Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 12, 1917, Page 1

e ) THE BEMIDJ 1 DAILY P VOI.'IIEE XV. NO. 144. BEMIDJL mmou. TUESDAY EVERING JUNE 12, 1917. “NOTHING CAN SAVE JITNEY SERVICE IS AGAIN BEFORE COUNCIL; REPORT TO BE PRESENTED Meeting of City Fathers Last Night Held Little Interest; Rest Room Phone Out. KIRK’S APPOINTMENT AS COURT CLERK IS APPROVED Flower Beds May Be Laid Out in Parks; More Pay Voted for City Teamsters. Bemidji’s jitney service again again came before the city council last evening, licenses, tags and fares being the topics discussed and the +gist of the assertions is that the jit- ney service is not what it should be. The matter 18 to be investigated and reported upon at the next meeting, and undoubtedly some marked chan- ges will be made. The meeting of the council held little of unusual interest and routine business occupied the attention of the city fathers. The Rest Room phone bill, which i8 in arrears, was ordered paid by the city and the phone will be taken A letter from Alderman Moberg, who was absent, was read, which re- quested that blue prints for the brick yard road be made by City Engineer Swinson or by some one else compet- ent of doing the work. At this point a wrangle arose between Lahr and Smart over the efficiency of the Ppresent city engineer and his ability to furnish such blue prints. Just as the debate was getting in- teresting Mr. Swinson himself ar- rived and quieted affairs by stating that the desired blue prints- were already in the city clerk’s office. The prints were produced and the argu- ment dropped. The appointment of George Kirk as clerk of the municipal court, by Judge John F. Gibbons, was approved by the council. The bill for additional bridge sup- plies was accepted, payment to be made at a future date. Upon the advice of City Engmeer Engineer Swinson, he was given per- mission to have a plat and blue print made of the Fifth ward and East Bemidji. These will be kept on rec- ord for the city’s own use. The en- gineer was also asked to obtain dirt for filling in around the new bridge; and cinders to be put on. the Mill Park hill. The appointment of John Oliver as patrolman by Mayor Vandersluis, was approved by the council. N. E. Given, chairman of the park board, appeared before the council concernlng flower beds in the park. ‘The matter. was left to President Clark of the council. . The wages of teamsters and their teams for city work was raised from $5 to $6 per day. DUNN FACES MURDER CHARGENEXTTHURSDAY St. Paul, June 12.—Frank J. Dunn, teaming contractor, under in- dictment as the instigator of the plot through which Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn, his former wife, was murdered April 26, will be tried on a first de- gree murder charge at 10 a. m. Thursday in the Ramsey county dis- trict court. Judge Hugo O. Hanft granted the continuance at the request of Attor- ney D. W. Lawler, chief counsel for Dunn, when the latter made his sec- ond appearance in criminal court. The Dunn trial was set to follow im- mediately that of Mike Moore, bar- tender, who was convicted Saturday of first degree murder as the go-be- tween in the murder plot. County Attorney R. D. O'Brien made no ob- jection. . R KKK KKK KK KKK TRENCH TALES London, June 12.—An in- stance of German “Kaiser hatred” was described by a wounded engineer. “In a house in one of the villages we captured a few days ago, that had evidently been some kind cf a head- quarters, there was a large picture of the Kkaiser on the wall. Several German pris- oners were brought in the house. One of them on see- ing the kaiser’s picture spat on it. We asked him why he spat on the picture, and if he was a Saxon. “No Englishman,” he re- plied, “I'm a Prussian, but I'm fed up, and he’s the devil who started this.” X KKK KK KK KK KKK e A e ek ek ke ek ok ke ok ke ok ke ok ok ke ok 1 5.8.0.8.2.82 5858888808888 88088 - Watch Liberty Mercury Rise Late returns from the Liberty Loan campaign in Bemidji have shoved the mercury of the Liberty Loan thermometer up to $60,000, as shown today. It is gratifying the manner in which Bemidji is rally- ing to the loan and many who con- sidered they would be unable to help have found they can do so under the payment plan for investment. Ask about the payment plan and buy a bond. Good investment and many are doing so. Ask your banker to explain. He isn’t making anything out of it, but you will and also help your country win the war. ANOTHER PEACE PLAN IS REPORTED BREWING (By United Press) Stockholm, June 12.