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

ve LUNDEEN INVITED ~ TOPRESENT SELF - ~ BEFORE DISTRICT T0 TEST RECALL Anti-Everything ~Congressman - Has Choice to Try Ont His-Pet MASS MEETINGS OF CITIZENS OF ' DISTRICT PASS RESOLUTION Request Resignation and Then Sub- mit Himself to Allow the People z 'l'heu Say. Mlnnenpolls, Minn., Aug. 31— “Ernie” Lundeen, Minneapolis con- gressman, who has taken a stand against the war,’conscription and al- most- everything else, has been :asked to put one of his pet political theor- ies into practice by submitting-to the recall, Residents of the Calhoun district of Minneapolis, at a -big loyalty meeting at the Calhoun Commercial club, passed a resolution asking “Er- nie” Lundeen to resign and then go before the people with his case. Roosevelt Visit Announced. Congressman Schall, J..A. O. Preus, state auditor; Senator W. A. Camp- bell and Representative Asher How- ard made talks at the loyalty meet- ing. Frand Gould, representing la- “bor, also spoke and announced the coming on Theodore * Roosevelt _on September 28. The Resolution Passed. The resolution as forwarded Congressman Lundeen follows: . ““Whereas, Ernest Lundeen,- con- gressman from the Fifth congression- al district, has by his public utter- ,ances, both spoken and printed, and y-his attitude ess in refer- “ence “to tlie~ selective “draft -and .fo- to ward ' a vigorous proseciition of the | war against our foreign foe, shown himself to be unworthy of the con- fidence of his comstituents, unfaith- ful to his country and in sympathy with its enemies. “Now, therefore, be it resolved by this meeting of his constituents and fellow citizens: ‘. Denlore His Election. “First—Tnat we deplore the fact that Ernest Lundeen was ever hon- ored by our district. - ¢Second—That we nere and now | declare that his views are not ours and that while he still holds the of- fice of congressman from the Fifth, he does not in truth represent it, nor voice the sentiments of its people. “Third—That inasmuch as Ernest Lundeen has frequently announced himself in favor of the recall that we call upon hinmi to prove his sin- cerity by an immediate resignation so that his district may be permitted to publicly before our state, country and the world purge itself frobm the stain -that is now upon it. Urge Prcsecution of War. “Fourth that we declare ourselves here and now in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war to the end that victory may again bless our _flag and the ends of liberty and jus- “tice upon earth and among men be furthered. “Fifth—That copies of -this reso- lution be sent to Ernest Lundeen.” One cf Lundeen’s first spasmodic outbursts was to suggest a referen- dum -of the people in his district as to whether they desired to stand by the government. s Photo by American Press Association. | GIANT GERMAN SHIP NOW FLIES OLD GLORY The Stars and Stripes were run up on the Hamburg-Amerlcun line ltenmihlp Vaterland. She is the largest pas- POSITION OF THE U. 8. —We cannot take the word of tne present rulers of Ger- many as a guarantee of any- thing that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive eyidence of the will and purpose of the German - peo- ple themselves as. the other peoples. of the world would be justified .in accepting.—Presi- dent Wilson. PEACE COUNCIL RUN 0UT. OF HUDSON BY - St. _Paul; ‘Minn., Aug. 31.—Five r:embers of the People’s Peace Coun- cil who went to Hudson, Wis., yes- terday afternoon to make arrange- ments for holding the council’s na- tional convention, were placed on a truck by an angry crowd of 1,000 people, escorted to the depot ahd placed on a train bound for St. Paul. COWAN GRAY TO ASSIST GILE AT THE STATE FAIR Cowan Gray left for Hamline today where he will assist Bueford M. Gile in arranging the display of the Bel- trami county.booth at the state fair. Mr. Gile expressed 2,400 pounds of exhibit produce and material from here to-the state fair Thursday. La- ter ‘crop arrivals will be sent today and Saturday. WILSON'S REPLY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Minneapolis, Aug. 31.—President Wilcon’s message in response to the Pope’s plan for peace will be read to the children in every Minneapolis school when the fall term opens next Tuesday. Patriotic exercises _will start the children in for the s¢hool year. Another German Plot Against U. S, - Kaiser WouldSeize Mexico MadePublic; ‘Washington, -Aug, 31. — James Keeley, Chicago publisher, declared here that he had personal knowledge - to confirm Former- Ambassador Ger- ard’s’ statement that Germany had proposed to Great Britain a joint intervention in Mexico and an end- ing of the Monroe doctrine. “Last wint®r, when in London, I read a long editorial in a well-in- formed London. paper,” Mr. Keeley said, “which stated that England might have had peace any time with- in the preceding nine months by con- senting to give Germany a free hand in Central and South America. A British official told me tnat just be- fore the war started the German am- bassador in London had sought an appointment with him for a persoral representative and close friend of the kaiser. It was granted. The Ger- man -had not conversed with the Brl.;lsh official two minutes when he sai ““ ‘Would it not be a good thing for your government and my governrrent to block the evident design of the United States- for the conquest of Mexico? I am ready to give you the