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

THE BEMI1Dd BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 16, 1917. VOLUME XV. NO. 94. GERMANY SEEKING TO REVIVE PEACE? BRYAN SAYS HE'S READY TO FIGHT 2\ Such is Positive Denmark Report ON BATTLE LINE; SWEARING IN FIRST WOM’AN TO ENLIST IN NAVY —— CLAIM MADE THAT OVERTURES HAVE BEEN SENT T0 U. S, CONFERENCE HINT BALFOUR IS DUE Commoner Declares “He’s for Any- thing to Push War to Quick and Successful End.” SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORABLY REPORTS BOND ISSUE BILL All Licenses for Shore Radio’s Are Revoked by Secretary Daniels of Navy Department. (By United Press) Washington, April 16.—William Jennings Bryan today told President Wilson during a call at the White House that he is “for anything the government wants in pushing the war to a quick and successful end.” He offered his services on the firing line and urged prohibition for the United States. Balfour Due Tonight. ‘Washington, April 16.—Balfour is .due to arrive here at 5:30 o'clock this evening as the official represen- tative of the English government for the war conference. Bond Bill Readv. Washington, April 16.—The Sen-|( ate committee today favorably re- ported tue $7,000,000,000 bond issue bill. It wili be rushed through to- MOTTOW. s, & wadios Suspended. Washington, April 1o.—Secretary Daniels of the navy department to- day announced that all licenses for shore radio stations have been sus- pended during the period of hostili- ‘ties. HALSETH BROTHERS IN BEMIDJI, ENROUTE TO JOIN THEIR DIVISION Jack and Andrew Halseth arrived in Bemidji Saturday from Chinook, Mont., where they have been employ- ed. They failed to receive their or- ders in time to leave with the Be- midji naval division. They received orders from Duluth this morning and will leave tomorrow morning for that place. From there they will go to Philadelphia to join the Fifth Min- nesota division. SANTA FE RAIL HEAD BELIEVES PEACE NEAR (By United Press) San Francisco, April 16.—Presi- dent Ripley cf the Sante Fe railroad today declared himself in favor of universal service training, and as- serted that he would be amazed if the war lasted much longer. FREEDOM FOREVER. PLEDGE OF RUSSIA TO Helsingfors, April 16.—A. F. Ker- ensky, Russian minister of justice, in a speech at a mecting of the Finnisi .diet greeted the “free Finnish peo- ple” in the name of the provisional Russian government and declared Russia will do everything in its power to make it certain Finland wil] remain free forever. TROUT SEASON OPEN; MANY ANGLERS OUT The trout fishing season in Minne- sota opened Sunday and because the opening day was Sunday a larger number of fishermen than usual took to the streams. Preliminary reports from the streams are to the effect that they are unusually well stocked this spring.: The fishing promises to be the best in vears. Not only have the streams in this section been well stocked, but care has oeen taken to see that the fry received has been protected until they are large enough to look out for themselves. In their early days i maay cases they have been placed in poads near the head of trout streams safe from the danger of be- ing washed out in spring freshets and away from the practices of canni- balism by the larger fish. - IREGULAR MEETING OF n/! Miss Loretta Walsh has the honor of being the first woman to be enlisted in the United States navy except in the nurses’ corps. She was appointed a chief yeoman and assigned to clerical duty at the Philadelphia navy yard. She is only twenty. Governor Signs| |.W.W.Measure Bacomes Law St. Paul, April 16.—Governor Burnquist has signed the anti-I. W. ‘W. bill. This new law, if peace offi- cers do their duty under it and mag- istrate whatever the measure of jur- isdiction of their court, do their duty, | makes the ‘preaching of Bill Hay- wood’s “I Won’t Work” gospel in Minnesota pretty serious business. Hanging around an I. W. W. gath- ering," if the ‘“‘gathering’” consists of but two persons is sufficient to war- rant an arrest and if there be con- victions Stillwater’s doors will open. Without question, lawyers.outside the legislature agree, it is the most dras- tic anti-I. W. W. statute in the Unit- ed States. The only attempt to amend in the house was made by Representative McGrath of Ramsey, who all throug. the I. W. W. hearing rendered good service time and again to Ettor, An- dreytchine et al. McGrath wants to run for county attorney of Ramsey county one of these days. The house sat on his amendments good and hard. o SWITZERLAND NEUTRAL Geneva, April 16.