Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1917, Page 1

' Sent VOLUME XV. R0. 70. FRENCH SWEEP ENEMY ON B 1273 Citizens Deport 1. W. W.:Mob of Bemidji commenced this afternoon to clean house. She commenced by a posse of citizens led by Mayor Vandersluis rounding up in the busi- ness district twenty members of the Industrial Workers of the World and escorting them to the Great North- .ern depot where 20 tickets were pur- chased and the mob loaded on the train, their destination being Ebro, Clearwater county, thirty miles west of Bemidji. b A huge mob gathered at the depof but there was no disorder. Among the I. W. W, deported was the local secretary, Jess Dunning. A woman also taken by the posse commenced loudly to curse the gov- ernment and she was taken to the %depomd mob_was sent out on " the 3:17 train this afternoon. After the train left the crowd pro- ceeded to the store of Morris Kap- lan and informed Kaplan that if he did any more agitating or aided or abetted the I. W. W. in any manner hereafter he would be put out of town. Then the posse went to the second hand store of E. W. Hannah and 5 'Dave Robertson and them the same thing Kaplan was told. Before the crowad left Kaplan they hoisted a new American flag over his store. The crowd then went to the law office of W. N. Weber and told him o o ~ -~ ENE POINT IN ILLUSTRATION A brief telegram was received last night from the Minnesota Public Safety commission, St. Paul, addressed to Chief cf Po- lice Ripple, advising that the city of Bemidji guard its water system plant. No details were given, only the warning, and Chief Ripple immediately complied. A guard will be maintained indefinitely. A large crowd of the leading busi- ness men of Bemidji gathered in the 4 - Commercial club rooms yesterday af- ternoon to discuss the public safety of Bemidji. It was an informal meeting and the puniic affairs of Be- midii as regards the conserving of its busines sinterests was the topic. Included in the gathering were E. L. ‘Carpenter, head of the board, of djrectors of the Shevlin interests; H. Nichols, all of Minneapolis, and these gentlemen spoke briefly upon the relation of the Crookston Lum- ber company to Bemidji and the re- lation of the city and county to the industries maintained by the com- pany. Out of City CONSERVATION OF INDUSTRIES, TOPIC OF BUSINESS MEN . Hixon, another member, and J. A.| what had been told the others. When ‘Mayor Vandersluis told Webber to cut out his I. W. W. proc- livities Weber called the mayor a vile name and the mayor knocked him down. Weber afterwards went out on the streets and commenced to | orate and the police arrested him. ’ The crowd also went to the 0. K. restaurant and told the proprietor that if he didn’t cease his 1. W. W. agitation he would also follow the bunch sent out of the city. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Baker have adoptad a little four-weeks-old girl. The baby has been named Rose Ma- 'rie. morning with the baby via Minne- apolis. NEW ARRIVAL Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Albin Lar- son, Sunday morning, a son. Larson is section foreman. MOVIE MANAGER HAS HEEDED COUNTRY’S CALL From the movie scenes of battle to the real fighting grounds of France is the step Glen Harding, manager of the Grand theater, will take, his start being tonight when; he leaves for Jefferson Barracks to join the Tenth enginers, soon to be sent to France. - N e i €¢. W. Harnwell was named as chairman and E. H. Denu chosen | secretary. Various angles of the question and the industrial situation |in Bemidji were discussed openly and !thoroughly, among the speakers be- iing Sheriff Johnson, Stat's Attorney Torrance, Mayor Vandersluis, City |Attorney Brown, E. E. McDonald, iChief of Police Ripple, H. J. Loud, {Dr. G.°M. Palmer, head of the Bel- trami County Public Safety commis- sion. B. W. Lakin, logging superin- tendent, Crookston Lumber Co., { while many others made suggestions MTr8. Baker returned yesterday.|- Mr. and county attorneys of certain Mon- § '/;&‘} P ST I i*ioto by American Press Association towis ranid COLLEGE MEN OPERATING GUN IN AERO captain of the Yale freshman hockey team, 1916, and R. G. famous varsity oarsian and captain, 1916, operating a United fire anti-aircraft gun. mvz axcere ez | Vlontana Governor Will Not Dally. With-1 Helena, Mont., July 25.