Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1917, Page 1

' THE BEMI VOLUME XV, 0. 110. / b3 § ¥, ] HARDEST OF WAR; | CANADIANS HOLD | (i " Conflict Extends Over Miles of Front; Berlin Reports British Offensive Fails. SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN FULL DIVISIONS TAKING PART Tremendous Weight of German Re- serves Halt British Far in the Advance. (By United Press) ‘With the British armies, May 4.— Bayonet fighting over miles of front, b dthe hardest fighting of the war, is z %eported under way. The Canadian pldiers are holding against the des- pelate attacks of the Germans. Berlin Report. Berlin, May 4.—The British offen- sive, being waged by sixteen or seven- teen full divisions of an 18- mile front, has thus far failed. Photo by American Press ‘Association. Ships bound for Europe are now taking submarine chasers for use in the war zones HIGH SCHOOL SPEAKERS British Checked. London, May 4.—The tremendous IN N. M. ORATORICALS forced a slight falling back of the Bemidji high school will be rep- o] 3, British troops inthe far advanced po- resented in the northern Minnesota sitions, General Haig officially re-jtrack and declamatory meet to be '}rts today. Progress is reported on|held at Park Rapids Friday, May 18. a new sector northeast of St. Quen- A declamation team has already tin and Hargicourt. been selected and it is probable that a track team will be developed in l LITS BUYS KL'NE time to enter the contest. w L The declamation team is composed of Miss Emma Klein, humorous; Miss TRACT; BRICK YARD TO Mable Johnson, dramatic, and Daniel C. Gainey, oratorical. BE ST A RTED SO 0 N Both Miss Klein a_llulv_]\liss Johnson won firsts with their respective selec- N E. J. Willits has bought the John tions at the annual declamatory con- Kline farm tract of ten acres which |test held at high school this year. € at the southern edge of the city. Although Mr. Gainey did not take # ;'Ikhal"e also '5199‘"'9‘:,3 1‘:3’15:"0“0‘;';: part in the declamatory contest held i “bric! clay on he entire forty a . £ N " " adjoining and will begin plans for here this year he will be remembered the construction of a new brick|as 2 former star debater and de- yard,” said Mr. Willits in discuss- claimer. ing the new project. Y Work on the yards will start a once, or as soon as all preliminary BERLIN SAYS C“ILEAN arrangements are completed. TURTLE RIVER WORKING MINISTER STILL THERE CLUB MEETS SATURDAY There will be a meeting of the Tur- (By United States) tle River Working club Saturday at London, May 4.—Berlin dispatches the Chester O’Dell farm. This will | state the Chilean minister has not be remembered as the old A. D. Simp- | demanded his passports. kins farm, located on the Turtle - River road. MERCHANT’S BODY FOUND Bemidji merchants are cordially AFTER WINTER'S SEARCH invited to come to dinner and stay . E=ilapis e for the business meeting. Brainerd, Minn.,, May 4.—The body of Selwyn P. Coffrain, Brainerd " business man, drowned last October AUSTRIAN ENVOY : while hunting, has been found by Charles Taylor, a homesteader living & near the lake. An extensive search LEAVING Fok I'“)ME has been made for the body by men who accompanied Coffrain on his — trip. (By United Press) A citizens’ committee headed by New York, May 4.—Count Tar-|Henry L. Cohen, Dr. J. A. Thabes and nowski, Austrian ambassador not re- Fred T. Lincoln, ralsed_ a fund to ceived by the United States, leaves|engage F. John of Stillwater to today for home via Holland. search for the body. John combed . half the lake. LAKE UTLDIN Taylor will claim the reward. Pay- U?ggg %fis%ns FORG U. S ment of large life insurance has been S ‘| delayed pending the recovery of the Milwaukee, Wis.,, May 4.—A num- body. ber of submarine chasers are to be built at the Milwaukee and other lake ports.” The boats are to be 110 “EALT“ TALKS GIVEN feet long, or 30 feet lonier than those built in England for the same pur- Do R BY DR. SMITH AT H. §. A special feature of the regular |“better health’’ meeting at the high | school yesterday afternoon was an LKS FASTEN ANTLERS { More and more visitors are attend- 'ing the lectures: as the people come The Bemidji lodge of Elks started > p to realize the value of tne informa- last night on a large class to be ini-| to 3 tiated in the mysteries of Elktlnm.,Y!nn given 1e abeence of Exalted Ruler E | be held at 3:30 o'clock Monday af- steemed Leading Knight ternoon in the high school auditor- presided. | ium. were | Vand lu Those upen whom antlers Williams, I TWO BEMIDJI BLOCKS § “he ciass were: Chief of Police; rank Ripple, Albert Halverson. | Walter F. Marcum, F. A. Shavitch. | A. B. Palmer. V. A. Stewart, Lester i ] Geer. L. J. Stundlund, W. A. Rice, Frank Carrier was at Bemidji Sat- Greg Malone. George S. Knight,|urday. Sunday and Monday where he Henry Miller, Al Harris. This is the | closed a deal for the purchase of two o blocks in East Bemidji. Mr. Carrier intends building on his property next spring.—Cass Lake Times. first of three large classes to be ini- tiated by the Elks during the next few weeks. 4 - The next meeting will | | BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 4. 