Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 23, 1917, Page 1

"“\...V nt Bemidji's h;’vitattgon. ' !Uflw} by_the exacutiv The entertalnment of the visitors VOLUME XV, No. 74. GERMANY TO FORCE AMER FREIGHTER DARED BARRED ZONE AMERICAN BENIDJI SELECTED CONVENTION CITY BY STATE HEADS SUNDAY SCHOOLS Northern Minnesota Section of State Association Will Come Here in June, 1918. A ek R PPN A. T. CARLSON RECEIVES LETTER CONTAINING THE INFORMATION Delegation to Appear Before State " Meeting in April and Formally Request Recognition. A e S na s - . Carlson has received a letter “'fn;'la;. ql: Locker, general secretary . of the Minnesota Sunday School as- - goeimtion, informing him that the ¢ ptate executive committee has unani- mously indorsed the Bemidji invi- - tation to hold the Northern Minne- - gota state convention in Bemidji in 1918. The time of holding the con- vention will be in June, and Mr. ' Carlson was asked to indicate the " dates desired, tlhat arrangements be * made accordingly. m-?:st wheregt{e southern section * of the state will F:ive its convention ) ot yet settled. 1 ?tsig ch plan to hold the southern -~ geetion - convention on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and have the convention at Bemidji follow th: rest of the week, allowing the same speakers to appear upon both pro- gr?l‘l?i:‘ -state convention will be held in Minneapolis April 18 to 22 and it is at that time the invitation of -Be- (By United Press)’ B midjii will be presented. It is de- The Hagnme, March - 23.—Kaiser sired that 2 large delegation from on and | Wilhelm ix an the"yerge of a nervous Pemidji appear at the convent g: :?1‘1[ own and lfll - obli o ve: breakd N & i T Pnoto by American Press Association Kaiser Is Il ' Nerves Break; Segking Rest SEE TNTEORN T SINK FOOD VESSELS, L ISTING LAW BETWEEN STATES : -La- Crosse, March 23.—Assurances have been sent to this city by the! . ‘8tate consérvation commission at - Madison and the Minnesota state game and fish department through (By United Press) Carlos Avery, commissioner, that a| New York, March 23.—Only faulty joint committe of the legislatures of | construction of the bombs manufac- - the two states will hold sessions be- [tured by Captain John Kleist to be! fore the end of the month to agree placed on entente food vessels saved | upon uniform laws for hunting in in- hundreds of ships from destruction, terstate waters. It is expected that|Detective Barth today testified at the the matter of seining fish in the Mis-|trial of the six alleged bomb plot- sissippi Tiver will be threshed out|ters: Hundreds of bombs were found . ‘at"that time. in the holds of vessels after they “GERMAN BLOCKADE RIVER Fr00DS MOWESOTA REPORTED IN ARTIC (By United Press) La Crosse, March 23.—A strip in southern Minnesota 50 miles long (By United Press) and two to six wide is under water. Christiania, March 23.—The for- eign office has received official notice of a German blockade in the Arctic The Root river rose 12 feet in twelve hours. Trains are halted and stock ocean between Norway and Spitz- enbergen. and people are seeking the high bluffs. TWO0 CHILDREN SNOWBOUND WITH DEAD GRANDMOTHER RETIRED NAVY OFFICERS 7 The American freighter the City of Pu @erman war zone decree. She was not se TESTIFIES DETECTIVE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH %3. 1917. Must have been a case of spring fever or something akin to it for the :Big Bemidg basketball quint was de- feated Fast night by the Two Har- bors five by the score of 25 to 15 in a slow game on the part of the Big Bemidg boys. " Two Harbors has a fast team, the playing -of -Harris, - Johnson: - and Woodward being specially prominent. “Fuzz” Johnson’s basket shooting al- so made & big hit, he rimming five out of six fouls. The game was clean throughout. The Bemidg quint had hard luck shooting and the usual “pep” of the boys was lacking. Bell refereed. The second game of the series wil) be played tonight. , A large crowd was present last night and anothe= big crowd will see tonight’s game. The score: ) BEMIDJI TWO HARBORS Johnson .. s .. Woodward Tanner .. o ..L. Strand Rerrigan .......C.. . Johnson Cameron . .. .G.. .. Harris .G.. .1. Strand “ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS” TO RING IN SUNDAY TABERNACLE (By United Press) New York, March 23.—Billy Sun-! day’s tabernacle is to be turned into a recruiting station if war is de- clared. | STEAMER ASHORE (By United PressY Vancouver, March 23.—The Grand Trunk Pacific steamer Prince Rupert is ashore off Glenn Island and is re- ported extensively damaged. Pas- sengers and crew are safe. bla loading with cotton before sailing for Havre, France, defying the ‘:n-: -tflped% but carried the stars and stripes distinctly visible on ber sides. - Two Harbors Takes First Of Series by Score 25 - I5; Locals Lack Usual “Pep” e g e .EXTR American Ship SunkIn‘Safety’ Znnalfllnllaml BULLETIN (By United Press) London, March 23.