Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 1

TR T L ¥ s ‘NOT YESTERDAY'S NEWS, BUT TODAY’S NEWS TODAY--BY ~ BEMIDJI DAILY BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA, THURSDlAY. EVENING. SEPTEMBER 27, 1917, MOTHERS’ HEARTS ARE HEAVY AS THEIR BOrs LEAVE FOR CAMP VOLUME XV. NO. 225. SHEEP RAISINGIN NORTHMINNESOTA | T0 BE BOOSTED | AT MEETING HERE| | Convention of Wool Growers and Those Interested in Sheep to Be Held October 8-9. PLAN TO UTILIZE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF UNUSED LAND Railroads, Bankers and Land Men Also Interested; Committee is Named by the C. C. Bemidji will be the scene of a con- vention of wool growers and others interested in sheep raising October 8 and 9, a committee from the Com- mercial club last night deciding up- on the dates. 2 The convention is for northern Minnesota and its object is the pro- moition of the sheep industry in this part of the state. This will include the farmer, the western rancher, rail- roads, land men and bankers. Quite recently this movement was inaugurated. Northern Minnesota has thousands of acres of unused land which are ideal for sheep rais- ing and it is hoped to make Minne- sota one of the greatest sheep raising states in the union. Speakers of prominence will be here the day of the convention and the plans laid out for the informa- tion of all interested. {, The committee from the Commer- . . . cial club in charge of the convention H consists of Bueford M. Gile, high school agriculturist; G. . Harn- well, president of the Commercial club; Mayor Vandersluis, J. J. Op- sahl and A. G. Wedge. i { 4 H Capprizhl ot & begermest Sorrow so deep and so poignant that it cannot be concealed 15 depicted”in this mother's face as she watches her boy march away to war. The heart of his sister also is heavy as she watches hpr broth-r go by in the ranks of his ‘regiment as it starts to the camp where it will be trained for service in France. {The mothers of the country are sad, 'but they are bearing up bravely and holding in their emotion as best they can that their sons who are going to fight for their country will not see their sorrow. BEMIDJI SAILOR TELLS PARENTS ALL ABOUT BOYS ON THE KANSAS Just about the most interesting family gathering ever held in Be- midji was that last evening at the Commercial club when Leigh Hen- drixon, on leave from the battleship Kansas was ‘“at home” to about 50, including mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends of the members |l|—_——lll_—7———lll——1—||'—.——... oo Commercial ClubWill Aid FishCommissiontoLaunch Red Lake Fishing Project Nearly fifty business and profes-|tinent, as they learned later, they sional men dined at the Commercial| Would have gone crazy.” club luncheon Wednesday noon, after! A l'el:;;:‘t“‘?f the .lItetfterson Hizél- way publicity committee was made xhl‘:hl :‘) r:f:l:rl:uslness session of by Chairman W. .Z Robinson, which of the Bemidji naval militia now on he 61 el ¢ i (By United Press) Amsterdam. Sept. 27.—‘“He who attempts to drive a wedge between the kaiser and his people bites on granite,” declared President Kaempf at the opening of the German reich- stag. ] In speaking of the sale and its conduct, Mr. Clark paid a high com- pliment to Superintendent Dickens of the Red Lake agency, who con- ducted the sale, and the government: “You hear a lot of talk on the DENIED BY VATICAN Rome, Sept. 27.—The Vatican de- nies a report that Pope Benedict in- tends to make proposals for peace ne- was to the effect that several meet- gotiations involving mediation by|the Kansas. Leigh (Moose) Hendrixon, who is|inges had been held and that progress King Alfonso of Spain. "l“he ':flair wntsfl:“.;]g:d by Se; here on a furlough from the battle-| W b::flg made. ¥ G some retary Lamson of the club, prompted | ship Kausas, was present..and:toldd s Dr. G.] ) ) Eim]fiq PE*ACE No ) ]}j{ye:il:il;yo‘l; with rel'e‘l"leon(:l:r:umth:lg :::‘E mznterestlng tales of sea-} . eaion, presented a resolution which boys, and today there is much less e was in effect that the Commercial anxiety on the part of several over “Everyone of the boys are anxious! club go on record to co-operate with lNTEREST TO BULGARS‘ how “the boy” is getting along. to set foot on foreign soil,” said Mr.[the state game and fish commission ! “Moose” isn’t much on the recep-| Hendrixon, “‘and if the boys knew | in launching the project of commer- lN SS WAR tion business but the affair last. eve- | that they were within several hun-| cialized fishing on Red Lake. The MERELY BUS E ning was just like a gathering of his|dred miles from the European con-|resolution was unanimously adopted. Bemidji shipmates and their parents £ - = and he told his visitors all about the (By United Press) boys, what they were doing, how ‘Washington, Sept. 27.