—There is a prediction today that a German peace statement will soon be issued by the German majority Socialists and that it will favorably impress the entente because of its liberality. The Dutch-Scandinavian committee membership has telegraphed to Pet- rograd advising the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ council to send delegates at once. COUNTRY BUTTER, TOPIC OF U. S. DISCUSSION (By United Press) Chicago, June 12.—Just how much butter fat and moisture should be in genuine country butter will be de- cided at the Hotel Sherman either to-| day or tomorrow. The question will be decided by the joint committee on definitions and standards which has asked the public to call at the Hotel Sherman and express their views on the matter. The “joint committee” consists of representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, the As- sociation of Official Agricultural Chemists and the Association of American Dairy, Food and Drug Of- ficials. Besides deciding the fate of butter the committee will also con- duct hearings on tentative standards for milk and milk products. NOT JUST NOW, MR. PRESIDENT : - Bemidji, Minn., 6-12-17. To The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co., Bemidji,. Minn. . Gentlemen: .As president of the Campbell Lake Fishing & Hunting Club of Werner, Minnesota, person- ally and in behalf of all members of said club, I hereby demand of you that you publish a retraction of the libelous and; lcnm.loul article pub- lished in your daily paper of June 11 and entitled “Outraged Decency Rises; Debauchery Must Stop; Cross Taken on a Warrant.” I demand that you retract the whole of said article with the ex- ception of that portion which reads as follows: . “The club was closed Saturday night by Sheriff Johnson and on a duly executed complaint prepared by State’s Attormey G. M. Torrance, Roy Cross was arrested for conducting a disorderly house. He was . taken before Judge Fisk and held in bonds of $500 for hearing on June 18. Bonds were furnished.” A. A. ANDREWS. ~— MILITARY TERMS CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW ‘With the United States on the eve of having troops in actual physical contact on the European battle front, an interpretation of the military terms in general use will be an aid to the general reader. The following are among those in constant use: A corps is two or more divisions, commanded by a major general. A division is composed of two or more brigades, also commanded by a major general. A brigade, commanded by a briga- dier generai, 1s composed of two or more regiments and independent companies or battalions. A regiment of infantry consists of twelve line companies and three ad- ditional companies. It is commanded by a colonel, with the following ad- ditional officers: one lieutenant col- onel, three majors, fifteen captains as company commanders, three of them also being members of the colonel’s staff as adjutant, quartermaster and commissary; two lieutenants to each company, one lieutenant acting on each of the three majors’ staff. A battalion is made up of four companies and is commanded by a major. A company of irifantry consists of about 150 men, divided into platoons; platoons are divided into squads. A platoon is commanded by a lieutenant--a commissioned officer; two or more squads are commanded by a sergeant; a quad is commanded by a corporal and comprises seven men besides the corporal. A ‘company of cavalry is called a troop and a battalion of cavalry is called a squadron. A company of artillery is called a battery. It is divided into sections and there may be different numbers of guns, according to the kind of ar- tillery. Three batteries of ;artillery make a battalion. The word ‘“Company,” “Troop’ or Battery” should not be used before the letter as “Company B.” It would be the same as to say ‘‘Street Jack- son.” The letter comes first just as the numeral comes before the word regiment: ‘“2nd Regiment.” (Not Regiment 2nd. Troops are either “federals’” (reg- ular) or National Guard. Every male citizen of the United States between the age of 18 and 45 is a member of the militia. Never use the word when referring to organized bodies of troops. There are no such things as “mi- litia officials” or “army official,” in military parlance. They are Nation- al Guard and Army Officers. A skirmish, engagement, brush, fight or encounter is not a battle. A battle is an engagement for the possession of a certain point and is genera] in its character. Large bod- ies of troops are engaged—more than a bridgade. Otherwise the fight is an engagement, a skirmish or an en- counter. Never say “Captain Jones and his soldiers of Comipany A.” Say “A Company, commanded by Captain Jones,” did so and so. Any irregular body of troops less than a company, or troops, is called a detachment, unless it is a platoon or squad or a section of artillery.