Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 7, 1917, Page 2

\ VOLUME. XV. NO. 208. ; BE!IDII. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E VENING, smmm 7. 1917, RIGACAPTUREDBY NATIONAL ARMY WILL KEEP COOL WICH THIS L'FOLLETTE AND . OTHER SENATORS OF KAISER FAITH Charles Edward Russell, Leading Sccialistic Exponent, Soathingly Denounces Triumvirate. CHICAGO'S MAYOR IS ALSO SCORED FOR HIS KAISERISM TUtterances of Such People Are of __@Great Help to Teutons in War With United States. R - Minneapolis, Minn,, Sept. 7.— Charles Edward Russell, member of| the American mission to Russia and|. — @ delegate to the loyalty conference of-the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, in a formal state- - ment to the eonven:lon deellnr?d o p interest of the Russian people in the war had been undermined by the ac- F RANCE JTANDS PAT itivities of certain members of con- gress .and pro-German and pacifist .organizations. The statement followed the read- ‘ing of scores of telegrams from labor leaders in all parts of the country COMPROMISE BARRED denouncing pacifists and pledglng ent undertaken| Paris, Sept. 7.—France will not t : %';'":fi';t ;(1,112:,2:1 2:6‘;:,".;1” labor in compm;mge on the question of re-|8ram as violating international law Sinking of hospital ships. the successful prosecution of the|covery of Alsace and Lorraine, Pre-|Were contained in the report of the War Measures Supported. ar, mier Ribot -declared in an address|Ccommittee on international law, sub- . The association adopted w “Riga was captured by United|delivered in connection with the cele- mitted to the American Bar associa-|tions late yesterday pledging support “States Senators La Follette, Gronna |bration of the anniversary of the bat-|tion in convention here. . [to the government in every war . and Stone,” Mr. Russell asserted.|tle of Marne. He said France would The protests were in nine sec-|measure. ol | “When the kaiser gives out the dec-|not consent to diplomatic discussions tions, denouncing: The presentation of a memorial to laration of victory he should give[as to whether the provinces should Sinking of merchant ships with-|federal and state courts requesting a be restored. out warning. .conscientious effort to shorten opin- -ltillx:l(: c:lfgul’zzltlhe?:eégziii?e:fid 1;1‘11:1}1' er Assuming to close the sea to our|ions was recommended today by the like th f Chi re doing 5 ghips by proclamation. committee on reports and digests, thie Soldlers of the kaiser: w0UNDED PA'"ENTS aggwn:imn murder of civilians and ;;i:ss?d 80, et cont dn; tha last 20 IN ALLIED HOSPITALS “It is of the utmost importance non-combatants, The ve - 4 port embodied a suggestion that the Russian line should hold. Devastation of occupied regions. |that the judicial opinions should not o S (By United Press) It can be held only by the energy and Lootin o g of occupied territory and|‘“give the impression of being dis- the 1ntere§t of the I;:::ia:mp eg];lhet. excessive levy on contributions from|coveries by the judges of what they “The R“&";‘ :l:m);vul of the czar, such territory. never knew before, but that they because 8 e i The assumption or right to put to|should read as if the judge knew the London, Sept. 7.—Germany is de- liberately conducting an aeroplane :.,‘ :‘t::';;:; 3:“’1‘;:_;11:&?‘:":::{3:5;;?’“ offensive against allied hospitals (an tors and representatives in the the Erench .coast. Such a bombard- w ERE T DDRESS -ed States congress. fl 0 A cil' of America, Dok s nm\zttha e Yos| with v gfi‘t’?srlfi uemies afield, of Chicago turns that city over to|. > . ok pt. 7.—An American officer and (By United Press) 5 Qsloral R‘“”i"m Ly ;"‘;‘;’,’:}:‘; ‘five members of the medical staff of| Minneapolis, Sept. 7.—Frank P.| A letter from G. S: Harding, dated to ‘the-:RUssiAR. peop an American hospital were wounded | Morrison, secretary of the American|at Washington last. Sunday, - ‘says: ‘Russian people in the United States coast Ten day.” - He further gives the follow- o 2 patients were also|throughout the country to sanction 24 nd :“a‘::‘%"i:x s‘:::::‘hi:e::,‘::g wounded. "open shop” during the period-of the{ing as his permanent address as a o:t ‘ot. theewal:' it the thing for member of the forestry -division: “why I say that Riga was captured H. C. Baer, cashier oi the Security | HINDOO I8 HELD by ’Ln Follette, Gronna apd Stone,|State bank,; winner of the first flight OF FARMER the People’s Council and the mayor|in the handicap golf tournament of Chicago. They should be men-|which has been in progress at the tioned by the kaliser in his declara- | Bemidji Country club under the su-{to have obtained $1,000 in twenty l’l:mu by American Press Association. M An’icemaking machine which will be found at all the cantonments where the national army of drafted men will be stationed. . On the right are soldiers with a fiat rifece of ice such as ia turned out by the machine. Law Board Names Violations ON ALSACE QUESTION; | A Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 7.