—Bulgalilan they fared and their life in general AMERICAN BARRACKS 9' GERMANS ALIENS Minister Panatertoff declares Bulga-|and what he had to say was listened ja_is not interested in the kaist‘e’r’s to eagerly and with general relief. ATTACKED; ESCAPE CAUG“T IN DRAGNET 3 ittel Europea’” dream. He de&- _ . ¢ W & lared Bulgaria had attained her sole REAS, v “¢nds for which she entereddghe w‘::.r P%%gg%%filfi%nnflfi%mfiny 29 WI“LE BULLETS RAIN (By United Press) and is ready to quit providing she - New York, Sept. 27.—Ninety-one can keep the territory which by lan- (By United Press) Germans were caught in the govern- guage and nationality and historic| Washington, Sept. 27.—The Inter- Americ(al:y U::::d Plge::é uarters, | Tent's drive against enemy — aliens right belongs to her. ; state Commerce Commission has sus-| panoe " gent 27 —yAmtrica: army plotting to hamper the war. They The minister also said Bulgaria pended until January 29, 1918, the engineérs s‘:e;eplné in their Laffacks are interned at Ellis Island. would have preferred to fight on the| operation of the proposed rate in- Wore under bitiasn fite last. misht -— side of the allies but Germany made | creases for transportation of carloads but were unhurmed. They took lif- MONR I13 " a more acceptable business proposi-|of grain, grain products and by- uge in dugouts while maychine gun OE TO pEN y tion. products between points east of the bullets riddled the barracks roof. It Mississippi and north of the Ohio riv- 4 ers and from St. Paul, Chicago and l\;vezsnt:et:rrsétt;?eélelf Amerilcans bad SOUNDS LIKE STOCK ;t}alarby point;to fastern destlnatium:i. & L manalrmen: e € propose ncreases average ‘When District Judge Stanton pass- about 3 to 5 cents per hundred ed sentence upon Alex Monroe and COMPANY DRAMA pounds. “ELFIN SUSPIC'OUS ggflydbr{fl'g;i ayeeterday m::lflf;:gg;-y- _— RED CROSS BENEFIT ’ of John McGilvery, a scarred veteran The musical play “A Joke on the OF LFOLLETTE AND °]t1 the terrible battle of Verdun on Toy Maker,” given b: jor stu- the French front, Kidd was sent to der!l'ts ote St.gg:cell:'sth:t{x‘:il:oo W:s 0THERS IN CONGRES the state reformatory on account of Tl ¥ Monptnos miees S o Whila” Momvos went 1 the. statd another. performance for the benefit (By United Press) penitentiary for the same indeterm- of the localRed Cross. This will be] Washington, Sept. 27.—Represen-|inate sentence. . ————— a matinee, Saturday, Sept. 29, at 4| tative Heflin today demanded the im- ’I'h‘el cdrlme for which both wer: : o'clock in St. Philip’s hall. All the|mediate appointment of a house com- | convicted is punishable by a muc! ms%mn%%%spoz!’cfi % children as well as grownups are mittee before which he can denounce | heavier penalty. Kidd's age saved bt urged to attend the enjoy this excel-| members of congress whom he be-|lhim from the *“pen.” He was one San Francisco, Sept. 27.—The|lent entertainment. lieves have acted disloyal. of those selected to go with Bel- W strike of 25,000 iron workers and S — In his speech, he mentioned La-|trami county’s first draft quota but other mechanics in the San Fran- WELL. WE SHALL SEE Follette, Representative Britten and|the next two years will find him in cisco bay region was settled at a| Washington, Sept. 27.—The food gepres:nl\gati"\;le DM;(“"" of Illinofs, | the reformatory. Y meeting of the Iron Trades Council| administration is to recommend a re-| aerfi uor ahota asking for the here, according to an official state-|duction in bread prices, Hoover an- ;?ves gation t!in e could ascertain BEMIDJI BOYS WELL ment issued by the council. The|nounced today. While he is helpless a‘;‘y tconn;c lfn was between their strike has tide up work for ten days| to force lower prices he believes his (t:onduc and the Bernstorft slush one-eighth of the government’s ship- | recommendations will assure cheaper ungy SATISF'ED WIT“ CAMP building contracts. loaves. 