—Sheriffs tana counties where the I. W. W. are alleged to be active, was directed to- day by Gov. Sam Stewart and Attor- ney General Ford to proceed vigor- ously against all law breakers. It was suggested that county commis- sioners appoint extra deputy sher- iffs. A roundup of all members of the I. W. W. occurred Monday night in Townsend, Mont., according to word received here. A number were ar- rested and given jail sentences of 30 to 60 days on bread and water. Division superintendents of all railroads operating in Montana were summoned by Governor Stewart to! a conference here Thursday to see what can be done to keep ‘“‘migra-! tory trouble makers’’ from travellng“ on trains free of charge, and to ar- range for guarding railway pronertv after the state troops leave Mon- tana August 1. MEN RECOMMENDED FOR GUARD OFFICERS Captain Thomas Swinson of the| Bemidji Home guard has recommend- ed the following for officers of the new company: Commissioned—First lieutenant, Roy W. Liebsle; second lieutenant, Verner A. Stewart. Non-commissioned, provisional rec- ommendations. First sergeant—A. B. Palmer. “Supply sergeant—H. J. Loud. Duty sergeants—S. T. Stewart, Alex Doran, D. J. Moore, J. P. Brandt. Corporals—B. R. Erickson, A. L. Barker, J. M. Herbert, S. A. Cutter, C. D. Fisk, W. A. Coe. To rank as corporals—T. C. New- or interpolated ideas pertinent to the subiect matter. The result of the meeting was the taking of initial steps for the pre- cervation of Bemidji industries, its business and all that pertains to the i public welfare of all Bemidji and its | people. Must Co-overate. Mr. Carpenter stressed tie need of |en-cperation on the part of the peo- iple of Bemidjj if the Crookston com- panv was to continue to be inter- jested in Bemidji, and that co-opera- |tion would be demanded if the com- {pany was to rebuild its burned mill land resume business. What he had to say was listened ito intently Many in the gathering| had, before the meeting, hardly the islightest idea of conditions as they| have existed and what has had to! |be combatted, and without an ex-| |ception they offered their hearty co- operation for the future of Bemidji.! ton, musician; W. P. Foley, mech- anic. Guns and ammunition for the guard will arrive next week. Drill will be held Monday evening. MOONEY JURY STILL OUT; ACQUITTAL SEEN| (By United Press) San Francisco, July 25.--The Rena | Mooney jury is still out. Unless a| verdiet is reached by night a dis—l‘ agreement will be accepted. It is| rumored the jury. favors acquittal. | | This is one of the murder cases! growing out of the dynamite explo- sion in the preparedness parade some time ago. W. W, Directs| County Authorities To Act HANS HAGEN DEAD, SAYS MESSAGE FROM JEFFERSONBARRACKS The first of the men who have been contributed by Bemidji to the cause of their country has given up his life, a telegram received here this morn- ing from Jefferson Barracks, Mis- souri, stating that Hans Hagen had died. No particulars were given. Hagen was one of those who offer- ed his services in the Tenth engineers (Foresters), the regimert being raised by the government for men to act as engineers in the handling of the forest products of France for the entente armies in construction work. Hagen was of Bemidji. He did not, perhaps, occupy a high plane in the community, but when he heard the call of his country he enlisted to fight for his country and for Be- midji and was the first to give up his life in the service, in a training camp the same as-he had vclunteered to do if necessary in whatever was asked of him. Hagen had done what thousands of others have not done. Hagen did what many others in Bemidji have not done. He volunteered for his country and his name is entitled to shine with the same luster as any other who ever donned thc uniform of a United States soldier to up- hold the Stars and Stripes. Hagen, a bartender if you has done his “bit.” BOWERS ENLISTS IN ENGINEERS; FIRST MAN DRAFTED IN COUNTY Harry T. Bowers of Eckles, who was No. 258, the first man drafted from Beltrami county in Friday's drawing in Washington, didn’t wait for the cal of the drafting board. His country said it needed him and that settled it. Bowers came to Be- midji and enlisted in the Tenth en- gineers, (foresters) and tonight will leave for Jefferson Barracks, Mis- souri, to go into: military training. With Bowers will go Oliver A. Crowell, Claude Mclver, Glen Hard- ing, Carl J. Rygg, William H. Gro- ver, Erwin Godfrey, Merlin N. Reyn- olds, Edward J. Sawyer and Walter Kittleson. These men were all enlisted by Forest Ranger L. F. Johnson.* will, TWO0 NEW SILOS John and Fred Swenson of the town of Frohn are erecting cement silos on their farms. 'NOT YESTERDAY'S NEWS, BUT TODAY'S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS THE BEMIDJI DAILY P BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 25, 1917. CRUSHED SUDDEN EXTRA Owners Of Waterworks “Appeal For Protection (By United Press) ..St. Paul, July 25.