| Never say ‘“Lieutenant Jones and a number of men” from such and such an organization. Say “a detach- ment from A Company, commanded by Lieutenant Jomes.” Ammunition is spoken of in terms two) means fifty cantridges—fifty shots. Never say muskets. There are not any. Artillerymen carry pistols and not revolvers. Troops generally move in columns, (The usual celumn is four men abreast—two ranks comprising a squad,™With the corporal as the man on the left in the rear rank.) They go into the firimg line in “‘extended order”’—sometimes referred to as a skirmish line. Troops are sent into battle or. engagement as the firing line, the support and the reserve. The technical unit in line of battle or engagement is the battalion. A picket consists of several men— generally a squad. One of a picket is a sentinel or sentry. In front and on the flanks of the troops in camp are outposts—pickets. All.troops do- ing guard duty, picket duty, outpost duty, etc., are commanded by ‘“The officers of the day,” so designated for a period of twenty-four hours, as are the troops on duty. Troops carry ‘‘ponchos’’—rubber blankets. Not rain coats or rain capes. Mounted troops and drivers are equipped with ‘‘slickers.” A bayonet is kept in a scabbard. A rifle or carbine is loaded with a clip. . Fatigue duty refers to work to be done about a camp. A camp is' “policed” when it is cleaned up—rid of rubbish and the like. A recruit is not a ‘“rookie” unless you want to use slang. The phrase “new recruit” is redundant. The insignia of United States of- ficers designating ranks are as fol- lows: Second Lieutenant—Brown braid on cugls—gold black hat braid, U. 8. on collar, leather leggings. First Lieutenant—One bar on shoulder, other insignia correspond- ing to second lieutenant. . Captain—Two bars on shoulder. * Major—Gold leaf on shoulder. Lieutenant Colonel—Silver leaf on shoulder. Colonel—Silver eagle on shoulder. Brigadier General—One silver star on_shoulder. Major General—Two silver stars on shoulder. Lieutenant General—Three silver stars on shoulder. Full General—Four silver stars on shoulder. All grades wear brown braid on cuffs, gold-black cord on hats, leather leggings and U. S. on collar. SUMMIT SCHOOL DEDICATED SATURDAY State Rural School Commissioner C. C. Swain of St. Paul will arrive in the city Saturday morning to ac- company County Superintendent W. B. Stewart to the town of Summit where they will assist in the dedica- tion of the new school in that town- ship Saturday evening. Mr. Swain and Mr. Stewart will go to the Carr | Lake consolidated school where Mr. Swain will deliver an address to the farmers’ club on “The Purpose of { Consolidated Schools.” 3 BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Iot rounds. “Fifty rounds” «The board of education will hold its regular meeting this evening. It is said there is little of general im- portance to come up. ENEMY,” “45 CENTS PER MONTH ‘»"HAIG TEUTONS HAVE NOT RECOVERED MESSINIS REPORTF Roundup of Slackers is BegunToday (By United Press) ‘Washington, June . 12.—Slackers will be jailed by tonight in many parts of the country. Theré is a wholesale roundup being made today. The government’s sweep will be greatest in the west because western returns show returns far below the = | census estimates. The response in the west amazes registration officials and show slack- er spirit below comprehension of the most ardent pacifists. However, the response as a whole is highly grati- fying. TO I 0. 0. F. CONVENTION R. L. Given and George W. Rhea will leave this evening for Minne- apolis where they go as delegates from the Odd Fellows lodge. IMPROVING STORE. .A. W. preterson, manager of the Bemidji Jewelry store, in the Kap- lan block, has increased the size of his store by taking over the space formerly occupied by Archie Ditty. Mr. Peterson is putting in a large stock of fruits and confections in connection with his other business. ANOTHER MEDICAL UNIT ARRIVES IN FRANCE (By United Press) Paris, June 12.—An American army medical unit comprising 175 men and 50 women nurses reached a French town today. HOOVER DISCUSSES FOOD PROBLEMS OF WORLD (By United Press) Pittsburgh, June 12.