The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-02-15

              y_
imtttm
T1      l~l 1   I IMH___1 .    r.:iif--.THB
VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY, IS,  1917.
No. 35
ABOUT THE STATE Interesting
Correspondences
'    News ot Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Tol4
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader:
Sullivan News
H. Hopkins drove to
last Saturday.
Hillman
Mrs. William -lollick, seventy-four
years old, pioneer resident of Hastings, is dead.
Luther K. Weld, aged ninety-one, a
resident of Faribault for more thai-
sixty years, is dead.
Herman P. Jassoy, proprietor of one
of Stillwater's principal harness shops,
died suddenly, aged sixty-eight.
James Fenwick, thirty-flve years old,
was run down and killed by a Northern Pacific train at Minneapolis.
The state fair board has asked tha
legislature for an appropriation of ?50,-
000 for repairs and new buildings.
Fire at Ivanhoe destroyed all the
buildings on one side of the main
street for a block, causing a loss estimated at $50,000.
J. F. Broderick, former president of
the Commercial club and for many
years prominent in business affairs in
St. Paul, is dead, aged sixty-nine.
B. C. Belcher shot and killed Julius
Gullickson during a quarrel at the village hall at Aurora. Both men were
employed on the night police force.
Grain elevators, docks and storehouses on the Duluth-Superior water
front are being guarded against possible activities by war sympathizers.
Frank Danz, Sr., eighty-seven years
■UI, former band director in St. Paul
id well known in musical circles in
that city, is dead at Los Angeles, Cal.
Goodman Anderson of Hills, one of
the wealthiest residents of Pipestone
county, has just presented each of his
flight children a highly improved farm.
Kiev. Justus A. Naumann, president
of the German Lutheran synod of Minnesota, died of apoplexy at his home
in St. Paul. He was fifty-one years of
age.
Minnesota has 3,873 national guards-
i, including 209 officers, subject to
the cWW-F'-h'e president and orders of
the war department in the event w. r
if! declared.
'Ohn Feeley, aged thirty-seven, "~a_
burned to death in his cottage at
Woodbury, Washington county, when
he fell asleep and his pipe set fire to
his clothing.
Magnus Johnson's bill prohibiting
discrimination in grain prices b-tveen
different localities was passed by the
lower house of the legislature by a
vote of 93 to 2.
Al Blood-, a farmer residing near
Wolford, fought a wolf with a jack-
knife when attacked on a lonely country road. He killed the beast and secured the bounty.
Joseph D. Lloyd, eighty-seven years
old, one of Duluth's pioneers and for
many years captain and owner of the
Lloyd line of steamers on the Great
Lakes, is dead at Duluth.
Rev. C. E. Benson of Stillwater was
elected president of the Swedish Lutheran conference of the Chicago district at the closing session of a two-'
day meeting at Stillwater,
Friedlin Boll, one of the forty-seven
soldiers who survived the charge of
tho First Minnesota at Gettysburg, is
dead at his home in Owatonna. He
was seventy-eight years of age.
Dr.  J.   L.  Pollock of Hanley  Falls
was  frozen  to  death in  snow  drifts
lear that village, having become lost
in a blizzard while returning from visiting his patients in the country.
William Bircher, aged seventy-one,
who reached St. Paul with his parents
in 1851, is-dead at St. Cloud, Fla. Mr.
Bircher was a drummer boy in the
Second Minnesota in the Civil war.
Miss Ethel Johnson of St. Paul, who
h:is just been appointed assistant secretary of the Eighth civil service district, is said to De tne m'st woman in
the country to hold such a position,
es   W.  Henkenson,  eighty-three
old,  a  resident  of  Minneapolis
for sixty years, veteran of the Civil
war   and   ot   numerous   Indian   caiu-;
paigns, is dead at the Soldiers' home.
Rev. J. D. Higgins, the oldest Meth-
-(11st minister in the world, is dead at
os Angeles, Cal., aged ninety-nine
years and four months. Rev. Mr. Higgins spent much of his life in Minnesota.