high official assurances that yocr country and my country would have no difficulty in arranging our rec- spective spheres of inffuence in Mex- ico. “Ta this the British official re- plied: “‘I had not known you were com- ing here for such a proposal. Neither I nor my. governmnt has any desire to discuss the question. I now bid you good afternoon.’” This remarkable proposal was known to officials of the British gov- ernment, Mr. Keeley said, though he had not known that it had been talked of in Germany, the source of Mr. Gerard’s information. = - THOUSAND CITHZENS Draft Call; Five Per Cent Latest lnformation On senger ship in the world. “Repairs to the Vaterland cost more than $1.000,000. ~ —, FORTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH 3. BELIEF TION OF WILSON | TOWARD POPE'S OTE IS BELIEVED TO FOMENT ACTION ; (By United Press) -~ ¥ ! t Rome, Aug. 31.—Intense submar- [] [] ine warfare against' America may be Submarines the result of President Wilson's de- clination of the pope’s peace appeal (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 31.—The United United States was not impressed with Germany’s step toward demo- cratization. Diplomats believe the so-called democratic decrees -of the Teutons are for American consumption. Hav- ing failed, diplomats believe Ger- many's next step will be an outbreak of the U-boat terror. The pope is disappointed at the re- Jjection of his proposals. in which the president showed the * States plans to meet the threatened Gérman submarine by offensive and defensive measures. The United States today let the contract for 200 merchantmen for the allied navies rman Women Suffer Waslg%gton. Aug.. 31.—Germany's women suffering on short rations and sorrow and sulking over the con- ToBe FirstSent toCamp Sheriff Andrew Johnson, chairman of the Beltrami county exemption board, this noon.received the follow- ing information from Adjutant Gen- eral Fred B. Wood. Only a brief outline is herewith published, but further details will appear in Satur- day’s Pioneer: Owing to congested traffic on rail- ds’' it 18 deemedwadvisable that only 5 per cent of the first drafted quota_be sent on: September 6, 40 per- ‘cent on_ September 19 and 40 per ‘cent: on’ Optober: after as ‘practicable, ‘3-and ‘the re-i<iis~ebunty thers w. ah maining 15 per cent as :)%n “there- |men. T e fllfi' ing the large contingents. For this reason it is required that local boards send only white men and so far as practicable men of some mili- tary training and cooks. In making this selection, order numbers are not controlling but great care must be taken not to send men whose order of call is so late that they will not be within the quota of the boards. ‘It s, therefore, up to the local bta:da to pick the men to go with the first 6 per cent on September 5. From out:. 18 In cases where cent 1s so large that'it will congest The object of ‘calling 5 per cent|local train . traffic the -boards may first is to place in the camps enough |send 1 one per cent September 6 and men to form a skeleton organization|1 per cent each of the four dnys fol- to aaslst in recelvlng and assimilat-|lowing. A A A A A AN A A SheriffNear Death From “Anti” Bullet (By Umted Press) Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 31.—Sher- iff Kelner is near-death and Investi- gator Steiner of Milwaukee narrowly missed a bullet as the first anti-draft trouble in Wisconsin today. The shooting followed the attempt to ar- rest a draft evader. STOLEN BOOZE IS CAUSE OF - OUTBREAK; JEWS MALTREATED (By United Press) New York, Aug. 31.—The mflltla of Petrograd is busy suppressing anti-government country revolution- ary activities, a cable today _asserts. Twenty are dead at MoBcow as the result of an orgy with stolen liquor. Jews were maltreated. CANNING EXPERT. TO ATTEND LOCAL FAIR County Superintendent W. B. Stewart has received word from the Home, “Economics department of the state university that Margaret B. Baker, assistant state club leader, will attend the Beltrami county fair on the two days, September 13 and 14, and will bring with her a can- ning outfit- with which she will giye demonstrations and. éxplain the mat- ter of taking care of such foods as are usually allowed to go to waste. Miss Baker will also figure in the management of the canning contest and will act as one of the judges. 'YS ANSWER “ ” + A number of the high school boys donned overalls yesterday and start- ed work at the new Crookston Lum- ber company mill. They expect to stick on the job until school opens. FIVE CENT BREAD N BELIEVED IN SIGHT BY U. S.; SHOW US (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 31.—A five-cent loaf containing 14 ounces is in‘sight as the result of the government wheat price at $2.20 per bushel for Ne. 1 Spring Northern. The wheat administration believes the new price will make the farmers sure to prevent speculation and give the millers and bakers a fair margin and assure the working man a fair price for bread. The price fixing commit- tee says it believes the farmers as a patriotic duty should be willing to relinquish some profits. ~ SECRETARY MERRILL DEAD (By United Press) * Chicago, Aug. 31.—Secretary Mer- rill of the Chlcago Board of Trade died today. $2.20 BU. FOR WHEAT. IS CONSIDERED FAIR (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 31.