Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 31, 1917, Page 1

) /of the races and Jewett is now con-| 1 \ sidered to be one of the very best of tions in Canada, Mr. Jewett stated e Fears Felt for Corn in Some ‘Sec- -er and rains in many sections were ‘life savers. -for laborers. WOLUME XV. NO. 175. UGE " RAIN SAVES CROPS REPORT; A RIVED N NICK OF TIME| = g TEE “Minnesota, anom and’ Montana! -~ All Send Out Reports of Heavy Rainfalls. b ’ SMALL GRAINS “NOT- HURT - tions on Account of the \ Extreme Heat. “The crops of the Northwest were gaved just “in the nick of time.” As a result prospectg are now brighter ‘than for some wi past. -This is the word that is-“reported ‘from points in Minnesota, the two ‘Dakotas and Montana. Cooler weath- There is no telling what would ‘have happened to the crops, especial- ly the flax and corn, if the excessive ‘heat of Saturday and Sunday had :continued, say the farmers. Western Minnesota “Safe.” In Western Minnesota the small grain crop, including rye, barley and wheat, was so far advanced that the hot wave could not damage it. . All of the small grains has ripened at the same time and there is a big demand The farmers in the vi- inity of Ortonville have sent out an 0. S.” ery for help. -Unless there ‘is some let-up in the heat corn will 'be endangered, it is said. ‘Western North Dakota and Eastern ‘Montana, where heavy rains fell, are ‘rejoicing today. ;{mfirogs we;e in danger of being literally burned up. “Phe rains ¢aVed - thousands:- upon thomnds of acres of wheat, say “those in touch with the situation. . D, is Drenched. Bismagk,DN. D., July 31.—Three drenching showers which followed “the extreme heat of Saturday, cou- pled with cool cloudy weather. made millions for central North Dakota farmers and saved thousands of fields of corn. potatoes and flax which were “believed lost. Rain fell over a wide section of the “Slope, and there was little sun Sun- day to prevent the moisture from soaking in. Conditions were ideal for corn and potatoes, which prompt- 1y revived. Late wheat, rye and oats were greatly benefited, the timely moisture insuring well-filled heads. Had the parching heat of the past week continued twenty-four hours “longer the major portion of late- planted flax would have been a total “loss. CONGRESSMAN VISITS P. M. Congressman Van Dike of St. Paul was a guest of Postmaster Ritchie -yesterday, the congressmai 'being on | ¢ a return home from ‘a brief outing. He will return to Washington in a couple of days. ports things humming in Washing-| ton. _:l“;;vett Will Return To The congressman re- | Photo by American Press Assoclation. GEIR ACCEPTED FOR OFFICERS CAMP; C. C. Luncheon will be served at the Commercial club rooms tomorrow and will be followed by the regular meeting of the club. The meeting is a very important one and the en- tire membership of the club is re- quested to be present. Among other important matters to come up at the meeting! 18 the selection of a new cers training camp. BEMIDJI SAMMIE, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, WRITES HIS PARENTS The first letter to be received from a Bemidji Sammie in France was re- ceived today by Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Newton. 701 Mis: ippi avenue, fre= their con. D 1 F. Newton. The young man enlisted at Ft. Lo- san. Colo., last January and was {sent to the Mexican border where he was assigned to the Twenty-sixth Tinited States infantry. He was with ‘the first American contingent sent to France with General Pershing. His letter was written July 2 brought to the U. S. under the sol- dier frank and remailed at New York July 26, after going through the censor. " The letter says ,writer is feeling fine and enjoying the new corntrv and that ‘he is ‘somewhere in France.” His parents hadr’t heard” from him for over two months. . It is the belief Newton is the only {Bemidji boy in France with the Am- erican forces. Racing Game When Ribs Are 0.K.; Tells of Canada “Chad” *(C.,W.) Jewett, owner and driver of Bigmidj, the world's fastest light weight car, who return- ed home last week with three of his ribs broken and a most startling and spectacular ‘record as a ‘“speed mer- chant” which he made in the Cana- dian races, left Bemidji about four weeks ago and went to Western ‘Canada where he was booked to ao- ‘pear with his Bigmidj at all the big contests to be held under the super- vision of the International Motor Contest association.: The novelty of Jewett’s small car and his already high record gained his entry into| the races, but the fearless driver soon showed that he was a factor to he Teckoned with in the championshipfi""’s- races. The races were held at all the large points in Western Canada sueh as Winnipeg. Calgary, Red Deer, Ed- monton, Saskatoon and Brandon Eight fast drivers competed the eight. Jewett has been competing George (Texas) Clark, present hold-! er of all world's records on a dirt The drivers with whom in all| speed marvel, and Dave world's endurance champion. Jewett was in 46 events and com- peted in his little Ford with the world’s fastest big cars. The sec- ond day’s racing put Jewett into the world’s championship dirt track series. In the final elimination con- test Jewett won second place, while Horay captured the highest prize. All the races were held on half-mile dirt tracks. While passing Kline in an Italian jcar in the races at Brandon last