Kire starting from an overheated
stove destroyed the Northern Pacific
railroad station at Brainerd. With a
heavy wind blowing part of the business section of the city was threatened.
Victor Anderson, aged forty-six, is
dead at Duluth from Injuries sustained
when he was caught by a broken machine belt and tossed to the ceiling in'
the foundry of the National Iron
Works.
N. P. Roberts, a blacksmith near
Red Wing, and his five-year-old son
were seriously burned when a gasoline torch Mr. Roberts was using to
thaw out the water pipes in his home
exploded.
The senate bill providing for a
straight 2-cent fare for railroad passengers in Minnesota has passed the
state house of representatives and
Will become effective as soon as signed
J>y the governor.
Miss Pleasant Loop of Rucker
came up with the stage Saturday and will visit a few days at
the JohnZwak home.
Several of the young' people
attended the dance at H. C.
Smith's Saturday evening-.
The oyster suppef and dance
at L. Pint's Saturday night was
a huge success. About thirty-
five people had all they could
eat.
The   dance  at  Julius  Popel-
ick's Saturday night  was  well
attended.    Everybody  enjoyed
a good time.
Al Benard who has been
staying in Pierz the last four
weeks returned to the Lawer-
ance Kramer home Sunday.
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs.
Berner were callers at the lake
Monday.
T.   S.  Look  was
cailer Tuesday.
a  Hillman
Hillmaj News,
Supt. M. E'. Barnes visited the
school her2 .act week Wednesday. Frbro. here he went to
Johnsdr_e.
John Love returned Thursday
from the northern Minnesota
pineries.
Mr. Burmeister of Mankato,
was in this vicinity on business
last week. He is a son-in-law
to Robert Rucker, a former resident of Rucker, now living in
Graceville, Montana.
Mi,3S Pearl Miller spent the
week-end at the home of her
parents Mr. and Mis. J. C. Miller, returning to Onamia last
Monday.
Chas. Scott and daughter, Al
ma,   visited at the
last Sunday.
Ryan  home
Mr. Eppel left Tuesday for
Delana. Minn., after spending
the winter on the place owned
by his brother-in-law, J. F. Dietrich.
Rev.TTpton, presbyterian minister at Onamia and Wahkon,
hreached a tine sermon Tuesday
evening. The school house was
well filled.
5-Year-0ld Girl Kicked by Horse
Gladys Grenier, 5 years old,
of Belle Prairie, was kicked by
a horse Saturday morning on the
Grenier farm and her head was
severely injured. The horse's
hoof struck the child just above
the right eye and very close to
it.
Rucker and Sullivan
P. 0. Discontinued.
Rucker and Sullivan postof-
fices will be discontinued on the
28th of this month. The postmasters at these offices have
been ordered to send all the
mail and supplies to headquarters on that date. P. J. Bollig
will make his last trip on Tuesday the 27th.
It is reported that the territory now served by these offices wiil be served by a triweekly service from Hillman,
until a R. F. D. carrier shall
have been appointed.
12 Days Left
to Pay Taxes.
Only 12 days remain after today in which to pay current
personal property taxes without paying a penalty of 10 per
cent of the amount of the taxes.
The penalty goes on March 1st
and must be added tu ail taxes
not paid before Feb. 28. This
leaves 15 days, two of which
are Sunday and one legal holiday. Feb. 22 is Washington's
birthday.
County Treasurer Renick an
nounces that no allowance can
be made for, any reasons if taxes
are unpaid at the close of business Feb. 28. The public examiner insists on strict observance
of the  law  regarding   the  tax
Won i. Dies in       Village Council
Road Accidt
iiu
Freeport, Feb. 12,—Mrs. John
Pfaff, whose husband owns a
large farm z. few miles from
this village; was killed Saturday in a runaway accident. Mr.
and Mrs. Pfaff left the village
after a shopping trip. The sled
was overturned when it struck
a heavy snowdrift. . Mr. Pfaff
escaped by jumping, but his
wife, who wore heavy wraps,
was pinned beneath the side of
the sled.     Mr.   Pfaff  called   to
Proceedings
The village counsil met in
regular mouthy session Saturday, February 3 and was called
to order.
