Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 1

X y,e\efl ’ g\.q,ot\“‘ Up-to-the-Minute Dispatches by the United Press---Greatest Afternoon THE BEMIDJI DAILY P VOLUME XV, NO. 44 MEET AND DISCUSS ¥ Rev. B. D. Hanscom, Méthodist Pas- tor, Presides; Strong for U. S.; is Congratulated. KAPLAN SOUNDS KEYNOTE; SAYS “BURY THE EGO” Commissioner Hayes Explains Vote On Resolution; Broadmindedness Dominates Discussions. One of the most interesting meet- ings held in Bemidji was that of last night at Kaplan hall when a large number of citizens of Bendel met to discuss the situation which con- ~ fronts the United States in relation &) to Germany in the present crisis. « Those who took the floor did so in . “the spirit of giving expression to their views freely and frankly. Speak- ers of one opinion were opposed by others of diametrically opposite views, yet there was not the slightest feeling evidenced nor bias injected and no matter what opinions one held there was no one but who could hon- estly feel that he had gleaned much of value and add to his store of learn- ing. Hanscom Congratulated. Rev. B. D. Hanscom, pastor of the Methodist church, presided. It so happened that the pastor possesses views on the attitude of the United States in her present situation. As the meeting progressed and views were giwen, Rev. Mr. Hanscom was prompted to express himself which he did, setting forth admirably his reasons as he sees and believes. And at the conclusion of the meeting, many of those who had expressed themselves entirely different con- gratulated him for what he said and the manner in which he said it. short, that spirit dominated meeting. Kaplan Sounds Keynote. Socialists, members of the Indus- ‘tpial Workers of the World and those were not discernable. naturally a gathering of citizens to of interests and a better understand- concerned. One of the it seems to grow. Hayes Explains Vote. Fred Hayes, ome of the .commissioners and a )prominent So- .-cialist, was also one of the speakers. He gave his hearers his reasons for voting against the resolution passed by the county board upholding Presi- dent Wilson in his stand. He stated that he was wholly for peace, had nothing against Germany and didn’t believe any one else had. Archie Sinclair, secretary of the ,}amidjl branch of Local 400, I. W. W., salso spoke, as did Walter “Weber, and the latter held the crow with interest. The first few remarks of Mr. Kap- lan made such a hit with Dr. C. J. Larson, that the doctor again re- quested Mr. Kaplan to address the meeting and Mr. Kaplan unloosened .a bit and made what might aptly be termed a regular “stem winder” of an -address. In the course of what he had to say he expressed himself as not favoring the armory proposition and then got close to his hearers by ‘telling them the inside of the cause in the rise of food prices, and Mr. ‘Kaplan spoke from the point of on¢ <4n the know” for he is an extensive “serchant and dealer. All Well Pleased. There were several others who « spoke briefly or gave brief utterance, and at the close of the meeting ev- -erybody seemed pleased to have had the opportunity of expressing them- -gselves and hearing what ‘“the other fellow” thought about it. CARLOAD OF POST MAIL BURNS AT ST. CLOUD (By United Press) St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 16.—An en- tire carload of postmail on Northern Pacific train No. 3, consigned to Seattle, Wash., was burned here to- day. Officials believe an infernal nachine in the mail is the cause. AMERICAN . u.s.kELATioNs 70 [ Boarded By GERMANY; VIEWS | GERMAN RAIDERS WOULD HAVE TO MEET THESE ARE FREELY AIRED ——— e A BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 16, 1917. SHIP FLYING STA Austrian Submarine Crew {e] x Photo by American Press Association. Big guns of the Pennsylvania. Twelve of these fourteen inch rifles be used against any warship which attacked our coast. -1 i are carried by the dreadnaught and would YARROWDALE NOTE 10 GO FORWARD; NO CONFIRMATION SAILORS' RELEASE (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 16.—The United States may send the Yarrowdale note to Germany regardless of press re- In|ports that the 72 American sailors the| were released. This morning no offi- cial confirmation of press reports had been received. The note is ready to go forward and eontains detailed - /who hold no brief for either organi-|statements of the treatment of Ger- zation participated, and if there were|man citizens and German sailors and -any lines to denote who was who they | German property in It was just|States. the United Officials believe these should be -discuss a great problem and the man-| gjven even should the official notice ner in which it was done prompted|of the release of the sailors come. Morrin Kaplan, prominent a8 a stu-lSome action would also keep the rec- -dent of economic problems, to remark| ords clear and serve a formal protest that if more such discussions were|against Germany’s imprisoning of held there would be a greatercohesion | American sailors. Officials have received a mem.ge ing of conditions on the part of all {from Ambassador Elkus at Constan- keynotes [tinople, giving additional details of -sounded by Mr. Kaplan was to bury|how Americans were effected in Tur- the ego and forget