Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 28, 1917, Page 1

% = We Fained as an educational center was ——————— 1 BEMIDJ1 DATLY VOLUME XV. NO. 131 ‘TOSENIORS HARKS BEGINNING OF END) — —————— = —— FOR CLASS OF 1917 Rev. Osmond Johnson, Pastor of the Scandinavian Lutheran Church, Preaches. -~ METHODIST CHURCH PACKED WITH FRIENDS OF SENIORS Interesting Program Adds to Enjoy- ment of Evening; Sermon in Detail. —— a regular army man and given some intensive military training. MOORE AND DUNN ARE , WEIRD REPORTS ARE ARRAIGNED; PLEAD NOT || ' c4usED BY TESTING GUILTY; TRIALS SET| “rie ENGINE VALVES (By United Press) St. Paul, May 28.—Mike Moore “I heard ”» and Dunn were arraigned today on “I was told b: ”» a charge of murdering Mrs. Dunn. “They sa; ¥ Both pleaded not guilty and Moore’s Ete etey,' ete., etc That the city fire engine was down trial was set for June 6, Dunn’s trial to follow. .at the lake front pumping water from Lake Bemidji into the water FISK MOVES O¥FICE mains. Expostulations- - di - D. H. Fisk has moved his office {aposty anorts « dagnosls expressions of horror, etc., etc., and {;om the O’Lea;i-Bowser hgildlng to| then etc., etc., some more). e rooms on the west side of the The rea the city gl hall at the head of the stairs in the e S Pty ke N a was at the lake shore Friday with a orthern National bank building, | lead of hose attached to it was that Beltrami avenue entrance. the engine was being tested out to A AN AN AAAAAA A At ascertain whether its valves were vantageous ues of his scholarly at- working' properly and __the engire tainments. He was never found reidy for service if called. It was wanting on that score. He could taken to the lake front for the test not have been: “all things to all by George Kirk, superintendent of men” otherwise. Biit his learning the water system, and the fire de- xi“&:‘; barrier l')etween Him and pa;:m;:; ::)otl;lllal:‘; l::?wtesltl'ovel nor o . He didn’t know less of God | 4¢1qnge according to Superintendent .on acgaunt. of his-secular education, LS e e 2 B PRSI but rather more, for the reason that Kirk. his trained and developed mind and WILL MEET TOMORROW AT PUBLIC LIBRARY and to see more of His handiwork The women .of the Red Cross will wherever he went. Nor did the high standard of learning of the people of Corinth in any way hinder them in learning to know God. If it did, the fault was on the side of the ones so equipped for life, and not with the learning itself. This truth applies to all ages and | hold a meeting at the library tomor- row afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and all women whether members are cor- dially invited to attend. All mem- bers are asked to bring a friend who is not a member. The charter has not arrived but the local chapter has been notified to all nations. We may accept it, for it is true of us. Our people have to go ahead with the conduct of its affairs pending the arrival of the been eminently blessed in a multi- tude of ways. America has come to be synonomous with opportunity. charter. The women will take up the sub- ject of knitting at the meeting to Ever since our birth as a nation we have had the privilege of paying much attention to things that are “just.” “pure,” “lovely” and’' of morrow, and in relation to this phase of the Red Cross work, Miss Lycan, secretary of the Red Cross chapter, has received instructions as follows: “‘good report.” Judged by the standards and the programs carried All articles knit of wool are made from Fleischer’s yarn. out by other nations of the world, it must be admitted that in our country righteousness has ruled the Mufflers should be made of dark blue yarn and not gray; 3.50 stitches should be cast on for muff- day. Our deeds have generally squared with our claims. Personal lers which makes it about 10 inches wide. It should be 58 inches long. liberty has been one of the rights highly prized and ‘well guarded. Fre- quently it has been said by our na- tional adversaries that our national Mufflers are the same for army and navy. Two skeins for a muffler and two for a pair of socks are required. COUNCIL TO SELECT NEW ALDERMAN TONIGHT spite of the many evidences to the contrary, ‘“Thou witness, whose of- fice it is to condemn that which is wrong and to approve that which is right, hath been sleeping and art sleeping today. Yes, death hath thee in its never yielding grip.” How mistaken these usurpers of an office which they are not in the least qua- lified to fill! How completely they have failed in the task which they The city council will meet in reg- ular session this evening. Among other matters to claim the attention of the aldermen will be a resolution authorizing an election on the ques- tion of issuing