-The following  bills  were  allowed:
John  Philippi    work  on
engine house $ 2.10
Math. Valentine  63.50
Wm. Preimesberger to
Mike Grittner work  on
electric line      2.00
Mike   Schraut    dragging
road and hauling gravel     3.40
Jos. Hartmann asked for  the
his wife to see if  she  was  safe; privilege of putting a scale  on
and upon receiving an answer
in the affirmative started to tip
the sled back onto its runners.
When he then turned to his wife
he  found  that  she  was   dead.
penalties and the treasurer has ! The funneral arrangements  are
no choice but to
day it goes on.
Personal property tax collections so far this this year are
far ahead of last year's, 300
more r eceipts having been issued.
collect  it  the! not known.   Seven children and
the husband survive.
Two Little Predictions,
At a time when predictions
about the international troubles
may be upset in a day, or even
within an hour, the field of prediction is not specially promising to anybody who wishes to
avoid getting a reputation as a
blunderer. Therefore he
enters the borderland cf prediction may rea.sona.bly be justified in feeling some timidity,
and wanting means of retreat if
Wednesday next week will
be Ash-wednesday, Feb. 21st
begining of Lent.
take. Anyway, at the moment
of this writing we feel moved to
make two predictions as follows:
That no war will be declared
between this county and Germany.
That the submarine menace
will prove to be much less formidable than has been expected.
The submarine is necessarily
of such structure that it is peculiarly open to accident, and
not suited for a fight, although
very effective in destroying unarmed ships. Its tcrpedoes
must be fired at short range. In
dealing with an unarmed ship it
can get the desired short range
and operate with a large degree
of certainty against its broadside. Very seldom is a front or
rear exposure of a ship fired at,
even at short range, ' because
the target is too small. The
range should be a tenth of a
mile or less, and at a fifth of a
mile the chance of hitti ng the
ship is small. A submarine has
small guns for surface use, too,
but it is impracticable to use
these against an armed ship.
To operate against a ship a submarine must have its periscope
above w_ter, and an armed ship
could fire a hail of balls of destructive size at it when a mile
or more away. When the periscope is hit, the submarine is
put out of business.
Undoubtedly Germany understands fully the weakness of
the submarine, and this doubtles
accounts for the strong threats
made by Germany as against
the arming of merchant ships.
When the merchant ships are
provided with batteries of guns
of small caliber under competent gunners, and with searchlights for use at night as needed,    the    attacking  submarine
G^ain Thief May
Work Salvation
Foley, Minn.
George Ogg of Morrison
County, who was brought into
court to answer to the charge
of stealing grain from the bins
of M. Thoen a well known Benton county farmer, residing in
Graham township, was given a
chance by Judge Roeser in district court chambers Friday af
whd^ernoon to  work out his  own,'when arraigned before Municip
salvation.
Ogg has been arrested by
Sheriff Craig of Benton county
In  Morrison  county  where  he
->, CII-UU.        IXC   lUllll-U-U   c_    UUI1U     UI
his venture proves to be a  mis__jj.ad gone after the alleged crime\$7oo for his  appearance  before
had been committed. It was
charged by Thoen that Ogg had
driven to his place during the
night and had loaded a wagon
witU the grain.
Mr. Thoen appeared in court
against Ogg, but he recommended clemency on the part of the
"ourt and suggested that if a
suspended sentence were placed
over Ogg, it might be of benefit
to him. The court thereupon
sentenced Ogg eight months in
jail and suspended the sentence
on condition of his future
behavior.
good
The good old days se em to
be passing a. a rapid rate.
The last yoke of ozen in this
country were shipped tc the
packing house last Wednesday.
street running  east  and  west,
but it was rejected.
Upon motion adjourned.
S. Preimesberger, President.
J. N. IPaust, Recorder.
Peter Beka Dead.
Just before going to press
came the report that Peter Beka,
the Genola blacksmith, had died
in the Little Falls hospital at
half past five this morning.
Further particulars are not now
available.
Miiberry Held.
