The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-08-17

              VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 17, 1916.
NO. 9.
GAIN ALONG ALL
BATTLE_FRONTS
Armies of Entente Allies Are
Making Progress.
VICIOUS   FIGHTING   OCCURS
British and French Gain in West and
Russians   and   Italians   Report
Successes at Other Points.
London, Aug. 14.—Hard fighting in
the Somme region of France, in Gali-
cla and in the Italian war theater,
with further gains for the entente allies in all three regions, marked the
operations of Saturday night and Sunday.
Northwest of Pozleres, north of the
Somme, the British made an advance
of from 300 to 400 yards over a front
of nearly a mile against the Germans
and also captured trenches on the
plateau northwest of Bazentin-Le-
Petit, while the French southeost of
Maurepas gained a further foothold
on the slopes of hill 109.
Between Thieoval and the Somme
Saturday night, according to Berlin,
assaults by the entente allies broke
down, with heavy casualties to the
attackers.
The fighting near Hem and Maurepas continued throughout the entire
night and into Sunday, the men repeatedly coming to grips in hand to
hand encounters.
Mariampol, in G-alicia, seven miles
southeast of Halicz, the town of Pod-
giacy and several villages along the
Upper Sereth river have fallen into
the hands of the Russians.
All along this front, even in the
Carpathian region, Petrograd reports
that the Russians are continuing their
advance against the Austro-Germans.
Teutons Throw Russians Back.
On the Bystritza sector and near
Monasterzysk, however, Berlin says
the Russians have been thrown back
at several places by the counter attacks of the Teutonic allies.
The Duke of Aosta is keeping up his
strong offensive against the Austrl-
ans in the Isonzo region. The Italians
here have driven them from fortified
positions in the Monfalcone and Gori-
zia sectors and taken prisoners more
than 2,000 additional men.
Constantinople reports that the
Turks east of the Suez canal have
turned against the British and compelled them to retreat with heavy
losses.
The London war office, however, disputes this statement, asserting that
the British cavalry is still in pursuit
of the Turkish rear guard, which Saturday evening had been driven back
to a position east of Bish-El-Manca.
After a long period of inactivity the
British along the Euphrates, in Mesopotamia, attempted an advance
against the Turks, but retreated after
two hours' fighting.
Further advances of the Turks
against the Russians on the Persian
front and in Turkish Armenia also
are claimed by Constantinople.
GERMAN CASUALTIES
' NUMBER 3,135,177
London, Aug. 14. — German casualties during July, according to a table
complied here from German casualty lists, totaled 122,540, bringing the
grand total since the beginning of the
war, taken from the same source, to
3,135,177.
Men killed or who died of wounds
during July numbered 21,196; those
who died of sickness 2,062; missing
15,334; severely wounded 17,867;
wounded 5,654; slightly wounded 50,-
157. 	
SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES
Russian Casualties Have Been Heavy
This Summer.
Berlin, Aug. 14.—The correspondent of the Zeltung Am Mittac at Aug'
trian headc_uarters in a dispatch de»
scribes the enormous losses of the
Russians during the summer offensive.
The correspondent says the Russian censorship passed the statement
that as many as seventy-five trains
loaded with wounded were moved
daily on the line to Kiev alone.
Basing his estimate partly on tlje
official list kept at Kiev the correspondent places the Russian killed or
wounded in the summer offensive at
three-quarters of a million men.
Found Charred Logs
2 Feet Under Ground
A'ditclier working in the tam-
arac swamp for Aug. Otremba
reports that he found a iaj'er of
charred trees under two feet of
bogf and peat. This goes to
show that the swarr.p was once
dry and that a fire destroyed
a heavy layer of windfalls.
How long ago this happened is
hard to say, but layers of grass
and dust do not build up rapidly,
and to form a two-foot layer
over these charred logs probably
took no less than 500 years.
Hurt in Fall From Bridge
Little Falls, Aug. 15. A. B.
Peterson broke four ribs on the
right side when he fell from a
scaffold on a new bridge which
he is building in Two Rivers
near Bowlus. He was brought
to Little Falls and is at the
Buekman hotel.
