Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 31, 1917, Page 1

Up-to-the-Minute Dispatches by the United Press---Greatest Afternoon Paper Service THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY VOLUME XV. NO. 81. N BELL IS RUNG ON 1917 BASKETBALL,; BEMIDJI QUINTET BEATS H. S. FIVE “Veterans Take Long End of Score 22 to 15; Jacobson Referees; Game is Interesting. - "PBMK PLAYS STELLAR GAME; TANNER IN H. S. LINEUP “"Pown Team” Speeds Up Last Half and Takes Game; Large Crowd is Present. Bemidji’s basketball season - for 1916-1917 terminated at the armory last night when the Bemidji high school quintet and the Big Bemidg five, the “town team,” met in a friendly contest as a finale, Manager Jacobson’s team defeating Coach Juvrud’s boys of the high school by a score of 22 to 15. A large crowd witnessed the contest which was ex- ceedingly well played, Manager Ja- cobeon of the Big Bemidg aggrega- tion refereeing. The lineups of the teams showed some changes. Tanner of the Big Bemidg team, former captain of the high schoolers and:.a star player, went into the lineup of the high school team and played a stellar game with his former mates. Peck Bemide Star. For the Big Bemidg team, Peck gave a swell exhibition of basket -shooting, looping six. Johnson, Ber- rigan and Cameron added to the -seoring. In the first half, the -score ended 13 to 8 in favor of the high school team. In the second half the boys -gecured only two more points while their heavier and more experienced opponents came on with a rush, an- nexing 14. There were only seven fouls and all were technical. The score: BIG BEMIDG Johmnson ‘Berrigan . @Gameron . . Gainey Graham ..... . .Phibbs Summary: Field baskefs, Big Be- midg—Johnson 1, Peck 6, Berrigan 1, Cameron 1: high school—Bailey 1, Tanner 3, Warfield 1, Gainey 1, Phibbs 1. Fouls thrown, Johnson, 2 out of 3; Tanner, 1 out of 4. Ref- eree, Jacobson; scorer, Dick McAl- pine. DYNAMITING GORGES T0O PREVENT FLOODING (By United Press) Sioux Falls, S. D., March Flood conditions are today serious. The Flandreau dam is out on the Big Sioux. Gorges are being dyna- mited to prevent flooding of farms. «WACHT AM RHINE.” SINGS AUSTRIAN: DOCTOR CALLED St. Cloud, Minn., March 31.—“Die ‘Wacht am Rhine,” bellowed forth in thHe deep-throated bass of George Huber, an Austrian, held tuneful ap- peal to the patrons of a local saloon until -one of them recognized tie air as the singer, with growing cmpha- sis, roared into “Lieb Vaterland, Magst Ruhig, Sein; Lieb Vaterland, magst—"’ An argument ensued; the verbal engagement was followed by a phys- ical clash, and the cause of the kaiser perished as Huber emerged from the fray suffering from painful cuts and bruises about the head arnd face and a physician was called. BACK FROM VISIT Mrs. Dan O’Connor and Mrs. M. S. Milner have returned from Brainerd where they have spent the past sev- eral days the guests of friends. HERE ON BUSINESS Harvey Wilcox, formerly of this city, now of Minneapolis, is a busi- ness visitor in Bemidji. BEMIDJI POSTMASTER UNDER CIVIL SERVICE (By United Press) Washington, March 31.—President Wilson today isued an executive or- der placing first, second and third elass postmasters on the civil service list. HIGH SCHOOL Bailey . Warfield This means that the Bemidji post- office will come under the second elass division and its postmaster will be appointed by civil service exam- inations. FIFTH WARD POST- OFFICE MOVES MONDAY The Fifth ward postoffice will be meved two blocks further south from its present site Monday. 31.—| Photo by American Press Association. Students’ corps of the City College of New York their drill grounds, where they are undergoing inten entage, but are ready to defond the liberty which APRIL EVENTFUL MONTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY April 19, 1775—Battle of Lexington, the first conflict of the Revolution. April 11, 1783—Congress proclaimed an end of the war with Great Britain. April 30, 1789—Washington became first president of the new republic. April 30, 1803—Treaty with France for the purchase of Louisiana territory. -April 4, 1818—Act of Con- gress establishing the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States. April 21, 1836—Battle of San Jacinto, ending the Mexi- , can attempt at the conquest of Texas. April 14, 1846—Beginning of the war between the United - States and Mexico. - - . April 12, 1861—Civil war began with the-firing on Fort Sumter. April 9, 1865—Civil war end- ed with the surrender of Gen- eral Lee. April 14, Lincoln shot Booth. 