Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 27, 1917, Page 1

“VOLUME XV. NO. 157. GUES HIGHWAY TRIPPERS S AT OPENING BEMIDJL. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 27, 1917. - OF BIRCHMONT; - FULLY 20 0 PRESENT The return of the Jefferson High- way Sociability run coincided with the formal opening of the Birch- tmont hotel last evening and the -citizens of Bemidji were hosts to #the highway trippers at the banquet § board at Birchmont. Fully 200 were i served in the spacious dining room]| ! of the beautiful hotel and the affair was. doubly enjoyed owing to the ¢ presence of visitors who represented ¥from Winnipeg to Denison, Texas. The dining room, an- attraction in itself, was devoid of decorations ex- <cept the side lights being shaded in red, white and blue lanterns. The tables were decorated with white car- nations. Favors were red American| Beauty roses. The courses were served, inter- ‘mingled with music, song and ad- dresses, wnich was the cause of much ‘favorable comment, both from our .distinguished visitors and towns- people. To the owner and manage- ment of the Birchmont hotel belong the credit of making an impression that will be lasting and bound to re- sult in widespread advertising for Bemidji and her beautiful summer hotel. F. S. Lycan, president of the Bel- trami county Jefferson Highway as- -sociation, presided, and in opening stated that the Jefferson Highway was the best maintained of any high- way in the United States. The first speaser was J. D. Clarkson, general manager of the highway, whose home is in Des Moines. He spoke briefly, narrating the incidents of the jour- ney from Winnipeg to New Orleans in which 264 cities and towns were scheduled for stops and only six missed. Every city and town sched- uled on the return was touched. The due at Winnipeg next Friday night. Uses ichway. Mr. Clnrkxzm‘x)f ag'slsll'lted'vthe high-' way demonstrated it was a business as well as a pleasure proposition. The further south the party proceed- ed the more intense the interest be- came and Premier Norris and his cabinet accepted their warm recep- tions not as personal but as the feel- ing of the American people for Can- ada. New Orleans, long famed as a sporting center, was awake to the coming of the Canadians and were met far out by the mayor and head cf the police department and escort- ed into the city.: The police cleared Canal street and a hugh crowd thronged the thoroughfare. Watches were held as many had bet as to whether the party would arrive on schedule time and the arguments re- solved themselves into whether the party was 15 seconds ahead of sched- ule or 30 seconds late. Mr. Clarkson stated the trip ad- vertised the highway as no other and that over 3,000 newspapers car- ried accounts of the trip. He also classed it as educational, and cited instances to substantiate his asser- tion. Only_Differe; Thomas H Johnson mlmster of public works of Manitoba, was the next speaker and he spoke at length upon the relations of Canada and the United States. He said the only difference betwen Canada and the United States was that ‘“‘on our side (Continued on last page) - e - s e A A A A A A A A A NN JEWETT T0.TOUR WEST WITH RACING TEAM C. W. Jewett returned this morn- ing from Minneapolis where he closed a contract with Alex J. Sloan, the well known Chicago auto racing manager, to tour the West with Mr. Jewett's special Ford championship Tacer “Bigmidj.” Mr. Sloan has a team of racers who hold various world’s records and expects to open the season at Cal- gary. Canada. Mr. Jewett will leave shortly for this city and continue on the tour west which will take about a month. PASSES DAYLIGHT BILL (By United Press) Washington, June 27.—The Sen- ate has passed the daylight bill pro- viding that béginning" April; 1918, the clocks of the country be turneéd forward oné hour for five months “thereafter. BE CANNY Home preparedness — cans fcaded with food. That rubber ring you put on a preserving jar helps you to streteh your income. The awful question “What shall T have for dinner?” is | easilv answered if your shelves | are full of home canned prod- | ucte. i Can’t eat ’em all in sum- | mer? Not enough in winter? ‘; Home canning is the answer. You put a lid on waste everv time you seal a preserving jar. Canned berries are bird- preof. Frost doesn’t vegetables. Canned green peas and yel- i low peaches help fight the blues. See that your garden pro- duces dry