week Jewett’s light car skidded and in or- der to save piling up the other cars behind him, Jewett turned into the fence and in the smash-up broke his It was because of the accident that he returned home for a short time. When Mr. Jewett left Canada he had an even break with the three highest drivers who are taking part in the races. Speaking of the financial condi- Koetzla, that every indication showed the are: [eountry to be in the very hest of con- !dition. The crops in general are ex- ceptionally fine and western Canada is getting plenty of rain. While the track for a distance of from one to ten miles; Ben Gerioux, who drives a “French ‘car; Fred Horay, dirt track' races were being held in Edmonton (Continued va Page §) secretary to succeed Philip Geier who is ‘to leave for-the front in.a short time, he having passedl for the offi- and | the, BEMIDJI. MINNESQTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1917, e At g AMERICAN DESTROYER VISITEDBY EN GLISH KING TR A — S R T When our destroyer fleet reached England to take part in ridding the seas of the submarine King George V. pald his respects to the flagship. on which you see him. with the American saflors {n the background. Second Class To Be Called Sent Out By (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 31.—The second class of 755,700 men, registered un- der the dmlt will be called upon for examingtion early, it was announced today. Seven days after the first call is examined the second quota will be posted for examination, early in August probably. Further exemption rulings are an- nounced today: Medical students and men serving in the Red Cross ambulance compa- nies have no valid claims for exemp- tion or discharge. Agricultural workers and muni- tion factory hands also will be great- 1y restricted in exemption claims, it is intimated. Although these industries are not specifically exempt, appeals are pour- ing in for favorable rulings. Crow- HEAT CUTS RECEIPTS OF P.0.; LOWRECORD SET, REPORTS RITCHIE Not only was Saturday the most sizzling that ever happened in Be- midji, setting what is claimed to be a heat record for the city, but it also set a new record in the postoffice during the regime of Postmaster Rit-| chie. ‘“‘Saturday’s receipts in money or- ders and postage stamps were the smallest since I've been postmaster,” declared Mr. Ritchie. ‘‘Never saw anything like it. We scarcely did any business worth mentioning.” NO ONE KILLED IN NAVY YARD ACCIDENT (By United Press) New York, July 31.—Positive de- nial was made today of reports that some were’ killed when a gangplank broke in the Brooklyn navy yard yes- terday. EXEMPTION CLAIMS ARE RUNNING HIGH (By United Press) Washington, July 31.—Claims for exemption are running high. The percentage of claims for exemption are higher than anticipated. GENERAL 0TIS DEAD Los Angeles, Cal., July 31.—Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, president and general manager of the Los Angeles Times, died yesterday at the home hlere of his son-in-law, Harry Chan- dler. DESMOINES SWELTERS WITH 100 PREDICTION| (By United Press) Des Moines, Ia., July 31.—A maxi-| mum temperature of 100 is predicted ~wwwicrrovoreow) Saon For Examination; Notice Beltrami Board der declares the members of local boards must consider themselves :raned for that work and unnnot re- gn. Notices Ou 7 Sheriff Andrew thhfnrzon today stated that the Beltrami county ex- emption board started this morning to get out the notices for the drafted men to appear before the board. The board will commence to call in the drafted men next Tuesday and will continue to sit until all the men from this part of the county have heen called. Mr. Johnson also stated that he thought that the beard would meet at Baudette the following week, de- pending on whether or not the work at this end of the county is completed by that time. B A BLOOSTON'S CLOTHING STORE MOVES; LARGER QUARTERS ARE NEEDED L. Blooston is moving his stock of men's clothing and furnishings to the store recently vacated by the Beltrami Music company, a few doors |wpqt of Mr. Bloostons former location on Third street, In his new location, Mr. Blooston will have much better facilities.for conducting business and will greatly enlarge his stock and add new lines. Mr. Blooston is one of the ‘“old war horses” of Bemidji's mercantile cir- cles and his new move finds him still stepping along in the front ranks. LYCAN RETURNS TO NAVAL DUTIES TODAY Wilbur Lycan left this noon for Philadelphia to return to duty aboard the battleship Massachusetts. Mr. Lycan has been home on furlough for the past week. ——— TERRIBLE ARTILLER PLAY IS FOLLOWED BY BRITISH SWEEP: FRENCH PRESS ROAD WORK SHOULD CEASE IN HARVEST SAYS COMMISSION Dr. G. M. Palmer, chairman of the Beltrami County Public Safety com- mission, has received the following from the Minnesota Public Safety commission: It has been recommended by va- rious authorities that county road work be suspended during harvest season. The commission, upon con- sideration of this matter, deems it best not to issue an order, finding that each piece of road work must be. judged on its merits, and that in many cases the prosecution of road work is of the highest importance. Except where road work is a pressing necessity, farm labor should have a precedence by all | means. You are ndvlsed to give !his matter your consideration and to take it up with