Mr. Peterson was walking on
the scaffold when it gave way,
throwing him to the ground.
He struck on a 2x4 joist near
the ground.
87,036,029 Pounds
Of Butter Stored
Washington, Aug. 12.—Creamery butter held in cold storage
plants throughout the country
on August 1, amounted to 87,-
037,029 pounds, a slight increase from the amount so held
last year, and eggs totaled
4,797,185 (30 dozen) cases, a
heavy decline from last year's
holdings, the department of
agriculture today reported. AbB
nouncement was made that a
monthly report would be made
of butter and eggs hereafter.
Motion picture show at
Faust's Opera House every
Sunday night at 8:30.
Genola News,
Miss Emma Joseph, who has
been visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harsch, left for
her home in Swanville, {-Saturday.
Mr. D. A. Hoover of Albany,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. John
Harsch over Sunday.
Mrs. Flaudy Litke made a
business trip to Little Falls
Sunday.
Glean Up
School Buildings
Now,
Returns After 25 Years
Leonard Kolbert of Spring
Hill, Stearns county, spent several days of this week in this
village. Mr. Kolbert taught
school here over 25 years ago—
four years, 1898, 1889, 1890 and
1892 in district 39, and one term
1890 in district 54, when it was
organized. The object of his
visit here now is to gather data
and affidavits to establish his
claim for teacher's pension.
Take a thorough course in
the Little Falls Business College this year and you will be
holding a good position next
year.    Get your catalog now.
WANT TO SELL—Three finely
improved farms all adjoining,
about 18 miles northwest of
Pierz. Will sell for cost of improvements. All handsome living places on fine road. Fine
clay soil in high state of culti
vation. If you want a fine farm
home, come and see them, and
you will want one of them.
Write Dawes Farm Land Co.,
Brainerd, Minn. 2-8t
TURKS TO EUROPEAN LINES
Great Forces of Moslem Troops Are
Being Transported Rapidly.
London, Aug. 14.—According to the
Berliner Tageblaat, Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says, the transport
of Turkish troops on a great scale to
the European war field is proceeding
without a hitch. The troops are being
taken from Asiatic provinces of Turkey and also include some Arabs.
Read the Journal ads.
Grain and Produce
riarket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,--. $1.39
Wheat, No. 2      1.36
Wheat, No. 3-      1.29
Flax,         1.90
Barley  75
Rye 1.03
Oats      37
EarCorn       72
Hay-..     7.00
Butter, Creamery ..      37
Dairy       27
Eggs       18
Flour.Royal     4.20
"   WhiteRose      4.10
Low grade flour 1.80
Bran : -1.25
Shorts 1.30
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.50
Ground Feed     1.50
Beans      5.00
Onions       60
Now is the time for school
boards to see that the school
buildings are put into safe condition from tire for the coming
sessions.
During the summer vacation
period, many schools are closed
and not looked after again until just before the term begins
in the fall, says Robert W.
Hargadine, State Fire Marshal.
Have an inspection made of
the basements, closets, attics,
and out-of-the-way corners in
each school building. See that
the chimneys are cleaned so as
to reduce the danger of fire
from soot, and above all, get
rid of all rubbish in and about
the school buildings before the
children return.
In this manner many school
buildings will be made safe for
the children and instructor, and
incidently will save the community possibly hundreds of
dollars.
Last year there were 29
school houses burned in Minnesota with an aggregate loss of
$183,528. Undoubtedly much
of this loss was due to neglect
or carelessness.
Holstein Park,
Emmert Burch Dies
From Injury to Le?
Emmert Burch, the 12-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R.
Burch, died at Hall's hospital
Sunday evening at 9:40 from
osteomyelitis or blood poision-
ing of the bone. His death was
the result of an accident on
August 4, when he fell from a
lawn swing and sprained his
ankle, blood poisoning ot the
bone setting in later. He was
operated on last Tuesday and
again Thursday, but was not
conscious after Wednesday
morning.
He was born at Redwood
Falls Dec. 8, 1903, and had
lived in Little Falls since 1913,
Besides his father and mother,
he leaves one sister, Miss
Gladys Burch.