beans, cabbage, po- tatoes and root crops that can be kept without canning. nip canned Sixth Annual PARK RAPIDS INVITES BEMIDJITO CELEBRATE start was May 14 and the party is|. DROP GOLF STICKS FOR THE HOE 3 Photo by American Press Association. The members of the Dunwoodie Country club, near Yonkers, N, Y., are now sultivating their spare acres to increase the nation’s food supply. BATTLING NELSON WILL SHOW HERE WITH CIRCUS FRIDAY, JULY THIRTEEN Word has just reached here that the Yankee-Robinson circus is com- ing Friday, July 13, and that ad- vance agents will be the city in-a few days to complete the final ar- rangements. ' Some of this year’s new features «|are the new pulley pulley system by A. M. Bagley, president of the Be- midji Auto club, today received an invitation to join with the Park Rap- ids Auto club in its Fourth -of July celebration. They urge that all club members as well as all car owners attend. The features of the celebration in- clude a grand industrial parade, dances, baseball games, auto races, motorcycle races, etc. Reservations for Bemid)i cars will be made at the fair grounds, provided the Park Rapids Auto club is notified. DAILY AUTO SERVICE BEMIDJI TO KELLIHER Frank Ward has started a new automobile service between Bemidji and Kelliher. The car leaves the jitney stand at 7 o’clock each morn- ing and returns from Kelliher at 5:20 o'clock each evening. The trip to Kelliher by train is a bad one as it takes two days to make' the round trip, which can be made by automobile in one day. Ward charges five cents per mile. COCCHI IS BRANDED WHITE SLAVER ALSO (By United Press) New York, June 27.—The first evidence linking Alfredo Cocchi, who murdered Ruth Krueger, with inter- national white slave ring, comes from Blackwell Island. Prisoners are branding Cocchi as agent for such urganiz.ation. MOOSE MEET TONIGHT The Moose lodge will meet this evening in’ the Moose hall at 8 o’clock. Chippe wa Convention Closed Tues. Red Lake, Minn., June 27.—The sixth annual Catholic Chippewa Con- gress was brought to a successful close yesterday afternoon. The last business meeting, at which officers for the next congress were elected, was held in the open. Neetob was elected president of the next congress. (His full name is Neietowab, Chief Little Thunder, of Red Lake. Nah-wak-way-ga-baw of Ponsford was elected vxce presi- dent. The treasurer for the next meet- 1ing is Rev. Thomas Borgerding of Red Lake. Mike Bagley of Ponsford is secretary. The next meeting is to be held at Ponsford. This congress was a grand suc- cess. Delegates from Cass Lake, Bena, Ball Club, Pine Point, Beau- liey, White Earth, Leech Lake and Fond du Lac were present. The weather was pleasant and most of the meetings were held in a bowery. “Captain John Smith,” the oldest Chippewa, was present. Bishop Qorbett of Crookkton administered confirmation on the first day. which elephants instead of men pull up the large tent, a machine stake puller and electric lights. Battling Nelson. former lightweigh boxing champion of the world, is with the show and appears twice daily with his sparring partners. EXEMPTIONS HARD; MUSTPROVEREASON (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 27.—Exemption for occupational reasons will come hard. Claimant must prove industry is indespensable to the maintenance of national interest and also that his services are virtually indespensable to industry. Appellate boards, not local boards, will determine indes- pensability of industry. LEOPOLD WOULD HAVE PEACE (By United Press) Washington, June 27.—King Leo- pold of Bavaria, who is commanding some German forces, has conspired with the Russian agitator, Lenine, toward getting general peace without annexation or contribution, accord- ing to deductions from a message to the state department. WAR DEPT. DECIDES ON DE MOINES FOR CANTONMENT SITE (By United Press) Washington, June 27.—General Barry has recommended that Des Moines. be retained as. the canton- ment site despite the efforts of Min- neapolis. Cedar Rapids and Omaha to get it. The war department ap- proves the recommendation. FOUR MORE ON FIRST WARD RED CROSS LIST The following names as members of the Red Cross chapter from the First ward, which were received too late for publication in last evening's Pioneer, should be added. The lists published thus far from that ward does not indicate the full member- ship as some joined the local chapter before the committees began active work. The additional members are A. A. Warfield, James E. Black and Mrs. James E. Black. NORWAY HAS: REACHED CRISIS WITH GERMANY (By United Press) London, June 27.