Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 7, 1917, Page 1

VR Tss e N PRE- N ST AT RERCTTR AR, PSSR N RSO SEIEN T | . VOLUME XV. NO. 181. e AWARD Bemidji now has a vagrancy or- -+dinance similar to what is in vogue in many cities and towns through- out Minnesota and sponsored by the Public Safety Commission of the state. The ordinance ‘was passed last evening by the city council, the vote on its final passage being un- animous. Bills for several special police whose time was turned in at $3 per day were presented and the question arose as to whether or not the coun- cil had the power to pay $3 a day for special police duty when the city charter designates $2 as the maxi- mum wage for that work. However, after little discussion it was decided that it was impossible to hire men at this time for less than $3 per day and the bills were allowed. The mayor at this time requested that the council give him their advice and aid in every possible way in keep- ing the special police expense down. On the advice of the street com- mittee a motion was made and car- ried to have the sidewalk bridge at the entrance to the Fifth ward re- moved. The report of the light com- mittee was read and on being accept- ed was put on file. Contract for Sewer. . Bids were opened for the installing of the storm sewer needed for the fill to the new bridge. The bid of Goodman & Loitved was the only one presented and it was accepted. A blue print showing the possi- bility of opening up a road from the south end of Mill Park to the Fifth ward was presented to the council by City Engineer Thomas Swinson and on his suggestion the street committee was requested to accom- pany him to the place and more thor- oughly investigate the matter. Conveyance for Police. Mayor Vandersluis told. the.coun- cil of the excessive work before the police department at this time and suggested that an automobile of some kind be purchased for the use of the department. The mayor stated that Chief Ripple had calls to rush from one end of the city to the other many times daily and that in time of a crisis a car would be of gre#t -aid to the department. It was point- ed out that the city covered an ex- tensive area for its population, the city being six and a half miles long. A motion made by Alderman Smart and seconded by Alderman Mobers was carried instructing the city clerk to advertise for bids for a car. The bids will be opened at the next meet- ing and if any are acceptable the council will very likely purchase a car. The street committee was instruct- ed to investigate and report.on the condition of Oak street and Missis- sippi avenue south and if seen fit to recommend that they be improved. LABOR SITUATION CAUSE OF ALARM; COST OF LIVING POTENT FACTOR (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 7.—The Jabor situation is causing governmental alarm. War work is threatened to such an extent that a concerted cam- pajgn has been started to dispel the unrest among the workers. The war, navy and labor departments will name a committee to consider ad- justment of wages in the navy yards, arsenals and other government plants and to bring about a .satisfactory feeling. The high cost of living and a determination to share in the war “VAG” NUISANCET( BE ABATEDBY CITY: | ORDINANCE PASSED: profite j< resvonsible for the labor unrest, it is held. ’ GRAND JURY INDICTS 1.W.W. FOR SEDITION Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 7.—John Boarth of Winona, Minn., an I W. W., held in the Dunn county jail at Manning for seditious utterances and for failure to register at Rochester, Minn., his last legal residence, was indicted as a slacker by the Federal grand jury on testimony of State’s Attorney Johnson and Deputy Sheriff Dawes of Dunn county. Boarth joined the Industrial Workers of the ‘World as “Frank Dulec” July 22, 1916. He declared to Dunn county officials that he belonged to a sec- tion of the I. W. W. pledged to resist Tegistration and draft. | - S. BGOSR et press) ‘Washington. Aug. 7.—The mobili- -zation of the first 687,000 to be call- ed for the national army in Septem- ber is the greatest problem in troop transportation the country ever faced. CONTRACT HAYWOOD BOASTS 75,000 ‘WRECKERS’ HAVE QUIT WORK; SEES BIG STRIKE Head of 1. W. W. Says Sentiment Grows for Paralyzing Business of the Country. SAYS DAKOTA HARVEST HANDS ' HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT Loyalty League of America Formed in Arizona to Exterminate I. W. W. in That State. (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 7.