bonds to pay for the new bridge. Alderman Miller having moved from .ne Fourth to the First ward it will be up to the council to name a successor to fill the vacancy. Mat- have undertaken, especially in their inability to distinguish between life thew Larson is being strongly men- tioned for the place. and death when it comes to passing The Methodist church was packed Jast evening, the occasion peing the baccalaureate sermon to the Senior class of the Bemidji high school, de- livered by Rev. Osmond Johnson, pastor of the Scandinavian Lutheran church. The program incident to the ser- mon was varied and interesting, the numbers being as follows: led by glee Hymn—Audience, -club. “The Lost Chord”—Glee club. b; Invocation—Rev. L. P. Warford. Vocal duet—Miss Rosa Kerland, Miss Elizabeth Erickson. Reading from Book of Proverbs— Rev. B. D. Hanscom. Hymn—Glee club. Baccalaureate sermon—Rev. Os- mond Johnson. Address of thanks—Supt. W. P. Dyer. America—Audience. Benediction—Rev. B. D. Hanscom. | THE BACCALAUREATE | 1 Corinthians 1:21—7he worldly wisdom knew not God. It was God Himself who dictated this message and it was the Apostle ..Paul wha wrote it and sent it ta.the Christian church at Corinth. Heaven is heard from on this matter. But didn’t God make a mistake to speak so disapprovingly of that which is termed wordly wisdom? Without giving it due reflection, it would seem that He ought to have declared just the opposite, for the reason that it represents man in the attain- ment of his highest ideal and in possession of his greatest efficiency and ‘usefulness. But what is His decision in this matter? He places man on the very pinnacle of his glory in the balance and he is found wanting. And from the decision of the highest tribunal there is no ap- peal. The only thing for us to do is to listen to the verdict prayerfully and with due meditation. That is at least the attitude all Christian people take when the will of God is done ancG His trutn declared. But what is it really that God finds wanting in this the very es- sence of human attainment? Be- forg drawing our conclusion let us try®o get a clear idea of that human wisdom resting under His condemna- tion and by which none, not even the ones most richly endowed with it, can obtain a true and living knowledge of God. When we come to reflect on these¥?#ords, so easily misunderstood, in the light of all the other declarations of God con- cerning human endeavor and atti- tude, we can’t help but see plainly that it is not the possession of world- 1y wisdom, but the misuse of it, that rests under His condemnation. Far be it from God to say anything to belittle any attainment of which % man is capable when properly used. On the other hand, He has added ex- hortation to exhortation, incentive to incentive, precept to precept to spur man onward and upward in the ever ascending path of human prog- ress. The downward trend of man respecting culture and usefulness, meets as much, if not more, His dis- approval as the one that makes a wrong use of every acquisition in the way of knowledge and the accum- mulated abilities to make use of it. According to the teaching of the Bible, we have no reason to brand ignorance either piety or bliss. The inspired author of dur text came constantly into contact with educated people at Corinth. That place was noted for a great many things, but the notoriety it had judgment on this witness relative to that part of his office of disapprov- ing any infringement of either na- tional or individual rights. The .world knows we are alive on -that subject—yes, the entire world is speedily awakening in that respect. We have made good use of our in- dividual rights in so far as they have advanced our material inter- ests. We rank as the world’s rich- est nation today. The sum total of all our profits have thus been phen- omenal. But with great gain comes added responsibility and we are prone to say, at least in our case, that with increased responsibility comes great- er discretion and kind heartedness. The principle of human rights has also been carried into our public school work. In the school room all receive similar treatment. Parents in all the different walks of life send their children to the same teacher whose care is assigned to their educational interests. She bestows as much care on one child as the other, and is just as exacting with the child of the rich as that of the poor when it comes to the mat- ter of painstaking and diligent work. And this spirit so strongly felt in our schools has been highly beneficial to the cause of education. In our schools we have a true and ‘beautiful embodiment of American <Continusd on Page Four) not to its discredit. And we may feel assured that