The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-06-06

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VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 6, 1918.
No. 51
HEWS OF STATE
i  "TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnssota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Hallock.—A chautauqua will be helc
here beginning Thursday, June 20, and
continuing  for   five   days.
Pine River.—The funeral of Johi
Zeika, 62, killed near here by a tornado, was held from the M. S. church
Rev. Abbott conducting the ceremony
St. Cloud.—(St. Cloud honored the
heroes of other wars and those of the
present here today with a Memorial
day parade and exercises. The graves
of soldiers were smothered undei
flowers.
Red Lake Falls.—All Red Lake
counts^krticipated in the observing
of Memorial day here. Charles W
Cummins, St. Paul, was the principal
speaker. There was a parade with
veterans and Red Cross workerB.
International Falls.—Following peti
tions, the state railroad commission
has ordered the M., D. & W. railroad
to run at least three trains a week
On the Loman branch, and the service began yesterday. The order directs that tri-w.eekly trains operate
on schedule instead of at any old
time.
Winona.—Judge Morris in! Feder
al court here sentenced County
Auditor Anding, Who was convicted
of violation of the third section ol
the espionage, act, to one and a half
years in Federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth. A stay of sentence
was granted Anding and he was re-
leased on $5,000 bail.
Hibbing. — State owned ' mines
shipped 161,015 tons of ore last week
as follows: Leonidas, 3,285; Deacon.
4,961; Hanna "A," 3,311; Helmer, 12,-
784; Woodbridge 4,558; Frantz, 9,045;
Shiras, 6,486; Pool, 37,600; Hill Annex, 23,575; Wanless, 3,220; Majorca,
2,000; Smith, 1,350; Philbin, 10,920;
Missabe   Mountain,   37.920.
Fergus Falls.—Martin Fiedler oi
Perham, who drew a gun and threatened to shoot N. I. Lowry, agent of
the Public Safety commission, when
Questioned as to his loyalty, plead
ed guilty in the district court here
and Judge Parsons sentenced him
to Stillwater for a term of not to exceed a year and three months.
Stillwater.—The ferry between Pre..-
cott. Wis., and Point Douglas, Minn.,
lias been discontinued. The ferry was
operated for forty-two years by J. W.
Coffman of Prescott, who was obliged
to relinquish his license by reason oi
ill health. Mr. Coffman was the oldest ferryman in continuous service on
the Mississippi or St. Croix rivers.
Minneapolis.—Lieut. Irving Haskell
of this city, a member of a medical
corps in France, has been awarded a
British military medal for bravery.
Kar.pel Haskell, the young man's
father, is lying on his death bed and
probably will never know of the.honor won by his son, relatives said.
Lieut. Haskell is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota medical
school.
Spooner.—Two recent attempts
have been made to wreck Canadian
Northern trains near here. A few
days ago some cars were mysteriously run from a switch and left on the
main line just north of here in Canada and the day following ties were
found piled on the track on an embankment curve, but both attempts
were discovered in time to prevent
wrecks.
Pipes-tone.—A windstorm played
havoc at the farm of William Lubke,
three miles northeast, of Pipestone. All
of the outbuildings were totally destroyed and the windows in the house
were broken. Lubke had been watching the clouds aad saw the funnel
form come to the earth about a hun
dred rods from his building*. He. ran
to the house and got his family into
the cellar and they were uninjured.
St. Paul.—Salary increases and other added expenditures practically exhausted the funds provided by the
last legislature for the maintenance ot
the old and new state capitols. The
army of janitors and other employes
face forced vacations without pay.
State officials are expected to pledge
the credit of the state for about .25,-
000 to tide the, department over June
and July, after which new funds will
become available.
St. Paul.—Insurance Commissioner
John B. Sanborn will give the representatives of the fire insurance companies doing business in Minnesota
* hearing on June 6 on their proposal
to levy a surcharge of 10 per cent
on all policies written during the period of the war, and also on the question of equalizing the rates on residence propertjf^jyj the country and
in the cities are now too low and
those in the small towns and th»
country too high, and has called for
the filing of experience tables by th_
companies.
