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

’ VOLUME XV. NO. 137. GERMAN CHARTER GRANTED BELTRAMI COUNTY RED CROSS, SAYS LETTER RECEIVED Minnesota’s Share of National Red Cross Fund is $2,000,000; Dollar Per Year. BEMIDJI WOMEN ARE URGED TO JOIN IN CHAPTER WORK June 18 to 25 Red Cross Week and Minnesota Will Do Her “Bit”; Local Chapter to Take Part. Miss Donng Lycan today received mnotice from Washington that the charter for the Beltrami County Red Cross chapter has been granted and it is now up to the women of Be- midji to do their “bit” in the great Red Cross work. President Wilson has appointed seven commissioners to take over the Red Cross work of the national organization. The first move is to call for $100,000,000 from the people of the United States and this is an easy matter for a member- *ship in the Red Cross for one year is only one dollar, and Bemidji should do her share in the work of the Red Cross. $2.000.000 for Minnesota. There are, for example, three mil- lion homeless and hungry persons in northeastern France. They must be clothed and fed and lodged. France is fighting for her very life, fighting with a noble desperation that has challenged the admiration of the world, . She must be relieved of the burden of caring for the stricken population of the region overrun by the Germans. This is only one phase of the work which the American Red Cross has determined to take up, and for support.of which it appeals with confidence to the American people. o be raised, two “4million ars is AN “sumn - allott! to Minnesota—a scant dollar apiece for us. , Red Cross Week. June 18-25 has been named as the week in which America will raise the hundred millions required. In that week Minnesota must bring for- ward two of those hundred millions. We Americans do not yet know what war means. We do not appre- ciate the tremendous sacrifices the peoples of Europe have made and are daily making, the constant drain on their resources, the necessity they are under of giving and giving and giv- ing. We do not at all realize the pnvatlons the sufferings that fol- low in war’s wake. No Longer Bystanders. It is time we began to understand, and to act on our understanding. We are about to send men across the water to support the greatest move- ment for human liberty in history. We must also send money, and send it freely. We must learn to give, give, give. We are no longer by- standers watching the conflict. We are in it and of it. We must take up our burdens, and bear them' like men. Two million dollars from Minne- sota for the Red Cross! LONGBALLA FIRST T0 DIG NEW POTATOES BMartin Longballa today brought to the Pioneer office three new pota- toes, about the size of hickory nuts, dug from his garden. The plants were started inside and transplanted a short time ago. The small spuds look healthy and would make ideal scarf pins if set in gold or platinum. \ IDJ1 DAILY P BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 4. 1917. PICK A HERO. ANNAPOLIS BOYS ARE TOLD Pnoto by Amerlcan Press Association. 25Deputies are Register Day Sheriff Johnson was busy all day appolntipg deputies to act during registration day tomorrow. He has named 25 good men who will have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs and they will look after all actions cal- culated to v2 in violation with the war laws of the United States. PAT CASEY, DIGGING , SEWER; BRORSSHOVEL TO BUY LIBERTY BOND St. Paul, June 4.—J. L. Leidl of F company was crossing Rice street during the final drive of the civilian aulxliliary when he was stopped by a call: “How much are those bonds you’re sellin’ 2" He looked around and saw no questioner. Then the call came again. Liedl finally located its source in a sewer. “Faith, an’ me name is Pat Casey, and I want to help Uncle Sam by buying a bond, if $100 will do it,” said g laborer from the sewer. The sale was made in short order. NO WORD RECEIVED | FROM P. 0. BIDDERS Postmaster Ritchie has heard nothing from the bids for the new $65,000 federal building to be erected in Bemidji, the bids scheduled to be opened May 31. Bemidji contractors sent in bids for the general contract and are awaiting word from Washington. The bidders were from various parts of the country and it is presumed it will require a few days to decide the contracts. MISS NEWTON HOSTESS Miss Bessie Newton entertained a ‘number of friends Saturday after- noon at 5 o’clock lunch. The guests were Misses Helen Lauritzen, Gladys Loitved, Grace Miller, Nellie Crowell and Avis Guyer. National Socialist Officer Qults- Says Party Menace New York, June 4.