—Norway has reached a crisis in relations with Germany. Information indicates that she will pot submit to Germany’s arrogant demands as to commerce shipping. The German campaign has already reduced Norway's ship- ping by almost one-third. It is believed that Germany is try- ing to terrorize Norway which ships congiderable fish, nickel and iron to England. Sherman Completes State Exhibit Itinerary For TripThrough OtherStates v immigration, has just completed the “For at this fair the International Soil Products Exposition, the Nation- Fred D. Sherman, commissioner of,ltlnerary "’ said Fred D. Sherman. itinerary for exhibits to be made at the various state and district fairs by the state board of immigration. These exhibits are displayed in a large tent and consist of all kinds of grains, both thrashed and in the sheaf, tame and wild grasses, clover, timothy and alfalfa, fruits, vegeta- bles and some manufactured prod- ucts. Thousands of maps and pieces of Minnesota literature will be dis- tributed at these fairs. The follow- ing is the'itimerary prepared: Rock Island County Fair, Rock Island, Ill.,, August 21 to 24. Streator, Ill.,, Fair, Streator, Ill, August 27 to 31. Indiana Spate Fair, Indian- apolis, Ind., Sept. 3 to 7. South Bend Fair, South Bend, Ind., Sept. 11 to 15. Peorfa, Illinois Fair, Peoria, 11., Sept. 18 to 29. Dairy Cattle Congress, terloo, Ia., Oct. 1 to 7. “The fair at Peoria, Wa- I, al Implement and Vehicle Show and the Peoria District Fair have united in one grand exposition and will make it much larger and more at- tractive than any state fair in the circle. At this fair, we will enter into competition with about a dozen Northwestern states for the first prize exhibit. The first prize con- sists of a six-foot silver cup, valued at '$500 and $300 in cash. Various other prizes will be rewarded and Minnesota will contest for all of them. “I have made arrangements with the Peoria fair authorities to set aside one day as ‘Minnesota Day’ and I am planning to have a large dele- gation of Minnesotans present there on that day to boost for the ‘North Star State.” Members of the state board of immigration will be present as well as delegates from the various railroads, eivic and commerce asso- ciations, commereial clubs and all kindred bodies. Tt is estimated that is the|a delegation of at least twenty-five most important fair we have in the|will attend the fair on that day.” A OREER RGER TELE GRAM URGING UST ENROLL OUR FU LL QUOTA FOR ARMY PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION To Mayor of Bemidji, Minn.: “I hereby designate June 23 to 30 as recruiting week for the regular army, and call upon all unmarried men, between the ages of 18 and 40 years, who have no dependents, to present themselves for enlistment dur- ing the week here designated, to the number of 70,000. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. Mayor C. W. Vandersluis today re- ceived a message from President Wilson, Captain Green of the United States army and Col. Eva and the Third Minnesota regiment, all relat- ing to the present enrollment week, and urging tne mayor to impress the public with the importance of se- curing men for the national guard and regular army. The message from Captain Green says, “We expect you to enroll your full man power and offer them to the nation July Fourth.” The mes- sage from the president contains his proclamation and the one from Colonel Eva urges Bemidji to do its duty. They tell the whole story and are herewith printed in full: Cant, Green’s Message, Duluth, Minn., June 26. —All eli- gible men should answer this call. Each town by organized effort should prepare lists of eligibles, and show daily who answer and who do not. Here is a test of the manhood of i e your city. We ask each town to give this call personally and individually to each eligible. Let them know the urgency of the call. Let them know you expect them all to respond. On July Fourth, publicly enroll and honor the men of your town who answer when the president calls. Have them enroll for the regular army or national guard and report to me on July Fourth the number of men who will enlist in the regular army and the number who will join the national guards. The county seat must see that all other towns in their county receive this message and begin work at once. All details will be arranged later. Do not walit for help from here. We expect yon to enroll your full man power, and offer them to the nation July Fourth. Do not consider details. Begin now. The nation can do no better than your town. Great results will fol- low organized effort. This oppor- tunity will be lost July Fourth, and all results published to the world. (Signed) ' GREEN, cantain 7. 