Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 24, 1917, Page 1

i \ A | ra ' so plain that none should fail VOLUME XV. NO. 128. BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. 'rmmsnu EVENING. MAY 24. 1917. RUSS ARMIES TO B JAIL AWAITS MAN 1 'WHO IS DELINQUENT AGERULE All male persons over 21 and umn- der 31 years must register in the precincts where they live. Failure to register makes such persons liable to imprisonment with- out the option of a fine. Persons who will be absent from ‘the city on registration day should 2o at once to the office of City Clerk ‘Stein and register before leaving city. . Persons unable to register by rea- son of dllness should have some friend notify the city clerk who will arrange for securing such person’s registration. 2 Registration day is Tuesday, June 5. Registration booths will be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. All persons between the ages des- ignated for the draft except those 4n the military or naval service must Tegister. Registration certificates will be furnished certifying that registra- tion has been made. The men at Washington who out- lined the procedure to be followed apparently have made their storleg o registration on the day set through ' - —igmorance of their duties. Age Rule Specific. For the information of those sub- ject to draft the rules say: “All males who shall have attain- ed their 21st birthday and who shall not have attained their 31st birthday on or before the day set for regis- tration must register.” This is the rule. It is simply & case of knowing when your nearest birthday is and figuring out whether you are within the age limits speci- fled. If you are a male between the des- ignated ages and are not in military or naval service of the United States, -you are subject to registration. The War department insists that you present yourself on June 5 at your precinct polling place and that you give correct information in answer 1o the registrar’s questions. By way of being emphatic the instructions say: “If you fail to present yourself, or presenting vourself you give false, misleading or incorrect answers, you are a misdemeanant.” Jail Awaits Delinquents. Punishment for infraction of this rule of honesty or neglect in regis- tering is imprisonment in jail. And jail means jail to the government in war time. There is no alternative of a fine. H Every man that registers on June 5 will be given a registration cer- tificate. It’s a small blue card about the size of the ordinary business man’s card and can be conveniently carried. This card will be a handy thing to have about vou following registration day. though the War de- partment doesn’t put it just that way. It says: “Much inconvenience DAYS OF (By Edith I IN THE It was the witching hour of mid- night, and as I am well versed in magic arts, I thought that I would 11 to the crystal brook to have 1e fortunes of the Senior class of B. H. 8.—1917, revealed to me. As the pictures appeared upon the clear crystal of the brook, I jotted them down, because 1 thought that you| may be interested in them also. i The first picture 1 see is centered around a giris’ boarding school in| Oskaloosa, Iowa. An evening party | is in progress. A dark haired man is gracefully instructing many beau- tiful young women in the art of dancing. He turns and I look! into his beaming countenance I recognize Howard Palmer. You see Howard was always fond of both girls and dancing and so he is per- fectly happy instructing his beauti- | ful charges in the most popular new dance—*‘the Palmer Wiggle Wag.” The scene changes to an immense wheat field in North Dakota. As I gaze into a small cook shanty, I see Lucy Brooks flipping flap-jacks for her crew of 25 hungry threshers. The next picture shows a cattle raach in Texas—a figure mounted L, REGISTRATION DAY; [SSPECIFIC will be spared to those who are regis- tered if they will keep these cer- tificates always in their possession.” No man who has registered knows when he will be approached by a po- lice officer and asked to show his card. The police will play an active part in the registration. It is their duty, says the circular on rules, to examine the registration lists and make sure that all persons liable to registration have registered them- selves. Up to Individual. Registration is put squarely on the shoulders of the men subject to draft, by orders of the War department. It is up to the individual to know where he must register and to see that his registration card i{s sent to his pre- cinet registrar. Students in schools, colleges and other