Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 1

BEMIDJL. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 16, 1917. PUBLIC SAFETY ASSOCIATION T0 BE/ORGANIZEDIN BELTRAMI CO. «Object Is To' Co-operate With the County Public Safety Com- " mission In Its Work. BUTTONS OF ASSOCIATION | ‘Survey of County’s Food. Production and Conservation Being Made for the Government. The Beltrami County Public Safe- ty commission has started a cam- ‘paign . for broadening the scope of the promotion of its activities in co- .operating with the government and a Public Safety Association will re- sult to work with the commission already in existence. ) The state will co-operate in any manner necessary to preserve the peace of the counties of the state but cannot finance the local county boards in their work, hence the for- mation of the association, the only requisite for membership be{ng_ the purchase of a button emblematic of the association. It is a white enamel button with the American shield thereon and the words “Beltrami County Public Safety Association’™ and the price of the button is what- ever any one may, care to hlglve. i bershivn. The%tg)%nsngrvmmfigl sold through- out the entire county and in this manner the association will consist of several hundred members. The buttons may be obtained from Dr. Palmer, president of the Bel- trami County Public Safety commis- sion; E. L. Benner, secretary, OF George W. Rhea, treasurer. Others are to be appointed for the distribu- tion of the buttons. The money derived from the sale of the buttons will be used for post- tage, paper and such items for which no funds are provided by the state. is enced. The §gg€yv con?r%’ilgflon has com- menced a survey of Beltrami county for the government and state auth- orities. All resources of the county are to be canvassed with reference to food production and conservation and suc hdata as will be of benefit to the government in carrying on the war to a successful termination. BAGLEY’S DOCTOR MAYOR ENLISTS FOR SERVICE (Special to Pioneer) Bagley, Aug. 16.—Dr. P. C. Bjorne- by passed his examination yesterday at Minneapolis and will leave for the front on call. The doctor has been mayor of Bagley for the past six vears and president of the board of education for the past ten years. The doctor practices what he preaches, “Enlist and fight for your country. in the position that you will do the most good in.” He leaves a lucrative practice and large personal business interest; to serve his coun- try. CHINA INTERNES SHIPS Sanghai, China, Aug. 16.—Three Austrian merchantmen interned in the harbor, have been taken over by the Chinese naval forces. membership of the commission for |} ) KAISER WILHELM AND HIS FAMILY s | The German emperor with the kalserin on his right and the crown prince on his left, his five other sons, his three daughters-in-law and two grandchildren, sons of the crown prince. This group of the Hohenzollern family was tak- en & short time before the war. FOUR PERSONS KILLED; AUSTRIAN AIRSHIPS BOMB HOSPITAL (By United Press) Rome, Aug. 16.—Four persons were killed and 27 wounded when Austrian airplanes raised Venice Tuesday. A hospital was struck and two patients killed and 21 injured. Several of the raiding planes were brought down. JEANNETTE “BUTTS . INTO” SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T EXPECT Butte, Aug. 16.—Butte waited to see what action Miss Jeanette Ran- kin, congresswoman, who arrived to investigation labor conditions, would An offer to act as mediator in the present strike was flatiy refused by mine owners to whom Miss Rankin made the offer. Three thousand persons, including“ striking miners, greeted her at the station, but no demonstration was attempted. Miss Rankin has admitted she did not know what her first step would be in the controvery, since mine owners are antagonistic because of her condemnation of them in Con- gress, while organized labor is aroused over what they term ‘“her apparent encouragement of the ele- ment which is fighting the Amer- ican Federation of Labor.” GUARD TO MOBOLIZE AT MINEOLA CAMP Washington, Aug. 16.—The na- tional guard division to go to France, representing twenty-six states and the District of Columbia will be mobilized at Mineola, L, I, at a camp named Albert L. Mills, after the late Brigadier General Mills, chief of the division of militia af- 1fairs. County Commissioners Vote To Engage School Nurse; Inspection Tour Beltrami county has joined other progressive counties of the state, the o aran board of county commissioners hav- 2n¢ 2 0% - meeting were read and approved the board started in to consider reports Bonds of the Black- duck State bank for $2,500 and $10,- ing voted to engage a county school 00" % o conied and the report of nurse for a period of six months to| state| in this campaign.; try out the campaign of the board of health "The matter was brought up a few weeks ago by the state authorities and co-operation was assured by the Beltrami board of commissicners. The board, now in session, has taken a day off from routine duty for today and has gone into the country on a tour of inspection, the purpose of the trip being to inspect highways, bridges and ditches. the board of audit was approved. A motion made by Hayes and sec- onded by Imsdahl, that the board recommend the deepening of ditch 12 in Marshall and Beltrami coun- ties and ditch 20 in Marshall county |for the purpose of providing a bet- ter outlet for ditch No. 34 and that the cost of the same he assessed to the land benefited by ditch 34, was carried. The bid of Leet Bros. to improve the Jefferson Highway from station The board has the usual amount | Ne. 270 to station 340 was allowed. of work to do at this meeting and as soon as the minutes of the last The board will reconvene at 4 o'clock this afternoon. More Control Hoover! Hogs Go To $18.5 (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 16.