— Deportation of civilian population Protests against Germany’s war pro-|to be employed in forced labor. ———s “but becarise it is the-will.of the Rus- death any mariner who defends his|existing state of the decisions and ment was made Tuesday. Five mem- [ 9 "Eveq dlsloyal resolution pnmd bers of the hospltal were . wounded NO 0PEN SHOP lS that the United States does not want| " .=y iporate bombardment of an|Federation of Labor, denies organized| “All our outfit is packed and on the Russia ‘to do is to beat us to a sep-| BAER sian people. - The interest. of the vessel against submarines. assumed that everyone else did.’ who calI themsélves a Peoples Coun- i 5 : w g to fight. I weakens the faith of the American hospital- on. the WINS HANDICAP IN arate peace. These are the reasons GOLF TOURNEY: BEATS COOL American Expeditionary Force, care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. - By substituting Co. A, C, D, E or F this address applies to any one Instance, while Glen is in Co. B, Carl J. Riggs is in Co. C, and The American Alliance for Labor|sional in charge, has been declared|wealthy farmer, by pretending to T ® and Democracy, having disposed of |the winner of the tournament, hav-|cure his wife, an insane woman, by ;‘fi? ,':,{.é:: an,:,:g :fw:hzm::t;lf the preliminary work of organiza-}ing defeated Ira Cool, winner of the hypnotism, K. D. Shastri, a Hindoo ment from time to time. tion, today took up plans.for estab-|third and fourth flights. Baer won|doctor 6f Chicago, is under arrest 1ishing local branches from coast to|his right to play Cool by defeating|here.. Shastri charged and collected coast in the campaign to bring or-|Dr. D. L. Stanton and A. P. White,| $60 a day for his services and was % ganized labor up solidly behind the|the latter having previously won|preparing to continue the treatment LAW'S EYE UP“N government in its prosecution of the|over LaGrange Worthington. for an indefinite period when arrest- war and to stamp out disloyal and e T ed, District Attorney = Schlabach pro-German societies. ANOTHER PEACE NOTE IS claims. . The woman shows mo im- SOAP BOX OR ATORS . BEING WRITTEN BY POPE | provement. ‘Washington, Sept. wide seizure by the government of documents of the Industrial Work- The resolutions committee, in upe- cial session, beégan drawing up the declarations pf the alliance, recent- . Copellllhugen. gepi'.t 71—-% d:;pa:fih 1y formed for the announced purpose|from Lugano, Switzerland, e of combating disloyalty, which are|Vossische Zeitung of Berlin says it 2'500 CARS ORBERED ers.of the World was said today to be but one step in the campaign expected to “‘put- organized labor | has been learned that the report that ; right before the warld 2. Pope Benedict is preparing a second -l-o RESCUE CAmE : ‘which the department of justice is to conduct against disloy- (By United Press) John Spargo, former member of|peace note is correct. prepared alty and ‘sedition. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 7.—The inter- the executive committee of the So- cialist party, who, st RSt " se CAN'T CONTROL PRICE issued a-statement denying reports % that a new Socfalist party would be organized during the présent con- ference. GOVERNOR FRAZIER WALLOPS % v e 23 'argo, Sept. 7.—Governor = Fra-{declared, but the food administration : % IAM REFUSES CHARTER xier s htfitm& ards the People’s|has been given no such power. ~ Council, whith recently attempted As long as there is a heavy de- -NEW LABOR BODY, ™ Socrausr rusLicATion Topeka, Kan., Sept. 7.—The State (By United Press) to hold a meeting in Fargo under|{mand for meat with a decreased pro- Charter Board todny refused to rgant Minneapolis, Sept. . 7.—Samuel 0': ME AT HMVER dered 2,600 cattle cars to the south-|and activities have given ground for 1 western riilways to rescue thou-|suspicion of disloyalty will be under sands of starving cattle from parch-|stricter surveillance and more dras- - Washington, Sept. 7.