—The Federal council has proclaimed Switzerland’s neutrality in connection witih the declaration of a state of war betwecen the United States and Germany. BELTRAMICO. WIRELESS STATIONS ARE BEING PUT OUT OF BUSINESS Baudette Region: John Gjelhaug and Percy Williams received word ! Monday from the government to take down their wireless, as an order had been issued to refuse permission to operate wireless outfits for everything but government purposes. It is ex- pected that new orders will be forth- coming allowing them to be used un- der certain circumstances, but in the meantime the two outfits have been dismantied. Wartime precaution is no doubt behind the order of the government. An amateur wireless outfit, owned by I. P. Batchelder, and erected at| his home on Minnesota avenue inj Bemidji, was dismantled several days| ago by Chief of Police Ripple, such ! an brder having been issued by the government in regard to independ- jent wireless outfits throughout the| United Stat 1 CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT The city council will meet tonight |in regular session. There are sev- eral matters to come up for action but nothing of an exciting ‘“nature” is anticipated. | SOLWAY VOTES T0 REMODEL SCHOOL The village of Solway on Satur- day voted $5,000 school bonds. The bonds will be used to remodel the school. The vote stood 54 in favor and 13 against. JOHN.D. WILL ATTEND HIS BROTHER'S FUNERAL (By United Press) New York, April 16.—John D. Rockefeller today announced that he wou.d attend the funeral of his brother Frank, despite a fued which has covered a period of 17 years. Editor’s note—John D. and Frank quarreled in 1900 over business af- fairs and Frank left the Standard Oil interests. He went west and bought a ranch in Kansas and since that time the brothers have been as strangers to each other. COUNTY ASSESSORS MEET WITH AUDITOR NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 30 The following letter has been sent out by J. L. George, auditor of Bel- trami county, to all assessors of the county: “There will be a meeting of the assessors of this county at my office in the court house on Monday, April 30, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the pur- pose of receiving instructions from the tax commission as to the proper method of listing and assessing the different kinds and classes of prop- erty in accordance with the laws of the state. “The tax commission desires to help assessors in every possible way and the meeting will not be confined to an explanation of the new law, but every question relating to the duties of an assessor which is pre- sented at the meeting will be fully explained. You should, therefore, make every effort to be present. “By the terms of chapter 558 of the Laws of 1913 you will be entitled to five cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the meeting, and to three dollars additional for one day’s attendance.” \DOG LICENSES ARE DUE MAY (; TAGS ORDERED notices have been posted notifying all owners of dogs that licenses are due on or before May 1, when the ordinance will be enforced. Owners of dogs must pay the li- cense as prescribed under the ordin- ance, $1 for males and $3 for fe- males. A dog catcher will be appointed and a clean up of the dogs running at large will be made. All dogs not licensed and tagged will be taken up and impounded, held for a few days and then killed if not claimed and the expense of capturing them and care paid. City Clerk Stein has or- dered the 1917 tags and they are ex- pected to arrive in a few days. Bemidji Boys All“Stand Up” In Final Tests - b e B : s Mrs. E. A, Barker received thé fol- lowing wire from her husband, Lieu- tenant Barker, yesterday morning: Philadelphia, April 14.—Not a letter nor a paper have I re- ceived here. It is one week to- day. Gradually getting straight- ened around. Boys have been transferred to the Kansas. Will take final examination Monday. Many of the boys are disquali- fied but none of mine. They are very happy over their assign- ment. All feeling fine. Will try to write fully soon. Ad- dress, care of U. S. S. Massa- chusetts. EARLE. HEARING ON PROPOSED CASS LAKE ROAD TODAY M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, W. Z. Robertson and E. H. Winter took another trip over the proposed state road between here and Cass Lake, and today went to Walker for a hear- ing. The jaunt of yesterday was to look over some changes in the road as originally laid out. FORK. NOT BRASSIE Richmond, Va., April 16.-—-\s its contribution to the national food campaign, the Hermitage Golf club, one of the oldest in the South, has plowed up twenty acres of its golf course and planted it in potatoes. BRITISH FORGE AHEAD AGAINST FIERCE FIRE (By United Press) London, April 16.—In the face of the fiercest opposition during the drive, the British are still closer to St. Quentin and 17% miles nearer the Cambrai-St. Quentin line. They have captured Villaret. The Germans are withdrawing their food supply, ammunition and guns from Lens and St. Quentin. Both towns are burning. Artillery_in _Action. Paris, April 16.—Violent artillery fighting is in progress along almost the whole French front with vigorous raids at half a dozen places penetrat- ing the German lines in Alsace, it is reported in an official statement to- day. BRENNAN GOES WEST T0 LOOK OVER COUNTRY, Patrolman Garry Brennan has gone to Montana to look the country over and will be absent about ten days. Frank Frost will take Brennan's place as night patrolman during the latter’s absence. r=ar |G 1 1 (By United Press) Copenhagen, Denmark ,April 16. o —Germany is secretly seeking to re- vive peace talk in all the belligerent countries. She is planning to maneu- ver the entente into asking her for peace. Postive confirmation of un- $150,000 For Normal Sure ToBePassed E. H. Denu, Bemidji, Minn. St. Paul, Minn,, April 16.