institutions must register as absentees. Provision has been made for aiding students to register. “It must be borne in mind,” the rules say, ‘“that such registration must be made a sufficient length of time before registration day (June 5), to enable such student to mail the card; that the burden of registration in his own domiciliary precinct is on every man; and that persons in this class must see to it at their peril that their registration cards are in the hands of the registrar of their domiciliary precinct on registration day.” Prisoners to Reister. The men of draft age detained by Sheriff Johnson at the county jail will not escape registering. Felons will not be drafted, though they will be registered. Persons awaiting trial and those guilty .of misdemeanors now sojourning at the county jail, who are not felons, will be given ab- sent treatment. The sheriff will see that they get registration cards and will then forward the cards to the proper registrars. It will not do a bit of good to be sick on registration day as you must register by agent if you come within the draft age limits. The rules pro- vide that a sick person shall send his agent to the city clerk and there reg- ister. The registration card must be sent to the precinct registrar by the sick person with g self-addressed and stamped envelope for a registration certificate. Registration booths will be open from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. June 5. AMERICANS AGAIN CITED FOR BRAVERY (By United Press) With the French armies, May 24. —Americans in France’s famous For- eign Legation were cited today for the fifth time for extraordinary brav- ery. OUR CHILDHOOD CLASS PROPHECY L. Mills) old friend, Olga Skinvik—the cham- pion lady cattle brander of the world. I now see people moving to their summer homes, among them is Wal- ter Deneau and his newly acquired bride, who was in H. S. days Gladys Skinner. They are busily planting sunflower about their summer home on “Bemidji Beach.” The scene quickly changes to Uni- versal City, California. There I see in the movie lot, Agnes M. and Elsie Jennings, who have supplanted the popularity of the “Fairbanks Twins” with their marvelous acrobatic stunts. I now see a parsonage. A hand- some pastor is busy at his desk com- posing his next Sunday’s sermon. He now turns and I see that it is Maur- ice- Witting. A cheery voice calls to him that dinner is served. The possessor of this voice proves to be Gladys Whitney, who so aptly adorns the Rev. Witting’s home. This picture vanishes and I now see a crowd of gay college youths going down an avenue of Minneap- olis, Minnesota, ringing cow bells and shouting loudly. Leading this gay procession is Mabel Johnson, car- rying a huge sign which reads: Russ Refusal 0f Peace is Severg Blow (By United Press) Amsterdam, May 24.—The Rus- sian rejection of separate peace with Germany is a most bitter disappoint- ment, says the Vorwaerts, German Socialist paper. It is the first ad- missfon of failure of German pesee effort which the censor has permit- ted to pass. TWO BICYCLES OFFERED FOR SCHOOL GARDENS; REWARDS OF MERIT Mayor Vandersluis wants 0 know ‘who the best school boy gardener is and he’s going to find out. R. L. Given also wants to know who the best school girl gardener is and he proposes to find that out. And to this end these hardware store proprietors have decided to.re- ward the boy and girl who are judged the best school gardeners in the school garden contest. Mayor Vandersluis will present to the school boy having the best school garden a handsome boy’s bicycle as a reward of his industry. Mr. Given will present to the girl having the best garden a handsome girl’s bi- cycle as recognition for her industry. Both bicycles will be of the latest models and made by leading manu- facturers, and will be added incentive to the school gardeners to maintain a high standard in their gardens. FIRST' WHEAT CROP 1S™ REPORTED FROM TEXAS Fort Worth, Texas, May 24.—The first Texas wheat was cut yesterday near here. The binders began in a 100 acre field that will average be- tween six and eight bushels. BOY TO SCHOOL J. E. Harris, judge of probate, left last night for St. Paul where he took a boy to the state school. He will return to the city Saturday morning. OPEN AIR PROGRAM BY EIGHTH GRADE An out of doors Eighth grade pro- gram will be given on the high school grounds Friday, June 1. The program will consist chiefly of Gypsy dances and drills. The entire eighth grade is to take part in the program. NEW EISHOP NAMED Minneapolis. May 24.