Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 14, 1917, Page 1

oY | i 1. ] | RARRAERE | — 'TAEETEER R R B ) ; ;‘.i*itt - % = FAANNAR e — | | NOT YESTERDAY'S VOLUME XV. NO. 161. _ BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 14. 1917, NEWS, BUT TODAY’S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS ; 25 MINNESOTA 45 CENTS PER MONTH RUMOR SAYS KAISER HAS ABDICATED 'NAVY OFFICIALS TAKE WIRELESS AT LIND HOME IN MINNEAPOLIS “Sending Instruments Confiscated and Masts Are Torn Down; Lind is Indignant. PLANT DISMANTLED THREE MONTHS AGO ON ORDERS Approved Then by fiaw; Former Governor Refuses to Talk of the Affair. (By United Press) Minneapolis, July 14.—Navy offi- - cials have confiscated the wireless plant at the home of Former Gover- nor John Lind. Officials attempted 40 enter the home but Mrs. Lind re- fused them admittance. Later they Teturned with a policeman and tore down the aerial and consfiscated the| sending apparatus. The plant was dismantled three months ago and approved by navy officials. The wireless belonged to the son of the Linds. Mr. Lind is indignant but refuses to make com- \ ment. PORTUGAL HAS SUSPENDED CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES (By United Press) Lisbon, July 14.—Constitutional guarantees have been suspended throughout Portugal. _.CARNIVAL -CLOSES-THIS- - “EVENING; BIG CROWD WILL SEE ATTRACTIONS! This is the last night of the Dick- erson carnival, given under the aus- pices of the Elks and it is expected the attractions will be packed until a late hour. Last night, despite the counter attraction of the circus the carnival enjoyed a heavy patronage. Tonight the carnival closes and Deer | ! River will be the next stop. ALIEN SLACKERS MAY RE DRAFTED IN U. S. ARMY ‘Washington, July 14.—Escape of British slackers or citizens or sub- jects of any of the Entente Dowers | living'in America from any liability | to military service imposed on the native American will not long bel tolerated by the administration. It is possible should any PERSHING INSPECTING FRENCH GUARD OF HONOR| \ Photo © 1817, by Press Publishing com pany, New York World. At a port “somdwhere in France” at which he arrived from England Gereral Pershing. the commander of the American forces in France. passing before his guard of honor. slon assigned to the American forces in France. General Pelletier, who lost an arm in the war. State Safety Gommission Will Question Shippers of Booze Into Belirami County shipments of beer and other liquors | from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Du- luth to “blind pigs” in the vicinity Beltrami county, have been seized by local au- thorities and are being held at Be- djf,-according-to information sent At the place 6f Chris to the Minnesota Public Safety com- of Puposky and Nebish, mission by the county authorities. by brewers and wholesale blind pigs, the facts obtained will be sion, it was announced today. Railroad Records Checked. |ing to railroad records checked by Beltrami county authorities, 163,721 pounds of liquor were received at MILLION DOLLARS IN (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 14.—One mil- -l\r"v dollars will he expended on a alien ! paya) airplane factory, probably in slackers be drawn for service in the | Detreit, Secretary Daniels announced American national army, it is de- -clared by some of the Entente diplo-' matic representatives, a deaf ear will be turned to any appeal to them claiming exemption. VOLUNTEER SAILORS == LOADED WITH CASH hlueiackat in a party coming from the Amer— ican naval base in France to Paris on | leave had $50 spending money in| his pocket. presented by a well young millionaire. Sailors of the “Death Fleet,”” as they called the group, gave the city! an .exhibition cf rapid money spend ing. Stokers on cne gunboat were com- posed of Harvard and Princeton uni- versity students. One of them cashed a $1.000 check to entertain his friends. After steaming the grime and coal| dust from their faces and hands they | registered at the highest priced