1 = CLASS INITIATION AT lMa}:'tin Dunn of the Third Sctreet cafe has received a letter from Camp ark Also Secures Cedar ODD FELLOWS HALL| Besc. s steincs, o, sened vy Dannenberg, Gratton, Klein and Whitman, in which they tell of their ere y Overnmen n arrival with Beltramj county's first Friday evening at the Odd Fel-|dratt quota. o - ed ke lndlan A lows hall a class of candidates will| , The letter says the whole camp of y be initiated and all members are| $0:000 embryo soldiers is all smiles urged to be in attendance. Several and that the officers are all fine chaps ou]tside lodges have been invited and '::rd :l:zry;;;‘:yt;e:lg‘gnfi:; ::'1‘; ]Ieetri The Clark Pole & Tie company of a large visiting delegation is looked| ;14 that it won't be long until they | Bemidji was also the successful bid- This is the first class of several to alll" be rep@iaung ~‘-¥3 the tamtlma 7 der for the cedar sold at the big gov- be taken in this fall and the officers| o vh wan“) slogan e are coming ernment timber sale at the Red Lake are particularly anxious to have the| Father Abraham,” only it will be Indian agency yesterday, the Clark attendance above the average. Father Wilson. { company bei;;g t;' . p“m[haselr iofi g 1| outside about government timber e ga::rin[m:nbo?: 1?,.,’,,";,‘,’,“1?,2 2:0:.1{; t ert r sale, which in- CENS; LAN INDO. G "-'?lfdedma:;r%ximeatel(; 80,000,060 feet sales being crooked and all that sort LI E P. RSED of appreciation the smokes were & hite and Norway pine, besides|°f Fot but I want to say there isn't| Washington, Sept. 27.—Reresenta-| greatly enjoyed. o« o pedar ' t:let slighttest Aexcuse for any such|tive produce men of the country — * . . statements. person couldn’t have| meeting here with the food admin- 1 e amount }nvolvedf 1tsh 7111‘0““‘: conducted his own personal business | istration, were unanimous in their Plctnlgyiéggn fi%ngflsn of the ,250,000 and is one o e largest | with any more fairness and business | approval of the Federal license plan|Outing magazine editor and business iales ever held in Minnesota. ability than that of yesterday by Mr.| for their industry and named a spe-| manager at Red Lake will be shown Asked what he intended to do with | Dickens. I::very bidder was present | cial committee to work out the plans|in the Pioneer Press of St. Paul next it, H. M. Clark, president of the|when the bids were opened and all| with Director Haskell of the dairy|Sunday. The pictures were taken by Clark Pole & Tie company, replied,|took the figures and could do his| products division of the administra-| H. J. Blair, of the St. Paul Associa- “We'll take care of it all right.” own figuring.” tion. «l tion. i Palmer, president of the ‘Beltrami County Public Safety com- THE GREAT UNITED PRESS = J- FORTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH MAKING DESPERATEEFFORT FOR PEACE; WRONG BRAND BERNSTORFF KNEW OF GERMANY’S INTENT TOATTACK NEUTRALS Washington, Sept. 27.—Further evidence that Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to Wash- ington, knew of his government’s in- tention to inaugurate a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare prior to his request for money with which to influence congress, is in possession of the state department. Secretary Lansing said that as early as Jan. 19, Count von Bernstorff knew of the plan. Answering inquiries, the secretary made this statement: “In view of inquiries which have been made as to to whether Count von Bernstorff knew of the purpose of his government to renew relent- less submarine warfare, when he sent his message of Jan. 22, 1917, asking authorization to expend $60,000 I can state that the department of state possessed conclusive evidence that on or before Jan. 19, Count von Bernstorff had received and read the Zimmerman telegram to Minister von Eckhardt in Mexico which contained the following: “‘We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral.’ “Count Bernstorff was, therefore, fully advised of the intentions of the imperial government at the time when he asked for authority of Ber- lin to employ funds for an organiza- tion to influence congressional action in’ favor of the continued neutrality of ‘this country.” GRAIN MARKET STRENUOUS In speaking of the grain shortage, the Grand Rapids Herald Review says: “Thomas Erwin of Bemidji, who is a frequent visitor in Grand Rapids in the interests of the Erwin Milling company of St. Cloud, was in Grand Rapids yesterday. Mr. Erwin pays close attention to the grain sit- nation and says that it is the most strenuous in recent years. The oat crop in this immediate section is very good, but in the Dakotas, from which in times past a large amount of the oats used in this section have been secured, the crop in very poor. The corn crop has also been affected throughout the entire state. Old corn has been selling for $2.20 a bushel, which is much in excess of its feed value, and the new corn is selling at about $1.25, according to reports from the large markets. A great deal of corn has been used dur- ing the past months for the purpose of making alcohol, which in turn is used in the manufacture of muni- tions. ’ NORSE SHIPS ARE “SUNK WITHOUT TRACE.” BELIEF Stockholm, Sept. 27.