—Chicago owners of the Bemidji, Minn., waterworks today appealed to Governor J. A. A. Burnquist to protect the plant, fearing 1. W. W. attacks upon the plant. 'WHAT WAS WRONG, IS QUESTION STATE WILL ASK NEW SETTLERS F. W. Peck of the University of |Minnesota was in Bemidji today, a {guest of Forest Ranger I.. F. John- son. Mr. Peck being on a tour of the northern part ‘of tle state, out into the country, visiting farmers and personally seeing how they are get- ting along. Mr. Peck is on a misston which 1s one of the most important vet urder- taken by the state. It is to ascer- tain from the settlers in northern Minnesota personally what thev have encountered in starting life in Northern Minnesota, what their troubles were, even financial oucs. In this way a compilation will he made so that all new and prospec- tive settlers will have at his finger ends what he may expect and what to do to help himself make good. NO POISON DISCOVERED IN MOREHEAD WATER, IS CHEMISTS REPORT (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., July 25.—Chemists today reported they found no poison in the Moorhead, Minn., water tank. Authorities held two men believed to have dropped something into the water tank supplying the city. ENLISTS IN ARMY Farnham Watson, who has been employed as mail clerk on the line between Warroad and Crookston, left last night for Duluth where he will enlist in the army. RUSS GENERAL HOPEFUL “(By United Press) Petrograd, July 25.—‘“Yes, I be- lieve in final victory for Russia, otherwise life would not be worth living,”” General Brusiloff said to- day. He thinks the war will end by autumn. 'SEVERAL ARE KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION (By United Press) Halifax, July 25.—Several were I killed and 51 entombed today in a | mine explosion at New Waterford. Gas caused the bilast . CROWN -PRINCE IS i . (By Unifed Prots)" & ¥ UNDER A LEAP OF IRRESISTABLE FOE (By United Press) With the French armies, July 25. —In one short stroke the French army has completely wiped out all Germany gained in the last six days at a prodigal sacrifice of blood, steel and powder along the Chemin des Dames. The defense of this highway paral- lels in brilliance the throwing back of the German waves at Verdun. Since Saturday the crown prince of Germany has made violent thrusts continuously. He has suffered en- ormous losses to gain ground foot by foot. Then, the French suddenly leaped forward and swept the Germans out of their costly gains. This battle has become known as ‘‘the second Verdun.” FIGHTERS ARE FLOCKING TO ENLIST; CHOOSE THE - BRANCH ' PREFERRED s | ST ‘New York, July 26.—Men of dght- ing age are flocking to Wur service Reports being recelved from all over the country denote a big increase in enlistments. Many of draft age who wish to choose the branch of service or fear they will not be drawn until the second quota are enlisting. . It might be interesting to those drawn for the first army in Beltrami county which includes the first quota to know that they may enlist up to the time they are called to report. When drafted, they will be assigned by the military authorities. If they enlist before they may select the branch of service they desire. LACK OF SHIPPING IS GIVEN FOR DELAY IN SENDING OVER TROOPS (By United Press) Washington, July 25.—The larg- est number of Sammies the United States can send abroad by Septem- ber, 1918, is 600,000, it was semi- officially stated today, along with the declaration that not more than 100,000 men can be in Europe by next January. Lack of shipping fa- cilities to get the troops across is the principal reason for the pessimis-~ tic cutlook. . 8. ALL By MIIIInSITPdGIIYlEss ) Washington, July 25.—Returning military mea today say America must give ali to turn the fortunes of the war. (By United Press) El Paso, July 25.—Villa has cap~ tured Jiminez and two other Mex- ican mining towns, is the report ta Washington today. AMERICA’'S WAR SHARE (By United Press) Washington, July 25.—Ameriea’s share for the first year of the war will be $17,000,000, Senator Smoot today told the senate. THIS IS WAY THEY DO IN CLEVELAND, 0. (By United Press) Cleveland, O., July 25.—Three Ohio Socialists were today sentenced to one year in the workhouse for aiding a slacker to escape registra~ tion for the army. PERSONALITY. — Be yourself. ness. Ape no great- Be willing to pass for A good cent is Affect what you are. better than a bad dollar. no oddness, but dare to be right, though you have to be singular.