hotel in Paris for the three days of their | shore leave. MODERN SAMARITANS WILL INITIATE CLA< Mike Lemmrr~ of TInterna Falls, Mrs. M. Bagneil and M Purdy of Dulutl are in the citv in the interest of the local council of the Modern Samaritans. The Bemidji a large class at its next meeting which wiil be 0dd Fellows hall, Thursday evening, July 19. will follow the regular ledge cession. ional| Friends of members of the order are authorities have been watching all| invited to attend the dance and ban-|/serap iron shipments throughout quet. ‘]ice and men of the Department | fused council will initiate; regular | hombs were given by H. G.-Claugh, held in the|head of the bhureau of to whom the discovery was immedi-| Refreshments and dancn‘z ately reported. today. HIGH TEUTON OFFICIAL RESIGNS HIS POST (By United Press) Berne, July 14.—The resignation ,of Von Stein as Prussian minister at the seat of war is announced offi- icially today in a wireless from Ber- I W. W, ARE GUARDED (By United Press) Columbus, N. M., July 14.—A spe- cial train carrying 1,200 members of the. 1. W. W. arrived here today. | They were heavily guarded and no disorder. 43 BOMBS FOUND IN LOAD OF SCRAPIRON Chicago, July - 14.—Forty-three {bombs, containing, it was said, an I explosive based on a sulphuric com- pound were intercepted by the po- of Justice. 'lhe hombs were being shipped to st 8St. Louis with a carload of p iron. None of the bombs con- rr.n“d a fuse, and it is believed they ere drwl"nod to explode by concus- v hy fire. ’)rw of the theories of those inter- ested in the case is that the bombs designed to explode when a « of the scrap iron was being 1 a manufacturing plant ~tails of the discovery of the quan No investigation, It was said that for some time the the country. Puposky and Nebish are just outside of the Indian “lid” area, but there In view of the pledges just made liquor dealers to the public safety commis- sion that they would stop supplying put up to the dealers by the commis- Between May 1 and July 7, accord- NAVAL AIRPLANE PLAN! Minneapolis, July 14. —Wholesale| Puposky and Nebish from the Twin Cities and Duluth—16,638 pounds of distilled spirits and 146,083 pounds of beer. Three places were, raided by Sher- iff Andrew Johnson June 22 and large quanties of liquor were seized, ‘Rpgers, at Shotley, the officers found 11 casks/| of beer and 87 pint bottles, billed to Nebish by the Minneapolis Brewing company. are no licensed saloons in that ter- Kelliher Joint. :ltory. At the Midway club, kept by Gus Olson, near Kelliher, the officers con- fiscatpd six casks of beer shipped by Beside him in uniform is chief of the French mis- Sheriff Johnson July 7 raided a Puposky hotel an darrested Sibert Mattson for selling liquor illegally. He took four casks of beer, and find- ing a bill for 10 casks from the Fit- ger Brewing company, located the other siy casks_ip a..freight. car. These casks had been shipped in the name of Harold Knutson, which is the name of the congressman from the district, and is believed to be one of the many fictitious names used by the consignees. Mattson had paid the freight and receipted for the beer. The deputies in another raid the Fitger Brewing company, Duluth. At the Battle River Social club, near Kelliher, they took a barrel of whis- ky. shipped from W. L. Perkins, St. Paul, and three casks of beer from the Fitger Brewing company. Two barrels containing whisky in bot- tles, shipped by W. L. Perkins, and one case of bottled whisky from Hur- ley, Bros., St. Paul, also were found. AMERICAN STEAKS LOWER IN LONDON THAN IN AMERICA ‘Washingtn, July 14.