—A published list from the German side of the names of the vessels sunk by sub- marines gives reasons to relieve that Norwegian vessels have been the vic- tims of the “sink without trace’” pol- icy, made notorious by von Luxburg. The latest list published at Ham- burg contains the names of two of seven Norwegian fishing steamers which failed to return from the Au- gust cruise in the Arctic and were supposed to have been lost with all hands in storms. ATTACKS NOT SUCCESS (By United Press) Paris, Sept. 27.—German troops struck two desperate but unvailing blows on the Chemin des Dames last night, says an official announcement today. The first attack centered around Cerny following a terrific bombardment. PRISONERS SICK OF WAR; TELL BRITISH TROUBLE BREWING (By United Press) With the British armies, Sept. 27. —British troops continue to hold their gains. The whole Ypres sector is ablaze with artillery. Bavarian and Baden troops declared them- selves sick of the war when prisoners were captured and questioned. They complained that their losses were higher than those of the Prussians whose battles they are now forced to fight. Othert” leclared that unless peace comes soon the German commanders will have difficulty in keeping all troops in the fighting. ] FOR U. S, (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 27.—Germany is making desperate efforts for peace in fear of America’s might next year. Experts say Germany’s peace ma- neuvers are based upon real intern- al desire for peace. Officials are turning a deaf ear to all German peace inasmuch as it contains no suggestion for the elimination of Hohenzollernism. ST. PAUL MAN NAMED T0 HEAD COMMITTEE OFLIBERTY BOND SALE St. Paul, Sept. 27.—C. H. Bigelow of St. Paul will head the committee on selling for the Northwest Liberty Loan organization, according to an announcement made by Arthur R. Rogers, general chairman. Homer P. Clark of St. Paul will be chairman of the publicity commit- tee. Mr. Bigelow and Mr. Clark and E. J. Carpenter of Minneapolis were chosen as additional members of the general executive committees. Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis, will head a speakers' committee, which will arrange for Liberty Loan ral- lies next month in cities of the Northwest. NAVY YARD STRIKERS RETURN; PRESIDENT WILL CONFER LATER (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 27.—The 3,600 striking navy yard men returned to work today at the Norfolk navy yard. The president will confer with the navy department -heads October 2 to smooth out the difficulties. ARGENTINE ARMY IS CALLED TO CHECK RAILROAD STRIKE Buenos Aires, Sept. 27.—The en- tire Argentine army has been sum- moned to duty to aid the govern- ment in attempting to re-establish railroad traffic at present held up by a strike. This action was decided on after the strikers failed to accept an offer of government arbitration. All trains will be run by the military. There are rumors maritial law is about to be declared. I W. W. OFFICIAL FACES JURY; ALLEGED HE ADVOCATEDSABOTAGE District court opened this morning with the calling of the first of the state’s witnesses to the stand in the case of the State vs. Jess Dunning, former local secretary of the 1. W. W., charged with advocating sabo- tage. Although some difficulty was experienced in the selection of ju- rors, the panel was completed late yesterday afternoon. W. L. Dickinson, the first witness called to the stand this morning by the state, testified that he had leased a part of his building to the 1. W. W. last fall and that Dunning acted for the I. W. W. at that time. The testimony of Chiet of Police Frank Ripple and Patrolman Jack Essler showed how and when the authorities got possession of litera- ture and other evidence against Dun- ning. 0. N. Skinvick told of purchasing books in the I. W. W. headquarters which taught sabotage. At 11 o’clock the state rested and the defense called Dunning to the stand as the first witness. Up to noon Dunning’s testimony was only such as to show his career in the past. Court was adjourned until 2 o’clock this afternoon when it con- vened with Dunning still on the stand. Several members of the I. W. W. and sympathizer§ are present at the trial. GERMANS HURLED BACK (By United Press) London, Sept. 27.—Four separate and distinct counter attacks were de- livered by the Germans last night but were flung back, General Haig reports today. ‘..4...4.;‘ #,