Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 9, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME XV. NO. 142. ' STIRRING SCENE WHEN PERSHING “Black Jack” Embarks From BAND PLAYS NATIONAL AIR; OFFICERS STAKD AT SALUTE America; Hard Work On Board Ship Enroute. come to General Pershing on landing stage was a stirring scene. A guard of honor composed of royal Welsh fusiliers was drawn up at the landing, with a regimental band. ‘When General Pershing had been in- troduced to the military officer in command of the port, he inspected the guard of honor while the band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” General Pershing said: “The trip has been delightful, particularly the latter stages, when we were escorted through the danger zone by our own destroyers. Speak- ing for myself and my staff, we are glad to be the standard bearers of America in this great war for civil- ization. Hoves for Early Action. British ‘port and the welcome deply appreciated. ern front.” The British delegatiop -which wel. ‘Rear Admiral 8tileman, “bell and the lord mayor of Liverpool. The ship docked at 9 a. m. Work On Triv. , After the band had played -standing at the salute throughout. The voyage was a quiet one. shing and his staff to hard work with up to act as escorts. R E LRSS R EE RS S &R TRENCH TALES London, June 9.—“No luck —no luck at all,” complained a wounded Australian. “I was hit when the scrapping in the German trenches was at its strongest, and lay for 18 hours. T could hear the fight come near when we were shoved back and then it sounded more distant when we counter attacked. The cavalry came up and helped us capture the village. It was a pretty tough go and the artillery couldn’t help us much. ‘We captured a lot of Fritzes, and one of them, an officer, started handing out 20 mark pieces to our chaps. ——1I hadn’t any luck.” 222233222232 8233 222322322221 general committee for the state Red Cross campaign, according to the an- nouncement made from the state headquarters at St. Paul. E. N. Huntress, experienced Red Cross campaign worker assigned to the Minnesota district by the society’s ‘Washington office, will be state cam- paign director and Harry Wilbern of . Minneapolis will be associate direc- tor. The state quota of the national campaign for $100,000,000 is $2,- 000,000. Two Campaigns in Week. Both campaigns will be carried on from June 18 to 25, set aside by President Wilson as Red Cross week. The state headquarters have been es-| tablished at 1202 First National-Soo ‘building and the city will be directed | from Room 1416 of the same build- LANDS INBRITAIN; WARM. WELCOME| Guard of Homor Drawn Up as British Anthem Follows That of London, June 9.—The formal wel- the “The ‘opportunity of landing at a we received are very significant, and are ‘We expect inj ‘the- course of a very short time to be playing our part, which, I hope,| will be'a very big part, on the West- -comed the Pershing party on board ‘the deck of the liner consisted of Lieutenant General Sir William Pitcairn Camp- the American national anthem, it render- -ed “God Save the King,” all present The time was devoted by General Per- close concentration on the study of “There was great enthusiasm on board when three American destroyers came * x * * * x FY * x EY x * * * x * * * * * EY * * * * Governor Burnquist will head the Photo by American Press Association. CHURCH BELLS RING IN HONOR OF ACTION . FOR AMALGAMATION In honor of the amalgamation of the three Norwegian Lutheran Syn- ods, the Hauge synod, Norwegian Lutheran synod and the United Luth- eran church, the church bells of these three denominations through- out the U. S. were rung today at 10 o’clack. Reyv. ond Johnson, pas- tor- ot ithe Scandinavian Luth- eran church of this city, and Rev. Karl Stromme and wife of Los geles,"Cal.;, who are guestsat-the home of Mrs. Stromme’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Erickson, are present at the amalgamation meeting. The church bell here was rung shortly after 10 o’clock this morning, in com- pliance with the request sent out by the delegates at the convention. GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK IS BROKEN French by all the officers. One fea- (By United Press) ture of the trip was a concert at London, June 9.—A powerful Ger- ! which General Pershing spoke.' man counter attack to recover ground won by the British was repulsed with severe losses and completely broken, General Haig reported today. BODY OF KIDNAPPED INFANT FOUND TODAY Springfield, June 9.—The body of Lloyd Keet, infant son of Banker J. H. Keet, kidnapped May 30, was found today in an abandoned well eight miles from here. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS "FAVOR WAR FARM WORK Owatonna, June 9.