1917. DISTRICT JUDGES SET EN BANC; FIRST TIME IN FIFTEENTH DISTRICT Brainerd, Minn.,, May 4.—Judge W. S. McClenahan of Brainerd, Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rapids and Judge C. W. Stanton of Bemidji sat en banc in Brainerd to hear the in- junction suit started by men op- posed to a continuance of the Koochi- ching county investigation. A question involved is whether the county's financial condition is ‘such as to permit carrying on further prosecutions. N. B. Arnold of Duluth, special county attorney, represented the county commissioners, against whom the restraining order is directed. F. J. McPartlin of International Falls represented the petitioners. It was decided to wait the an- swer of the county, the case to be taken up again here Saturday. This is the first time in the history of the Brainerd court that all the judges of the Fifteenth judicial district sat en banc. GERMAN SOCIALIS%S MUST OBEY THE LAW (By United Press) Washington, May 4.—German So- cialists in the United States who at- tempt to force or influence separate peace between Russia and Germany will be dealt with to the fullest ex- tent of American law if acts are proven. “LIBERTY LOAN” TAKEN; MORE MONEY AWAITING (By United Press) Washington, May 4.—Oversub- scription for the first “liberty loan’’ is practically assured. Over 1,000 applications are in for the next $2,- 000,000,000. SLAYER IS KNOWN (By United Press) St. Paul, May 4.—Chiet of Police O’Connell today stated Joe Reden- baugh was the slayer of Mrs. Dunn, and probably Patrolman Connery. The accused is still at large but his arrest is expected momentarily. NORWAY BITTER OVER SHIPPING: DESTRUCTION May 4.—The possibility of Norway's entrance into the ranks of the Al is hased on the havoc wrought among the Norwegian mer- cantile marine by German submar- ines. Norway, prior to the war fourth among the world’s seafaring nations has suffered so heavily from the ravages of the U-boats that her shipping is actually threatened with extinetion. The bitterness among the Norwez- ians over German war methods is growing rapidly and many voices are urging that she could not be worse off as a belligerent and might find compensation if peace found her in the lists with the Entente. London {ed a citizens’ petition asking a re- TBERNSTORFF MAY SUCCEED STATEMODERN WOODMEN MEET IN VIRGINIA IN 1920 Virginia was chosen for the 1920 meeting place by the state camp of the Modern Woodmen of America at the closing of its annual meeting with a dinner at the Dyckman hotel, Minneapolis, Wednesday night. John L. Sundean, Minneapolis, was re-elected state consul and O. J. Parker, Le Sueur, state clerk. More than 5,000 new members were secured in Minnesota the past year. HENRIONNET BLOCK SOLD TO ALABAMA MAN; WILL REMODEL George Stephen of Mobile, Ala., pied by the Koors Bros. company bakery. The price consideration was $4,500 cash, the deal having | been made through E. J. Willits, one of the prominent real estate men of this city. Mr. Stephen will remodel the en- tire building and will conduct a dry goods store, he and his son having moved here from Alabama. Their families will arrive in the near fu- ture. Work of reconstruction will be begun at once. SPRINGFIELD GOES DRY Springfield, 111, May 4.—Wets lost their last hope of keeping Springfield in the wet column when County Judge J. B. Weaver dismiss- count of the vote of April 3, which ousted saloons here by a majority of shops closed their doors at midnight last night, not to reopen. STEI'” ON VIS City Clerk Stein will“l'.enve this evening for Superior to visit his sis- ter, who is ill. William Cohn will take care of Clerk Stein's while .ne latter is absent. duties MOOSE DANCE DEFERRED; BIG CLASS INITIATED The dance which was scheduled for this evening under the auspices of the Moose lodge has been post- —0 . BAYONE(FIGHTING |EUROPE GETS U BOAT CHASERS FROM AMERIC % IR | ZIMMERM SPECIFIC IDEA TO BRING PEACE WITH U. S.; SUSPICION IS ATTACHE o BEER KEGS CROWD WOMEN OUT OF WAITING ROOMS Bismarck, N. D, May 4.—Beer kegs and casks in particular and freight in general crowd ladies out of their waiting rooms in stations all along the Soo line, according to a let- ter which Attorney General Langer filed with the state railway commis- sion, demanding that it take action to insure the reservation of these waiting rooms for the ladies. “At Ashley last week,, writes the attorney general, ‘“the ladies’ waiting room was filled with freight, a good portion of which consisted of cases and casks of beer. The same condi- tion prevails all along the line, es- pecially at Harvey and Fessenden.” OVER 800 APPROVED FOR TRAINING CAMP St. Paul, May 4.——Lieut.-Col. E. Jones at Fort Snelling yesterday re- ported 820 candidates approved in full for admission to the officers’ training eamp. Col. William H. Sage, who is in command of the camp, left yesterday for a conference with Gen. Thomas H. Barry at the central department in Chicago and Lieut.