Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 27, 1917, Page 1

T VOLUME XV. NO. 104. DAY MAY [; ROAD TO BEIMPROVED BY THE CITIZENS OF BEMIDJI LB E R E RS LR E RS R PROCLAMATION Tuesday, May 1, has been officially designated as Good Roads Day over the entire Jfferson Highway from Win- nipeg to NewOrleans. It therefore devolves upon us through necessity, to exert every possible effort toward putting our part of this road in good passable condition. If we are to retain this highway for Bemidji we must put our division into shape and immediately. Therefor, owing to the- de- pleted state of the road fund, it becomes incumbent upon every citizen to set aside this day for volunteer service to the community. C. W. VANDERSLUIS, Mayor. May 1 has been designated along ~the line of the Jefferson Highway ag Good Roads day, and it is so des- ignated by the Jefferson Highway Association in every city, village, hamlet arid community and along the entire route of the highway from Winnipeg to New Orleans. The highway nas been mapped and mark- ed through Bemidji and is one of the most important highway. arteries in the United States. Between Bemidji and Solway there is a stretch of the highway which is in need of improvement in spots and unless this stretch is put in condi- tion for travel the highway will, in all probability, be run through this section at another point, cutting out Bemidji. Towns to Co-overate. At the meeting of the county com- missioners yesterday in the court house, the entire boards of the town- ships of Northern, Eckles and Lam- mers were present. There are no funds in the road and bridge fund of the county at present, but the commissioners have given assurance that next year there will be action taken on the highway improvement for Belttami county. In the mean- time, the boards of the three town- ships mentioned will do all in their power -to aid in the Improvement of |- the highway:. It is ms. then, that calls for ac- tivity.on the part of the citizens of Bemidji on Good Roads day and they +will not be alone, for all along the line of the highway there will be hundreds and thousands of others doing similar work. Meet at Citv Hall. It is proposed that at 7:30 o'clock, the morning of May 1, to have a large gathering of autoists meet at the city hall, each auto loaded with nterprising citizens, carrying shov- els, hoes, rakes, axes and such im- plements and already 40 have prom- ised their autos. There will be many more. There have been captains chosen, each men of thorough experience in road improvement work. Each cap- tain will be assigned a division and will direct the work for that divi- sion. The entire work will be under the direction of County Surveyor R. K. Bliler. The auto loads will proceed to the designated divisions and the oc- cupants then start in filling holes, atc., while teams will be engaged in the work also. In one day of such! work the road will he greatly im- proved for travel and the highway assured for Bemidji. . All Pull Together. Between here and Solway there will be similar work on the part of the township officials and residents and a good pull together will do the .business. N Lunch must be taken along by the workers and at noon coffee will be Yerved along the line. It will be a day’s outing that will be interesting, good exercise for those so engaged, and of untold value for Bemidji. Along the line today there are be- ing proclamations issued calling at- tention to the day and Mayor Van- dersluis of Bemidji has gotten into (By United Press) the game and in today’s Pioneer ap- St. Paul, April 27.—Food conser- pears his proclamation calling on the | vation will be the next step of the citizens to lend a hand in the patri-|Minnesota Public Safety commission. otic work which, if done, will assure |Governor Burnquist is said to be pre- Bemidji the highway. paring an order regarding food. The Be a volunteer. contents are not known. Save Seed Endé of Potatoes ForThose Who Are Unable ToBuy;Here’sWorthyPlan A committee comprising E. J. Wil-;cannot afford to purchase potatoes lits, W. G. Schroeder, W. E. Dean and | for seed. h[“ this manner, CTOPETE- _|tlon on the part of the people with C. 8. Carter, known as 'f‘e field com-\yy0 committee of the Commercial mittee of the Commercial club, to- club will result in many more gar- day asked the Pioneer to make a re-!dens being planted and help the poor guest of all private residents, hotels, | people cut the cost of living. “w«taurants and all others to save 'seed ends of their potatoes when |ing the seeds of potatoes, when they paring them for meals. have a supply available, should no-| The seed ends should be placed in|tify Mr. Willits at his office, 115 as cool a place as possible and the|Third street, and the seeds will be committee will then call for them and |called for and properly distributed distribute them to the poor people|where they will be thankfully re- who wish to have gardens but who|ceived and utilized. L322 3223332222222 222223 ¢2ddd s Ik ok ke ok ke ko sk ke e sk ke sk ko ke ok ok ok ke ke ke TR KK E KKK KR KKK CITY IMPROVEMENT IS TOPIC OF ADDRESS AT C. C. THIS EVENING Judge Wilson, of the University Extension, who will speak at the Commercial ‘club rooms tonight, is not a stranger in Bemidji. A few weeks ago he delivered an address here and so enthusiastic was the re- sponse that twenty-five representa- tive ecitizens remained till 11:30 o’clock and escorted him to the train, all expressing their desire to Rhear him again at an early date. Mr. Wilson will give a pleasing and instructive talk on improving our city and making it a better place in which to live. It is free to every one and all are invited. ARTILLERY IN PLAY (By United Press) Petrograd, April 27.