— One hundred and fifty thousand for normal school allowed this morning by Senate committee. Amount inserted in omnibus bill. L. H. NORD. This was the telegram received this morning by E. H. Denu, business manager of the Pioneer. It tells the story of the progress of the appro- priation of $150,000 allowed by the lower house of the state legislature for the normal at Bemidji. The mes- sage says that the finance commit- tee of the state senate voted in favor of the bill, recommending that it be allowed by the senate, and inserted in the general educational appropria- tion bill. Senator Nord was called up by llong distance phone late this after- noon and stated in answer to a query that the senate would vote on the educational bill late today or tomor- row and that the sum for the Be- midji normal would be voted favor- ably as any attack upon the omnibus educational bill would hardly be dared. TWO SPEEDERS FINED:- WARRANT FOR THIRD; DRUNKS FIRED OUT Two drunks fined and told to get out of town, two auto speeders fined and their fines paid and a warrant sworn out for the arrest of another auto speeder was the grist run through municipal court this morn- ing before H. J. Loud, acting for Judge John F. Gibbons. Jud McDermaid and J. J. Cahill were the offenders against the liquor ordinance. Both were taken in Sun- day. Neither had near the amount of their fines, $5 each, and instead of sending them to the county jail and the county pay their board they {were ordered to get out of Bemidji | which they lost no time in doing. | Auto drivers are getting theirs !when they violate the speed laws jand Edwin Johnson and Ed Tepper | each paid fines of $5 each for trving |to scorch the pavement yesterday. ! Stop watches were held on them and | both pleaded guilty, speed as high las 25 miles per hour being recorded against them. ’ Walter Kittleson, a jitney driver, was also detected exceeding the limit and failed to appear in court to answer to the charge and a war- rant for his arrest was ordered is- | sued. ) official overtures from Berlin to the United States have been obtained. There i8 a strong hint from official German sources that America would do well to send Colonel House, Presi- dent Wilson's closest adviser, to The Hague for a German conference. The main intrigue for peace is be- ing exerted through the German So- cialists, which is suddenly favored by the government, although the gov- ernment is silent as to terms. Sees Easy Solution. Amsterdam, April 16.—Austria- Hungary regards that a basis of un- derstanding could be easily reached in view of the identical briefs in the Russian provisions in the govern- ment's recent statement and those stated by Foreign Minister Czernin. The semi-official statement from Vienna is the first formal open bid for peace with Russia. No Fooling Now. Washington, April 16.—Officials today scated that America is in the war Lo the last dregs and discouraged any talk that peace is on the horizon. They know of no honest peace move and do not expect any just now. It is officially asserted that the allied commission which is to meet here will agree as to when the Amer- ican allies shall regard Prussianism obliterated. SPEECH KNUTSONNEVER MADE RECORDED UNDER LEAVETO PRINT' PROVISO Minneapolis, April 16.—Harold A. Knutson, representative in congress from the Sixth Minnesota district, has inserted in the Congressional Record, according to Washington dis- patches, a ‘“leave to print” speech, purporting to have been delivered before the house on the war resolu- tion, explaining his opposition to the declaration. No such speech was delivered by Knutson, its insertion in the Con- gressional Record being apparently for home consumption. Knutson now has a right to have the speech, as “part of the Congressional Rec- ord,” mailed free to all his constitu- ents—or to anybody else in the world for that matter-—under his franking privilege. UNIQUE FLAG POLE Glenn Conger has hoisted “Old Glory" at the top of a large Norway pine on Lake Boulevard, near his home. DEPARTMENT STUDIES OPSAHL FARM PLAN Washington. April 16.--The war department has under consideration a proposal from J. J. Opsahl of Be- midji, Minn., for aiding in the mo- bilization of farm resources. Mr. Op- sahl suggests that an agricultural expert be commiscioned by the war department to take charge of the food production in each congression- al district. He proposes that this be done along the lines county agricul- tural experts work now in organiza- tion of farmers’ clubs. NEW CHIEF OF RUSS FORCES IS ANNOUNCED (By United Press) Petrograd, April 16.—General Al- exieff has been named commander- in-chief of all the Russian armies. He was formerly chief of staff. i i | § { )