—Asserting that the Socialist party ‘is probably the greatest single obstacle to the prog- ress of socialism in America,” and has been ‘‘committed to a program esentially unneutral, un-American, and pro-German,” John Spargo, So- cialist writer and member of the na- tional executive committee of the So-| cialistic party, announced that he had resigned from the party. “Now, as always, I am a Socialist, an internationalist and an anti-mili- tarist,” Mr. Spargo’s letter of resig- nation said. “I leave the party with which I have been identified from its formation and in which I have been privileged to hold the highest posi- tions in the gift of the members, be- cause I am profoundly convicted that it has ceased to be an efficient in- strument for the advancement of so- cialism.” Partv on German Side, Mr. Spargo declared that the So- | cialist party as a whole ‘“has been, with notable uniformity, on the Ger- man side,” and added: “Through the utterances and ac- tions of the national executive com- mittee, the national committee and our press, the party has been placed in the position of favoring precisely the things desired by the German for- eign office and of opposing the things the German foreign office opposed. We have repeated all the miserable evasions and apologies of German statesmen and been silent upon those questions on which the German in- terests require silence.” Mr. Spargo intimated he would join with others to form a new so- cialist organization, a “re-orientation of the social Democratic forces of the country upon a sound program of Democratic public ownership.” GUARDSMEN NEED NOT REGISTER, WORD (By United Press) Washington, June, 4.—National guardsmen will not be required to register tomorrow whether in the Federal service or not, according to Provost Marshal General Crowder to- day. Register in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., June 4.—National guardsmen of Wisconsin must reg- ister tomorrow regardless of the or- der from Washington, said Adjutant General Holway today. RECEPTION PROVES COOL 'OR_AMERICAN SLACKERS Lareda, Texas, June 4.—Young Americans who have been crossing into Mexico, ostensibly to mine or prospect for oil are meeting with lit- tle .encouragement, according to in- formation.received from the interior of Mexico. Neither American nor employers are giving the ers consideration. Watch Liberty Mercury Rise European newcom- $100.000—| 95.000— 90.,000— 85.000— 80.000— 75.000— The 183 midshipmen who were hurriedly graduated from Annapolis Navaliacademy as soon as war seemed inevitable weve told by Secretary Daniels to select a hero in our navy to ndmln. especially Admiral Dewey. In the above picture the graduates are standlng in front of Bancroft hall, AdvertisingTax Sworn In For sexteromwasintonjg Agreed Upon (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 4.—The senate finance committee today tentatively agreed to impose a tax or two per cent on advertising, as a tax on all newspapers and periodicals.. 125.000 NATIONAL GUARD IN EUROPE BY NEXT WINTER (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 4.—Five divi- sions of the national guard, about p 125,000 men, will be in Europe by winter, if present plans are carried out. NATIONAL GUARD TO JOIN THEIR COMMANDS WHEN ORDERS ISSUED (By United Press) Washington, June 4.—National guardsmen protecting bridges, etc., will be ordered to join their com- mands when the guard is called out in July or August. SOCIALIST CANDIDATE REPUDIATES RESOLUTION Yonkers, N. Y., June 4.—allan L. Jenson, who was candidate for pres- ident of the United States on the So- cialist ticket at the last election has announced at his home here that he will resign from the party unless it repudiates the anti-draft resolutions adopted at the St. Louis convention April 7. TO U. C. T. CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koors will motor to Owatonna tomorrow where Mr. Koors goes to attend the state convention of the United Commercial Travelers as a delegate from Be- midji. PATRIOTIC SPEAKING IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT There will be speaking this eve- ning on Third street and in the Fifth ward by members of the Public Defense committee, the addresses to be brief and of but few minutes’ duration, on the situation as it con- fronts Bemidji and the war. State’s Attorney G. M. Torrance and.City Attorney M. J. Brown will address an open air meeting on Third street, between Beltrami and Minne- sota avenues, and E. E. McDonald and W. P. Dyer will speak in the Fifth ward at 8:30 o’clock following the speaking on Third street at 8§ o'clock. The band will play and both meetings will be brief. DAN GAINEY JOINS THE “PIONEER” STAFF Daniel Gainey, one of the gradu- ating class of the Bemidji high school, today joined the staff of the Daily Pioneer and will work in hoth the news and business departments. Mr. Gainey is a most capable young man and is entering upon his new field of endeavor with a zest which is highly commendable. He has been the Pioneer’s high school re- porter and demonstrated his effi- ciency. OLDIERS HAVE QUEER N6 PRISONERS e 711U BELIEVE AMERICA WILLHAVE INDEMNITY TO PAY; SEE FOES STARVING REGISTER TUESDAY All male persons, citizens or aliens, between ages of 21 and 31, except those already en- listed, obliged to register. Here is authorized data for regis- tration-day, tomorrow. ‘WHO MUST REGISTER—AII male persons (citizens or aliens) born be- tween the 6th day of June, 1886, and the 5th day of June, 1896, both dates inclusive, except: Members of any duly organized force, military or naval, subject to be called into mili- tary or naval service of the United States; including all officers and en- listed men of the regular army, reg- ular army reserve, officers reserve corps, enlisted men’s reserve