—An official announcement today states heavy ar- tillery fire fighting is in progress along the Riga front. WOULD BOOST FISHING TO RELIEVE STRESS (By United Press) Washington, April 27.—Secretary of Commerce Redfield today asked congress for $50,000 to relieve the food situation by introducing fishing into more general use. GOVERNOR PREPARING PUBLIC FOOD ORDER L oamera e aes: All those who will so help by sav-| BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 27, 1917. BALFOUR CABLES HIS ¥ JEFFERSONHIGHWAY | ™S5 Photo by American Press Assoclatinn ‘This newly invented armored car vation tower that resembles a min ed and breaks in two. AGRICULTURE TO BE "UPON"WAR FOOTING (By United Press) ‘Washington, April 27.—To combat the high cost of foodstuffs, the de- partment of agriculture is to be.put on a war basis, it was given out to- day. The increasing of wheat pro- duction and the lowering of the price of bread are the main objects. Con- gress is to be acked to pass legisla- tion for this. Assistant Secretary Vrooman believes the placing of the department on a war footing like the navy and war departments would enable it to cope with the sudden boosting of prices. IDETECTIVES FERRETING OUT FOOD STEALING (By United Press) Chicago, April 27.—A force of de- tectives are ferreting out prevelant food thefts. Over 5,000 pounds of sugar were stolen last night. Other staples have been taken also. Indi- cations are that many thieves are stealing for personal consumption. MEXICO FORBIDS GERMANS CONGREGATING ON BORDER Washington, April 27.—Official advices to the State department say the Mexican government has warned Germans in Mexico that any concen- tration of Germans near the Amer- ican border will be followed imme- diately by their arrest. NEW TRAFFIC MARKERS GRACE BEMIDJI STREETS Bemidji's business district is now adorned with handsome and durable traffic markers at the street inter- sections, they having arrived this forenoon and set in place by Chief Ripple shortly after dinner. The markers were ordered purchaced at the last meeting of the city council. The guides are of iron, on the top of which are two disks, placed where they can be easily read from all di- rections and bearing the instruction “KEEP TO THE RIGHT.” The obeying of the instruction will make driving of cars and all other vehicles much easier and greatly lessen the danger of colli- sion or injury to car owners and pe- destrians at street intersections. 9-MONTHS-OLD CALF SOLD TODAY FOR $106 J. P. Pogue sold a mnine-months- old Shorthorn bull calf this morning {for $106. The calf was sold to Ben- son & Mertz of the northeast corner of this county, the check being sign- ed by Benson & Mertz, by Gilbert | Benson. w“ WHEELS FOR RADIO i i i i is fitted out with a wireless and obser- fature Eiffel tower. The tower Is hing- |COMBING COUNTRY FOR KIDNAPPERS OF MINNEAPOLIS “COP” (By United Press) Minneapolis, April 27.—Seven sus- pects are under arrest at Little Falls and Olivia, Minn., and Eau Claire, Wis., in connection with the myster- ious dlsappearance of Patrolman Con- nery. ed and the police are baffled. Editor’s note—Wednesday night, Connery stopped two men in an auto which was speeding. He entered the car and ordered them to drive to th» police station. Instead, the kidnapped the officer. Later, a car, identified as the one seen by several, was found and on the cushions was blood. No trace of the policeman has since been discovered. BADGER SOCIALISTS ARE WITH RAGUSE (By United Press) Madison, April 27.—W isconsin So- cialists announced today they would throw their whole strength into an eyort to re-elect State Senator Ra- guse, expelled because of alleged dis- loyal remarks. HAIG’S FORCES ROUT DEFENDERS OF QUARRIES (By United Press) London, April 27.—The capture of quarries in the eastern outskirts of Hargi Court was reported today by General Haig. German defenders fled leaving rifles and equipment. PRESENT DITCH LAWS SCORED AT MEETIN Thief River Falls, Minn., April 27. —A special meeting of the farmers who have been protesting the estab- lihsment of Judicial Ditch No. 29 was held at the Commercial club rooms here and was addressed by At-| torney James Manahan and Thomas Sullivan, who have been retained to fight the case before Judge Stanton at Bemidji. Mr. Manahan stated that the present ditch laws are so ||oosely drawn that they permit ‘““a half baked engineer to form an alli- ce with a contractor and make the |farmer pay the freight.” Mr. Sullivan stated that there| would be twenty-six objections to the jurisdiction of the court and twenty- three objections to the merits of the case and twenty-one objections to the assessments and methods of levying of the assessments. IS e} fl\,u SAYS U, S, COMPLETE ASSURES SUPPORT; SHIPPING IS FIRST PROBLEM SOLVED —_———— —————————0 SLAUGHTER OF INNOCEN PROYING SUCCESSFUL SAYS GERMAN OFFICIA (By United Press) Amsterdam, April 27.—According to the German minister of marine, the German submarine campaign is having the most successful period in its history. This statement was made in an address before the Reich- stag sub-committee. 