—Price fix-|ed gmu- tic measures will be pursued in deal- ing for meat and dairy products has % - {ing with them. no place in the government’s food Included in these classes are .the control plans, Herbert Hoover, the mo-calied soap -box arators, writers food administrator, told the Nation-| K P, Letfonl ‘_ FARGO! =1 Livestock cvonference. ~ Not oniy|rived 1a- Mw"'h:‘“m""’“'“ Sl laected with the German I regarded as friends of Germany. —evidenced by the fact that the execu-| will continue to soar. The hope of “tive addressed a communication tojthe food administration is that it Mayor Alex Sterm of Fargo, condemn- | can stabilize quotations and thus el- ke governor’s protection, is further | duction, Mr. Hoover said, meat prices a charter to the Appeal to Reason, a ard, Kan. The board based its ac- tion on an order by the Federal postoffice department which, accord~ ing to members of the board, re- tusas the publication the use of the maitis. MWGUIRE MOVES REP T SHOP TO Lm'mm GARAGE CHINESE TO HELP RUSSIA The business of the Bemidji Autol Laundry, formerly run by A. L.| Wrathall, has been purchased by H.| A. McGuire, who formerly lkved in East Bemidji. Mr. McGuire l moved his tire repair outfit to Lhe Letford garage where he will operate in the future. Federation of Labor, was .oday elect- |, ed head of the American Aliiance of | Labor and Democracy, and resolu- tions were passed pledging the loy- alty of labor. i (By United Press) San Francizeo, Sept. 7.—Fifteen thousand picked Chinese troops mio- bilized for transfer through Siberia to Russian battle front to help stem the German tide, was the contents of ing the action taken by Fargo people | iminate speculation. to prevent Max Eastman from spread- ing his seditious utterances. Mayor Stern, in response, inform- KAlSER USES WII‘SON ed the governor that it was gnnger- ous to attempt meetings of the Peo- ple’s Council kind in Fargo, and that MESSAfiE AS CAPITAL it would be unwise to give such meet- ings any enccuragement. - Amsterdam, Sept. T7.—President| ypg: EIKS DANCE TONIGHT Wilson’s reply to the pope is being ; Another of the popular Elks’|turned to account in Germany for /dances will be held this evening in|propaganda purposes in connection the Elks’ temple. Music will be fur-| with the seventh war loan, which nished by the Harmony Trio. These | has been announced for mid-Septem- dances, which are being arranged by | ber. the entertainment committee of the From all indications money rais- Elks lodge, are proving very popular|ing efforts are to be made on an un- and a series of dances will be given | precedented scale, especially in the throughout the winter. rural districts. ua Paoae | | I |Wilson’s Note mands,” the Vorwaerts of states. note contains nothing not acceptable to us.” Pan-German press in declaring Wil- son’s note to the pope’s proposals as nothing more than demanded by the resolu- people. made in the Lokal Anzeuger that the American people secure constitution- al guarantees that in the future their president will be unable to rule as an autocratic dictator. THORULT RESIDENT 1 caring tnr the stock. He died imme- g {\y a 3 = ents live at Hewitt, Minn, Garfleld Akerberg was ¢alled to the scene of the accident and the body was shipped to Thief River Falls. The coroner returned to Bemidji this French |1abor has been asked by. employers|Way, and we -expect to leave Tues:|morning. Co. B, 10th Engineers (Forestry, BUGG%SEEKS T0 PLACE gles, said to be the heaviest holder La Crosse, Wia., Bept. 7.—Alleged from Bemidji in the regiment. - For | of timber in three states, Minnesota, H lottors Michigan and Wisconsin, was at Sar » 4 - 1 tion. pervision of J. A. Hopkins, profes-|days from Edward Roesler, 8|uiould be so addressed, to be for- :eléon::: c:ve‘eol; l.l:w-;:seggr;l :011?::;:: with Sartell Bros. fitty million feet of timber to be sawed. by the Sartell firm it will mean a standy job of sawing for ten years ‘at their mill. is expected that the parties will agree on conditions soon. gles has returned to his home in Manisteg, 7.—Nation- | Sartell in a few weeks. en for a visit to the various places of interest, including the paper mill. He was much impressed with the vicinity. state commerce emml-bn today or- ;nt,l.ml:‘dl"m; ‘:::f;;eml:{‘:?:;m L'BEI. SUITS GALORE and publishers, some of them con-|Hale Thompson today filed five suits for libel against the Chicago Trib- press in this country, so-called com-|une, Chicago Daily News, and Victor scientious objectors and irndividuals|Lawson, its publisher, whose activities have led them to be | Dickinfon, ex-secretary of war, Presi- dent Myron T. Herrick of the local National Security League and Ar- nold Joerne, secretary of the same. i l conducted a music class here, has re- per: Socialist publication issued at Gir-|turned and will reorganize his class. Jon , president of the American He has spent the past three months U.S. ESTIMATE OF tion of spring wheat Sept. 71.2, against 48.6 a year ago. The average crop report for the past ten a dispatch sent to a Chinese news- years is estimated as 74 for average paper here today. crop. NOT 'YESTERDAY’S NEWS, BUT TODAY’S NEWS TODAY---BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS ~ BEMIDJI DAILY PI lPE ROGRA EER % ‘_BTYFNECENTSPEEIOM AD FEARS - _GERMAN ATTACK; RUSS CAPITAL RED - WITHWAR POSTERS (By United Press) Petrograd, Sept. 7.