—Right Rev. Frank A. McElwain of Faribault, Minn., was unanimously elected { Bishop of Minnesota at the annual election of the Episcopal diocese council of the state here last night. He succeeds the late Bishop Samuel Cook Edsall of Minneapolis, who died February 17. 413 LIVES LOST IN TRANSPORT SINKING (By United Press) London, May 24.—The admiralty today announced that when the Brit- ish transport Transylvania was sunk by a submarine May 4, 1913, 413 lives were lost. The ship was of i 14,371 tons. GOVERNMENT AGENTS ORDER WIRELESS OUT OF SERVICE Two government men of the wire- Tll..less training station at the Great Lakes were in the city today. They advised I. P. Batchelder to take down his wireless poles but permitted him to keep the instruments. They also asked him if he would care to go as a wireless operator for the govern- ment. GERMANS KILL ONE IN AEROPLANE RAID (By United Press) London, May 24.—Four or five German airships raided eastern coun- ties in England last night, dropping upon a bucking broncho roping wild | “Come to the U. of M.'s Glee Club| pomps and killing one. No damage and wooly steers proves to be our (Continued on Page SIX) of any consequence was done. T B e e PPV U UUUUUUU U UUIULY Owing to the war, the railroads of the United States are unable to fur- nish special trains for the National Editorial association to make its an- nual trip this year after its meeting at St. Paul in July and the trip has been called off. This was in substance the message received late this afternoon by H. E. Reynolds, who was sent to St. Paul as representing the Commercial club an dinducing the association trans- portation committee to include Be- midji in the itinerary of the asso- ciation, which was to include Can- ada, the Canadian Rockies and on to Vancouver and return. Extensive plans were being per- fected by Bemidji for the entertain- ment of the nation’s editors, and the turn of fate is a keen disappointment to the boosters of Bemidji. MOOSE WILL INITIATE CLASS OF 20 SUNDAY| Sunday afternoon will be a busy one for the Moose lodge when a class of twenty will be put through the mysteries of Moosedom. The initia- tion ceremonies will be held in Moose hall at 2 o’clock and Secretary Petrie urges that a large number of mem- bers be present. He also says he has a new stunt to be introduced but re- fuses to state what it is, bue it is said to be something on the order of a submarine in action. On Monday night the lodge will give a dance in its hall, when the new members will be introduced tc the; social side of the Moose. Redenbaugh Says Guilty 0f Murder (By United Press) Minneapolis, May 24.—Joe Red- enbaugh this afternoon pleaded guil- ty to the murder of Patrolman Con- nery. He will not be sentenced pending the trial for the murder of Mrs. Dunn. OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT (By United Press) Paris, May 24.—Since May 1, the French report 8,600 Germans taken prisoner in the offensive between Soissons and Auberive.. This is an official statement issued today. WILSON'S CENSORSHIP IDEA LITTLE FAVORED ‘Washington, May 24.—A canvass of the Senate uncovers little cnthu- siasm for any kind of censorship. The senate and house conferees meet tomorrow to decide whether some kind of a compromise shall be adopted. RECONS ,_Up_-to-the-Minute Dispatches by the United i’ress---Greatest Afternoon Paper Serviée THE BEMIDJI DAILY P10 SCX S gwtoriest mapt o = " 45 CENTS PER MONTH RUCTED FOREIGN MINISTER NOTIFIES FRENCH PREMIER WILL DO HER PART COUNTRY SIMENSON BETTER: HOSPITAL REPORT OF BEMIDJI NAVAL BOYS Philadelphia, Pa., May 18, 1917. Bemidji Pioneer: Dear Sirs: In a copy of the Pilo- neer received here today, I see that the report was that Leo Simenson was dead, and wish to inform you that such is not right, and am very sorry that such report should be put out, as such report had never been sent from here, and is just the imag- ination of some people that know nothing about it. I am in the hos- pital corps of the U. 8. S. Kansas and know exactly the condition of the Bemidji boys at all times as I visit those at the naval hospital on shore at least twice a week. Will try to make a report to the Pioneer at least once a week so that people may not hear false reports of the boys. For today’s report will state that Leo Simenson is greatly improved and is able to be up and around. Thomas Coe, who has also been confined to the naval hospital, is much improved. Clinton Crosby, who went to the hospital a few days ago with measles is much better and enjoying a few days’ lay-off at the hospital. George Morrison was sent to the hospital this morning, also a measles suspect. He will undoubtedly appre- clate 3 few days’ lay-off as he is not seriously sick. Will try to make a report of the Bemidji sick list again soon. Anyone wishing to get more defin- ite details may get same by writing or wiring me or Mr. Laliberte. Will be glad to answer any quiry at any time. Yours truly, LESTER FRENCH, clo Hospital Corps, U. 8. S. Kansas, Postmaster, New York City, N. Y. U. S. ARMY UNIFORMS APPEARING N LONDON (By United Press) London, May 24.