—A score per- Substitutes—Howe for Tanner, Graham for Peck. Summary: Field baskets — Be- midji, Tanner 2, Berrigan 1, Peck 2; Two Harbors—Woodward 3, L. Strand 2, Johnson 3, H!:'rr‘i‘um} ; and 2. Fouls “hrown, Johnson 5, . f{t;rrls 3. Referae, Bell; , scoter,(man submarine near the L Claude Bailey. timekeener, Juvrud. coast in the ““f"!" sone, it wa —— oo announced today. The steamer was PLL DO MY DUTY” I§ [not wemed. P MESSAGE SENT TO Heald Ton which was sunk by a Ger- KILLED IN ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Coleman of NAVAL MIL'TIA “EA Dewey avenue left yesterday noon for | Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., having been called there by the death otqur& Coleman’s nephew, Frank son. If the call for the maval militia|qyo youne man was about 22 years comes, Lieut. ¥ A. Barker can bank|of age. The telegram did not state on at least one man and he is H. J.|liow he was killed. He was a switeh- Bestil, formerly of Bemidji, now of i"ta“ in the railroads yards of that ; city. it i e depion Vit ehool| WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE TAKEN TO GERMANY instructor in the Bemidji high school (By United Press) and coach of the basketball team, With the British armies, March 23. himself a star player. He is a mem- ’her of the Bemidji conipany of the —-In the Somme districts, women be- tween 15 and 50 years have been naval militia and has beeti keeping forced to go to the interior of Ger- close tab upon the present erisis which his country faces. In a let- many to be forced to work for Ger- many supposedly. ter to Mr. Barker, received today, Bestul instructs him that in event of a call to wire him immediately and adds “I'll do my duty.” To say that Lieutenant Barker ap- preciates the loyalty of his far away company member is expressing it mildly. AMBASSADORS SEND RUSS RECOGNITION POULTRY KILLING REPORTED CURTAILED: PRICES HIGH New York, March 23.—More than 100 slaughter houses where poultry is killed will, according to informa- tion received by the bureau of weights and measures, be closed to- (By United Press) day bhecause of high prices. Some Petrograd, March 23.—Ambassa-| 3,000 retail dealers will be affected. passable to a farm four miles from (By United Press) Odanah, two children—one a girl of Washington, March 23.—Secretary 11 years, and the other a boy of 5— | Daniels today announced that the Temained two days with the dead|navy has recalled into active service body of their grandmother, Mrs. Car-|large numbers of retired officers. rie Butterfield., _ The girl, hysterical, yesterday ] walked through the drifts to Odanah TO REMAIN IN BEMIDII for assistance. She first applied wa- ter to the forehead of her grand- Yesterday’s Pioneer published an mother, whom she believed had |item appearing in a Brainerd paper, fainted. stating that Jacob Goldberg had sold his business here and would return to Brainerd to make his home. Mr.| Goldberg, who is in the shoee repair- ing business, stated today that the best little city Tn Minnesota is good TALK MAY BE CHEAP, WATCHING ALIENS (By United Press) Chicago, March 23.—Government agents are closely wat:hing scores of aliens here. Ten suspects will be immediately arrested. CLEARWATER CO. ROAD BOOSTERS MEET flERE‘[ The officers and directors of the Clearwater County Jefferson High- stocks in the Northwest. dors from the United States, England, The movemen. to stop the slaughter f poultry started on Tuesday. when France and Italy have formally con- 0 < the wholesalers had cents | veyed to Foreign Minister Milukoff Ad to ey 28 oen a pound. Although the price frell recognitfon of the new Russian gov-|two cents, wholesale buying virtually ernment. ceased. MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH EXPANDS SALOONLESS NATION HELD DEFENSE NEED Minneapolis will serve as the main, _Columbus, March 23.—"If war is distributing point to the various sub- | declared the resolutions for national branches and agencies in this terri- Prohibition will be urged as a part The Minneapolis branch of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company has been obliged to lease a warehouse that will carry one of the largest tire Bl Holland | nificance. Paper Service ICATRTO WAR LANSING S0 STATES - HIS BELIEF FROM HiGH AUTHORITY; - U. S. IS PREPARING - (By United Press) Washington, March 23.—The tor- pedoing of the Heald Ton, by a Ger- man submarine off the coast of Hol- land is to be answered by continued speeding up preparations for actual hostilities on the part of the United States. Secretary Lansing today made it known today that he has it from the highest source that Germany is de- termined to force the United States into a declaration of war. Indications are that President Wil- son will increase cabinet posts to cover work of transportation and mu- nitions making, but has not decided as-yet. SR British Interested. London, March 23.