Funeral services were held at
the Congregational church by
Rev. Philip E. Gregory at 2:30
Tuesdety afternoon.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Motton picture show _tt
B^iust's Opera House every
Sunday night at 8:30.
Wilton  Lackaye's   Greatest
Stage Triumph.
Warm weather is getting cooler.    Early frosts are predicted.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Cota called
at J. A. Sanborn's Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and
Raymond, were Pierz visitors
Wednesday. Also Alvah Martens.
Mr. and  Mrs. Chas.   Sanborn
and  baby,    and  Mr.   and  Mrs'
Fred. Sounn and children, were
entertained at the Martens home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Thompson
called at camp Linehan Thursday afternoon.
Sam Martens and Merle Look
left for Windom, Minn., Monday. They will work there in
harvest.
Miss Cora Bredford of Little
Falls will teach the Christmas
lake school the coming term.
Alvah and Nellie Martens and
Ruby Thompson called at Chas.
Sanborn's Thursday evening.
The T. S. Look, C. E. Look
and Thompson families were out
picnicking Sunday.
Wilton Lackaye's greatest
triumph "The Pit." Curtis
Jawdin goes into a bear movement in wheat with Cressler,
which is very successful. Jaw-
din meets Laura Cressler and
they become friends.
Sheldon Corthell, an artist,
is in love with Laura, but Jaw-
din wins her. Laura is affectionate but Jawdin neglects her.
She renews the old friendship
with Corthell.
Corthell calls on Laura. Jawdin enters and announces that
he has made $500,000.00. He
greets Corthell cordially and
falls asleep. Corthell leaves.
Jawdin attempts to control a
gigantic movement in wheat.
She has a powerful adversary
in Calvin Crookes. In the fever
and turmoil, Jawdin neglects
Laura.
Crookes wins out in the wheat
movement. Jawdin goes broke,
while Cressler, Jawdin's partner, commits suicide. Crookes
flips a dollar bill in Jawdin's
face saying, "Here's a dollar to
buy your breakfast in the morning."
In the meantime Carthell has
persuaded Laura to elope with
him, as she is preparing to leave.
Jawdin, broke down in spirit,
appears and she stays by the
side of her husband who nowT
needs her.    Corthell leaves.
At that moment the newsboys
are crying in the street "Wuxtre!
Wuxtrp! Curtis Jawdin, great
failure!" He says "Failure,
No!" and folds Laura in his
arms.
See this interesting story in
motion pictures at Faust's Opera
house, Sunday, August 20th, at
8:30 p. m. The best 5-reel feature ever shown here.—Ad.
Terrible Pate.
Funny nnswers by school children
arc an old story, but tbe fact vouched
for by one of these snmc children that
"Louis XVI. was gelatined during tho
French revolution" is uew enough to
suit the most fastidious.
In Jungleland.
Chimpanzee Fortune Teller—Xou will
have a long and happy life.
Miss Elephant—How do you know?
Chimpanzee Fortune Teller —I can
tell it by your trunk line.—Florida
Times Union.
Graduates of the Little Falls
Business College have no difficulty in securing good positions
as soon as they complete their
bookkeeping or shorthand
course. Write for Information
Booklet.
Took the Tip.'
Promoter—Did you take my tip and
get in on the ground floor in that new
movie company?
Investor—Yes, I got in on the ground
floor all right, but I've landed in the
■cellar.—Judce.
Ed. Stoll of Dent is visiting his brothers here.
J. P. Virnig of Lastrup
autoed to Pierz yesterday.
The high price of sugar
makes jell a luxury.
We will open our music
class next Monday.
Benedictine Sisters,
Mr. Wm. Weinke of St.
Paul is here visiting relatives.
Hazel brush cut the last
half of August will not grow
again.
Theo. Thielen made a trip
to the Little Rock creamery
last week.
Motion picture show at
Faust's Opera House every"
Sunday night at 8:30.
P. A. Hartmann and Frank
Thienes went to St. Cloud
yesterday morning.
Henry Ferguson, formerly of Rucker, has ordered
the Journal sent to Republic,
Wash.
Quite a few young girls of
Pierz will attend high school
in Little Falls the coming
fall term.
