of   Letters.
London, July 22.—Herbert C. Hoofer, the American food administrator,
has arrived in England.
Two wagon loads of mail awaited
Mr. Hoover on his arrival in London,
including several thousand letters"
from school children, as a result of a
campaign organized in the public
schools for a tribute to the efforts of
the United States to save food for the
Allies.
FORWARDS  SURGICAL  GOODS
American Red Cross Sends Seven
Tons of Goods to the Front.
Paris, July 22.—The American Red
Cross has sent seven tons of surgical
dressings and five tons of special diet
foods to the principal evacuation hospitals of the American army. The
Red Cross medical officers, storehouses and pharmacy will operate
night and day during the drive of the
French and Americans.
CAPTURE  17,000   PRISONERS
General Peershing Also Reports Taking 500 German Guns.
Washington, July 22.—Prisoners
captured by American troops in the
offensive on the Aisne-Marne front up
to an early hour Saturday totaled by
actual count 17,000, General Pershing
reported in his communique received
by the War department. Capture of
560 guns also is announced.
Boy Kills Grizzly Bear.
Jackson, Wyo., July 22.—-The mosi
successful youthul bear hunter in
Wyoming is Charles Sowers, 14, of this
place, who is displaying the hide,of t.
female grizzly which he shot on Shec >
creek and two cubs, which he capture!
after the mother had been slain and
the father had retreated. The boy,
hunting alone with two dogs, ran upr i
the griz_!y family in a berry patch. K 3
first bullet killed the mother but his
second shot missed the father and the
latter plunged into the thick brush and
escaped. - - •—-'
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