—, -   ,
to Grand Jury
W. B. Miiberry of Royalton
was bound over tcK the grand
jury after waiving  examination
al Judge F.  W.  Lyon  Tuesday
Local Happenings
Ofjhe Week.
Yesterday, February 14th
v. a.. Valentines day.
See'Falsaly Accused Sunday evening.
N. W. Fuerstenberg went
to St. Cloud las; Friday,
John (rassert spout a few
days in Minneapolis last
week.
A young _,on arrived at
the Andrew Schraml home
in Pulaski, Tuesday night.
Theo. Hoheisel of northeast Granite was a business
caller in Pierz last Saturday.
Last Monday was Abraham Lincoln's birthday, a
legal holiday. The bank and
postoffice were closed.
Today sunrise 6:58, sunset
5:31- Lenght of day Sunday
February 11th was 10 hours
27 minutes.
Next Thursday a week
from today, February 22nd,
wiil be Washington's birthday—another legal holiday.
Mrs. John Feider of Duluth spent a few days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Wermerskirchen, this
week. She will return to
her home in Duluth the last
part of the week.
Steve Bayer  left  Monday
afternoon on a charge of firing; for Sauk Centre to attend
a revolver at J. N. Carnes, j the Central Minnesota Dai-
county cor.inissioner from Roy
alton.    He furnished a bond  of
the grand jury at the next term"
of district court.
The shooting is alleged to
have occured last month, but
the hearing was continued until
today on motion of the attorney^entered by burglars last Mon
for the defendant.    It is said to
would be in more danger of destruction than the ship. Under
existing conditions the mer
chant ships are likely to be
c_uickly equipped for defense.
In this way the submarine problem seems to be likely to work
out its own solution without
the necessity of involving this
country in war, although technically the subduing of the su__-
nfarines might, if American
ships are involved, produce to
a degree a condition of war.
It is also true that American
citizens on armed foreign merchant or passenger ships, would,
by reason of the arming, lose
their rights to protection by
this country, and that would
end tbe danger of involving
this country, when American
lives were lost on foreign ships.
In any case if the submarine
problem can be worked out as
indicated above, it seems to be
a better way than engaging in
war about it.    TELEGRAM.
have occured during an altercation Ul.ietween Miiberry and
Carnes on the road on the outskirts of Royalton. Carnes was
not injured.
—19/7
Methods of planting corn by
which one or twe rows of an
early-maturing variety alternate with one or two rows of a
later-maturing variety have given higher yields than either variety planted alone, according
to the annnal report of the Bureau of.Plant industry. Where
there is likely to be a shortage
of moisture during certain periods of the growing season, dependence should not be placed
in a single varietv; under such
conditions two, or three varieties
which differ considerably in
length of growing season should
be grown.
rymen and Buttermakers
Association annual meeting
at Sauk Centre w-hich ■ wa:.
held Wednesday.
The J. Ho  Ruettell  Clothing store in   St.   Cloud  was
day night, but were scared
away before they had chance
to turn the handle on the
strongbox inside oi which
was
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $.;
Wheat, No. 2     1.60
Wheat, No. 3       l.$0
Flax,       2.5:
Barley       90-95
Rye      1.27
Oats      50
EarCorn       90
Hay     7.00
Butter, Creamery ..      40
"       Dairy       27
Eggs..       32
Flour.Royal     5.00
"   White Rose      4.90
Low grade flour 2.25
Bran . 1.75
Shorts  1.75
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.80
Ground Feed___     1.80
Beans      5.00
l
'Onions      2.50
Mrs. John Donek was
pleasantly surprised by a
number of her friends last
Thursday. The surprise party was attended by Mrs. M.
Wermerskircheii, Mrs. R. M.
Duncan, Mrs. F. J. Gilbride,
Mrs, J. N. Faust.
When the "Yankees" from
up Rucker came to town
with their closed-up sleds a
few years ago, they were
made fun of, but their methods have been adopted by
dozens. And it is strange
that it was not done twenty-
five years ago.