—Food prices lin a leading Londen hotel were read “n the Honse by Representative Mad- den of Illinois to show that steaks ard other things imported from Am- | erica are selling for about onehtird less than in the United States. SWEDISH PASTOR CALLS Rev. Axel Lundeberg, pastor of the Swedenbongian church in Min- neapolis, and missionary of the gen- eral convention of the New Jerusal- em, passed through the city yester- day on a missionary tour of the state. He attended the Indian coun- cil while here and at the request of Chief Morrison made a brief address before the council, complimenting the Indians on their remarkable progress. CHILD'S FUNERAL The funeral service for Richard Keehr, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keehr, was conducted| this® afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. M. A. Soper in the Malthy Woodman hall in Rockwood town- ship, Hubbard county, and inter- ment was in the union cemtery. An abscess appeared on the child's head a short time ago and although he had the best of treatment at the Be- midji and Minneapolis hospitals, nothing could stay the hand of death and he peacefully passed to his rest| Thursday evening at 5 o'clock. | | caught two wagons being unloaded at a drinking place, with invoices showing that the shipment cost $739.50. The railroad records, according to the county authorities, show nine casks of beer, of 18 gallons each, shipped by the Minneapolis Brewing company to the two towns within the time specified. LEADVILLE MINE STRIKE POSTPONED ONE WEEK (By United Press) Leadville, Colo., July 14.—The mine strike, set for today, has been i postponed for a week. M’CORMICK BABY DIES Louise Marie, ten-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mec- Cormick of America avenue died at 8 o'clock last evening at St. An- thony’s hospital. Funeral tomorrow at 2 o'clock. NORTHERN MINNESOTA BOOSTER HERE FOR SUMMER C. R. Rank and famxl_v of Minne- apolis, together with friends and relatives from that city, have ar- rived in Bemidji auto, via the Jef- ferson Highway and will spend the summer at their beautiful home on Long Lake. Mr. Rank is a promin- ent real estate and stock broker of Minneapolis, who makes his home during the summer months in this delizhtful climate. He has been in- strumental in bringing many settlers to this section and is fast establish- ing a popular resort along the shores of Long Lake. “Black bass are more plentiful this year than ever,” said Mr. Rank in speaking of Long Lake fishing ad- vantages. The Ranks expect numer- ous guests from various parts of the gtate while summering here. ON AUTO TRIP and Mrd. Frank Pogue, Dan Mrs. Del Burgess will morning for an ex- Mr. Gracie and leave tomorrow ! tended automobile trip on the range. They will stop at Keekatin, Hibbing anhd Virginia. \“CROOKED” OFFICIALS ' ARE DENIED PARDONS, St. Paul, July 14.—The applica- tion for clemency of Walter J. Smith, former state treasurer, and Robert C. | Pickit, former state investment]| clerk, now serving indeterminate! sefftences in state prison for misap-! propriation of state funds, were de-| Inied by the state pardon board. RUSS TROOPS CAPTURE VILLAGE; HARD FIGHT (By I'mte:l Press) Petrograd. July 14. — Russian troops have forced their way into the village of Nivica after hard fighting. They occupy the town. says an official dispatch today. i concert gt WASHINGTONHEARS 2 | REPORT, RESPONSE SLIGHT; GENERALS CALLED M.J.Brown Is On Exemption Board of Draft (By United Press) St. Paul, July 14.—M. J. Brown of Bemidji and Charles Hayden of Blackduck were today appoited ad- ditional members of the Beltrami county exemption board. - CHINESE MONARCHY TROOPS IN SURRENDER - —— T0 BERLIN (By United Press) . Washington, July 14.—Unconfirm- ed rumors reached here early today that Emperor William of Germany has abdicated in favor of his son, Prince Joachim. The report hrought little response from officials. ~While the tension grows it is not believed to have reached the stage where the throne was in danger. Kaiser in Conference. Amsterdam, July 14.—Hindenburg and Luedendorff have arrived at Ber- lin and immediately commenced a conference with the kaiser and crown prince. This is the second such con- ference within the week. — BT g Paver Suppressed. ~< s Amstordam, July 14.—The Lokal Anzeigéf, Uerman pewspaper, has heen suspended {ndefinitely by the government presumeably because of its frank utterances and dlscuaslon (By Unlted Press) Washington, July 14.