Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 3, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME XV. NO. 229. BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. WEDNESDA YEVENING. OCTOBER 3, 1917, WINNG T('\p = " FORTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH HAYWOO0D WOULD INFLAME RANGE FINN EMBARGO, CAUSE -OF COMPLAINT IN SCANDINAVIA AND HOLLAND, REPORT Situation May Have An Important Bearing on War; British Ac- tion Forcing Crisis. SHIPMENT STOPPED ON ALL ARTICLES TO THESE COUNTRIES Persistent Rumor That Germany May Seize Holland and Royalty Lead Nation to War, (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 3.—That im- portant developments are pending af- tecting Scandinavia and Holland is the strong conviction in official cir- cles here. The increasing tightness of the embargo on Scandinavia and Holland is rapidly creating a situa- g tion which may have an important ! bearing on the war. Complaint against the American embargo is growing louder. This wlth the British stopping shipment 7%n all articles to Scandinavia and Holland is expected to bring a crisis. There is a persistent rumor that Germany may seize Holland. The chance is that pro-German royalty may lead that nation into war on the side of the Central powers. Nor- way may follow. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN OPENS MONDAY 0CT. 8 . The Second Liberty Loan of 1917, y which the United States govern- ment is to raise at least $3,000,000,- 000 and which is expected to be over- subscribed by $2,000,000,000 opens in the Ninth Federal Rerseve district, of which Bemidji is a part, Monday, October 8. This will be the greatest war finance plan ever known in the his- tory of the world, involving the | greatest total sum ever raised in a i single loan. Everybody, men, women, children, farmers, merchants, bankers, labor- ng men, clerks, ministers, lawyers, will be asked to buy. Monday, October 8, will be Chil- dren’s Day in all the schools of the ctates of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Western Wisconsin and Northern Michigan. There will be many meetings and many sneakers will be heard during the campaign which, opening Octo- ber 8, will have October 15 for the startlng day for actual selling of the honds, the campaign to close October 27 in Minneapolis. EGRO UNIT TO BE TRAINED . AT EACH ARMY ( CANTONMENT Washington, Oct. 3.—Wlth plenty of room available at the national army cantonments, due to withdraw- % als to fill up the national guard and ! other branches, the war department has again modified its plans for training negro troops of the national army forces. It is the purpose, Secretary Baker said, to train a complete unit of Negmes at each cantonment. ST. HILAIRE PIONEER MERCHANT IS DEAD (Special to Pioneer) St. Hilaire, Minn., Oct. 3.—A. H. Pitkin, prominent merchant of St. Hilaire and prominent Mason and Elk, died at his home here yester- day morning from a sudden attack of heart failure. Before entering upon his business career in St. Hilaire, Mr. Pitkin was a representative of the Inter- national Harvester Co. and is well nown throughout the state. He as a prominent member of the U. 'C. T. and was well known to all older members of the traveling fraternity. For the past ten years he had been engaged in the general merchandise and hardware business in this city. His widow and two children survive him. y Mr. Pitkin was at one time in business at Kelliher for the Crook- ston Lumber Co. Up to the time of his death he held considerable inter- ests in Kelliher and was well known in Bemidji. STRIKE VOTE TOMOBROW (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 3.—Over 1,600 em- ployes of the Twin Cities street rail- way lines will take action tomorrow night whether they will strike. The company has refused to recognize the union. A strike is expected. % | CABINET OFFICERS TAKE PHYSICAL COURSE Photo by American Press Association. 4 'q.