8. Army. ‘ Wire From Eva, Duluth, Minn., June 26, Honorable Mayor, Bemidji, Minn. —Supplementing telegram sent you v Captain Green, T desire to empha- size the duty of your citizens to in- sure for Minnesota its wolunteer quota, short 1,200 men in the na- tional guard organizations, in addi- tion to needs of regular army. Other states have completed recruiting. Shall it be said we failed? I need vour co-operation. (Signed) HUBERT V. EVA, Colonel Third Minnesota. INDIAN AGENTS GET LI 14 MEN PAY FINES QUOR IN J. BLONDC'S Indian Agent J. P. Brandt and as- sistants entered the restaurant of Joe Blondo this morning and in the basement of the building found a quantity of liquor. Blondo was ar- rested by Deputy United States Mar- shal A. H. Jester and was brought hefore Uinited States Commissioner H. A. Simons. On the request of P. J. Russell, attorney for the defense, the hearing was deferred nntil July 7 and bail was set at $500. RED CROSS_TINme Wiy J, EXCEED $5.000 MARK The total of the Red Cross fund has reached $4,800 and some sections of the county are not yet in. The indications are that the final total will exceed the $5,000 mark. 14 EMPLOYES DISMISSED (By United Press) San Francisco, June 27.—Federal investigation has disclosed a draft ring alleged to have made $100,000 permitting Chinese coolies to slip through the immigrant station. The charges led to the suspension of four- ten employes. WOMEN REMAIN HOME; ACCOMMODATIONS POOR (By United Press) London, July 27.—The allies will shortly call on American women to make the supreme sacrifice and stay at home, instead of rushing to France to be near husbands and rela- tives injured or killed in fighting. The request will be made on account of the serious food shortage. Hotel accommodations also make it unde- sirable for women to come. IN GIBBONS COURT Ole. Olson, an employe of the Great Northern pool room, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon by Chief of Police Frank Ripple on a gamb- ling charge. He was brought before Judge John F. Gibbons this morning and a fine of $25 was imposed. Three intoxicants, arrested by Patrolmen Oliver and Frost, were al- 80 brought before Judge Gibbons and fined $2 each. All the fines were paid. AGITATION GROWING PRUSSIANS THREATENED (By United Press) Berlin, June 27.—Agitation for immediate liberization in Germany is growing. Conservative newspa- pers favor a greater reform. Prof. Huntze, itherato a conservative, says, ‘“We Prussians cannot stand alone in the midst of Germany and resist liberalism in Europe and the world. We are threatened with dangerous isolation from the world’s people.” FOOD BILL ADDED TO (By United Press) Washington, June 27.—The Senate agriculture committee has added the regulation of copper. lead, lnmher and timber to the food control bill. COMMITTEE TO URGE PEACE (Bv United Press) Petrograd, June 27.—The congress of workmen-soldiers has decided to send a delegation of six members shortly to Stockholm, England and France to urge a peace conference at an early date. Jefferson Highway Party Left On Schedule Time The Jefferson Highway party left here this morning on schedule time (8 o'clock) enroute to Winnipeg, ac- companied by Mayor C. W. Vanders- luis, F. S. Lycan, chairman of the Beltrami County Jefferson Highway committee, and C. C. Gowran of La- vinia. They will accompany them to Red Lake Falls. At Gonvick, ten cars from the Red Lake agency, headed by Superin- tendent W. F. Dickens, met the party and joined them, making the trip to Red Lake Falls. things just a little different,” said a member of the party before leav- ing for the west. ‘It certainly was a treat to ride on the placid waters of Lake Bemidji and be entertained so royally at one of the most beau- tiful summer resorts in the coun- try.” A number of other cars planned to join the party and make the trip to some of the neighboring cities. Reports from the Jefferson Highway Man state that along the line from Bemidji to Red Lake Falls good- sized crowds met them at every sta- “Bemidji has a knack of doing!tion.