—Herbert C. Hoover discussed the food problems of the world at today’s session of the Forty-fourth National Confer- ence of Charities and Corrections. Mental hygiene, health insurance. financial federation and general health topics were taken up at the morning sectional session. Dr. Richard Cabot of Boston will speak on “The Family and the Com- munity” at tonight’s general session. Dr. William Healy of Boston and Mary E. Richmond will also talk to- night. FROM RIDGE, IS ROMFRONT (By United Press) With the British army, June 12. —*Nothing can save the enemy from defeat,” General Haig of the British forces on the French border asserted today. The Germans have not yet recov- ered\from the staggering blow re- ceived at Messinis ridge, and Ger- man gunners flee at the first sight of the approach of the British. Brave as the Germans are it is only a ques- tion of how long the Germans can stand repetition of such blows. Fliers Win Battle. New York, June 12.—The entente victory at Messinis ridge was made possible by blinding the Germans with entente fliers and proves con- clusively that America’s immediate biggest task is the furnishing of 100,000 planes and 10,000 aviators to put out Germany’s fighting eyes, according to Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America. This plan, it is asserted, would end the war in twelve months and save thou- sands of lives. FORESTRY REGIMENT MEMBERS TO MEET TOMORROW: MORNING All applicants for the forestry regiment should assemble at the City hall at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning to be examined for a physical test. L. F. Johnson, forest ranger. DEATH OF BABE Rev. Lester P. Warford, pastor of the Présbyterian church, officiated at the funeral of the infant daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Whitney this afternoon at the residence. The baby died yesterday morning at 1 o’clock and was six days old. In- terment was made in Greenwood cemetery. IR R R R R R R R NN AMERICANS AT FRONT London, Jane 12.—It gen- erally takes two bullets to stop an American. Thomas St. Ledger, of Springfield, Mass., so scarlet-headed they called him ‘““Red” from the start, was bowled over at Lens but it took a bullet through his leg to send him to England on a stretcher. He got that at Vimy Ridge, where the American flag . waved in the smoke of the battle. St. Ledger served nine years in the 23rd and Third United States infan- try. He's hungry for more bayonet work and swears his sorrel-top will be seen in the thick of it again before peace arrives. KKK KKK KK KK 1222233323223 2328 22222t tdd KAKARKRRRARAARAANRRRAAR AR AR KRR Gompers Urges Union Labor To Buy Liberty Loan Bonds Frank Higby, secretary of the Be- midji local of the Bricklayers,” Ma- sons’ and Plasterers’ International Union, No. 24, of Minnesota, has re- ceived the following from the execu- tive board of the International Union: Indianapolis, Ind., June 7, 1917. To all subordinates of the B., M. & P. 1. U. of A: Brothers—The necessity underly-| ing the importance of this question is our apology for this issue. “Liberty Bonds are a safe invest- ment and it is a patriotic duty to subscribe for them.” In these words, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federa-| tion of Labor, has called upon the organized workers of the country to| get behind the government and help to make the Liberty Loan of 1917 a| great success. He declared that it was the patriotic duty of every mem- bher of the American Federation of Labor to subscribe for as large an amount of the Liberty Bonds as his| means will permit. Never before have the workers of America had such an attractive op- portunity to become holders of Unit- {ed States government bonds. , The most gilt-edged securities of- fered for investment of savings have been put within easy reach of all. To enable workers to acquire Liberty Loan Bonds, various methods of pay- ment in small installments have been {devised in different cities and com- munities. Never was the opportunity for popular support of the government jso linked with patriotic service. It has ceased to be a question of “Am 1 able to buv a Liberty Bond?” Bankers, employers and business men |have arranged terms of payment so that every man and woman will be |able to help. The members of this organization should do their best to put this or- ganizat.on in the vanguard of.the subsctibers to the Liberty Loan. Every dollar provided quickly and expended wisely will tend to shorten |the war and save human life. Fraternally submitted, WM. DOBSON, Secretary, B.,, M. & P. L. U.