Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 18, 1917, Page 1

Lo L'tv-i Q?According “to NTENTE NOT 10 ALLfiW GERMANY Tronps Snnn , ToEnterFray WITHOUTPENALTY Is Indicated Y Iniumty and ',Yiolnfinn of All Iaws by Germany Must Be ) Paid For. ?OPE’S PIAN WO]IID AI.I.OW (By United Press) . Washington, Aug. 18.—That. Am- éerican troops will soon be in the fray abroad is -indicated. It is learned that the war department will start the . official casualty list August 27. This is not to be takem, however, Bmm EQUAL ‘FOOTING as the exact date tor American- par- /Umtod sum Cu'tun to - Reject Imllémm.inud. : (By, United Press)’ 'Rome, Aug. 18.—~Germany has as- sured. the pope: her moral adhesion to the peace proposals of the pope. Aus- tria has declared her readiness to the initial engoitiations. 'erms. By. . 8. .Wnshill‘lg‘ton, gu{thfisz-lt is con- sideréd that President Wilson'’s re- ply to the pope’s peace suggestions may offer a basis for neace negotia- tions. It is known here that Ger- many and Austria are ready. The opinion is current that President ‘Wilson will courteously decline the pope’s suggestion but will offer ‘means for encouragement. Washlngton, Aag. 13.—President ‘Wilson is etpected to answer - the pope’s . peace, plea with a statement ‘showing the’ world why_ the ‘Aflles ‘must fight on 8o long as the German; o dvisers there Is| only one course open.to him. 'They say unless present - pigns }l he will restate_moreé emphati¢- ily than ever that the United States m against Germany’'s autocratic system—its intrigue and horrors— rather than with any aim of crush- 4ng the German people themselves. It is expected to be another bid t0, the German Liberals to cast off the yoke of: kaiserdom and effect a new tovemment shorn of ruthless- ‘ness and militarism, / That t%is government will reject the pope profer “is now- regarded | certain. pobably revive the old claim that e hand of every nation is against er people -fdr ‘conquest. - But - if |- ‘President Wilson follows the ‘course his advisers say he will, he will nul- lify that claim. , o A M “ ;Popxedge&.lfiggg anue“estions for re- ¢iprocal disarmament and future ar- bitration to insure peace and free- %fin of the seas met with approval SRere. - Théy" square - with “President wiews. .. But.the big/ stumh-_ lock was his advocacy of ‘a re- to the territorial status_before flxa war with negotiations over such disputed lands as Alsace-Lorraine and Italia Irredenta. ! (fifl‘m sponsible. i This, ~1dea, I;ragieflepnothflson has slld canriot -be accepted. ./He will doubtless point this fact o\lt anew in replying to the pope, and will cast upon Germany’s govern- ment the burden of responsibility for fnhuman practices and insatiable greed.’ The impression that Austrian dn- fluences has worked on the pope was rather dissipated today by publlcn- finn of the peace message wherein Benedict declared he was solely com- pelled by-a sentiment of ‘‘our su- -preme_duty and not by the sugges- tions or interests ot any . ot the bel- llxerenu‘” Xy E. ntmént Amoixg diplomats her%,edhowever, there was some resentment of the pope’s proposal to. allow Germany to return to her undespoiled nation, whilst the French and others must repair grave damages without ade- quate compensation. i isputed, b Th?xfl}egogglflgn{?m?l g that the w kalser should have further retribu- thon visited on him. Vigorous excep- tion is taken to the pope’s placing all the warring nations on an equal footing in ‘view’ of Germany’s viola- tions of law and atrocities commit- ted on civil populations. 114 GERMAN PLANES BAGGED PAST WEEK (By Unitad Press) With the British armies in the “-field, Aug. 18.—A total of 114 Ger- man airplanes have been down during the past week's fight- ing in_connection with the offensive of “the entemte. Sixty-two Germany’'s rulers will brought ! ticipation. WINNIPEG FIXES THE - PRICE OF WHEAT,$2.40 Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 18.—The board of grain supervisors has is- sued an order fixing the price of wheat, basis No. 1, northern in atore public terminal elevators at Fort Willlam and Port Arthur, at $2.40 until.