—A cable- gram to the Chinese embassy here today anfltounced ¢hanges. The en- tire monarchial force has surrender- ed- to the republicans. HOG CHOLERA®CASES Oqllfilv IN1 MINNESOTA Owatonna, 4.—Examina- tions of swine herds by County Agent W. V. Gousseff in Merton and Med- ford townships has led to the dis- covery of several cases of hog chol- era. Immediate steps were taken to pre- vent the further spread of the dis- ease. Mr. Gousseff declares it evi- dently is in no other part of the county. BRITISH TRANSPORT IS SUNK; -SIX KILLED (By United Press) London, July 14.—The British transport Armadle has been tor- pedoed and sunk by a submarine, the admiralty announced today. Six were killed and five wounded. DR. MARCUM CAPTAIN IN MEDICAL RESERVE: WAS NOTIFIED TODAY Dr. E. H. \lar(um tn(l'\) received a telegram notifying him that he had been appointed to the medical re- serve and given a captain’s rating. He will be ordered to report some time next month. Dr. Marcum re- cently took his examination in Min- neapolis. ROBINSON'S CIRCUS HAS NO COMPLAINT HERE Yankee Robinson’s circus had not the slightest reason to regret its coming to Bemidji yesterday, for in the afternoon the regular seating capacity was packed like sardines every availabhle chair was provided, while many stood or sat themselves upon the turf. In the evening., only a few seats were vacant at onc of the far ends of the big canvas. The sideshows were well patron- ized and large crowds stayed for the at which Battling Nelson, former lightweight champion boxer of the world, an exhibition. KNOW THYSELF. In knowledge is power. The more a man knows the clearer becomes his consciousness of ig- norance. The greater his vir- tues the more keerly sensible is he of his defects. The nearer he approaches to perfection the more strongly does he feel that his aspirations can only be fully of the peace situation. 3 AMERICANS REPORTED WOUNDED IN BATTLE IN CAPITAL OF CHINA (By United Press) Washington, July 14.—Three Am- ericans were wounded by stray bul- lets in the battle between the Chi- nese monarchial party and the re- publican forces in Pekin. The mon- archial forces surrendered in three hours. The report was received in America today. GOVERNOR ORDERS I. W. W. FED AT STATE EXPENSE Santa Fe, N. M., July 14.—Gover- nor W. E. Lindsey of New Mexico declaring the Industrial Workers of the World now at Hermanas, N. M., should be treated humanely, but not allowed to cause disturbances, has directed Sheriff Simpson of Lima county to conduct the fugitives peaceably to Columbus and feed them at state expense until the Federal authorities take charge. The governor has wired President Wilson requesting that *“the federal government take charge and dispose of the matter according to federal law and order.” WOODSMEN LEAVE T0 SERVE IN ENGINEERS The following men left for Du- luth yesterday to take final exam- ination for members of the unit of the Tenth Engineer corps: John Knutson, George Leet, Hans Hagen. Those who left early this morn- ing are Wilbur Miller, Julius Mil- ler, William H. Jackson, Dewey Mills. Ray Lord, Gregory S. Malone, Floyd Donaldson, George Nelson, Glenn Winnegar, Morton W. Adams, Charles Gould, John Messelt and Otto Whipper. “Those who pass the final exam- ination are likely to go direct to Jef- ferson Barracks,”” said L. F. Johnson, district forest ranger, this morning. Mr. Johnson is taking applicaticns and will probably have another lot to send next week. ACHENBACH CALLED FOR HOSPITAL CORPS Lester Achenbach. Mrs. John Achenbach. left this morning for Madison, Wis., where he will join the “TU" hospital corps of the Second Wisconsin regiment. Mr. Achenbach received his call vester- day to report at Madison toda Af- ter the company is assembled, which will be in a few days, it will go in- to training at Camp Douglas, Wis. Lester is an old time B. H. S. foot- son of Mr. and realized in the great hereafter. —_— P ball and baseball star, a graduate of the class of 1913 and is a junior at the University of Wisconsin.