Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 5, 1917, Page 1

SEI@AY; 5 OCT & = Called By “the ’l’dberty’ Township " Public Sd‘ety Commission ; Big : ns mm* ON rnoem Banglofi’nydtyWfllBeSnngmd 2 All"- Are - Invited “to Brmg Lunches and Bpend Day. = The plt.rlotlc meetlng scheduled at the Pony Lake school house on Sun- “day afternoon is attracting consid- rable attention ‘in Bemidji and sur- unding country and indications are -, sthat a recorl crowd will be there. . . YVisitors are requested .to bring 5 their- lumches and make a regular ~ [44ggy” ofit., The meeting is called ‘by the Liberty Township Public Safety’ commission and is being spon- sored by the Beltrami County Public “Safoty commission of which Dr. G. M. Palmer is president.- Totrance On ) County Attorney Graham M. Tor= ~ rance ‘has been chosen orator.of the day and will address the gathering on " “The Duties of the A.merlcun Citizen During the ‘War.” W. P. Dyer, auperintendent of the Bemidji schools, is on the -program for an address and City Attorney M. :+ J. Brown has been requested to give ‘a short talk on the Liberty Loan. Womm par 5 &esv‘fi‘rkand ‘the Red Cross” work will be presented by Mrs. Eduard F. Netzer.. -In addition to-this array of talent these will be-songs by choirs and the to attend.. FARMERS' BOYCOTT - CITENS WHO STOPPED | N.P. LEAGUE. MEETING * (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 5.—Over 350 farm- atriotie - na-| INTRODUCING IVORY The _Pioneer takes great 'pleasure today in “introducing . Iyory, another ¢ Of the new mem- bers of its staff. He is a_wash and polish specialist .and “will play an important part in the . . great--automobile. feature the . Pioneer.-is -going - to .introduce, VARIOUS QANS Tomorrow, the Ploneer will present a group picture of its eight new members that have joined its staff to further the * progress of the paper. 2 Single Ad of ‘Four Pages In “Pioneer” Jn “the Bemidji Weekly Pio- neer, which made its appearance this ‘morning, was one of the largest advertisements ever ‘county. In fact it was equ;llfif only once before and it was the Pioneer which contained it at -’ that time. : The advertisement ocoupied four full pages in the Pioneer and was that of the J. C. Pen- ney company on Third street. The advertisement was the great fall announcement of the Penney store and each page was attrac- AT BOTH ENDS OF | BELTRAMI COUNTY Telegram to “Pioneer” From fieul' Be | of drill. of District Tells Plan to Be Followed Here. ORGANIZE IN BEMIDJI OCT. 10 ° AND 0CT: 13- AT BAUDETTE This Will Give North and South Por- ‘tions_of County Two Distinct _-{ - Working Forces.: . . The “organization of ‘the goltnml eounty Liberty Loan cai of which W. L. Brooks, <cashier ot Northern National bank, has chosen the head by the officials:ofi this district, will be effected in two places in the county, one in Bemid}} for the southern portion of the coun- ty and the other at Baudette, for the northern .part of the county. Last evening the Pioneer received the following telegram which is self- explanatory: - Minneapolis, Oct. 4-17. Bemidji Pioneer: Beltrami - county will -be organized for the Liberty Loan campaign at two separate meetings. Townships south of range 154 will be or- ganized at 2 o’clock, October 10- ' at a meeting in the court house: in Bemidji township. North of range 154 will be organized October 12 at one o'clock at a meeting at Baudette: < ROGERS, Chairman. Mr. Brooks intends-to make a hard campaign that Beltrami county may do her part in the second Liberty Loan? even better than she did for -| the first ope. LUNDEEN O0STED BY _ KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS St. Paul, Oct. 5.—Congressman Er- nest Lundeen has been dropped from membership in the Knights of Pyth- ias, it was announced, by action of Hermion lodge, of which he was a member, after inquiry into charges that he had been guilty ot “‘contin- ued unpatriotic utterances.” One of id.van - (145) right tackle; ~TOMORROW; BEMIDJI WILL MEET FOSSTON “Bemidji closed its week of football ‘practice for the Fosston game late » ‘yestsrday with a scrimmage and long 1al drill. For three-quarters of an Hour or more the future gridiron greats struggled to show what they ‘have learned in the first two weeks oth Fosston and Bemidji are pre- pal'ed for a hard battle and the game (shéuld be in doubt until the last JAE the Crookston-Fosston game can be taken as a criterian. Bemidji has a fast dashing backfield, but ‘Fosston has a heavy line and these men may be stopped. In weight there is not much in fa- vor: of either team. Following is the weight of each man the way game will no doubt start: * Fosston—Granum (140) left end; Vig (141) ‘left tackle; Thompson (180) left guard; Lade (130) cen- ter; Larkin (137) right guard; La- R. Larson (125) right end; Brager (127) quar- ter; Hem (130) left half; Kringle (133) right half; Larson (145) full. Bemidji—Phibbs (140) left end; Opsahl (146) left tackle; Koors (141) left guard; Harvey (141) cen- ter; Knapp (130) right guard; Grey, captain (152) right tackle; Simons (143) right end; Kittleson (130) quarter; Morse (132) left half; Tennstrom (139) right half; Whit- ney (130) full. {}ighth grade students of the high school building will sell articles at the game for the Red Cross. Miss Hall will be in charge. New Party To RuleGongyress, -Says Sparg (By United - Press) Chicago, Oct. 5.