he who ministered to the spiritual wants,of those peo- ple, hailed with a glad heart every advancement made in the way of dis pensing knowledge suited to the true and reasonable demands of the hour. The apostle was blessed with con- siderable wordly wisdom himself. In learning he excelled as well as apostolic gifts. He had been tutor- ed by the best of teachers and his diligence and studiousness has never been questioned, and we fail to find >’him utter a single word showing that he discounted what he had re- ceived in the schools. On the other hand he treasured it as a gift be- stowed upon him by heaven. On his frequent and extensive missionary journeys he found that -oppertuni- ties were ever present for an ad- When the c¢ity council at a meet- refund saloon licenses after the sa- loons were declared to be existing unlawfully in Bemidji, E. C. Mec- Gregor, through Attorney M. J. Brown brought suit in behalf of the people to restrain the payment of any refund to the booze purveyors No Refund to Saloonists; InjunctionMadePermanent; Council Action is Denied BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 28, 1017. BREAD, PRICE OF INTERNATION? » ANNUAL SERMON EVEN BASEBALL PLAYERS DRILL FOR WAR Members of the Yankees at their spring training camp at Macon, Ga., between innings are taken in hand by TAG DAY SUCCESS; ANOTHER ON JUNE 5; TOBOOSTLIBERTY LOAN Tag day, held Saturday for the benefit of the Liberty Loan campaign in Bemidji, was a succes in mary ways and another tag day will be held June 5, Registration Day. . In Saturday's campaign, a :ittle over $60 was donated, the receipi- ents of the tags giving whatever they were so disposed to help de- fray the expenses of the Liberty Loun campaign. Several young ladies gave what time they were able to the sale of tags and all did exceedingly well. Miss Verna Barker, young daughter of Lieutenant E. A. Barker of the battleship Massachusetts, arrived at the Pioneer office early in the morn- ing and gave the day to the cause o!l’flllberty, turning in $29.72 az her “pit.” For the tag day June 65, it is de- sired that as many girl students as _%,mrgr_ their seryices to the sale of ags, the girls belng in the eighth grade and above. All who will vol- unteer to aid in Liberty Loan tag day should report their names to E. H. Denu, chairman of the publicity committee of the Commercial club, Pioneer office. - TENSTRIKE TURNS OUT TO HEAR PATRIOTIC TALKS Tenstrike turned out Saturday night to hear patriotic addresses. The speakers were P. J. Russell, E. E. McDonald and Chief of Police Ripple, all of Bemidji. About 300 were present. GOVERNMENT TELLS BERGER NO CHANGE (By United Press) Washington, May 28.—Secretary Lansing today told Victor Berger that the attitude of the government refusing passports to any one to the Socialist conference at Stockholm is stil! unchanged and will stay un- changed. PASTOR’S BUSY DAY Rev. M. A. Soper of the American Sunday School Unipn held services Baptist Sunday morning in the church, visited the East Bemidiji Union Sunday school in the after- noon and preached in the Salvation Army hall in the evening. He will hold services at Becida Tuesday eve- ning. ARRESTS FOLLOW RIOT IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY (By United Press) Chicago, May 28.—The arrest of several suspected German agents are expected today as the result of an anti-war riot yesterday. Alien ene- mies are said to have incited the dis- turbances. Eight are being held. and a temporary injunction was is- ing on September 27, 1915, voted to sued by District Judge Stanton. The matter then came up for hearing on whether the injunction should be made permanent and late today Judge Stanton gave out his decision which holds the injunction permanently. Tomorrow the Pioneer will pre- sent the decision and history of the case in detail. AMERICA LOOKED TO T0 PROVIDEBULK 0 WHEAT, SAYS F00 DIRECTOR HOOVE GERMANS ORGANIZING TO OVERTHROW KAISER AND FORM REPUBLIC (By United Press) ew York, May 28.—German born citizens are mailing circulars to all German-Americans organizing the Friends of the German Republic with the object of bringing about the overthrow of the kaiser. An of- fice has been opened here for head- quarters of the movement. GENE BERMAN'S “JIT” CATCHES FIRE; DOUSED * Standing perfectly calm and col- lected, without the least apparent sign of any internal disturbance, flames burst forth from the rear of “Gene’” Berman's jitney as it was i+ standing in front of his insurance office on Beltrami avenue, Markham hotel block, Saturday night. There was an excited rush on the part of the populace in that vicinity and into the Hotel Markham dashed severa. after a supply of aqua with which to douse the threatened con- flagration. Nothing could have cre- ated more consternation in that por- tion of tne city. Mr. Berman wrung his hands and a dishwasher in the Markham wrung a dish rag. The fire bell was not rung. A few pails of water put a quietus on the ambi- tious blaze and beyond a scorched rear seat the jitney came through un- scathed. Origin? Mysfery. “KILL THE DRAFT”, SAYS . BILL; FIVE ARRESTED . (By United Press) Detroit, May 28.