18665—President by J. Wilkes April 22, 1898 — United States proclaimed war with Spain. April 2, 1917 — Congress meets in extra session “to re- ceive a communication concern- ing grave matters of national poliey.” LABOR STRIFE ENDS Cleveland, March 31.—The lock- out labor war which has kept 20,000 men idle and crippled Cleveland’s building industry for four weeks has been settled. Both sides claim vic- tory. MADISON, WIS, IS . CLOSED; PATRIOTS OUT (By United Press) Madison, Wis.,, March 31.—The town is practically closed today in the patriotic fete and it is expected 15,000 men, women and children will march in the patriotic parade to express their loyalty to the United States . “APRIL FOOL” DAY WAS ONCE NEW YEAR’S DAY The fact that April once had 36 days and the first month in the year is the best explanation for the cus- tom of observing what is known as “April Fools Day.” It was the custom to make visits to and from on the first day of April just as New Year’s day is so re- cognized in many parts of the world. When the calendar was changed in 1564 the custom arose of making mock visits and from this the cus- tom of sending people on fruitless er- rands was evolved. The custom took root in many dif- ferent countries and has taken dif- ferent names and forms but it all started from this change in date. MRS. MOHLER ILL Mrs. Tom Mohler is ill at home on Minnesota avenue. CONTRACTS EXPIRING; PLANTS WILL CLOSE her (By United Press) New York, March 31.—A hundred million in contracts for munitions for the entente are expiring and many plants are planning to close down. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 31. 1817. ve military training. v e N NEW LAKE-RAIL RATES - ARE NOW IN EFFECT ‘Washington, March 31.—Increases of about 5 per cent' in freight rates on all classes and commodities mov- ing Bast and West by fay of rail and | ship lines over the Great Lakes went into effect yesterday when the In- terstate Commerce commission de- clined to suspend tariffs proposing them. £ NEW FIFTH WARD IS BOOMING THESE DAYS The new Fifth ward is also doing things these days in the way of im- proving business interests. _ Wold & Olson are going to sisst soon on a new garage, which, when completed, will be fully equipped. Thome & Quinn are already com- pleting a finely appointed confec- tionery, remodeling a former saloon location, and when the work is fin- ished will have an attractive plac of business. - SEATTLE MAYOR NOT * GUILTY; LIQUOR ECHoO (By United Press) Seattle, March 31.—Mayor Gill was today acquitted on a charge of conspiracy with a bootlegging ring to violate the laws of the interstate commerce commission. DUTCH ARMY READY London, March 31.—A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company from The Hague says that, ig replying to an interpretation with regard to the granting of leaves to soldiers for agricultural purposes, the Dutch minister of war said he considered himself bound to inform the cham- ber that the general situation was such that there could be no question of granting leaves of absence on a large scale. SURPRISE PARTY Members of the Linger Longer club planned a pleasant surprise for Mrs. A. Clavin Thursday night, the occasion being her birthday. The members gathered at the Clavin home and prepared a sumptuous 7 o’'clock dinner. The hours were spent in cards and music. z America to the Mothers BaAaAaAAAAAAAAA~YN If the bugles blare on the springtime air And the guns start booming heavily; If the big bombs break and the buildings shake And the tramp, tramp, steadily, tramp grows Will you come to me, that my eyes may see The patriot fire in the souls you bear? Will you charm my ears with your loyal cheers And glad my eyes with the smiles you wear? Would I might know that each mother's woe, Her grief at war, was a bygone thing! Would I might see in her loyalty That her haunting sorrow had taken wing! For when warfares wage—when the steel fires rage 'Tis a woman's heart that must feed the flame! As a mother gives, so a soldier lives— She may bless with valor or curse with shame! 1f the bugles blow, would I might know That no coward fear 1 will ever see! With your steadfast will my own veins would thrill And naught could hinder our victory! - —Lurana Sheldon in New York Times. ht when thev leff t 4 lined _up before that institution preparatory to marching to Most of these boys are of foreign par- native land. WARS OF UNITED STATES War of Revolution..1775-1783 Northwestern Indian 1790-1795 War with France...1798-1800 War with Tripoli :.1801-1805 Creek Indian war...1813-1814 War of 1812 1812-1815 Seminole Indian war 1817-1818 Black Hawk Indian..1831-1832 Cherokee disturbancel836-1837 Creek Indian war...1836-1837 Florida Indian war.1835-1843 Aroostook disturb- ance 1836-1839 War with Mexico...1846-1848 Apache, Navajo and Utah Indian war.1849-1865 Seminole Indian war 1856-1858 War between states.1861-1865 War with Spain Apr.