123,000 MEN APPLY TO SERVE UNDER “TEDDY” New York, April 27.—Approxi- mately 123,000 men have applied thus far and been found to meet the necessary requirements for member- ship in Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's proposed army division, it was an- nounced here last night at enroll- ment headquarters, which were open- ied some time ago with the former president’s approval. Only 50 of the applicants, it was sald, were below 25 years. None below this age are being accepted. Of the total, 10,000 are negroes. CLUBMAN CONVICTED (By United Press) St. Paul, April 27.—The convic- tion of J. W. Bragdon, Minneapolis clubman, for actions not in keeping with men of his years and standing, was affirmed by the Supreme court The northwest is peing comb-|in a decision Inndml down today. BERNE GERMANS PLAN REPUBLIC FROM EMPIRE Washmgmn, Aprll 27.—Official dispatches from Berne to the state department announce the appoint- ment there of a committee to advo- cate the establishment of a Republi- can government in Germany. The commission is headed by Dr. Roese Meyer, former editor of the Morgen UPost of Berlin. Establishment at an early date of a newspaper to fur- ther the work of the committee at Berne is announced. The publica tion will be known as the Freie Zeitung. SIX-CENT LOAF SAYING GOOD-BYE T0O NEW YORK New York. /\prll 27.- The 6-cent loaf of hread, now the cheapest on the market, will disappear from New York counters today, it was an- nounced here today, by the largest producing wholesale bakers. The 10- cent loaf will he the cheapest. Its size will be cut materially, too. Big!' advances in loaves of other sizes| were announced. GERMAN SHIPS SHELL PEACEFUL HOMES (By United Press) London, April 27.—Shells from raiding German destroyers last night, falling on Ramsgate, killed a man and woman, injured three others and damaged 21 houses, states an official announcement today. (By Unlted Press) Washington, April 27.—Minister of Foreign Affairs Balfour of Eng- land, who i{s a member of the Eng- lish commission here on conference with the Entente commissioners and the United States authorities, today cabled his first report to England. The report will say that the Am- erican government has assured com- plete support, that shipping is the first problem and will be divided equally between munitions and food. The supplying of men, the commis- sioners agreed, can wait. The United States let the entente determine what was wanted first and agreed to supply men, munitions and food in whatever order was pre- ferred. New Railway Order. Washington, April 27.—Chalrman Harrison of the Railways National Defense committee today announced that all railways had been ordered to give coal and iron preference over all other traffic. The coal situation in Italy and France is acute, the French commission hints. Note of Viotory. < London, April 27.—*Victory is be- coming increasingly assured,” was the confident note sounded by Lloyd George. premier of England, in his Guild’ Hall speech last night. POTATO DEALERS IN COMBINE; EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED Chicago, April 27.-—-Special agents of the department n! justice are said to have discovered evidence of sup- ply manipulation and price fixing by a combination of potato dealers here and it is believed the Federal grand jury will investigate reports of the alleged conspiracy. Figures have heen obtained by the Federal inves- tigators showing that 1,181 cars were held out of the consuming market during the first two weeks in March. In vestigation will be made, it is said, of the holding of 3,000 car- loads of potatocs on sidetracks near Chicago for many weecks during tha winter, when prices were soaring, dut to a reported shortage. It was said at the time that these potaoes were freezing, but investigation fis said to have disproved this and it is indicated that the potatoes were held there to keep them off the mar- ket and so foree the price up. RUSSIAN TIES WITH ENTENTE STRENGTHEN (By United Press) Copenhagen, April 27 Russian ities with the entente are strength- ening, is the information reaching diplomatic circles here. There is a unanimity among all soldiers that the war program must be carried through. BLACKDUCK TOWNSHIP MAN KILLED IN WORLD-WIDE WAR In a report sent from Ottawa, tCan., during the past week contain- ing a list of casualties among Amer- |icans with the Canadian overseas forces is the name of R. H. Woods of Hines. The young man is a son |of the former owner of the Black- duck boat house.—Blackduck Amer- ican. See Bemidji Film Tonight; Help Adverti Take a good look at Bemidji and vicinity and various places in Bel- trami county tonight while comfort- ably seated at the Elko theater. If| {you cannot do so this evening you will have the opportunity tomorrow afternoon and evening. There are 2,000 feet of this film, showing familiar scenes and many[ not so familiar, agd will be added to the regular program of the Elko. The film was secured by the Com- ise Your Home ,mercial club which will receive a }portmn of the receipts for use in the i publicity campaign for the boosting rof Bemidji. The club is doing its |utmost for the advancement of Be- ,mxd.h and whatever Bemidji benefits |is for the benefit of all. You'll enjoy the pictures and the regular program and at the same time be a booster for your home city. T