—Petrograd is preparing for a possible German at- tack. Red placards are scattered everywhere and on walls of build- ings today calling upon all Russians to do their duty. Troops are pass- ing through the streets enroute to the front to repel invaders but the populace is not worried and no panic is visible. Is Accaptable, (By United Press) erica has never known defeat and on " Berne, Sept. 7.—“The people of|this occasion, too, she will triumph,” erioa Never g:feltnd Germany are willing to furnish guar-|declared Premier Lolyd George to a gainst Teuton War Plan anteas’ to President Wilson’s de-|great crowd today. He admitted Berlin| news from Russia was disquieting American [ but declared he had great confidence the Russian traders would repair the machine now under fire. “In reality the The statement in a reply to the QUARTERLY REPORT - OF CHIEF RIPPLE Report of the police department, three months, May, June and July, second quarter of the year 1917: To the Honorable mayor and city council of the City of Bemidji: Gen- tlemen: 1 hereby submit for your approval the report of this depart- ment for the past three months of the present fiscal year. Number of arrests for ness—18. Amount of fines imposed—$§151. Amount of fines paid—$101. Amount of fines suspended—$56. Total amount of money received See Prendent “Autocratic.” Berlin, Sept. 7.—The demand is drueken- ACCIDENTLY KILLS SELF WITH GUN by the ecity—$101. L. E. Walbridge, homesteader at| Number of arrests for disorderly Thorhult, ‘atcfdentally -shot* himself | conduct—4. Tuesday when “carrying a shotgun Amount of fines imposed—$56. out of the barn, where he had been Amount of fines paid—$30. Amount of fines suspended—$26. He.avas ot uut. of mnn-ey ree«;lved by 1s ‘mar. 1;1&’6&&‘-?5? One arrest for vagrancy, paid -a. fine of $15. One arrest for selling liquor with- out a license, fine of $60 or sixty days imposed, committed to county jail for a period of sixty days. Number of arrests for assault—2. Amount of fines imposed—$26. Amount of fines paid—$25. Total amount of money received by the city—$25. Number of arrests for petit lar- ceny—3: Amount of fines imposed—$115. Amount of fines paid—$10. Two cases committed to county jail, one for ninety days and one for ten days. Total amount of money received by city—$10. Number of arrests for gambling game—2. Amount of fines imposed—$38.60. Amount of fines paid—$38.60. Total amount of money received by city—$38.60. Number of arrests for violation of the traffic ordinance—11. Amount of fines imposed—8$55. Amount of fines paid—$50 One fine suspended. Total amount of money received by city—$50. Total number of arrests for three past months in all cases—42. Coroner ER SAWING CONTRACT 8t. Cloud Times: Charles F. Rug- The timber magnate has about running If this contract is secured The deal is not yet closed, but it Mr. Rug- Mich., but will be back to During his visit here he was tak- Total amount of fines imposed— $504.60. Total amount of flnes $269.60. Three committed m county jail, five sentences suspended. Hoping that this will meet with the approval of the mayor and you gentlemen, I beg to remain, Your obedient servant, FRANK B. RIPPLE, Chief of Police. paid— FILED BY THOMPSON (By United Press) Chicago, Sept. 7.—Mayor William PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IS DENOUNCED BY LABOR Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 7.—The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy unanimously adopted a resolution denouncing’' as unwar- ranted the declarations of the Peo- ple’s Council of America for Democ- racy and Terms of Peace and other similar organizations that America has not clearly stated her war aims. “No government has ever stated its war aims so clearly, war aims en- tirely consistent with the ideals of democracy and internationalism,” the resolution said. Jacob M. WILL REORGANIZE CLASS Prof. J. H. Roberts, who formerly n Iowa. . SPRING WHEAT CROP| (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 7.—The condi- 1 was NEW BANK POSITION Julius Schmitt of Cass Lake has accepted a position at the Northern National bank in this city and will commence his duties next week. He has been working in the First Na- tional bank at Cass Lake while Miss Bertha Harding has been enjoying a vacation.