—One thousand American army uniforms were seen on men and women arriving with the medical units and the engineers to- day. in- PURCHASES R¥“'DENCE —_ Mrs. Adolph Blondo has purchased the residence owned by Mrs. Hannah Nelson on Irvine avenue. (By United Press) Petrograd, May 24.—A speedy re- construction of Russia’s fighting for- ces is promised by the minister of foreign affairs to Premier Ribot of France in a telegram sent to the French premier. The Russian democracy was be- lieved inevitable for the liberty of nations, the message states, and alt possible speed will be made in re- construction of Russia’s military, that Russia may play her part Im common with her brothers in the entente armies. Arras Great Victory. London, May 24.—In the battle o Arras the British captured 21,000% Germans from 40 different positions and a total of 60,000 men, while los- ing only 3,000, General Maurice re- ports. The British losses were 50 per cent less than in the battle of the Somme. Martial Law 5 Is¥in Effect: Fire Probe (By United Press) St. Paul, May 24.—Governor Burn- quist today admitted martial law had been established in northern Minnesota, possibly on account of the forest fire situation. Final action is being withheld un- til reports are received from Fores- ter Cox who is now investigating in Beltrami, St. Louis and other north- ern counties. The investigation is on charges of incendiarism. MEMORIAL DAY (By United Press) St. Paul, May 24.—Governor Burn- quist today issued a Memorial day proclamation. GENERAL PRECIPITATION ENLISTS FOR THE U. S. (By United Press) Chicago, May 24.—General Pre- cipitation is the best ally Uncle Sam has now. Rains saved the wheat crops .n many sections of the coun- try. aiding other grains and food- stuffs. Crops in good condition in the west from recent rains. Frost failed to do any material damage. NOTED WOMAN SPEAKS HERE FRIDAY EVENING ,o 7nie MeColium - Jones, <meaks in Bemidji at the Commercial Friday evening, has al- v-ays been an ardent suffragist but not until the last few years, when the call for leaders became so urgent did she devote her entire time to the suffrage cause. Having been elected Dean of Women at Lombard College, Galesburg, Ill.,, she was just about to take up her duties when she was prevailed upon to take the platform in the interest of suffrage. Dr. Jones has filled many positions of honor and trust, among them the very responsible position of trustee of Lombard college. This institu- tion conferred upon her the honorary degree of D. D. She is one of less than half a dozen women in _the country to be so honored. Vice president of the Associated Charities of Waterloo, Iowa, vice president of the W. C. T. U. of Waterloo and Barre, Vermont, and vice president of the Iowa State Suffrage associa- tion are some of the positions filled by Dr. Jones. She was twice elected president of the Twin City Minister- ial association. Born on a farm and having r'e-l ¢ltb rooms whoceived her very early education in the district school, Dr. Jones is thor- oughly conversant with the problems that confront the farm man and wo- e DR. EFFIE M’COLLUM JONES + man and the residents of the small communities. It was while at Lombard college that Dr. Jones met as a classmate. B. Wallace Jones, whom she married as soon as they were graduated. Dr. Jones has been on the lecture platform for some time having lec- tured on the Passion Play and on other subjects at chautauquas and similar large gatherings. As an orator she is at once elo- quent and forceful, a keen thinker and carries her discourse to a logical conclusion. Those who know Dr. Jones inti- mately think of her not as a lecturer or as a magnetic leader in a big cause, but as a home woman, the mother of two beautiful daughters and a charming hostess over a home where many distinguished persons have been entertained. BACK T0 BEMIDJI Mrs. Art Wright and four chil- dren of Portland, Ore., arrived in Bemidji yesterday and will make their nome here. Mr. Wright has been here for some time making ar- rangements for their mew home. They resided here before moving to Oregon.