-Col. Jones was left in charge during his absence. now on file for the four training camps at Fort Snelling, Fort Sheri- dan, Fort Benjamin Harrison and has ly_oughl the Henrionnet l)llildingll’nrt Riley, according to word re- on Minnesota avenue, formerly occu-iceived from Chicago. BRAZIL DRAWS CLOSER T0 WAR DECLARATION (By United Press) Rio de Janeiro, May 4. - Brazil closer to a declaration of war with Germany. Senora Barbos leading war advocate, is to address congress tomorrow. The appointment of Un- der Secretary Dantas as temporary minister of foreign affairs is regard- ed as strengthening the pro war ad- vocates’ demand. BANK STATEMENTS CALLED (By United Press) St. Paul, May 4.- -A call was issued today for national bank statements at the close of business May 1. 'MAY MINE NORTH"SEA (By United Press) Washington, May 4.—Heavy min- ing of practically the entire North sea is under consideration by the entente and the United States to thwart the submarine campaign. HUGE LOAN GOBBLED poned for one week. are being made for the exhibition of the big film showing the order's mag- nificent home at Moosehart, TI1., the home being for the orphaned and in- capacitated members of the order Last evening, ten candidates were initiated and twelve more were elect- slightly less than 500. The 215 dram !--.! for the degrees. 13 GUNNERS ABOARD AMERICAN SHIP LOST (By United Press) London, May 4.—Thirteen Amer- ican naval gunners, out of 16 {aboard the American steamer Rock- ingham, are reported missing. The ship was torpedoed by a German sub- marine. Preparations | | AT MILLION AN HOUR 4.—Subscrip- Washington. Ma tions to the first $2,000,000,000 of-| | fering of honds of the liberty loan of 1917 poured into the Treasury yes- terdav at a rate of more than $1.- |000.000 an hour, while approximate- Iv 3.000 banks in every section of the country simultaneously were tak- ing subseriptions. There was every lindieation that the hnge issne wonld be far oversubseribed. Secretary MecAdoo yvesterday deliv-) ered to the Ttalian amhassador the $100,000.000 whieh the government |decided to advance Italy to meet her | pressing demands. |" The $100.000,000 for France prob-| ably will be similarly delivered shortly, bringing the total advanced the Allies thus far up to $400,000,- 200. A total of 14,000 applications is| D T0 MOVE (By United Press) Copenhagen, May 4.--Private auth- entic sources today hint that von Bernstorff, former German ambassa- dor to the United States, is to suc- ceed Zimmerman as foreign secretary of Germany. The appointment, it is under- stood, will be made with the specific idea that Bernstorff will attempt a reconcilliation with the United States. It may be that Germany is in des- perate condition or that she is play- ing to lull the United States into the belief that a dissolution of Germany is near and that conditions in the empire indicate no necessity for much war preparation, News here indicates the approach of a crisis in the Central Empires. Bad feeling is reported growing be- tween Prussia and Austria, Em- peror Karl is spurred to friction with Germany by Hungary's open discon- tent, Hungary being fearful of an- archy unless hope of peace is shown. Runture in Russia. Petrograd, May 4.—There is open rupture between the provisional gov- ernment heads and the workmen's soldiers’ committec. The workmen soldiers demand the government take them into their confidence. Indig- nation was aroused when the gov- N.|ernment announced that it would stand by the contracts with Russia's allies, made by the czar. Citizens en masse held a demon- stration against Foreign Minister Milukoff. A guard of 2.000 soldiers were stationed at the building where the government heads mect. The mog demanded the government take the people into its confidence. HOLLWEG IS OBJECT OF BITTER ATTACKS v4-— Copenhagen, via London, N Such German newspaper: © per- mitted to reach here indicate that the eampaign against Chaneellor — von Bethmann-Hollweg is again in full swing. The Conservatives have published a set of resolutions sharply attacking the ehancellor and attacking the gov- ernment for weakness and vacilla- tion on the peace question and in with the strike agitation. dealine The resolutions also exXpres: dily growing influence of concern at the the Socialists, whose w-ucv»m:\k!ng efforts are declared to be leading Germany to the brink of ruin. JEERS BECOME CHEERS (Bv United Press) Uetrograd, May 4.— Milukoff to- day turned the jeers of the mob to cheers. the mob making a demand that the premier resign. CENSORSHIP KILLED (By United Press) Washington. May 4.—The house today killed the censorship bill 220 to 167. TORPEDO MISSES FRENCH LINER BY TEN YARDS (By United Press) paris. May 4.—The French liner ‘Rochambean was fired at by a sub- marine, the torpedo missing the ship by ten vards. The liner shelled the { U-bhout. ! S French Renort. . | Paris, May Only one French Jiip of more than 1,600 tons was «unk by a U-hoat in the week end- ing April 29, is an official announce- | ment today. 521 REPORTED KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION (By United Press) Basle, Switzerland, May 4.—Ac- | cording to a wireless report, a powder factory at Furth, Germany, exploded killing 521. A similar explosion at Troisdoorf, killed thirty. AN