—Accused of trea- son in connection with an alleged nation-wide conspiracy, five Detroit- ers were arrested today by federal agents. The specific offense was dis- tributing hand bills bearing the cap- tion “Kill the Draft,” announcing a Socialist mass meeting for June 3. SIMS IS PROMOTED; NAMED VICE ADMIRAL Washington, May 28.—Rear Ad- miral Sims was today named vice ad- miral of the navy by President Wil- son. He is now the second ranking naval officer. B. A. S. WINS The B. A. ». bageball team defeat- ed the Cass Lake nine by g score of 22 to 2 at the ball park, Saturday. The ba..ery for the B. A. S. was Bert Naylor and Caldwell Davic; for Cass Lake, Prumbeater and Wheaton. The feature of the game was the playing of Robert Naylor, who scored six runs. APPOINTS REGISTRARS James Cahill, deputy sheriff, ac- companied by Walter F. Marcum and John Hedeen, visited Grant Valley, O'Brien, Liberty and Northern town- ships Saturday. where he appointed registrars for June 5. The trip was made in the Marcum car. BROOKS SPEAKS TONIGHT AT PICTURE THEATERS M. J. Brown, city attorney, has been named as Bemidji representa- tive of what is known as the Four Minute Men, a national organization which came into being when the United States declared her intent to look after her own welfare as con- cerns Germany. The purpose of the organization is to further the inter- ests of the United States in her pres- ent troubles and the first action aken by Mr. Brown is to secure W. L. Brooks to speak tonight at the motion picture theaters on the Lib- erty Bond question. But a few minutes will be devoted at each theater by Mr. Brooks, who was selected as Beltrami county rep- resentative for aiding the Liberty Loan. (By United Press) ‘Washington, May 28.—Bread s the price of international peace. To provide the minimum bread ration the entente will require over 500,- 000,000 bushels of wheat at the next harvest, Food Director Hoover said today. It will also require from 250,000,000 to 350,000,000 bushels of other cereals. The bulk of the bread burden is upon America because ner crops are short millions of bushels. France's wheat crop is down 56 per cent. Supplies to Russia, Bulgaria and Roumania are practically cut off and Australia and India’s supplies are practically cut off because of the long haul and danger entailed. \Austria Masses Reserves. Rome, May 28.—Austria is mass- ing every man of the reserve for a last desperate stand defending Tries- te. Austrian losses in dead, wound- ed and missing since May 14 is esti- mated at 60,000. France’s Cron Short. Washington, May 28.—The bulk of the bread burden will fall upon America.because the crops of her al- lies are short millions of bushels. The wheat crop of France is decided- ly short. New French Tactics. With the French armies, May 28. —The steady battle which is raging around Craonne may ultimately force Germany to retire from the Meuse. French tactics are to capture small bits of the enemy line daily. DEFENSE LINES INTACT, IS AUSTRIAN REPORT (By United Press) Vienna, May 28.—'Our defense lines remain unbroken,” states an official dispatch today. The claim is made of the capture of 13,000 pris- oners from the enemy since the be- ginning of the tenth battle of the Isonzo. MINNESOTA WOODSMEN TO BE PART OF FIRST EXPEDITION (By United Press) St. Paul, May 28.—Minnesota woodsmen will be sent as a part of the regiment to be sent to France, to operate in the French forests for the allies of the United States. Min- nesota’s quotg will be ready soon. JAPAN WILL SEND TROOPS TO RUSS FRONT (By United Press) Washington, May 28.Japan is ex- pecting to send large numbers of troops to the Russian front soon, fearing an invasion of Asia on the part of the Germans. LONDON ANNOUNCES FORCE FROM AMERICA COMING (By United Press) London, May 28.—One hundred thousand fighting men from the United States will shortly be in France,. says an official statement issued today. RUSSIAN ARMY URGED TO PERFORM ITS PART (By United Press) Petrograd, May 28.—Failure to advance against the Germans means the losing of the fruits of our revo- lution, declared Assistant Minister of War Yankubovisz to the peasants’ congress today. All forces of the democratic army are turned toward inducing the army to fight and steel the people at home to sacrifice.