\\ Cabinet officers and other prominent government officials have entered upon l training campaign under the di- rection of Walter Camp, the Yale coach. Facing Mr. Camp in the front row are Apsistant Secrctary of Commerce Sweet, Judge Covington, Secretary McAdoo and Attarney General Gregory. Brooks Is Chairman Bond Sale Walter L. Brooks, cashier of the Northern National bank of Bemidji, has been selected by A. R. Rogers| of St. Paul, chairman of the Ninth Liberty Loan committee, Ninth Fed- eral Reserve district, to be chairman of Beltrami county in the Liberty Loan campaign to actually start Oc- tober 15. A telegram was received today by Mr. Brooks, notifying him and giv- ing several details of the work to be done. The telegram is as follows: W. L. Brooks, Bemidji, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 3— You have been appomted county chairman of the second Liberty Loan. In addition to your pres- ent county committee the town- ship and village officers of your county have been selected as your assistants to sell in their respective towns and villages. They must all meet with you at some day next week to get in- structions and supplies for sell- ing bonds. The bond campaign commences October 15 at 8 o'clock a. m. Your meeting should be called on the tenth. We will notify town and vil- lage officers of their appoint- ments and direct them to attend the meeting, stating time and place. Advise immediately by wire time and place in your county selected by you for such meeting. A. R. ROGERS, Chairman, Liberty Loan Committee, Ninth Federal Reserve District. Mr. Brooks has designated October 10 as suggested for the meeting of all town and village officers in Be- midji. ALL RUSS CONFERENCE DEALS KERENSKY BLOW (By United Press) Petrograd, Oct. 3.—The all Rus- sian democratic government voted 813 to 180 against the coalition government today, the decision be- ing a direct blow at Kerensky and the provisional government. Yesterday the same conference vo- ted in favor of a coalition cabinet to include all factions except the ex- tremist Bolshiveki. BRITISH BOfiB BORDER (By United Press) Paris, Oct. 3.—Baden was last night bombed by British airmen, says an official dispatch today. FORD AGENTS RETURN FROM EXTENSIVE TRIP C. W. Jewett, district agent for the Ford Motor company, and C. C. Hildebrand, manager of the Ford Motor company at Minneapolis, re- turned yesterday from a business trip. They made the trip by motor and among the towns visited were Thief River Falls, Malcolm, Middle River, Greenbush, Roseau, Warroad, Baudette, Williams, International Falls and the town along the M. & 1. railroad from International Falls. WRIGHRT FIELD LEASED (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 3.—The Wright aviation field at Dayton, Ohio, has been leased by the government for training army aviators. Three More N ew “‘Pionéer'‘ Employes TOBIAS TiNCAN - PROPRIE TOR. OF THE GARAGE. _ Second Call For Gounty Draft Soon Sheriff Andrew Johnson today re- ceived word from the adjutant gen- eral’s office in St. Paul advising him that 147 men for the second contin- gent of the Beltrami draft quota are wanted some time between October 10 and 15. The message asked Sheriff Johnson to advise the depart- ment at once if he could furnish the men and if not why not. As no definite date was set for Sheriff Johnson to notify the drafted men to appear for examination he has advised the adjutant general for something definite. WOMEN TO ALIGN SELVES WITH COALITION MOVEMENT (By United Press) New York, Oct. 3.—Prof. Ellen Hayes of Wellesley college today de- clared in a joint session of social- ists, prohibitionists, progressives and single taxers that women voters of the country will align themselves with the proposed coalition of the new party. Other women delegates corroborate the statement of Miss Hayes. Ida Tandrith, prohibitionist candidate for vice president, was elected permanent chairman of the convention. John Spargo was elected vice chairman. Spargo lauded Presi- dent Wilson in accepting the office. LUNDEEN URGES WHAT'S BEEN DONE Washington, Oct. 3.—Failing to get action on his resolution to repeal the conscription law, Representa- tive Ernest Lundeen of Minneapolis now wants the president “to place an embargo on such food supplies as are found necessary for home con- sumption and for the supply of our soldiers at home and abroad.” The president is exercising such power now. SICK WIVES RECOVER T00 SOON. SAYS APPEAL BOARD Eugene, Ore., Oct. 3.—Because sick wives recovered too soon after hus- bans had been exempted from the army two cases from Klamath county were reopened by the appeal board for the second district of Oreégon. DoC A\_\_us KACKIN -~ WHO USES T -ru-.c,m SINCLAIR RAVES AT HIS BEING TAKEN 70 FEDERAL COURT Archie Sinclair, erstwhile I. W. W. agitator in Bemidji and this part of the state, and at one time secretary of the Bemidji branch of the 1. W. W., was today taken to Chicago by Deputy United States Marshal A. H. Jester. Sinclair goes to answer to the government for his lawless ad- vocacy, he being included in the first batch of indictments by the federal grand jury in Chicago. Sinclair was furious at his being taken to Chicago. He asserted he was being ‘“shanghaied,”” but his ravings did him no good and Uncle Sam will take care of his case. BADGER REPUBLICANS WOULD ‘CAN’ L'FOLLETTE (By United Press) Milwaukee, Oct. 3.