- Aug. 31, inclusive. The order is applicable to all wheat whether of the old or new crop stored in pub- lic terminal elevators at Fort Wil- liam and Port Arthur. Holders of warehouse receipts- da- ted prior to and including Aug. 31, will be entitled to the fixed price on condition that they have sold the wheat at Fort William and Port Ar- thur and delievered the receipts there not later than the date, the statement says. INDIANS VS, KELLIHER - ~TOMORROW; GAME . - _ ON‘BLACKDUCK FIELD A “red hot” baseball game is scheduled between the Red Lake In- dians and the Kelliher baseball nine to take place at Blackduck next Sun- day, this being neutral grounds. Neither team had been defeated up to last Sunday, when the Indians weré taken into camp by the Kel- liher team at Kelliher. This leaves the Kelliher team with a clean slate. The boys from Red Lake give .out the information that their pitcher, Graves, was not in form and.declare that it will be easy picking to beat the Kelliher nine on neutral grounds. Considerable money changed hands as a result of last Sunday’s game nd indications are that the fans will ck. their ‘favorite teams .to..the limit tomorrow. Bemidji baseball fans are planning on making the trip and reports from the north an- nounce that there will be no disap- pointments to it comes to giving real qnlmy bueblll BRITIS]I AND GERMANS IN BRISK NAVAL SKRAP . . (By United Press) London, Aug. 18.—Official)—An engagement has occurred between British and German scouting ships. One German destroyer and several mine sweepers were damaged. The hlggest type of British scout vessels took part. The British opened fire, damaging the enemy destroyer, but she escaped. HARNESS MAKERS T0 ALSO FEEL PROBE (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 18.—Charging conspiracy to suppress competition the federal trade commission today filed a complaint against the Whole- sale Saddlery association and Na- tional Harness Makers. The twp have a membership of 159 firms. ATTENDED FUNERAL Mrs. John Burke of Lake Boule- vard has returned from Minneapolis where she was called by the illness and ‘death of her niece, Mrs. John J. Walsh, whose death occurred Mon- day morning. The funeral was held Thursday. Mrs. Walsh had been in Ashbury hospital for the past fifteen weeks and during that time had un- dergone several operations. She was the wife of John J. Walsh, -former captain and acting major of the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment in the Philippine war. HARRIS FAMILY RETURNS and Mrs. J. O. Harris and Mr. were |family, who have lived at Kelliher * brought down within the Britich and |for the past few years, moved to Be- French lines. British machines missing. A checkup showed 40 |midji today and are occupying their home at 1207 Lake Boulevard. némnu UPHOLDS STATE AND NATION As the loynlty meeting of the peo- ple of Bemidji in the Grand theater neared its close last evening, E. J. Willits arose from his seat and ad- dressing the audience said: “‘Regardless of creed or politics I wish to offer a resolution for the consideration of those present,” and proceeded to read =y : Bemidji, thg following: Minnesota, August 17, 1917 ¢ Besolved, that we, the citizens of Bemidji, Minnesota, at =a patriotic meeting held this seventeenth " 1817, do hereby day of August, pledge our loyal hmm’t to the President and all tal foroes controlled bylml.fort.he successful prose- . - cution”of the war abroad, and we further endorse the work of . the State Public Safety Com- * thission and its subsidiary or- . " ganization, the Beltrami County Public Safety Commission. " Resolved; further, that we re- s that the loyal citizens of the state of Minnesota have had to blush with shame for the treasonable utterances of for- elsn sympathizers at such meet- ings as that held at New Ulm, Minnesota. The motion for the adoption of the resolution was quickly seconded. “All in favor of the motion say ‘Aye,’ " said Chairman Rako, and a roar of affirmation swept the theater. “All not in -favor say ‘nay,’” ad- ded the chairman. A deep silence fell over the audience. The resolution R floyted. was unanhno\uly Food Control Great Stuff: Hogs To $19 (By Unmd Press) Chioago, Aug. 18.—Hogs sold to- day for $19 per hundred pounds, & jump of 45- cents from yesterday’s prices. This is an advance of over $2 a week ago. $19.25 in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Aug. 18.—The Pitts- burgh hog market went up 75 cents today over the price of yesterday, hogs selling for $19.25 today. BRITISH RAID GERMANS (By United Press) London, Aug. 18.—Many tons of bombs were dropped upon military establishments last night. Fires were observed in ammunition camps, and railways were demaged. The raiders returned safely, says an ad- miralty statement today. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF COAL IS NEAR (By United Prul) Washington, Aug. 17.—Govern- ment control of coal is near. Mine owners - are appealing to President Wilson for a final chance to increase production and lower prices. They have been told if they failed to act immediately the government will take over the supply. dle Chlclxglcg Aug fs —The * middle west is fighting against the excessive coal prices. Three states are inter- ested and two are about to take ac- tion toward state control of the mines. Presi to Act, Wa.shington.d%lxtg. 18.