corps, national guard and the national guard reserve recognized by the militia bureau, the navy, the marine corps, coast guard, naval militia, na-. val reserve force, marine corps re- serve and national naval volunteers, recognized by the navy department. WHEN—Between 7 a. m and 9 . m. WHERE—In your home precinct. HOW—Go in person to the regis- tration place to your home precinet. If you expect to be absent from home g0 at once to the clerk of the county where you now happen to.be, or if in a city of 30,000 or more, ‘to the city ¢l1érk " ana' fo tions; if sick, a friend. The clerk may deputize him to prepare your card. PENALTY FOR NOT REGISTER ING—Liability to a year’s imprison- ment; then enforced registration. BRITISH WREST BACK POST FROM GERMANS (By United Press) London, June 4.—The British have wrested back the lone British post gained by the Germans Sunday south- east of Cserisy, General Haig re- ports today. Teutons Gain Foothold Paris, June 4.—Strong German at- tacks northwest of Froidmont farm gained the enemy a foothold on the advanced element of the French po- sitions, is an official announcement today. SIXTEEN INDICTED FOR CORNER ON EGGS Chicago, June 4.—Federal war against food speculators manifested itself here when a United States grand jury returned indictments against nine firms and sixteen indi- viduals connected with the Chicago Butter and Egg Board charging vio- lation of the Sherman law. The indictments charged fraudul- ent manipulation of the market to establish an abnormal condition and advance eggs to an unwarranted price, it being asserted that Chicago being the principal egg market of the country, prices in other cities followed the lead set here. | St. anti-trust | (By United Press) With the British armies, June 4. —War will be over and a stagger- ing indemnity will be saddled onto the United States before she knows she is in, according to the Prussian nltlgltude. German prisoners reflect this. An arrogant German officer pris- oner jeered contemptuously as he stood in a barbed wire compound fresh from the battlefield where the Canadians had mauled his division into scraps. “Before America awakens we will have starved England, France and Italy into submission and have made peace with Russia, leaving you alone in the fleld,” he asserted. * He called American preparations a bluff and stated the war would be over before the air fleet of the United States is finished. Germany is prepared to fight on the defensive indefinitely providing she keeps her hungry people in line. The Prussians base their hope on their U-boats and separate Russian peace, and while the American pub- lic is sluggish, Hohenzollernism is rampant. There is no indication of a revolution in Germany soon and the only antidote is to fight. FourA[rGSIsam (By United Press) Paul, June 4.—Four arrests were made today for distributing anti-draft circulars, FOREST FIRES SWEEP RUSS WHEAT ELEVATORS (By United Press) Petrograd, June 4.—Forest fires in the Mink region have already swept 7.000 acres destroying 3,000,- 000 bushels of wheat in elevators. It is believed the fires are of incendiary origin, BRAZIL WILL SEIZE 46 GERMAN VESSELS Rio Janetro, June 4.—President Braz has signe? o decree providing for the utilization by Brazil of the German ships in Brazilian ports. It is believed the degree will be put into effect at once. Forty-six German merchant ships were laid up in Brazilian ports early in the war. The vessels aggregate 240,779 tons, of which the largest is the Hamburg-American liner Blu- cher of 12,350 tons. Thirty-three of thie vessels are of more than 4,000 tons each. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS PROCLAIMED IN KRONSTADT (By Umled Press) Petrograd, June 4.—The fortress at Kronstadt is under control of the workmen and soldiers’ committee and independence and a provisional gov- ernment has been proclaimed. Bemidji WillHaveCompany In Minnesota Home Guard The movement on the part of the state authorities to form a home guard organization throughout Min- nesota is under way in Bemidji and a home guard company to affiliate with the state home guard will be organized here, the nucleus being the Civilian auxiliary. The formation of the Bemidji com- pany is in the hands of a committee consisting of Thomas Swinson, Oscar L. Dent, H. J. Loud, P. E. Geier and R. W. Liebsle, and signers are being secured for membership. The mini- mum number for the company is 52,] the maximum is 72, and the mem- bership will consist of those exempt from draft, ages ranging from 31 to 52 years. The new company will be under the jurisdiction of the Minnesota Public Safety commission of which Oscar Seebach of St. Paul is chair- man. The srate furnishes guns, am- munition and other equipment except uniforms. It is anticipated no diffi- culty will be encountered in securing the required number of names. The company members will be under no obligation to federal regulations, but their duty will be toward the state and within the state. When the re- quired number of names have been secured a company organization will be effected with officers. A state officer will arrive in g few days to inspect the company for mustering into the Minnesota Home guard. "