A. W. Cook and daughter
Margaret of West Sullivan
were business callers in the
village Saturday.
Leo Stuckmeyer of Leroy,
Wis., is here on a visit with
his uncles John and Edwin
Stuckmeyer of Buh.
Casper Maehren. representing the Cold Springs
Brewing Co., was a business
caller here last Tuesday.
Peter Christina and Philip
Thielen motored to St. Cloud
and Eden Valley Sunday.
They returned the same day.
The Mogul tractor which
passed through here yesterday on the way to Buekman,
attracted not a little attention.
H. J. Wartman and Frank
Pauls of Watkins, and John
M. Emmell of St. Cloud were
here yesterday transacting
land business.
A horse belonging to John
Stangl ran away on Main
street yesterday morning and
demolished the buggy by
running into a horse and
buggy tied in front of the
butcher shop.
Henry Virnig's horse was
frightened by a passing motorcycle last Sunday and upset the buggy. Henry's six-
year-old daughter had her
arm badly sprained.
J. N. Faust has resigned
as manager of Barney Bui-
ton's clothing store and has
accepted a position with P.
A. Hartmann. Wm. Faust
is temporary manager of
Burton's store.
Edwin Stuckmeyer and
wife, A. E. Barnard of Huh
and Leo Stuckmeyer of Leroy, Wis., autoed to F. X.
Starr's home in South Buck-
man yesterday for a pleasant visit.
Shout for the home team.
Last chance next Sunday.
Freedhem and Pierz.
Farmer Beaten to .
Death By Hailstones
Rolett, N. D., Aug. 14: Andrew Erickson, farmer, is dead
here today, because he went
out in a hail storm to rescue his
chickens. The hail stones
were so large he was badly
beaten. Heavy crop damage
resulted.
Geo. Kie'wel and E. P.
Adams were here Thursday
evening.
G-eo. L. Boser of Buh sold
his farm to an Iowa man for
$70.00 per acre.
Motion picture show at
Faust's Opera House every Sunday night at 8:30.
See the last game of the
season next Sunday, between
Freedhem and Pierz.
Carl Hoheisel has lost
four horses with swamp
fever since last spring.
I. W. Bouck, wife and son
Raymond, were visitors at
Camp Sullivan last week.
A large crowd attended St.
Joseph's church Tuesday, it
being Christs' Ascension day.
Fred Gravel and family of
Onamia motored here Sunday morning and spent the
day with C. E. Gravel.
Misses Cecilia Kuehn and
Pauline Gross of Madison,
Wis., are here visiting with
the Henry Schneppenheim
and Nick Lochner families.
We can save you from $40 to
$100 on a course in bookkeeping, shorthand or typewriting.
Write for special offer. St.
Cloud Business College. Vath
& Ahles.
Sister Pankratia O. S. B.
of St. Paul is here for a few-
days visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schneppenheim.
Quite a crowd of Pierzers
went to Lastrup Sunday afternoon to see the ball game
between Freedham and Lastrup. Freedham won by a
score of 17 to 14.
U. G. Purssfell of the State
Weather Bureau made Pierz
a visit yesterday in his official capacity. It Is Mr.
Purssel's first visit here, for
he says the work of this
station is always O. K.
A farewell party was given
at the home of John S. Gross
Friday evening in honor of
Mrs. Gross sister, Rose Hoerner who had been visiting
here for some time and left
for her home at Brainerd
Saturday.
Joe Schwankl and family
of Richmond arrived in Pierz
Monday to visit the Mrs.
Schwankl's parents and the
Math. Gross and P. J. Gau
families. Joe reports crops
in Stearns county about the
same as here.
Miss Annie Hennen of St.
Paul, daughter of Nick Hennen of Pierz, who has been
employed as stenographer in
St. Paul for several years,
and Ruby Hennen, daughter
of Jos. J. Hennen of St. Paul
are here visiting with Nick
Hennen and other relatives.
Last ball game ot the season next Sunday. Freedhem
and Pierz.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to,
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS!
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told.!
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Samuel Brant, veteran St. Paul pol-|
itioian, is dead, aged seventy sixj
years.