F. X. Virnig returned last
week from the   Twin   CitieR
and Chicago, wherev ''
■ -- vir- show.
Will Await Status of
Teuton Crews. I
M VICTIMS OF RAIDER1
prisoners Captured a! Sea onj
Belligerent Ships.
Berlin Feb. 13.—Foreign Secretary
•ni-merman stated he has requested
the Swiss government to make in-
" _"Jiry i-. Washington regarding the
status of the crews of interned Ger-
:.mn  ships  in American  ports.
Pending an answer the seventy-two
. V ric-ricans taken by the German raider
■j_-d brought in by the Yarrowdale,
Whose release had been agreed to, are
being held in Germany, the foreign
aecretary stated.
During the past week recurring ru>
aiors havb reached Berlin by way of'
London in which it was announced
that the United States government had
tieuuestered the German ships and in
terned their crewf-:. No definite off]
Clal denial having been received t.ht
government was prompted to ask th*
Swiss government to obtain specific
information.
''We could not consent to the release of the Yarrowdale prisoners,
which was taken to be _greed to f.
week ago," said the foreign secretary.
"The men had been taken off arm-
ad merchantmen and their status had
been established. They will be libera.-
od just as soon as we learn the fate
of the German crews in American
ports."
Bi-eaklng of Agreement.
_ne release of the Yarrowdale prisoners was agreed to with Ambassador
.!erar.d on the eve of the break in relations, but the possibility of the German crews being interned in the United States prompted the admiralty to
rescind the orders liberating/- the
Americans held with the rest of the
'farrowdflir.  prisoners.
It ia pointed out here that this episode is a further illustration of the
menace growing out of the lack of
facilities and opportunities for free intercommunication by both countries.
Herr Zimmerman reaffirmed his
previous statement that the Americans now in Germany will be permitted to move about unmolested and be
perfectly free to leave the country
whenever they desire, even if the
break threatens to reach the ultimate
stage.
This intention is based on the im-
pression prevailing here that the
United States is not contemplating
u.ny steps with regard to German civilians that might compel Germany to
-ecuiisider the position she has now
definitely  taken.
MERCHANT CREWS ARE
NOT HELD PRISONERS
tool, i
.ays I
A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Ross last Thursday evening. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Jolm
Donek Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A.
Hohn, Mr. and Mrs. B. Faust,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Donek Jr.
and family, Mr. and Mrs. J.
S.chmitbauer, Katie Donek,
Anna Hohn, H. J. R03s, Mike
.ek, Jake and John Holm
and Jos. Faust. The evening
was spent playing cards,
singing, mush  and .lancing.
Washington, Veb. 13.—There are,
two classes of German ships in Ameri-)
can port. .
Those interned are war vessels, such;
as the rommerce raiders Prinz Eitelj
Friedrich, Kronprinz Wilhelm andj
such naval vessels as the gunboats)
Cormorant at Guam and Geier at Hon)
©lulu.
The crews of these vessels, as well)
as the ships, being part of the German!
naval forces which have taken refuge)
in neutral harbors, are interned as)
prisoners for the duration of the war]
under provisions of international law|
and  The  Hague conventions.
Phe status of the warbound German)
liantmen is different, and so is!
fli!- - of their crews.
The merchant ships are not interned!
ense of the word, but are re-)
• laining in harbor of refuge. They)
are free to put to sea at any time and!
take their chances with the enemy!
warships. !
Their crews are in the same status
as any ofber_. aliens coming to the
United Si_.cs. Any one of them may
be admitted to the country on fulfilling the immigration  requirements.
GREuCi. EXTENDS SYMPATHY
Because    of   Conditions    Cannot    Join
Protest   Againat   Germany.
Athens Feb. 13.—Greece is in sympathy with the American movement
to le. «"-ie neutrals against Germany'--,
submarine policy.
However, because of conditions, she
cannot join the movement.
This is the substance of a note the;
government has handed the Ameri-•■
minister.
"Conditions" are supposed to ;m.
Greece is practically a belligerent because of encroachments of the allies.
The last DANCE before LRNT will be held in Faust's Hall, on Monday, February 19th