—The presi- dent has moved to take prompt ac- tion in the coal question and will act next week. ‘He will not advocate ac- tually taking over the mines. LIEUT, RYAN VISITOR Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Lakin have as their guests, Mrs. Lakin’s sister, Mrs, W. H. Ryan~and son, Lieuten- ant L. F. Ryvan of Little Falls. Mr. Ryan will arrive in the city this eve-| ning. - Lieutenant Ryan received his commistion at Ft. Leavenworth, ‘en-| gineers’ corps. He will go from here to Des Moines, Ia. |EXPLOSIONS WRECK AMMUNITION PLANT AND KILLS SEVERAL (By United Press) Montreal, Aug. 18.—A series of ex- plosions wrecked the Curtice & Har- vey ammunition works at Dragon, Quebec, today, and report has it that many were killed. Two scores of homes were wrecked and a section of the Canadian Pacific railroad de- stroyed. TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SAFETY ASS'N. T0O MEET THIS EVENING There will be a meeting of the Be- midji Township Public Safety asso- clation this evening at the Carr Lake school house for the purpose of dis- cussing ways and means for the pur- chase of necessary feed. H. G. Gray is the secretary. AMERICA TO SPEAK ONLY \FOR HERSELF IN REPLY TO POPE (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 18.—America will probably speak only for herself when answering the pope’s note. The note requires individual reply and the proposal is now under careful consideration. Sounds Good to Germany. Amsterdam, Aug. 18.—There |is some delay in publishing the full text of the pope’s message. Berlin ad- vices indicate Germany is increas- ing its disposition to eupport the pontiff. AMERICAN FORCES T0 TRAIN IN CUBA (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 18.—Some of the American forces are to train in the eastern end of Cuba, it was offi- cially announced today. LOOKING AFTER FARMS George Coulter of East Grand Forks, Minn., who has heen here looking after his land interests near {Lake Plantaganet, returned to his |home today. Mr. Coulter owns a | 400-acre farm near Lake Plantagan- |et, which he purchased three years ago. He also owns a farm near East Grand Forks. His son, George' L. Coulter, who has been running the farms for his, has been drafted. He is married and has three children. = P s L{)YALTY RAMPANT AT HUGE NATIVE ACTS AS y Bemidjl broke loose last evening. She broke loose in a spirit of patri- otic demonstration which left no doubt as to what Bemidji conasists of. ~—Americans and proud. of it. Her citizens turned out and gave vent to their feelings in an unmistakable manner and showed Minnesota that the capital of Beltrami county is be- hind the state and the United States and heartily in favor of lifting the crown and scalp of the German kaiser. The band turned out, the “Boys of 61" went in autos, the Home Guard marched under command of Captain ‘Thomas Swinson, scores of automo- biles wheeled into line and the par- ade passed from the city hall through the business district to the Grand theater where a crowd of over a thousand had gathered, packed the theater and stood in the streets, while Third street was congested with autos. Many were unable to gain admittance to the theater which was jammed to standing room, but they were glad to have turned out to show their eolor{‘ Band- selectiont and the presence of grizzled Civil -war veterans added zest to the setting, and there was an air about it all that showed Be- midji's spirit and determination to brook not the slightest peep of dis- loyalty from anyome. It was Be- midji’'s affair, The theater held an enthusiastic audience, attentive to a marked de- gree. It showed its appreciation in wave after wave of applause throughout the evening. Nothing es- caped it. Vocal ‘Selections Feature, The addresses were of the highest order and two of Bemidji's leading vocalists added greatly to the pro- gram. Miss Dorothy Torrance sang “America’” and was roundly applaud- ed. Burt O’Connor sang ‘“‘Good Bye Broadway, Hello France” and was also. warmly received. At the close of .the, meeting the entire audience arose ;and sang ‘‘America” as only her sons and daughters can sing, the roar of voices reverberating through- out the business district. Miss Jane Hayner was the accompanist. It was a meeting of the people of Bemidji. It was inaugurated by the executive committee of the Patriotic League of Bemidji, the first patriotic organization in Bemidji, formed im- mediately after the outbreak of the war. President A. G. Wedge of the league at the opening of the meeting spoke briefly of the organization and its purposes in formation. Native German Presides A. E. Rnko. a native born German and president of the board of county commissioners, presided in a most capable manner, For nearly an hour before 8 o'clock the city hall was the center of gathering interest. At 7:55 the long parade was launched and the evening’'s program was under way. The newly organized Bemidji band