—Hog¥*contin- ued to climb today, selling for $18.15 per hundred. This is 20 cents over yesterday’s prices. COL. ROOSEVELT ASKFD TO SPEAK IN MINNESOTA St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 16.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt will be invited tp speak on any available date at a big state-wide patriotic rally in Min- nesota. The Loyalty Lyceum, form- ed by state officers and other patri- otic Minnesota citizens, sent the in- vitation yesterday following its or- ganization meeting in the senate chamber at the capitol. I. A. Caswell, clerk of the su- preme court, as director of the speak- ers’ bureau, sent the telegram invit- ing Col. Roosevelt to Minnesota. The language describing the purpose of the lyceum was changed to empha- size that its object is to promote healthy public opinion and generous support of all the people to increase the efficiency of the United States in the present crisis. NO CONFIRMATION OF DISASTER TO TROOPS (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 16.—Neither the war or navy department have confirmation of a disaster to Amer- ican troops in France, answering a report that 200 had been transferred to an English hospital. The authorities think the story or- iginated from the transfer of sick or convalescent from France, .al- though not advised that any had been taken to England. DENMARK CABLE CARRIES SAD MESSAGE TO HAKKERUP N. L. Hakkerup received a cable- {gram Monday, announcing the death of his mother, Mrs. L. A. Hakkerup of Ringstad, Denmark. vears of age. She leaves five chil- dren, three daughters, all living in Denmark, N. L. Hakkerup of Be- midji and J. L. Hakkerup of Vir- ginia, Minn. “DAMN NONSENSE” SAYS WHEAT KING OF POPE'S MESSAGE (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 16.—“It’s all damn aonsense,” declared James A. Pat- | en, the wheat king, today, in reply t0 a question as to what he thought >f the pope’s peace message. PATIENT CONVALESCING Mrs. M. F. Cunningham, who has been very ill with pneumonia, is im- proving. She was 70 {by the government in | | BAILEY RETU BEMIDJI PUBLICITY, TOPIC OF CLARKSON ATMEETING TONIGHT Everybody having the interests of Bemidji and the Jefferson Highway at heart should be at the Commer- cial club quarters this evening at § o’clock when J. D. Clarkson, general manager of the highway, will speak on co-operative publicity for Bemidji as one of the chief points along the RBIWESA - 5o i TR U It is proposed to inaugurate a big advertising campaign in the form of a magazine for the route and the cities and towns along the ' route from Winnipeg to New Orleans will be asked to participate in the propo- sition. It will mean publicity for Bemidji and also the Jefferson High- way and is well worth every possible co-operation on the part of Bemidji. FREE WAR PRISONERS, IS DEMAND OF LW.W. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 16.—Unless all classes of war prisoners now be- ing held in the four states are set free, a general strike is to be called throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, according to a statement by James Rowan, district secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World. Rowan says five spe- cific demands of the I. W. W. must be granted if such a strike is to be avoided. These demands are: All classes of war prisoners must be released. Work in harvest fields must limited to ten hours a day. Better sanitary conditions must be provided. No discrimination must be mitted against union men. Union halls must be allowed to conduct a legitimate business of or- ganizing workers without interfer- ence by commercial clubs, vigilantes or corporation-controlled public offi- cers of the law. SEPT, 5, 15 AND 30 DRAFT CALL DATES St. Paul, Oct. 16.—Minnesota’'s drafted men must be ready to enter active military service as required installments of 30 per cent of the force on Sept. 5, 15 and 30, and the remaining 10 per cent soon afterward. That an- nouncement was made by Adjutant General Fred B. Wood, state draft chief, following instructions from Provote Marshall General E. H. Crowder. be per- 'S WITH OFFICER'S COMMISSION Thayer C. Bailey returned this noon from Fort Snelling where he has been in®the officers’ training camp. Mr. Bailey, who received a commission as second lieutenant in the quartermaster corps, will report at Fort Dodge, Ia., August 29, where he will receive further instructions, and will be in line for a higher com- mission. ITIATIVE STRONGLY 0 PUBLISHED TEXT CAUSES RENEWED - PROTESTS FROM U. 5. AND ALLIES - -] «IRRESPONSIBLE,” SAY GERMANS OF (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 16.—The publi- cation of the pope’s peace message " "KAISER’S COURSE as renewed strengthened appeals for ' Copenhagen, Aug. 16.