Duluth.—A refugee from White
Pine, Minn., reached Duluth bringing news of a hurricane which visited
that village. A "woman was blown
against a tree with such force that
her life was crushed out, while a
child was smothered under a mattress
when the home collapsed. Six buildings   were   destroyed.
Fergus Falls.—Dixon C. Williams,
Chicago postmaster, will be one of the
patriotic speakers July 4 during a
three days' rally at Fergus Falls. The
celebration will be under the auspices of the home guard battalion In
that district,
Interesting
Correspondences
Platte News
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner
and family spent Sunday evening at Wolff's.
Those that visited at theWolff
home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Raatz and family, Christ
Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Theo.Rychner and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Madson
and children motored to Christ
Reese's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kainz
motored to Little Falls lastSun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kelley and
children were at Little Falls
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Compton
visited at the Wm. Schultz home
Sunday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Holstein Park News.
Mr. Cadwell of Windom.Minn.,
is here looking after his farm
interests and cleaning up land
to break. He is staying with
J. R. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson and
little Richard of Peavy Lake
called at the Thompsou home
Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. Sanborn and Bert
were shopping in Pierz last Friday. *
Attention Majors,
Captains and Solicitors
All Majors, Captains
and Solicitors for RED
Cross and War Savings
Fund are requested to
attend a meeting to be
held in Hartmann's
Hall, Friday evening,
June 7th, at 8 o'clock.
A gentleman from Minneapolis will address
them relative to the
War Savings Fund.
. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
County Seat Callings
E. V. Wetzel arrived Monday
night from Minneapolis, where
he is stationed, for a short visit
in this city. He expects to
leave for France within two
weeks and has already received
his oversea equipment.
On the transport President
Lincoln sunk Friday by a German submarine, Ovid Belanger,
a local boy, is known to have
made several trips to Prance.
Belanger is in the navy and was
assigned to tins ship and it was
on this boat tbat Loveli Richie,
who is now in France, met him.
Four young lads of the city,
aged about 14 years, were arraigned before Judge Lyon Saturday morning on the charge of
Mrs^E. Goble  and  baby and petty larceny and their hearing
continued until next Saturday
before which time the authorities will have had time to consider whether the boys will be
(sent to the juvenile court or
not.
ited  Mrs. Arba Waller one day
last week.
Miss Olive Lewis, who has
been attending school at .Onamia is now at home.
Mrs. G. P. Martin and Alva
spent Monday evening at J. A".
Sanborns.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Frank Langer passed thru
Frank Perkins,   sister  Alice Genola   TueBday   from    Al-
and  Vern  King  spent  Sunday 1bany  to   Moose Lake,  where
evening at uncle  Ed.  Thomp- jhe will be employed  for  an
son's.    Their  sister Mrs.  Jess j indefinite time.
is very sick with appendicitis.
„, ...     :':■■', , ' F. H.   Gravel   and  family
Philip   Anderson  and  family t. ;.: ,     . „
u ]-..i- u motored through   here   bun-
have moved into their new house , B
they have recently built on their day   on    their    waY   to   the
land on sec. 29.
J. Lease has an automobile.
Raymond Thompson Sunday.
Donald Taylor is helpingChas.
Sanborn.
county seat.
The motor has in the  last
Lloyd and Glen Look visited ' fifteen years made wonderful
advancements, and is growing more and more in favor,
supplanting in the cities all
. team work; the heavy trucks
J. A. and  Chas. Sanborn and ! , • -■•...■ , ,     ._ .,
Alva Martin nad lightning rods; capable of larger loads and
put on their buildings last Mon-! doing less damage to pave-
day. j ments, also rendering cleaner
streets and are beneficial in
a sanitary light; the automobile as the typewriter, and
what well equipped office
could spare that machine,
both have come to stay, and
perhaps further improve-
ment may develop.