the “I,” and the Kkey. more one cogitates on that the 1arger | clines to reveal the contents of the The department of state de- message to prevent a break with Aus- tria. The United States has not or- county |dered Americans to leave Austria. TWO CIVIL CASES ARE QUICKLY DISPOSED OF The first two cases docketed in the civil calendar of the district court N. | were dismissed. The first, C. A. Lu- d|ros vs. T. J. Welsh and R. H. Schu- maker, trespass, damages asked $2,- 300, was decided when Judge Wright directed a verdict for the defendant. In the case of Luly Pettit, admin- istrator, vs. William Fellows of Ten- strike, whoseauto accidentally killed a child, dismissed for lack of prose- cution. VISITING SON Luman Gallenger of St. John, Minn., arrived in the city today and will visit his son, Milo Gallenger, e |and family for some time. KAISER IS CONTRASTE WITH GUR LINCOLN Duluth, Feb. 16.—Lincoln and iKaiser Wilhelm of Germany were contrasted in a very interesting way by Attorney Homer Fulton in an ad- dress on ‘“‘Abraham Lincoln” before the Duluth School Principals’ club at the Glass Block tearooms. “The kaiser always speaks as if God was with him,” said the speaker, “while Lincoln was always solicitous of God’s help, and at the same time realized that he must be on God’s side rather than God on his side.” EXCELLENT LIST OF CANDIDATES FROM WHICH TO SELECT Following is a complete list of the candidates to.be voted for at the elec- tion to be held next Tuesday. They are just finishing a hard campaign. The list contains the names of men who are willing to serve their fel- low men as administrators of the destinies of the city. They are all well known to their constituents and from the long list one of the best ad- ministrative bodies in the history of the city can be selected. For Mayor. (One to elect) Charles W. Vandersluis* A. T. Carlson. City Clerk. (One to elect) George Stein* Hugh Whitney. City Treasurer. (One to elect) George W. Rhea* A. E. Feir. City Assessor. (One to elect) Thomas E. Lloyd* Archie C. Ditty. Alderman-at- 2 (One to el{ttl?e H. M. Clark. Joe Bisiar. Aldermen. (One to elect) First ward—A. M. Bagley. (One to elect) Second—S. C. Bailey®, Backus. G. D. (One to elect) Third—J. M. Phillippi* (One to elect) Fourth—Paul Foucault®*, W. E. Hazen, Matthew Larson. (Two to elect) Fifth—O. J. Tagley®, Fred Brink- man®*, J. W. Smith, Isadore Joanis. Municipal Judge. (One l:;l elec‘:’fie A. M. Crowell* 0. M. Skinvik. H. J. Loud. H. A. Simons. J. F. Gibbons. D. H. Fisk. Willis Nye. *Term expires. k Commissionc:'s. (Five to elect) Given. Marcum. Johnson. Akre. ‘Wold. Erickson. dward Jackson. . M. Palmer. VISITING SISTER Miss Sarah O’Brien of Stillwater is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John S. Burke, and family of Lake Boule- vard. GERMANS COUNTERFEIT FOOD TICKETS; ARRESTS (By United Press) Amsterdam, Feb. 16.—German au- 2 ét T E. H. w. 0. e R. QE>Y>EE This, the speaker declared, showed a {thorities at Dresden have unearthed remarkable trait in Lincoln’s char-[an extemsive plan for counterfeiting acter in his relations to God and his|food tickets and many arrests have fellowmen. been, made. i . BERLIN ADVICES SAY AUSTRIA AND U.S. HAVE BROKEN (By United Press) Copenhagen, Feb. 16.—The Ber- liner Tageblatt, based upon Berlin advices, today says negotiations be- tween Austria and America over the submarine problem have been bro- ken off. MANY GRADUATE FROM MILLER ENGINEERING SCHOOL Graduates of A. E. Miller's Steam Engineering School of Bemidji: Ole Olson, Bemidji; R. C. Roe, Spooner; C. E. Pitman, Bemidji; S. S. 0’Connor, Bemidji; Rudolph Orth, of ageS. O’Connor, Bemidji; H. Mooney, Bemidji; Lester Peterson, Turtle River, special license as he was not of age; Rudolph Orth, Be- midji, not applied for license; Ev- erett Wayne, Bemidji, not applied for license. FAMOUS ROAD HOUSE BILL UP WEDNESDAY (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 16.—The famous Minnesota road house bill is set for 11 special order at o’clock next Wednesday. In the house, the suffrage bill set for special order today was post- poned. H. S. GIRLS" QUINTET MEETS PINE RIVER The Bemidji girls’ basketball team will piay the Pine River girls’ ag- gregation at the armory Saturday night at 8:45 o’clock. This will give people attending the -first show a chance to attend the game. The girls have gained much in speed and teamwork through their experience of the last two weeks and really expect to deal out defeat to the visitors. Lineup will be Carrie Brown and Emma Klein, forwards; Minnie An- derson, center; Lucile Young and Josephine Parker, guards; Myrtle Madson and Madge Trafton, subs. MASS MEETING TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN ARMORY Tonight is the night of the mass meeting at the city hall when the armory project will be explained to the voters of the city for their deci- sion on election day. It is the intention to fully explain what the armory project will entail and what it will mean for Bemidji, and then it will be up to the voters to say what they want to do about it. ~+ON SUB PROBLEM popcery chareE FacEs L v £\ S a0 N Paper Service 45 CENTS PER MONTH w . RS AND STAIPES SUNK G 4 GERMANY MENACED FROM WITHIN; FOOD GRAFTSROB PEOPLE; HINDENBERG'S PLA WORDFROMLYCANSAYS RESTING EASY; BREAKS RIBS; TRAIN HITS AUTO Word from Palm Beach, Fla., states that F. S. Lycan, who was in- jured in an auto and train collision is resting comfortably and rapidly recovering from injuries received. Word was received yesterday tell- ing of the accident whereby Mr. Lycan was injured about the head and received two fractured ribs. He was about a mile outside the city re- turning from looking at some land when an auto in which he was riding got into the path of a train. He DEBONAIR YOUNG MAN uvuiced press correapondent W. P. Johnson, the young man who was employed by the Sathre Ab- stract company for the past (o] (By United Press) Rome, Feb. 16.