-Dec. 1898 \Philippine insurrec- tiom .......0000 1899-1900 . A o VICE EMBARGO PHONE SERVICE OVER U.S.ISCONSIDERED New York, March 31.—Temporary embargo on telephone service exten- sion throughout the country in or- der to hold in reserve facilities that may be needed by the government, may become necessary, it was an- nounced here today by U. N. Bothell, senior vice president of the Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph com- pany. COTTAGE SERVICES Rev. B. A. Werklund- will preach tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’'clock at the Swan Larson home, corner Twelfth street and Beltrami avenue, and tomorrow evening at 8 o’'clock at the home of August Konickson of Fifth ward. Everybody is welcome. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL John McManus was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital yesterday, suffer- ing from an attack of acute indiges- tion. CONGRESSMAN MANN G.0. P. SPEAKER CHOICE (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 31.—Congress- man James Mann of Chicago is the Republican nominee for speaker of the house. DR. BRATRUD ENLISTS Bemidji people will be interested in the following item appearing in the Warren Sheaf this week, as Dr. Theodore Bratrud is well known among the Bemidji physicians. He has studied in Austria and Germany, and for many yvears practiced medi- cine at Warren, Minn., having moved from there last fall to Grand Forks, N. D., where he opened a clinic with his ‘brother, Dr. A. Bratrud: “A photograph ot Dr.. Theodore Bratrud attired in.ghe uniform of an army Surgeon w eceived by Judge Holm today. octor enlisted in the U. S. medical corps last summer and has already been called in consulta- tion in regards to organizing the ser- vice. The doctor looks, in his uni- form, like another Hindenburg. He is now in Minneapolis.” COMMITTEE NAMED TO VIEW NEW ROAD| There Was a hearing this morning in district court regarding the pro- posed mew Cass Lake road, part of which is to be a state road, and Judge Stanton appointed M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, E. H. Winter and W. Z. Robinson of Bemidji as a committee to view the road. P e STUDENTS PREPARED TO DEFEND AMERICA |DEFENSE OFFERED [PACIFICISTS TURN BY ZIMMERMAN IN Conspire Against United States: Note is Uncovered. WAS TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN Considered State of War Existed With United States. (By United Press) Washington, March 31.—Germany may have recognized that a state of war exists with the United States, according to an interpretation by the state department today of Zimmer- man’s speech. Zimmerman’s Address. London, March 30, 9 p. m.—Reut- er's Amsterdam correspondent sends the following concerning the address of Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, minister of foreign affairs, with regard to Ger- many’s attempt to embroil Mexico and Japan with the United States. Hugo Haase, leader of the socialist minority in the reichstag, remarked that the German offer of an alliance with Mexico had aggravated the situ- ation with the United States, and D: Zimmerman replying, said: “I wrote no letter to General Car- ranza. I was not so naive. I merely addressed, by a route that appeared to me to be a safe one, instructions to our representative in Mexico. It is being investigated how these instruc- tions fell into the hands of the Amer- ican authorities. Provoses Alliance. “I instructed the minister to Mex- ico, in event of war with the United States, to propose a German alliance to Mexico, and simultanéously to sug- gest that Japan join the alliance. I declared expressly that, despite the Hiibharise ‘War, wé “hoped- America would maintain neutrality. . + “My instructions were to be carrie out only after the United States de- clared war and a state fow ra super- vened. I believe the instructicns were absolutely loyal, as regards the Tnit- ed States. General Carranza would, up to the present, have heard noth- ing of it if the United States had not published the instructions, which came into its hands in a way which was not unobjectionable. Our be- havior contrasts considerably with the behavior of the Washington gov- ernment.” 11.000 ALIENS ASK FIRST PAPERS: MOSTLY TEUTONS ‘Chicago, March 31.