C. Sanborn and family visited
at G. P. Martins Sunday afternoon.
Edwin Martin called on Rodney Look Sunday.
Sullivan News.
Those who motored to Pierz
Friday were Mrs. Peter Adkins
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Linehan.
The Dave K. Harting family
spent Saturday and Sunday at
the lake.
Hillman goers Friday were
Art and John Hoskins and Merle
Look.
Banker Dodge and family of
Delano arrived Saturday and
will spend a week at their summer home.
Mrs. Lucy Waffensmith and
children, accompanied by A.
Stintson and wife motored down
from Deerwood Sunday and visited at the Peter Adkins home.
Mr. and Mrs. Stintson called on
their cousin Mrs. Bigbee at Peavy lake in the afternoon.
John and Jessie Smith visited
at R. Hoskins' Sunday.
County Lagging
In Campaign
The Red Cross drive for $25,-
000 in Morrison county is lagging, according to reports being
received at the campaign headquarters and it will in all probability be necessary to re-canvass a number of townships, in
order that the quotas for the individual townships may be raised.
It has been reported that
some of the solicitors are only
asking for .1 tor each family,
whe.eas $1 for each man, woman and child in the entire
county is required to make the
$25,000 allotted to the county.
Solictors have been instructed to report all cases of disloyalty discovered by them.
Desirable action will be taken
upon any and all such reports
as quickly as possible. The war
is a very serious matter, not a
joke, and it is high' time that
all of our inhabitants realize
the true state of affairs; every
single last one of us absolutely
must stand by the government,
regardless of the sacrifices involved, or take the consequences.
The committe in charge of
the War Fund campaign urges
all of the people of the country
to give the drive the serious
consideration that it is entitled
to. The campaign was to have
closed, but it will be continued
for a few more days in this
county so that the $25,000 quota
may be fully raised; If you
haye already subscribed, but
find that you can give more, do
so at once. If you have not subscribed at all, give at once—and
all that you can.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Work or Fight Order.
A recent ruling of Provost
Marshal Crowder orders all men
not in essential occupations either to get to work at something
worth while in the conduct of
the war or get into the light.
The order is drastic and sweeping and in the larger cities will
effect many men. The number of
men affected here will be comparatively few, but there will
be some. The order becomes effective July 1.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
DANCE!
Hundred Thirteen
Leave June 24th
Word was received yesterday
that 113 men would be called
from Morrison county June 24th.
They will go to Camp Grant,
Illinois.. This quota will probably nearly deplete class A 1.
About 8 or 10 expect to be called
from here.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Lone Rock Out of Food
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES-
Miss Fern Day closed a term
of school near Little Falls and
will visit with Miss Mary Adkins a short time before returning to her home at Rush City.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hoskins visited at the Riley Hoskins' home
Sunday.
The Lynn family were the
guests at Frank Britton's last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfenden and
daughter arrived last Sunday to
spend the summer at their cottage on the lake.
Mrs. Waffensmith and children, Jim and Mary Adkins and
Mary Day called at C. E. Look's
Sunday.
Elroy Vaux called at Philip
Andersons last Wednesday evening.
A dance will be given
in Joe Rauch's barn next
Monday June 10 proceeds
to go for the benefit of
the Agram baseball nine.
Everybody Welcome!
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
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,       4.00
Barley .  1.55
Rye -    1.85
Oats       65
Ear Corn  1.40
Hay     10.00
Butter, Creamery       45
Dairy       37
Eggs       31
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
Cross Plains, Wis.,—The only
word that has come to this city
from Lone Rock is that the tornado has so destroyed property
that the people of Lone Rock
are out of food. Scores of automobile parties are being made
up here carrying food to the
stricken country.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
'v  Only half crop  of rye is
expected.
Math. ^dmTtrerts'expect-
ed back from Rochester this
week.