—Sentiment is growing in favor of a general strike of the I. W. W. Secretary “Bill” Hay- wood declared today. He says the harvest hands of South Dakota have been called out and that 85 per cent 85 per cent of the men in the lum- ber industry in the northwest have stopped work. He further stated about 75,000 members of the I. W. W. are now out. P lerminate I. W. W. Pho:'-.\tl‘l‘ixz,x‘xrlz.%lg. 7.--The Loyal- ty League of America has been or- ganized here. The avowed purpose as set forth in the constitution is to “exterminate the I. W. W.” The first object of the league is to con- solidate the various loyalty leagues organized in the mining camps of this state soon after the beginning of the trouble in the mining camps. Many union miners have joined the league. It is proposed to extend the league into all parts of the coun- try. BIG MUSICAL COMEDY BOOKED TOR THE GRAND AUGUST 15 Manager Whaley of the Elko has hooked the big musical comedy Flora Bella for Bemidji to be at the Grand theater August 15, the company com- ing enroute from a tour of the big Canadian cities to the Illinois thea- ter. Chicago, for a long run. The company played an engage- ment in Winnipeg and throughout the northwest and press notices are highly flattering. It is a big com- pany of musical artists, plenty of color, catchy songs and accompanied by the company's own orchestra. KIND OF KAISER (By- United Press) Madrid, Aug. 7.—Germany ‘has agreed to safe passage for hospital ships providing they are officered by Spain, and guaranteeing they will transport only sick and wounded from France. “BLOOD PROFITS” NOT T0 BE TOLERATED, IS GOVERNMENT EDICT| (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 7.—The govern- ment is about to lay a strong hand on profiteering. - Prices of steel and copper are to be fixed to afford a reasonable profit, it was officially an- nounced today. Blood profits are not to be toléerated any longer. With the conservation of allied money, re- sources and food supplies, the war will end by December 1, military men predict. CROPS ARE SAFE, IS OPINION OF EXPERT (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 7.—Crops of the country are safe, says Crop Expert Snow of Bartlett & Frazer today. He says nothing can interfere with one of the greatest grain yields in the history of America except an early frost. GUARD" DRILL TONIGHT There will be drill this evening by the Home Guards. All members should meet at the city hall at 8 o’clock. =1 i S ive Paae o BEMIDJ1. MINNEBOTA. TUESDAY TAKES PERSHING'S " \ Photo by ‘American Press Association, Brigadier General .James Parker, ¢ to succeed General Pershing in comma \FOUGAULT FIRST THROUGH MILL OF DR EVENING. AUGUST 7. 1917. PLACE ON BORDER s T 3w o, Yk avalry commander, has been appointed nd of the department of the south. AFT BOARD; EXAMINATIONS BEGIN “The finest piece of humanity I ever saw,” remarked Dr. A. V. Gar- lock this morning in the court house as he finished looking over Clar- ence Foucault of Bemidji, and the first man had passed through the draft examining board of Beltrami: county. Foucault is an ex-soldier, having served a term of enlistment in the regular army. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Foucault, married and the father of two children, and in the train service of the M. & I rail- road. Down to Business. Beltrami county’s exemption board got down to business this morning at 9 o’clock and it is ex- pected will be in session at the court house until Thursday night. = On Sunday, the board will go to Bau- dette to meet Monday for examining the draft in the northern portion of the county. The board consists of Sheriff Johnson, U. S. Commissioner H. A. Simons, Dr. E. W. Johnson, Dr. A. V. Garlock, M. J. Brown and Charles Hayden of Blackduck. The court house was the Mecca for hundreds of young men this morning in respon-e to the call to appear for examination to select Bel- trami county's quota of the first draft, and they-came from through- out the southern part of the county. Outside the examining rooms, in the large court room, the young men sat waiting their call to go through the test .that would decide whether or not they were physically fit to serve their country. Routine of Examination. The men are called to the dressing room one by one, hurried into a bath robe and sent to the desk where their names and other data are taken. They are then weighed and meas- ured and sent to either of the two physicians’ rooms where they are given_the physical examination. Af- ter the men have been examined they are given blanks on which to make claim for exemption, if they have any, the blanks being filed away. Evéry man called must be examined regardless of whether or not he has any claim for exemption. Proof must be furnished of the claim |for exemption within ten days from the time of filing the reason for ex- emntion. Sheriff Johnson this morning stat- ed that the workings of the board were running satisfactorily and that the board was well organized. 