John Hill, aged fifty-five, lost hisj
life at Eden Valley when his automo-j
bile turned turtle.
Armour & Co will spend more than!
$3,000,000 in the construction of itsi
South St. Paul plant.
Mrs. Charles A. Sachse, eighty-three j
years old, is dead at St. Paul, where!
she had resided since 1856.
Nikolas Tchida, five years old, foil
into a wator trough at the home of
his parents near St. Paul and drowned
in eighteen inches of water.
Miners on the Cuyuna range have
decided against a strike by a vote of
704 to 36. Those favoring a walkout
do not include the 150 miners already
out.
Rev. C. J. Kockey of Minneapolis
was elected president of the Luther
League of Minnesota at the seventeenth annual convention at Lind-
strom.
Peter Paber, for years a prominent
farm implement dealer of Minneapolis, is dead. Mr. Paber was born in
Chicago in 1857 and came to Minnesota in 1861.
J. J. Farrell, state dairy commissioner, was elected president of the
American Association of Dairy, Pood
and Drug Officials at the annual meeting in Detroit.
Three municipal playgrounds have,
been closed at Winona as a result of
the incipient epidemic of infantile paralysis, which has claimed its fifth victim in that city.
Martin Welch, seventy-five years |
old, was almost instantly killed at St.!
Paul when the pull on a guy wire of!
a derrick uprooted a small tree under]
which he was standing.
State aid for 230 high schools and!
241 graded schools totaling $1,191,684 j
for the year ending July 31, 1916, was!
voted by the state high school board j
at a meeting at St. Paul.
C. R. Sievers of Minneapolis wasj
elected grand sachem of the Great j
Council of Minnesota, Improved Order!
of Red Men, at the twenty-second an-j
nual session at Minneapolis.
The midsummer meeting, of the Sec-|
ond District Editorial association wasj
held at Redwood Falls. About forty |
editors, several of whom were accom-l
panied by their wives, were in attend-!
ance.
Co-operation between merchants ofj
small and large communities to fight!
retail order houses was urged by!
speakers at the convention of the Min-|
nesota Retail Clothers' association at|
Duluth.
William Hilbert, sales manager of a
Minneapolis cement company, is dead
from injuries sustained when an automobile he was driving collided with a
street car in the business district of
the Mill City.
Dr. H. M. Bracken, state health commissioner, will attend a conference of
the federal public health service in
Washington Aug. 17, called to discuss
means for preventing the spread of
infantile paralysis.
In a strike riot at Virginia Alice Areola is alleged to have bitten Patrolman Fred Kiah on his right hand. She
was arrested, found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $102.50 or serve
sixty days in the-county jail.
Five per cent increase in the population of state institutions for the care
of insane during the past year is reported to the state board of control.
Patients of the state insane hospitals
aud asylums now number 5,732, an increase of 264.
At a meeting in the office of W. P.
Prickett, director of the Minneapolis
Traffic association, five commercial organizations of the Twin Cities decided
to file a protest against the increase
in rates announced on shipments from
the Pacific slope.
Republican managers of Minnesota
have decided on a short fall campaign.
The executive committee of the" Republican state committee, at a meeting in the office of-Secretary of State
Schmahl, voted to open headquarters
in St. Paul on Sept. 15.
J. R. Johnson of Colbyville, this
state, who broke his neck two weeks
ago, has been 'discharged from a Duluth hospital as virtually cured. Johnson was thrown from a load of hay,
sustaining what was termed a complete fracture of the neck.
John S. Riley, sixty-six years old,
foreman of the bridge and carpenter
department of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul shops at Minneapolis and
for forty-two years identified with that
road, died suddenly in the Mill City
after an attack of heart trouble.
Continuous brooding over ill health
prompted James Dickson, seventy
years old, to slash his wrists at the
home of his brother'at St. Paul. He
was dead when found. Mr. Dickson
formerly was a resident of Tacoma,
Wash., where he was engaged in the
tea and coffee business for twenty-
eight years.
Journal ads bring results.
Dance in Faust's Hail Tuesday, August 22ud.   Music by Nemic's Theatre Orchestra of St. Cloud.