The last few loads of w heat
in this neighborhood were
marketed this week.
The John Bistidy family
moved yesterday from the
old John Schaefer bakery,
into the house vacated by E.
L. Fitch.
According to indications,
the Townley picnic will draw
a large crowd.
Norbert Borgerding came
over from Melrose last night
on business pertaining the
yard.
Ed. Lescault of Gravelville
took the train for Onamia
Tuesday afternoon for a visit with his daughter Mrs.
Gene Gravel.
J. P. Langer and family
and Mrs. A. H. Vonderhaar
visited with the Tony Langer
and Joseph Jaeger families
at Staples last Sunday.
Thomas J. Feucht wrote
another letter home stating
that trees, flowers and wheat
are now in full bloom in
France.
Peter Solinger returned
last night from Melrose. With
Henry in the next draft and
his youngest son enlisting in
St. Cloud yesterday, Peter
will soon have three sons
fighting in the U. S. army.
Theo. Brisk returned Monday from Parksdale, Wis.,
"Teddy" is working in a
powder mill for the Dupont
Co., and he says the way
powder is ground out in that
mill they will soon get the
Kaiser
Frank Thienes has bought
a 240 acre farm near St. Mathias, Crow Wing county
from Con Obrien of Brainerd.
Frank will leave in a few
days to build a house on it.
He intends to move onto the
place about the first of next
month.
John Stuckmeyer returned
last week from Mazomanie,
Wis., where he had spent
six weeks visiting among relatives and friends. A ten
pound baby was born to Mr.
Local Happenings
OTthe Week
The parochial school clos-.
ed last Friday.
P. J. Netzinger is the owner of an Allen car.
Peter L. Poster was a Business caller in Little Falls
Monday.
Miss Hazel Becksted is
spending a week's vacation
at her home in Hawley.
Mrs. J. M. Blake of Little
Falls is visiting with relatives here.
Joachim Vetsch of Alberts-
ville is here visiting his son
in Granite.
County commissioner Gassert went to Pillager Monday to inspect a county
bridge.
Ed. Ernst of Onamia was
here Monday. He is well
satisfied with his new surroundings.
Two Automobiles in good
mechanical condition for sale
cheap. Inquire of John
Harsch.   Genola, Minn.  51 tf
J. L. Judge of Minneapolis
came to town Tuesday to figure on a few heating plants.
E. E. McDonald of Bemidji, candidate for Congress
from this district passed thru
the village Tuesday.
Mrs. Leo Winer and Kate
Bares went to Duluth Saturday and returned Tuesday.
John Schabel of Little
Falls arrived here Saturday
th visit his daughter Mrs.
Jos. H. Virnig for a few
days.
C. D. Gilbert erstwhile
real estate man, now wearing a U. S. uniform spent
Friday night in Pierz.
The week's old infant
daughter of Frank Rauch
died Sunday morning and
was buried Wednesday morning.
One of the Nick Karst's
horses was mired in his pond
last Sunday and it required
the strength of 21 men to
pull it out.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ehalt
and son John, Mr. Ferdinand
Ehalt from St. Bonifacius
and Mrs. Nick Welter and
daughter Leona from Saint
Paul were visiting at the
Math. Riesgraf home this
week.
E. L. Fitch and wife took
the train yesterday afternoon
for Kettle River where they
will live until fall when they
intend to go south.
Mrs. and Mrs. Karl Kapsner and daughter Margaret,
and Mrs. Theo. Gross left
yesterday morning for St
John, N. D. to visit John
Kapsner and John Weiden
bach.
Wm. M. Vogel, the new
cashier of the First State
Bank will live in the rooms
over Frank Grell's Store.
Phil.   Rausch,   cashier  of
LONG STRUGGLE
ISJREOICTED
General Bridges Discusses Present Battle Situation on
French Soil.