—“The Amer- * ican schooner Lyman went down flying the American flag after bombs placed by an Austrian submarine crew exploded in her hold,” Captain McDonaugh to- - day wired the United Press, rela- tive to the sinking of his ship. The captain said: “When we first saw the submarine it was five miles distant and we imme- diately hoisted the American flag. A detachment of the sub- marine crew boarded the ves- sel and stated that they were Austrian. My crew took to the boats on instructions and soon after we left the. Austrians ex- ploded bombs in the hold.” Germany Faces Crisis. with Gerard. Paris, Feb. 16.—Germany is un- der nourished and food and economic six | conditions are daily growing worse. months, and who hugriedly left the|There is endless graft in the food city Monday evening, also leaving be-| igtribution plan and the transpor- hind several forged checks and an endless chain of unpaid bills, may have to face a charge of forgery pre-|coming more complex. ferred by Bemidji business men. tation problem of the empire is be- Meanwhile, General von Hindenberg plans to go Johnson’s home is at 924 Fuller-|¢orward just the same. ton avenue, Chicago, and when his mother was notified she wired to Mr. Sathre: General Hindenberg’s plan is cal- culated on the German army alone. “] am dumfounded at Peter’s ac-|It embodies the whole nation concen- tion. Please bear with me. follows.” Letter | trating its strength upon the army, with a million women with women In response to a message to the|officers forming an industrial force police department of Chicago, James|and working for the fatherland, re- Larkin, captain of the detective bu-|placing men needed for the army. reau, asked the amount of the for- Americans leaving Berlin with geries and what the specific charge|Gerard were deluged with requests was. @. 0. P. CHAIRMAN 0. PRESIDENT for the food supplies carried by the departing Americans. One offer was $2.50 for a pound of fats. A Ger- FFERS CO-OPERATION | man physician asked an American Washington, Feb. 16.—William R.|{o pay him in food and not money. Willcox, chairman of the Republican The police are powerless to stop National committee, called on Presi-|the grafts in the food problem. dent Wilson and offered his entire co-operation in the present interna- tional crises. He said he would be Rioting Over Food. The Hague, Feb. 16.—Serious riot- glad to do anything within his power |ing in which crowds were only dis- to assist the administration. ANTI-BOOZE ADVOCATES WANT MEASURE PASSED (By United Press) persed by repeated charges by the po- lice and hussars occurred by work- ingmen protesting the high cost of food. Sweden Takes Barley. Stockholm Sweden, Feb. 16.—On. account of the increasing shortage in food, the Swedish government has decided to take possession of the bar- Washington, Feb. 16.—It is deter- |ley crop and has forbidden the feed- mined to have the government clear |ing of potatoes to animals. its decks of the liquor traffic if war comes and prohibitionists have re- doubled their activity to force a vote on the Webb-Sheppard measure. The anti-liquor people say the United States must not wait like Europe for war before prohibiting the liquor traffic. BIG LAKE CLUB IS PLANNING CLUB HOUSE The Big Lake club is planning the erection of a community and club hall, as the érganization is getting too large to meet in the homes of the community, and this project was dis- cussed at a large attended meeting| held at the home of William Black- burn. A committee, consisting of Peter Edd, O. Englebreston and H. Thome, was named by President E. C. Bergh to look into the project and report as to site and approximate cost. A feature of the meeting was the serving of lunch by the ladies, about 75 being present. The next meeting will be held at the home of J. S. Beatty, March 14, and everybody is cordially invited to meet with the club, says Secretary E. C. Alton. SAMARITANS WORK, FEAST AND DANCE The Modern Samaritans, council No. 46, Bemidji, to the number of about fifty participated in a most enjoyable evening last night, when initiation ceremonies were the order of the evening, featured by the pres- ence of Grand Imperial Good Sam- aritan C. E. Lovett of Duluth. The degree work was put on in proper manner at the close of which supper was served at the Third Street cafe. Returning to the hall, the Sam- aritans danced to a program played ; by Revoir’s orchestra. FREDERICK VI SIGHTED OFF HALIFAX COAST (By United Press) Halifax, Feb. 16.—The liner Fred- erick VIII, bearing Von Bernstorff and party, was reported sighted off Halifax this afternoon. — 4= + e = =