—Vacations from four to six weeks for farm work is urged in a resolution passed by the United Commercial Travelers of Minnesota in convention here. This would release 600,000 salesmen for * &k 9 &K ¥ x&¥KKKKKxKx|farm work. Bemidji’sRedCrossChapter | Will Take an Active Part InRedCrossWeekJunei8-25 ing, both offices having been donated by the Soo. Will Be Work for All The work of no private organiza- tion which is aiding in the ‘‘human salvage” work of the war will be in- terfered with, as the Red Cross lead- ers feel there will be work for all in the great army and civilian relief problems which will arise rapidly as the United States enters actually in- to the fighting. Every citizen will be reached with a personal appeal 1in behalf of this “essential arm of the government force,”” say the campaign managers. Bemidji share is $7,000 and the lo- cal chapter of the Red Cross will make a hard campaign in Bemidji land county. Canvassers will be ap- | pointed for the various wards of Be- | midji. {the local chapter and Mrs. A. B, be in charge of (he local campaign. BEMIDJT. MINNESOTA. SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 9. 1917. LEAVING TRAINING STATION FOR WAR DUTY Freshly trained sailors leaving for the Brooklyn yard and active duty ‘after having finished a course of ln- struction in seamanship at a naval training station FENTON PASSES 9. KNAND I8 OFF FOR received toHly cg A post card Chief Ripple from “Dick” Fenton says: “Passed O. K. Off for Jef- ferson Barracks.” Mr. Fenton went to take the examination for enlist- ment in a military band. Watch Liberty =|sanguine hoped for. An-| T. J. Burke is president of | Reynolds, The Liberty Loan mercury is get- ting ready for another' jump. Sub- scriptions to the Liberty Bond issue; are coming in nicely and many are| finding out they can buy at least a $50 bond as an investment. Addi-; tional names added to the list of bond buyers are as follows: C. B. Russell, Florence Lahr, Helen Lahr,; Paul Winklesky, Sarah H. Roberts, | Irene Lahr, E. H. Winter, Mrs. Lee| LaBaw, Julius Miller, Nettie E. H. E. Reynolds, J. W.| Naugle, Austin MclIver, Claude Mec-| White vice president, and these will |Iver, Earl Mclver, K. McIver, A. M. vthe American Medical association to- Hayes, R. S. Rice. | | ment association ended, and with a NORWEGIANS PLEDGE | prevention will prevent an infantile PATRIOTISM TO CONTROL OPSAHL IS APPOINTED UPON COMMITTEE BY N.M.DEVELOPMENT ASSN. Virginia, Minn., June 9.—With a demonstration of land clearing on vacant land northeast of Virginia yesterday, the midsummer meeting of the Northern Minnesota Develop- greater degree of success for the whole sessfon than even the most Douglas Gree- Tey. and assistants, the -outsidera. in attendamce, . have much ¢to be proud of. Mr. Greeley, in particular, has been a dynamic force behind the arrangements, and it could seem that he has taken care of every detail himself. This morn- ing and yesterday when & tour of the city took place, scores of machines were on hand, d every arrangement for the entertainment of the city’s guests had been provided for. Lincoln New Secretary. Fred T. Lincoln, secretary of the Commercial club of Brainerd, was chosen by the executive committee of the Development association for its new secretary, to succeed George D. McCarthy of Duluth, who declined re-election, and he is already on the job. Mr. Lincoln will go to Duluth to attend to the details of the trans- fer of the office. Committees Named. During the afternoon committees were appointed as follows: Resolutions, by counties—Crow Wing, R. R. Wise; Beltrami, J. J. Opsahl; St. Louis, M. B. Cullum; Itasca, S. D. Patrick; Clearwater, G. P. Jones; Hubbard, L. H. Rice; Lake, Chris Jenson; Mille Lacs, H. F. Pose- ‘lay; Cass, Robert De Lury. AGED MAN CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED OF $20 George McGinnis, age 22 years, was arrested last night by Officer Frost on a charge of having robbed a man 67 years old of $20. When arrested he had $58.60 in his possession, and wore his alleged victim’s hat. George McGinnis, so the police report states, put the old man to bed at Arthur Brose's and the arrest was made at the Lake Shore hotel. The police are investigating. LOYALTY TO WILSON (By United Press) St. Paul, June 9.—The Norwegian Lutheran church today adopted reso- lutions pledging loyalty to President Wilson in the war. They elected Rev. H. G. Stud of St. Paul presi- dent, today, Erik Waldeland of Min- neapolis, treasurer, and Rev. N. B. Lohre, secretary. 'THOROUGH PREVENTION WILL GUARD INFANT (By United Press) New York, June 9.—Thorough paralysis outbreak this summer, Health Commissioner Emerson told day. NOT YESTERDAY’S NEWS, BUT TODAY’'S NEWS TODAY---BY THE GREAT "THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ‘ ESQI‘A gociety v 3 alV.® Bemidji and all day groups of Be- midji people stood and watched huge black clouds of smoke rise from the scene of devastation. Late this afternoon the .flames were being swept fiercely between Anderson- Siding and Dr. farm. Across the Red Lake tracks they leaped and it is feared the farms of Dr. Smith and Mrs. Titus will be swept as they are in the path of the onrushing flames. Only a handful of men are against huge odds. WILLIAM REDMOND IS DEAD; SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS AT FRONT (By United Press) Redmond, ers for home rulé, died today in an ambulance on the way to a hospital from the fighting line where he had been wounded. KAISER HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH (By United Press) London, June 9.