AMERICANS ARE IN LINE
British    Military   Authority   in   Wash-!
ington   Says   the   Yankees    May
Hold the  Balance  Between Victory and Defeat.
and Mrs. Ed.  Theiss,   while .the Laetrup State IJank  vis-
there.    John  likes the coun-j ited   his parents in  Stearns
try very   well  and  says  he County the first
wouldn't mind living there.   ' week.
j.»
s of this
Washington, June 3.—General!
Bridges, head of a special military!
mission to the United States, said!
here in discussing the renewal of'
the German drive that Americanj
troops have become a vital factor in!
the great battle in France and may!
hold the balance between defeat andj
victory.
This statement followed news fromj
the front that the American troops!
have already been shifted into position   to   defend   Paris.
Foe's Three Objectives.
The objectives now before the Germans, the general said, appear to be
three-fold—the capture of Paris, the
division of the main Allied armies by
an advance through Amiens, and the
capture of the  channel  ports.
In concealing their preparations so
as to make a surprise attack, General Bridges said, the Germans were
aided probably by four factors—their
preponderance of divisions, a good
railway system, the proximity of
woods to their first objectives where
large numbers of troops could be concealed and the fact that this front
line had been organized for attack.
While now on a narrow and dangerous salient the general said, the Germans will be in a favorable position
for advance on Paris should they be
successful in pushing out the west
leg of the salient and joining it up
with the Amiens salient. That, he
said, appeared to be their intention,
and they could be expected to call a
halt at the Marne.
Battle to Continue Weeks.
The Allies must now be prepared
either to see the offensive resumed
in the north soon, or else to see German divisions from the north sent
down to exploit the new successes.
The battle, he added, is likely to
continue for weeks and will become
a long drawn out struggle of manpower, with the first duty of the Allies to husband their resources by
giving ground for men where possible.
"As the Germans began the attack
with only 16 divisions," he said, "it
would appear that it has been more
successful than they anticipated. It
is probable that it was at first intended either in the nature of a secondary operation in order to draw
Allied reserves from the well protected Amiens salient, of to strike
a heavy blow for the Marne—in order to cut the main communications
between Paris and Chalons—and to
widen the too narrow Amiens salient
by a fresh operation.
"The German higher command
probably considered in this case that
the presence of large forces in front
of such vital points as Ypres and
Amiens had pinned the bulk of the
Allied reserves to these positions."
NAVY   NEEDS   MANY   NURSES
Skilled Attendants Are Required to
Maintain   Standard.
Washington, June 3.—Surgeon General Braisted in a letter to the American Red Cross regarding its campaign which begins this week to enroll nurses for militay and civilian
service, said several thousand nurses
are needed for the large naval hospitals in this country as well as several base hospitals in European waters.
"Unless the personnel of the navy
receives adequate medical and nursing- attention," Surgeon General
Braisted said, "the control of the
seas must suffer."
LYNCHERS    ARE    ACQUITTED
Defense Pleads War Has Developed,
New "Unwritten   Law."
Edwardsvills, 111., June 3.—The 11!
men who were charged with the!
murder in connection with the lynch-1
ing of Robert Paul Prager, enemy j
alien, were acquitted by a jury which!
deliberated but 45 minutes before!
coming to a decision. Two ballots j
were  taken.
In closing the argument for the de-!
fense, Thomas Williamson declared!
the present war situation had devel-j
oped a new "unwritten law" which j
had been invoked by the men who!
hanged Prager because he was alleged!
to  be  a  German  spy. . j
Says  Foe Spies  Cover United  States, j
Chicago, June 3.—Federal .lifdg.i K.!
M. I_andis, presiding over Hie i. \V. W.'
trial here, believes the German espionage system extends throughout aid Mica.    Speaking before the state bar association, he as.erted German agents
havei laid  their nets  in  Chicago and
are able to reach every line of activity.     "This   organization  is  composed
a-j t entirely of Germans, but of men
who love eold better than their souls
Thai- duties are anything to aid that
i est   c_   rattlesnakes  in   central  Europe."
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