—Publica- tion of Emperor William’s telegram to President Wilson in the memoirs of former Ambassador James W. Ger- ard and the lame and belated attempt at explanation by the semi-official Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung calls for criticism in the German press of what is termed the German emperor’s irresponsible conduct of the foreign affairs of the empire. Various Berlin newspapers com- ment on the system which permits a sovereign to pass upon such a pro- posal from a neutral power and to draft an important state document without consultation with a respon- gible minister. - The Berlin newspapers intimate that the question of ministerial re- sponsibility or nonresponsibility for Emperor William's autographed document will be rzised in the reich- stag. TO LOOK AFTER CLAIM C. M. Jacobson, of the First Na- tional bank, left this week for Sco- bey, Mont., where he will look after his land interests. He expects to be gone about three months. Mrs. Jac- obson has been in Montana for some time. NO MEATLESS DAYS FOR TRAVELLING MEN; DEMAND FULL MEALS Minneapolis, Aug. 16.—Minneap- olis hotel men have about-faced on the meatless day. For the future— maybe—but for the present, menus in this city will continue to herald the advisability of boeuf au jus, chicken a la King, spring lamb with its attendant sauces, and all the other viands which bloom just below the noodle soup on the hostelry menus. This decision follows the enthusi- astic proposal of the hotel men a fortnight ago, when they announced the future would see guests supping on spinach and fish thereafter on Tuesdays and Fridays. The various managements have unanimously re- ported that fat traveling men roared like wounded lions at the suggestion and that it couldn’t be done. EXEMPTION BOARD CONTINUES ITS GRIND The county exemption board is back on the oll grind at.the court house again today and has 200 men to examine before the examinations for the first draft will be complete. The work is going faster and smooth- er than hefore and the hoard expects to complete the examinations by to- morrow (‘\'l‘llillfl. rejection from all quarters. President Wilson is expected to re- ply showing that the proposal is not workable nor justifiable. En- tente diplomats give their opinion that the plan would give too.great an .advantage,. Pacifists in congress threaten to hold up vital war meas- ures while they talk peace. Certain of Rejection. . Rome, Aug. 16.—Pope Benedict’s peace. proposals are certain of re- |jection by the entente, is the view of the Italian press. The unanimous opinion expressed is that the pope failed to include any principal point which the entente allies are fighting for. A Pope's Initiative Unwelcome. Rome, Aug. 16.—The Italian pub- lic regards with disfavor the initi- ative taken by the pope in putting forth peace proposals. Those commenting movement, regarded it as especially untimely, coming as it does at the rmoment of America’s active partiei- pation in the war, and the maximum efforts of the Allies, including Ital- ian plans for an intensive Italian campaign. on the peace FORMER CZAR MAY GET TASTE OF SIBERIA LIFE Petrograd, Aug. 16.—The semi- official Russian news agency has an- nounced that former Emperor Nich- olas and his family were removed from the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo and that it was reported they were being transported to Tobolsk, Siberia. BAND IS REORGANIZED: PETERSON NEW LEADER Another attempt is to be made by local enthusiasts to provide th people of Bemidji with a band and to give regular concerts. To this end the band has been reorganized and new officers have been clected. The new officers are: Director and manager—P. R. Pet- erson. Treasurer—Paul Foucault. Secretary—Elford Benson. The band is now composed of fif- teen members and will be called the Bemidji A. F. of M. band. One feat- ure of-the newly organized band is that two of the members are ladies. The band gave a good concert which was well attended last Fri- day evening and it is probable that it will give regular concerts for the rest of the summer. The new organization will pre- sent a program at Itasca State park Sunday, August 26. The band will spend the entire day at the park and extends a cordial invitation to all Ito attend the concert. s Come On, Everybody,Show The World Bemidji Is An American City Tomorrow State's Attorney G. M. Torrance to- day announced additional speakers at the big lovalty meeting to be held in the Grand theater tomorrow mnight at whieh Bemidji will show Minne- sota and the United States that Be- midji is peopled with Americans and proud of it Father Philippe of St. Philip’s church will speak to the assembled audience and so will James Joseph Kennedy, dean of the educational de- partment of the University of North Dakota, who is sojourning at Birch- mont. The address of the evening will be by Rev. Edward M. Cross of Minne- apolis, an Episcopal minister who is known not only in Minnesota but in 'ulther states for his oratorical abili- | ties. Patriotism and loyalty will be the sentiment of the meeting and the {caption of what the speakers have to say. There will be band music, vo- cal selections by talent of merit and an interesting program. The meeting is under the auspices of the Patriotic League of Bemidji and the entire citizenship of Bemidji and everybody in general are urged to be present and show the world that Bemidji can make up for New Ulm or any other hotbeds of dis- loyalty in Minnesota.