—Three German had a narrow escape when the rail- way station at Ghent was bombed by aeroplanes, ican dispatch today. 20 MINERS KILLED (By United Press) Butte, June 9.—Thirty-five bodies were recovered up to early this after- The number unaccounted for noon. is 167. Little hope is expressed for any others in the mine . ——— Butte, Mont., June 9.—Twenty men are known killed, and the death list may reach 100, when an North Butte Mining company today. Fire is raging in the mine. Twelve BodxelT Found. Butte, June elve bodies er, formally with the Mon- have been recovered. The mine was ongahela. Benham is still in swept by an underground fire. Of France. the 425 men in the mine, two-thirds are unaccounted for. officers were killed and the kaiser according to an Amer- IN MINE EXPLOSION ex- plosion occurred in the mine of the UNITED PRESS 0D PRICE s HOOVER PLANS T DRAFT VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT NOT T0 BURGLARIZE PEOPLE EXTRA Forest fire is raging northwest of (By United Press) Washington, June 9.—Patriotism will be made the basis of food control in the United States. Authentic power will be used as a last resort. The regulation of prices and supply will be made by g voluntary agree- ment according to the plan of Food Director Hoover. Slackers who might refuse voluntarily will be taken in charge of by requisition. The controlling body of represent- atives from producer to consumer will work out a voluntary agreement designated to conserve the food sup- ply and reduce prices. BALFOUR IS SAFE AT BRITISH PORT (By United Press) London, June 9.— Prime Minister Arthur J. Balfour arrived at a Brit- ish port this morning from his visit to the United States. KING AND PERSHING HAVEJPRIVATE CONFAB (By United ‘Press) Blakelee's fighting desperately With the British armies, June 9. —William Redmond, brother of John Irish member of parlia- ment and one of the fofemost lead- day received General Pershing in. a private audience. NEW CABINET FOR HUNGARY AS] BY EMPEROR CHARLES Zurich, June 9.—Emperor Charles has asked Dr. undertake to form a coalition of a new Hungarian cabinet, according to Budapest dispatches today. I B EEE R R REREERE R & & 4 AMERICANS AT THE FRONT * (By United Press) London, June 9.—Edward Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh got into the Canadian Seventh Battalion because he was nearly ‘“dead broke’ in Seat- tle, with only a solitary half dollar, the property of him- self and a pal, Reed Benham of Wenatchee, Wash. “We saw no chance of raising any coin so we put it up to the half,”” said Fitzgerald. “It was heads, go to Seat- tle, tails go to Vancouver and enlist. I spun the half. It came tails. On Easter Mon- day I got mine at Vimy Ridge. We just stepped over the top and walked along be- hind the barrage. Pretty soon a shrapnel shell busted over me and a chunk hit me in the right forearm, and here I am in Orpington hospital.” Fitzgerald is an ex-railroad- * AAKAA AR A AAR AT AR AR KRR KR AR T A A A R AR Ak kK ARKAKARARRRRRRRARARRARANAARRAAA A I E R RS ERE R 8884 Church Board Would Not Punish Pastor Who Hoped President Would be Slain Minneapolis, June 9.—Held guilty of “immoral conduct” in writing a letter containing profane language and expressing the hope President Wilson “will be shot before the war is over,” Rev. Charles L. Lehnert is today under suspension from the min- istry of the Methodist church. He was found guilty by a com- mittee of seven fellow ministers af- ter a five-hour session in Central German Methodist church, where he had served as district superintend- ent for 18 years. The committee, however, found ‘“‘extenuating circumstances,” and if its recommendation is followed by the Northern German Methodist con- ference, sitting Sept. 20 in Winona,| Mr. Lehnert's suspension will be lifted at that time, and he will be . minister, in whatever church is as- signed to him. Admits Writing Letter. Mr. Lehnert admitted writing an anonymous letter to the Liberty Loan committee, telling them that “the whola push can go to hell, and take Wilson with you,” saying again that they must not take everybody for ““damn fools,” and expressing the hope that “Wilson will be shot be- fore the war is over.” Mr. Lehnert is awaiting action by a federal grand jury, and the church trial at Central church concerned itself only with the moral aspects of the case. The charge found true by the committee was that Mr. Lehnert “has been guilty of immoral conduct for* writing and mailing statements containing language profane in spirit and disrespectful to the government and taose in authority, especially | permitted to resume his labors as aii‘resident Wilson.” ad GERTS PER MONTH - Landon, June 9.—King George to-.. Alexander Wekerle to-