—The executive committee of the Wisconsin Republi- can state central committee, with the exception of two members, today con- curred in a telegram to Washington requesting the impeachment of Sena- tor LaFollette. COAL PRICES MODERATE HERE, SAYS HARNWELL Co2l prices in Minnesota will prob- ably remain unsettled until the gov- ernment investigation now under way i8 complete, is the opinion of fuel dealers in various centers of the state. The government fuel director has set the price of coal at 30 per cent increase over the price charged in 1915, but Bemidji coal dealers say they will not take advantage of it. In discussion with G. W. Harn- well, president of the Commercial club and general manager of the St. Hilaire Lumber company, today, Mr. Harnwell emphasized the statement that Bemidji coal dealers were not in the same class with a burglar, much as some seem inclined to think. ‘“We are not taking advantage of what the government fuel director has allowed us,” said Mr. Harnwell. “Coal in Bemidji is selling for $11.75 nut and $11.50 for stove. Hard coal would be between 11 and 12 cents more than we are charging if we fol- lowed the fuel director’s price allowance. We are not adding that to prices we are quoting.” ACTION POSTPONED (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 3.—The senate committee on privileges and elec- tions today postponed action on La- Follette until tomorrow. ESTRUCTIVE BOOK I SENT T0 DULUTH T0 BE TRANSLATED INTO FINN TONGUE Townlay Is Bankru t Assels$479 Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 3.—A peti- tion in bankruptcy has been filed here with Referee H. F. 0’Hare in the case of A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpartisan League, and his brother, C. F. Townley. Assets are scheduled as $479 and liabilities at about $79,000. The International Harvester company of Bismarck is one of the principal creditors. The above actlon is the outcome of the failure of his flax crop, which left A. C. Townley bankrupt. As chronicled in 'a series of articles by Willis Willlams in the Dispatch, it was this crop failure that led Mr. Townley to organize the Nonpartisan langue.‘ . GETS TWO MILLION MORE (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 3.—The treas- ury department today announced a loan of $2,000,000 to Belgium, mak- ing a ‘total advance to Belgium of $565,000,000. RATE INCREASE POSTPONED By United Press) Wnulnm.mn Oct. 3.—The inter- state commerce commission today in- definitely postponed the operation of certain transcontinental freight rate increases proposed by the railways to go into effect October 15. SHEEP CONVENTION ATTRACTS ATTENTION When Judge J. E. Harris of the probate court returned today from attending the state convention of pro- bate judges held at Owatonna he found awaiting him a letter from C. A. Sharkey of St. Paul, whom Judge Harris had Known for 30 years. Mr. Sharkey was at one time sta- tion agent at Crookston, being 15 years at that point, after which he went as traveling freight auditor for the Northern Pacific in Montana in which office he came in touch with the live stock situation of the big stockmen. He is now located in St. Paul and writes Mr. Harris that he has heard of the wool growers’ con- vention to be held in Bemidji Oc- tober 8 and expressed himself as wanting to talk over the securing of sheep as he is well known to the big raisers in the west. He also stated that any one desiring to secure sheep could write him as he was in position to secure the sheep for all who de- sired. Mr. Harris will make an effort to induce Mr. Sharkey to attend the convention here October 8. The convention is not only for land men, sheep growers and farmers but for business and professional men and everybody in general, and their pres- ence is desired. 40,000 HOMELESS IN TOKIO FLOODS (By United Press) Tokio, Oct. 3.