—That $2.20 wheat is considered a fair price to the farmers is indicated in a state- ment of the department of agricul- ture today showing $2.49 was the highest average price ever paid to producers during the past 10 years, This price was reached last June. The average yearly price of Northern No. 1, Northern' Spring, in Chicago in the last 10 years was $1.26. A HERO'IN MOVIE; COWARD AT HFART Chicago, Aug. 31.—Bryant Wash- burn, “The Man Who Was Afraid,” in the firm play of that name, has won a reprieve in his fight to avoid going to war. Exemption board No. 55, on re- consideration of its recent exemption of Washburn on grounds of depend- ency, returned a sealed verdiet up- holding its action. The case now goes to the district appeal board and federal officers have announced they will make a strong effort to reverse the ruling. ve ‘per l tinuance of the war may influence the remoulding of Teutonic peace, is the opinion expressed. This with the general war near Iness and universal governmental liberties are <PEOPLE'S COUNCIL” TO INVADE CAPITOL [5iocess, ot pnce ot - istants DECLARES LEADER e e WOMEN I’ACIFISTS BRANDED WARDS AND TRAITORS Washington, ‘Aug. 31.—Women pacifists were denounced as cowards and traitors by Mrs. Willlam Cum- ming 8tory, honorary president- general of the Daughters of the Am- erican Revolution. ““The woman who: preaches pacif- ism when her country is at war i8 & coward and a traitor and she is play- ing into the hands of the enemy,” declared Mrs. Story. ‘Other women should be quick to repudiate her.” FARMERS IN DAKOTA ORGANIZE TO FIGHT MENACE OF I. W.W. Fargo, Aug. 31.—That North Da- kota farm labor demands can be sup- plied by honest laboring men not af- filiated with the I. W. W. is the be- lief of J. C. Remer of Sykeston, N. D., a farmer, who, with a number of other farmers in Foster county, has joined in organizing the Farm Wage association of North Dakota. Pointing to what he terms the “dangerous and destructive’” propos- ela nf the Tndnstrial Workers of the World, which organization has sought to dominate the agricultural industry, Mr. Remer feels cerntain that a step whereby the fdarmers of the state pledge their support to hon- est laboring men will win out. The statement of the purpose of the organization, as set forth at the head of the decoment the farmers are signing, follow: ““We, the undersigned, citizens of the state of North Dakota, for the purpose " of establishing a uniform wage scale of laborers, do hereby agree to pay the sum of $2.50 as membership fee and the sum of $3 a year as dues, payable in installments of 75 cents per quarter in advance, as members of the association to be known as the Farm Wage Associa- tion of North Dakota.” REX THEATRE PACKED 'ON OPENING NIGHT The Rex again made its bow to the moving picture public last evening, under the management of the Brink- mans, who were the pioneers in the moving picture business in Bemidji, and the Rex was packed to overflow- ing with friends of the Brinkmans, who are again “at home.” The theater has undergone sev- eral noticeable changes and more are contemplated. A special orchestra made its debut and added greatly. The Fox film “A Tale of Two Cities,” from the story of the French revo- lution by Dickens, was shown as the feature and it took well. “High class films will be the rule of the Rex,” said Mrs. Brinkman to- day, ‘‘and we were certainly pleased at our opening.” and is launching new destroyers. (By United Press) Minneapolis, Aug. 31. — Louis Lochner, secretary of the People’s Council, today announced that the ootnm ‘wonld: hold its meeting in Washington, D. C;:Sunday. . There, he argues, the governmental authori- ties will be the only authority to deal with. He plans to force the question of free speech with con- gress if necessary. Lochner i one of the prime mov- ers of the People’s Council ih Min- nesota and had planned a mass meet- ing at Minneapolis. Governor Burn- quist refused the nondiscript aggre- gation to hold any meeting in Min- nesota and then attention was cen- tered on North Dakota and Fargo where Governor Frazier bade them welcome. Hudson, Wis., was then selected as final, but the above telegram to- day again changed the plans. WILLITS BUYS FARM OF 15 ACRES; MAY MAKE 1T HIS HOME E. J. Willits has bought the fif- teen-acre farm south of the city, just north of the Minnesota & Interna- tional railroad, on the road leading to the brick yard. About seven acres are planted to crops which he plans to harvest this fall. *Corn cutting will start tomorrow,” said Mr. Wil- lits, “and later I may move onto the farm. 1 like the location and think it "an ideal home.” The property was bought from Peter Swendeman. GERMANY WANTED WAR IN 1909 AND1913 Petrograd, Aug. 31.—Germany’s military preparation was known to the Russian war ministry and it was also aware that Germany contem- plated a declaration of war in 1909 and again in 1913, according to tes- timony given yesterday by Gen. Mickelsson at the trial of Gen. Souk- homlinoff, former minister of war, for high treason. The witness was the military attache of -the Russian embassy in Berlin from 1906 to 1911. He swore that he had reported Ger- many’s military activity to the Rus- sfan war office. FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAW EFFECTIVE TONIGHT (By United Press). Washington, Aug. 31.—The Fed- eral child labor law becomes effec- tive at midnight tomight. Over 150,000 children will be taken out of industries doing an interstate business. .