—British ob- servers regard the calling of the ex- tra session of Congress for an earlier date than at first fixed, with unsur- prised interest, as the inauguration ished on the Standard oil tanker|of the last act of the drama of Amer- jcan identification with the cause of the Allles and as pregnant with eig-. i - “The nation whose unimpaired neutrality has wo long been the pritio object of German diplomacy,” gays the Morning Telegram, “is pre- paring for war. It is a spetacle that may well engage the attention of Europe for it is a turning point in the world’s history as well as that of the United States.” I Confidence Exvressed. This well expresses the general re- alization that the real significance lies in the extent of the American preparation as revealed In the dis- patches rather than in the prospect of an early declaration of war. Great confidence is expressed that Amer- jican unity, energy and competency wili enapic the United States o meet the situation adequately in its own™ way. There are no illuslons in re- sponsible quarters that America's entry will be on the same footing as that of the other ailies. “‘She will co-operate with the A‘f lies, but will not be one of them,' says the Manchester Guardian. “President Wilson has no interest in any of the imperialisms of Europe. He seeks to maintain the rights of neutrals, rehabilitate international Europe and the world on a firm and Just basis. It is along such lints and for such purposes that the in- fluence of the United States will be brought to bear.” ROMANHOFFS HOUSED TOGETHER IN PALACE (By United Press) Petrograd, March 23.—The last of the Romanhoffs are under detention at Tsarko Selo, it was announced to- day. The former czar, czarina, their son and four daughters are housed in the palace. They are being shown every courtesy. The children are re- ported ill with scarlet fever. GUARDSMEN MUST DRILL OR GIVE UP UNIFORMS Chicago, March 23.—According to an opinion by Charles F. Clyne, United States district attorney, meade public today, national guardsmen who fail to attend drill, but insist on retaining their uniforms, may be BUT NOT TO STATE Minneapolis, March 23.—Here’s what oratory by state legislators is costing tax payers: The House of Representatives spent | oiijantly taken seriously, he says. one hour in debating a resolution to grant 2n additional $350 to Reading Clerk C. C. Kinney, because of his ability and in view of the strain un- der which he must work. On the final question there were only 14 negative votes. Each of the 130 members of the Hpuse receive $1,000 for 90 legisla- tive days or more than $11 a day. or more than $3.50 per hour, based on an average of three hours per day in actual session. Thus to grant the $350 appropria- tion. the state spent more than $400 for oratory. enough for him and that he has no intention of leaving Bemidji. Mr. Goldberg says he was reeently visit- ing his former place of residence and that he was asked if he was back to way association and -the board of county commissioners of Clearwater county met today at the Commercial club rooms for the purpose of arrang- ing and agreeing upon the amount of money to be raised to meet the tory. immediate attention that would en- able them to give their customers the last full measure of Goodrich ser- Mr. McCreery remarked that|Of the preparedness program,” says a he had always felt the necessity of statement at the national headquar- giving Goodrich dealers untiring and|ters here of the Anti-saloon league stay. ‘‘Sure,” replied Mr. Goldberg with a laugh, and his remark was|Federal aporopriation for the com- ! pletion of the state highway running from the Beltrami county state road to Bagley, via Solway and Shevlin. *Thn road will run thence north | through the countv by way of Clear- JEWS MAY ATTEND (o4, =i, i brook an onvick to connect wi RUSS PUBLIC SCHOOLS | 5 siats vt ot et ke Fa, .| Ithe Jefferson highway and it will {reauire in the neighborhood of $50,- 1000 to complete to meet the Federal *(By United Press) vice. The discarded pneumatic stock room is being remodeled and will be used for general office purposes. |ENTENTE RECOGNIZES NEW RUSSIAN REGIME ;coived today from Ambassador Fran- | Washington, March 23.—All Jews | are to be admitted to the public! scheols in Russia under the new re-| gime, according to a cablegram re- cis. 4 requirements. | Among those who attended fhe} (By United Press) meeting were Commissioners Bur-| London, March 23.—All of the en- field. Sorenson, Welte, Nelson and|tente has accorded full recognition to Bankers Kaiser, Kolb, Jenson, pvder, | the new Russian government, it was Hamre and Norquist. announced today. e | Prince Friedrich Karl, a cousin of | French have pressed forward at Ail- R S B S made the object of federal prosecu- tions. WISCONSIN PASSES DRY REFERENDUM (By United Press) Madison, Wis.. March by Wayne L. Wheeler, general coun- sel. “It is becoming clearer each day,” said Mr. Wheeler, “that a nation can- not be a prepared nation unless it is| a sober nation. It will not be a sober| nation unless it is a saloonless na- tion.” Mr. Wheeler declared that| the new Congress will he dryer than 23.—The the old. | Evjue bill for a state-wide prohibi- _— jtion referendum was ordered en- COUSIN OF KAISER FAILS grossed, b2 o i1 TO RETURN FROM RAID| pRpNCH PRESS FORWARD Berlin,-March 2?,_—Annmmcement! (By United Press) is made that an airplane piloted by| Buenos Ayres, March 23.—The Emperor William, has not returned etfe and north of Soissons, the Ger- from a raid over the lines between | mans being driven back with heavy Arras and Peronne. losses north of St. Simons. - A