—The most destruc- tive flood in 20 years destroyed thousands of buildings and rendered 40,000 homeless, paralyzed railroads and shipping and did $3,000,000 damage in Tokio alone. At least 80 are dead here. Rivers are raising and it is pre- dicted 20,000 additional homes will be flooded in the Tokio district. The imperial palace and government buildings suffered considerably. HONOR FOR PERSHING Washington, Oct. 3.—Revival of the grade of full general is planned by the war department to provide suitable rank for Major General John J. Pershing, commanding the Ameri- can expeditionary forces in France. - Chicago, Oct. 3.—Search for al- leged 1. W. W. leaders named in in- dictments returned herc last Friday is being made today in various army cantonments where, it is learned, a number of the men sought are in na- tional service. TFederal authorities assert it will only be a mauer of a short time until all of the 166 in- dicted men are under arrest. Some of the evidence used by the Federal grand jury in obtaining true bills shows that it was contained principally in letters and pamphlets, thousands of which were distributed over the country. From a book sent by William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer, to Du- luth, Minn,, to be translated into Finnish, the following was taken: Going to Take Industries. “We uare going to take over the industries some day for three very good reusons: Because we need them, because we want them, and because we have the power to get them. Whether we are ethically justified or not is not our concern.” Another excerpt from the book sent by Haywood to Duluth said: “Is a strike contemplated by the most indispensable workers—those of the alimentary trades? A quart of kerosenc or other greasy and malo- dorous matter, poured or smeared on the level of an oven—and welcome the scabs and scabby soldiers to come and bake the bread. “The bread will be unecatable, be- cause the stoves will give the bread for at least a month the foul odor of the substance they have absorbed. Result: .\ useless oven.” To Paralyzs Railroads. The Haywood hook suggests as a means to paralyzs railroads: “It would be well to choose those workers ameng the most skillful and experienced-—who would by a single stroke disable and render useless for some days the materials necessary for the regular performance of the serv- ice and the movement of trains.” Haywood and others are held liable for publication in the mnewspaper Solidarity last August of: “The 1. W. W. is more than a la- bor organization. It is a revolution- ary union. We are absolutely and irrevocably dissatisfied with the pres- ent system of society. We consider it a useless system and we mean to destroy it. “Red card men are shrewd, deter- mined, valorous and loyal to the cause they love. * * * There would not be soldiers enough in the coun- try to round them up for arrest nor jails enough to hold them. I. W. W. Deenly Rooted. “The 1. W. W. is so deeply rooted in America and the world that it can afford to take chances on an open war a whole lot better than the powers that oppose it. Our system of job agitation is such that no power on earth can keep the union from spreading its influence. * * * We have shown the world how to go to jail in huge numbers, exasperate the taxpayers and block the ma- chinery of ‘justice.’ * * * “The I. W. W. is fighting for him- self—self-preservation, like the cop- per trust, knows no law.” Another issue of the paper, Aug. 25, reads: “The refusal of American workers to volunteer and their determined opposition to being drafted into the army demonstrates clearly that war is being recognized by the slave class as a cause of class hatred. * * *" Opnose Conscrintion. Other issues of the paper read: “It is needless to say the I. W. W. is unalterably opposed to conscrip- tion. We consider the bombastic and far-fetched talk about freedom and democracy simply so much bunk. The only place we have anything to gain or defend is on the job.” The October grand jury, sworn in today in Federal court, is expected to continue the inquiry begun by the September grand jury into anti-war activities. A letter from James Rowan, sent from Seattle, Wash., under date of Aug. 2, to Haywood, says: “We have the good will of the German people here and we feel that they are in sympathy with our cause. We do not call them Germans, how- ever, but refer to them the same as others, the Fellow Workers. “We are going to carry our points if we have to stop every industry on the Pacific coast. We did not de- clare war and we have not consented to the workingman giving up his lib- erty and being drafted.”