your county authorities if any work is be- ing done which could bé put off till after harvest without in- Jury. Very respectfully, JOHN 8. PARDEE, Secretary. DITTY'SBOOKS SHOW | LARGE INCREASE OVER THOSE OF LAST YEAR In the return of the hooks of as- sessment by City Assessor Archie Ditty, it is ncticed they show an in- crease over last year of $125,660, which will mean that Bemidji will have approximately $10,000 more than it received last year from its tax assessment. Last year’s figures show an assess- ment of $36,674 in class No. 2, while Mr. Ditty's figures show a total of $53,368 in the same class. In class No. 3, last year's figures were $390,849, while Mr. Ditty turn- ed in assessments totaling $507,178. Class No. 4 shows that last year $53,371 was r-ported as assessed valuation, while this year the books show $66,012. The work of Assessor Ditty and that of the board of review this year is said to be better than ever and the figures, showing the increase in rev- enue Bemidji, will receive, indicate careful work and good service for the salary paid by the taxpayers of Be- midji. NONPARTISANS START NEW PAP. IN GRAND FORKS Bismarck, N. D., July 31.—Backed by members of the Nonpartisan league, the “Grand Forks American’ has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000. ON BUYING TRIP W. N. Bowser left Saturday night for Chicago wh re he will spend ten days looking over the market and buying stock. U. S. NOT OBLIGATED TO RESTORE ALSACE (By United Press) Washington, July 31.—The United States is not obligated to follow France in her ambition to regain Al- sace Lorraine, it is stated here today. Nor are the American relations to- ward the entente such that the gov- ernment would necessarily demand freedom for certain districts of Aus- tria. OFFICIAL WAR REPORT (By United Press) London, July 31.—England has lost 71,889 killed, wounded and here today. No rain is predicted. missing during the past month, it} was officially announced today. l HEAVY RAINS ARE REPORTED LAST NIGHT (By United Press) S8t. Paul, July 31.—Reports of rains throughout the northwest to- day bring hope for parched crops. Soaking showers fell in various sec- tions last night. In Pierre, S. D, 2.3 inches fell; Huron, 2.2 imches; Alexandria, Minn, 1.85; Duluth, 1.32 inches. RAIN REVIVES HOME GARDENS IN BEMIDJI While it wasn't a soaker, the rain last night was as welcome as any- thing could be in Bemidji and this morning home gardens were bowing in their vefreshed condition. The shower also cooled the atmo- sphere and made the night more comfortable for sleeping. (Bulletin) By United Press With the British armies, July 31. —General Haig sent the German crown prince’s army reeling back from an unparalled blow north of the river Lys. The French are swarm- ing over the enemy’s first and second line trenches crossing the Ypres-Lil- lie canal. The British took Labas- seville in the first dash. (By United Press) ] London, July 31.—A huge battle is just starting on the Flanders fromt, advises General Haig today. He re- ports a furious artillery bombard- ment, indescribable in tury, has been raging for the past week. The duel is described as the most utunlc of the entire war, [Caadialoct i L Steikes Hard, &l ol =4 London,l‘lfixly 31. ——Geneml Halg struck a hard blow today over a wide front north of the river Lys in Belgium, captured the first objective point and is making satisfactory progress .to all positions; it i3 offi- cially reported today. A large num- ber of prisoners were captured. French Sween Forward, Paris, July 31.—Suddenly assum- ing the offensive the French swept forward today to complete success in their first objective over a front of more than a mile in the Chemin des Dames. A German counter attack was thrown back. " i CHAUTAUQUA OPENS - THURSDAY; TALENT OFEXCEPTIONAL CLASS Bemidji's big chautauqua opens Thursday of this week at the corner of Bemidji avenue and Fourth street and the program for this season is conceded to be the strongest and best in the history of the Chautauqua as- sociation. Tickets are being sold rapidly and all who have thus far neglected to purchase their season tickets should do so immediately. Season tickets for adults are only $2, children’s season tickets $1. On the opening day of the chautauqua the adult season tickets go to $2.50. A chautauqua is one of the most valuable educational assets a com- munity can secure. The one this season has been carefully selected from the best talent before the pub- lic today. It combines entertainment and the most serious with plenty of superior musical features to punc- tuate the entire program. The chautauqua this season serves a large patronage. AUTO VAMPIRE VICTIM FOUND BOUND; POLICE SEEKING GIRL FRIEND (By United Press) Milwaukee, July 31.—Miss Thresa Siegert, age 17 years, was found early this morning bound and gagged and lying on a dump pile by work- men on their way to work. The girl was in a dying condition. She.way the victim of automobile vampires and the police are searching for the body of her girl friend. Both girls were hauled into a speeding auto last night. RESTORE BELGIUM IS DEMAND OF THE U. S. (By United Press) Washington, July 31.—While the United States does not intend to mix in Europe’s politics the government is not saying how it stands with ref- o de- erence to Alsace Lorraine. But the United States does insist upon the restoration of Belgium.