led the procession, followed by Com- pany D, Home Guard. Closely be- bhind the Home Guards followed the veterans of the Civil War in auto- mobiles, and then came a long line of autos while the streets were con- gested with throngs of citizens. Af- ter traversing the main streets the marchers entered the theater and the program was immediately begun. A. G. Wedge opened the program and presented the reasons for hold- ing the meeting and expressed his ap- preciation for the large crowd that attended. County Commissioner A. E. Rako, who acted as chairman of the meet- ing, next made a short address in which he referred to the kaiser as “the iron hand” in the statement, “My heart goes out to the German people—not to the man that rules MEETING; GERMAN S CHAIRMAN with the iron hand.” Mr. Rako closed his address with, “There is a time to act—act now.” Mr. Rako came to this country at the age of two years. He is as loyal and patri- otic an American citizen as any that lives. Father Philippe Rev. Father John g"’?fiillppe of St. Philip's Catholic church in a straight forward and sincere manner expressed his American patriotism and stated that although he was as a priest opposed to war in general he was ready at any time to answer the government's call in France or wherever he may be needed. “Twenty or more of my boys have left for the front—and they left with their pas- tor’s blessing,”” was Father Phil- ippe’'s way of expressing his opinion of what America is doing. He also stated that he was glad to see the. American and French boys fighting side by side as in the war of '76 and ended his speech by drawing first an American and then a French flag from his breast and crossing them to symbolize their now \mlted eflorts‘v Professor Kennedy N John Kennedy, dean of the ‘educa- tional department of the Universit, of North Dakota, spoke upon th principles America stands for and how they are what America is fight- for in this war. “America stands for democracy— as a leader lh representative govern- ment and is i{n the war to uphold and spread that democracy,” declared Mr. Kennedy. He pictured democracy as the good spirit crossing swords with the bad spirit autocracy to see which shall survive. ration of Ev The principal orator of tne evening Rev. BEdward Cross, an Episco- palian minister of St. Paul, was the next speaker. Rev. Cross treated the causes of our entering the war in a most clear and forceful manner. In the opening Rev. Cross referred .to the much heralded lack of patriotism in places gt ‘‘vacuum patriotism't which, he declared, in Bemidji ‘seemed very insignifioant,” judg- ing from the crowd present. ‘“‘We are at war at this particular time because we were ashamed to stay out of it any longer. We have gotten tired of having our big brother Eng- land and our beautiful sister France and our little brother Belgium fight for us. I say we are tired of having them fight our battles for us.” In treating the fake excuses sometimes offered by disloyal citizens he said: “There never was more disgusting bosh uttered by human lips than that this war was brought on by capital- ists and munitions makers. He who says this speaks out of his own ig- norance.” He referred to the heads of the German government as “a set of aristocratic people who have shown themselves to be entirely de- void of honor,” and closed with the strong appeal, “May God grant that in time we may be able to talk terms of peace with a democratized Ger- many."” When the orator had finished wave after wave of applause broke from the enthused audience. It was a strong, forceful address by a very well informed man and he had his hearers completely under his sway. Resolution is Presented. The resolution was offered at this time by E. J. Willits and on being seconded was put to a vote, the re- sult being a unanimous vote for the resolution. Rev. Father Fonnoffe of Black- duck, who served eight months in the trenches of France, briefly told of his experiences, and stated that one of his recent letters from France read, “We are still fighting with the same courage, waiting for the Amer- ican Sammies.” VISIT STATE PARK Dr. and Mrs. Mrs. E. C. Erckenbrack of Adams, Minn., who is their guest, and Mrs. 0. B. Erwig and daughters, Martha and Helen, motored to the state park Wednesday and passed the day. They were met at the park by Mr. I A. E. Henderson,; |FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE AND CAPTURE POSITION (By United Press) Paris, Aug. 18. — (Official)— and | French troops continue to advance in Mrs. C. K. Kappha, Mrs. F. Freeman | pianders, capturing a strong posi- and son and Mrs. C. Bartlettg B;l'l tion east of tha, Minn., who returned tg Henderson home until yesterday. Steenbrek. Progress with them and were guests at’ ‘he was made north of Bixchoote roads to Langemarck.