3,000 Attend Funeral Rites For Lynched I. W. W, Butte, Mont., Aug. 7.—With the entire police force of the city on duty, scores of special deputy sher- iffs on guard and 400 members of the Federalized state guard in readi- ness for instant call, Frank H. Lit- tle, member of the general execu- tive board of the I. W.. W,, lynched by vigilantes last Wednesday, was buried here Sunday afternoon. Approximately 3,000 persons took part in a funeral procession, which marched in orderly fashion from the Duggan undertaking parlors, oppo- site Miners’ union hall, which was dynamited tn the labor troubles in June, 1914, to Mountain View ceme- tery, a distance of four miles, where simple services were held. Berne by 1L W. W, Encased in a gray casket, covered with deep red carnations, which were bound to the casket with bright red ribbons, the color of the I. W. W, the body of Little was carried to the cemetery my members of the I Ww. W., who wore huge sashes of red from their shoulders to their hips. Twenty men, working in relays of six, carried the body on their shoul- ders, and acting as an escort were BORDER PATROL DOUBLED; BATTLE BELIEVED NEAR (By United Press) El Paso, Tex., Aug. 7.—The Unit- ed States border patrol at Presidio has been doubled in anticipation of an attack on the Mexican town just across the border. 100 other members of the I. W. W., who, with heads bared and red sashes, followed the casket. The procession was headed by Tom Campbell, leader of the Metal Mine Workers’ union, and R. F. Dunne, chairman of the strike committee of the electrical workers in their recent walkout. Between the two was a standard bearer carrying an Ameri- can flag. Women March. Too. Following a band were several hundred women, after which came the Pearce-Connolly club, an organi- zation formed for Irish independence. The electrical workers and members of the various metal trades preceded the members of the Metal Mine ‘Workers’ union, the organization be- fore whom Little delivered his al- leged seditious speeches. With the exception of the Ameri- can' flag, the only banner in the pro- cession was that of the electrical workers. The greater part of the mourners dropped out of the procession before it reached the cemetery. After the members of the I. W. W. had fermed a circle around the grave, Tom Rim- mer spoke in eulogy of Little. S et el TEUTON LIBERAL PRESS PEEVED OVER CABINET (By United Press) Berlin, Aug. 7.—The Liberal press is dissatisfied with the new cabinet and openly expresses its feelings. NEW SON ARRIVES Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Soland of Wilton, a son. / BY GERMANY THI FALL; JOKER FEARED KELLIHER TRIMS AGENCY BY SCORE § T0 I, HUBBARD IN GREAT FORM Kelliher Twirler Allows Only Two Hits; Stick Work of Winners Feature of Game. LONG HITS AT OPPORTUNE TIME PUT RUNS ACROS§ Graves Pitches Good Game But His Teammates Fail to Back Him Up With Support. (Special to Pioneer) Kelliher, Aug. 6.—Before one of the largest crowds ever gathered at the local park Kelliher still main- tained its record of ten straight wins for the season when they took the long end of a 8 to 1 contest from the fast Agency club. Both clubs bat- tled from the first inning as neither team had lost a game this year, and the large crowd settled back to wit- ness what promised to be a real struggle with big Joe Graves work- ing for the Agency and Jack Hub- bard for the locals. Kelliher scored in the first ipning when with two down J. Hubbard got a life when Roy booted his roller and. went to third on a wild piteh and scored when Anderson juggled Jones’ hot one. In the second when H. Hubbard singled and H. Haley walked Du Rusha poked one to right scoring both men. In the third when M. Haley and J. Hubbard sin- gled Jones rapped one for a trio of sacks on the port side and scored when Graves dished up another wild pitch. Again in the eighth with Haley and Jones on, H. Hubbard con- nected with a slow one for two sacks. The agency got its one run in-the third when with one down Gruneau hit to center and took second when Wolfe dropped Jones' peg and scored when J. Lawrence hit one to left field that looked like a home run but was held at third. Score of Game. KELLIHER AB DuRusha 1f....... M. Haley ss. - J. Hubbard p. Jones ¢ .... Wolfe 2b ... H. Hubbard rf . H. Haley 3b . E. Rolfe 1b . B. Barber cf . - H. Bone cf ........ = | mienwansnns e - AGENCY Lawrence 1h O'Day 3b .. J. C. Graves, J. P. Graves p Fairbanks rf Roy s8 Anderson 2b . Gruneau cf . Big Star If .. | o ik s = Nl cooooe—na-:nl COoOO OO MM ~T | oooocoov—a:zl coomMHOoMNNLS rx:l orarom——oooflwl cooocommooolm @ @ Score by innings— Agency ....0 0100000 0—1 Kelliher ....1 230000 2 x—8 Two-base hits—M. Haley, H. Hub- bard; three-base hits—Jones, Law- rence; hits and earned runs off Graves, 7 hits, 4 runs; off Hubbard, 3 hits, 1run; base on balls off Graves 1, Hubbard 1; hit by pitcher, by Hubbard, Big Star; struck out by Graves 7. by Hubbard 17; time of game 1:45; umpires, Murphy and O'Day. VIOLENT FIGHTING IN VERDUN SECTOR BREAKS (By United Press) Paris, Aug. 7.—Heavy fighting has broken out in the Verdun sector fol- lowing a heavy bombardment. The crown prince's forces have launched a strong attack on a front approxi- mating three miles wide on the Meuse river. TAFT TAKEN ILL (By United Press) Clay Center, Kan., Aug. 7.—For- mer President Taft, who is here to speak, is ill with stomach trouble and unable to proceed on his tour. (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 7.—Germany will make a big peace move this fall, officials believe, but they ocaution that it will be as usual, a German- made propdsal. It is admitted that the United States will listen to a bona fide pro- posal for peace now or any time but from information here Germany has no intention of making any such of- fer and any she makes will probably have a joker in it. President Wilson discourages peace talk at this time. He has let it be known that we are in war and peace talk would only becloud the issue. CHINA DECIDES TO WAR UPON GERMANY g o "“‘h Peking, Aug. 7.—Acting President Feng Kwo-Chang has apptoved the unanimous decisioni reached at a spe- cial meeting of the Chinesé cabinet to declare war on Germany and Aus- tria-Hungary. The ministers of the entente pow- ers met at the Chinese foreign office Saturday, it is believed, to discuss a Chinese declaration of war. Prominent Germans in Peking are conferring with the Dutch minister to China to make arrangements to go to Java. The Spanish minister prob- ably will take over the interests of Austria-Hungary. Premier Tuan Chi-Jui and his pol- itical followers insist that Feng Kwo- Chang as vice president automatic- ally hecame president when Li Yuan- Hung declined to resume office. Parliamentarians are assembling in Canton and are preparing to or- ganize a military government with the sanction of parliament and to elect a president. i Acting President Feng Kwo-Chang has asked for liberal appropriations to suppress the solthern military ele- _ment. PEVWBERTON. CHAUTAUQUA SPEAKER. ALSO NOTED AUTHOR Hon. Morton H. Pemberton, who gave a lecture Sunday afternoon at the chautauqua on ‘““Reuben in t Rome,”” has published a book called “Reuben: His Book.” It is a hand- somely bound volume of 300 pages, containing Reuben’s humorous lec- tures and all of Reuben’s European travels. The book contains many en- dorsements. Champ Clark says: “I read ‘Reuben: His Book’ with in- tense delight. I have not laughed so much sin'ce I first read Mark Twain.” Mr. Pemberton's home is in Centralia, Mo. CHILDREN'S OUTING POSTPONED OWING T0 WET WEATHER Owing to the rain of last night, with ecloudy skies forecasting more rain, Captain Crusberg of the Salva- tion Army has decided to postpone the outing for children scheduled for Diamond Point tomorrow, as the woods are soaking wet. Captain Crusberg will select some day next week when the weather is clear and so all children may at- tend the outing with no fear of re- sults from bad weather. CORPSE OF MISSING WOMEN FOUND UNDER HOUSE IN WISCONSIN (By United Press) La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 7.—A case strangely resembling the Ruth Cru- ger murder in New York was re- vealed here today in the finding of the body of Mrs. Cora Miller who disappeared here March 9. The corpse was unearthed beneath the house formerly occupied by Edwin Hague, truck farmer. PATRIOTIC MINISTER New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 7.— Seven sons of Rev. George E. Dun- bar, a retired clergyman of this city, are serving in the war With Ger- many. The cavalry and artillery branches of the army have their rep- resentatives of the family, while others are serving on warships or at a naval shore station. The oldest is 35 years old, and the youngest 22. ¥ i e e