—Almost 11,- 000 aliens, 80 per cent of them of German or Austrian birth, applied for first citizenship papers here since Fehruary 1, according to court rec- ords complied yesterday. During the same period almost 2,- 000 aliens were granted final papers admitting them to citizenship. TO ATTEND CONVENTION Miss Mable Wager, Mrs. P. L. Hines and Miss Sylvia Carter went, to Hines last evening where they will attend ‘the East district Sunday school convention, of which Mrs. Hines is president. Miss Carter will remain in Hines during Easter va- cation. SON OF GARIBALDI OFFERS U. S. SERVICE (By United Press) Rome, March 31.General Garibaldi, son of the Italian liberator, today cabled President Wilson offering his services to the United States against Germany. BOOST FOR UNCLE SAM AT CITY HALL TONIGHT Tonight is the night for the patri- otic meeting at the city hall when Dr. James Wallace of Macalester col- lege will speak. There will also be local speakers. * The naval militia will attend in a body and there will be martial music by the band. The hall has been decorated for the| occasion and a large crowd is as- sured. ] MOVE T0 NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Clark and fam- ily are moving to Breekenridge where | Mr. Clark is employed in a land and abstract office. They are shipping ithoir household goods today. Mr. Clark was formerly judge of probate of Beltrami county. Miss Clara Folkestad will be the guest of friends in Kempton, N. D., during Easter. ¢BER 45 CENTS PER MONTE EFFORTS T0 HELP MEXICANPROPOSAL | FINANCE COST OF TO JOIN GERMANY, WAR; Japan Also Included in Attempt to|Senator Says He Will Continue STONEREADY Aguinst War Legislation Until - Declaration Made. “THEN,” HE SAYS, ‘T'LL @0 CARRANZA IF WAR BROKE THE LIMIT TO LICK ENEMY” Government Believes That Germany|Austrian Socialist Declares Peace Situation Favorable; Teutons ' Fear Public Pulse. (By United Press) Washington, March 31.—Pacifists, headed by Amos Pinchott, suddenly turned away from their efforts to pre- vent war to means of financing it. The American committee on war seeks to place the cost of the war up- on persons with incomes of over $5,- 000 and the plan is favored in high financial ecircles. Stone is Waiti Washington, March 31.—Senator Stone today stated he would vote against all further action until the government had declared war and then, he asserted, “I'll go to any length to lick the enemy.” Sees Peace Activity. : Amsterdam, March 31.—Vienna dispatches today contain information of a speech delivered by Austrian So- cialist Leader Adler in which he de- clared the situation favorable for a resumption of peace activities by the Central powers. Lol German Denial. Amsterdam, March 31.—An offi- cial denial has been issued by Ger- many that it violated diplomatic im- munity for American Ambassador Whitlock, and asserts the obligations to the American relief commission will be strictly adhered to. The reichstag has passed a resolu- tion proposing a.committee. to study constitutional questions with “rela- tion of the people ‘to..the govern- ment.” . Pressure for democratization is re- sponsible for this. BATTLE IN PROGRESS FOR CHIHUAHUA CITY (By United Press) El Paso, March 31.—Villa and Carranza troops are today fighting for Chihuahua City, the Villistas making the assault. EVERYBODY WELCOME The Spiritualists of Bemidji will observe the sixty-ninth anniversary of the organization tomorrow in Be- midji at Odd Fellows' hall. A feat- ure will be the serving of dinner for 35 cents and everybody is invited to be present. N. D. CONGRESSMAN ILL; DEMOCRATS GAINERS (By United Press) Washington, March 31.—Represen- tative Henry Helgeson of North Da- kota was today stricken with appen- dicitis and rushed to a hospital. This will cut the Republican house strength at the opening to 212, with the Democrats 214, and two inde- pendents ready to support them. This practically insures Democratic con- trol. DIES IN PRISON Leavenworth, Kan., March 31.— Eli H: Redman, one of the men con- victed in connection with the alleged election conspiracy at Terre Haute, Ind., died here in the federal peni- tentiary, where he was serving a five year sentence. He formerdy was circuit judee, FUNERAL TOMORROW The funeral of Miss Esther Funk- ley, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Henry Funkleyv, wil be held tomor- row afternoon -from the Methodist church at 3 o'clock, Rev. B. D. Hans- com officiating. Miss Funkley died at St. Anghony's hospital yesterday morning after an illness of a few weeks. She was twenty vears of age February 22. ONE AMERICAN LOST ON TORPEDOED SHIP (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 31.—One Am- erican was killed and probably others when the, Crispin, unwarned, was at- tacked and sunk by a subsea boat. i