—The new nation- al party, composed of prohibitionists, socialists, single taxers, progressives and offshoots of other parties, in- tends to hold the balance of power in congress in 1918, according to John Spargo, socialist, chairman of the conference closing today. There is no plan for a presidential candidate. The plan is for a nation- line-up and the _7Y FIVE CENTS PER MONTR HARGE T0 HEAR COMMITTEE OF FIVE WILL BE SELECTED R e —— REPORTS OF ST. PAUL SPEECH LARGE lNTERESTS 'ARE INTERESTED IN MEETING TO PROMOTE - SHEEP Gathering in Bemidji Next Monday is Attracting Attention Throughout State. CROOKSTON LUMBER COMPANY AMONG THE MANY INTERESTED Northern Minnesota Bankers Will Be Approached to Make Loans at Satisfactory Rate. The meeting scheduled for the Commercial club quarters next Mon- day and Tuesday when prominent land men, railroad representatives, sheep growers, farmers and all others interested in-promoting the sheep m- dustry .in northern Minnesota, wil discuss sheep raising, promises to he ‘ove-.of “ther miost impgrtant «in-this papt-of the’state {n mamy ways. The meeting is the direct outcome| of the meeting held in Chicago sev- eral days ago which brought to light the fact that millions of acres of waste land in Minnesota could easily be utilized for sheep raising. Use of Idle Land Plan ne The plan as formul ated would same time introduce into the north- west an industry that would event- ually bring millions of dollars in bring about the development of vir-| e tually all of the idle land and at the| (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 5.—Charges of seditious nttemnm lodged lgumt Senator LaFollette, are to be mvelp tigated by the senate. A’ sub-committee of five wxll be named by Senator Pomerene, chair- man of the elections committee, to investigate the correctness of reports of LaFollette’s speech, September 20, at 8t. Paul, Minn,, and inquire into the correotness of his statements. The committee will then report to the full' committee at the December session, IMPORTANT BRITISH VICTORY HAIG'S STROKE APPEARS (By United Press) With the British armies, Oct. 5 —_ The most important victory of the war, was how General Haig’s stroke appeared today. The enemy is com- pletely disorganized. Praise is given all units engaged. Anzacs, New Foundlanders and Irish, all participated. Their victory ap- pears to be one of the greatest land- marks of the war thus far. LET'S SEE| DIDNT. . ., 'NP. HEADS STAGE THE TREASON CHAMPION ? (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 5.—The Nonpartisan ague today appealed to Governor urnquist for protection at the sched- ;:)ed Fergus Falls meeting October The charge is that Otter Tail coun- English, Scots, PRIE: tive in every detail, bei k- 3 Ty ing pac) the citations in the charge was based ! wide convention to have a strong rep-| profits. ty Public Safety committee is mak- ers at 8 meeting at Dumfries, Minn., .declared a boycott upon Lake Ctty‘ ed full of bal'g‘m! in endleu on a letter one of the members of |Tesentation in congress in 1918, he ““We are endeavoring to populate ing direct indictment against th merchants - until they disavow _and “nety 'the lodge .produced, which he said |said. -~ northern Minnesota with farmers. league. Eaino i apologize_ for preventing the Non-[ The Pioneer was selected for |he -had rdceived from the congress-| -~ A joint committee of prohibition- | whose presence will prove valuable| Governor Burnquist declared the partfsan ‘league ‘meeting there. + | STATE IS SLIGHTED ON A COAL IS CHARGE St.. Paul, -Oct. 5.—Judge John F. - : " McGee, who has charge of the ‘in- vestigation of Minnesota’s coal sup- ply, and other members of the Pub- lic Safety commission, are convinced the Northwest is not getting its share of the coal shipped from Luke Erie ‘ports.- -4 To ascertain definitely whether the order to send coal to this section is i being obeyed, the commission will have checkers at each of the nine Lake Erie ports, to see a proper pro- portion of shipments are sent to the N\, - Northwest_. - The shortage of both sqft and hard «<oal is regarded as serious, and in- auirers have been advised to buy their coal now, and not delay in the 9 hope of buying at a reduced price. 3 s Judge McGee declared the coal sit- ’ uation is serious.. He has gone to the coal region to superintend the J situation. 8,000 FROM CAMP DODGE TO DEMING . (By United Press) Camp: Dodge, Oct. 5.—Eight thou- + 7 sand drafted men from Iowa, Minne- sota and North Dakota will be trans- ferred to Deming, N. M., a part of which will be-taken from the con- scripts to report October 30. § ST PAUL CAR MEN STRIKE. TOMORROW P . (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 5.—Unless some- thing is dome today, the street car - strike will start tomorrow, R. F. ¥ Schroeder, state concilliator, declar- ed, after trying to prevent the strike today. R -— A vective Paae the huge ad, indicating that the Pioneer is recognized by the discriminating merchant as the medium which delivers th2 goods when service and results are desired. SCHEURER COMPANY FIRST ON PROGRAM OF WOMAN'S CLUB “Music of the gods!” such a state- ment might, well apply to the com- bination of violin, harp and ’cello. Especially so in the hands of real artists like Karl Scheurer, Henry Williams and Oscar Koch, of the Karl Scheurer Concert company, which appears at the Methodist church October 9 under the auflplces of the Woman's Study club. These men all began their musical careers when little more than in- fants, Today they rank among the foremost players of their chosen in- struments. In order to greaty enhance and to lend color to the program Miss Mar- tha Cook has been. engaged to ap- pear with the company as soprano soloist. Her beautiful voice will be heard to great advantage in this combination. Every lover of melody should cer- tainly take advantage of the oppor- tunity to hear.these artists in their forthéoming concert. FIRST SNOW REPORTED IN CENTRAL WEST (By United Press) Marquette, Mich., Oct. 5.—The first snow in the Central West fell here today. It was over one-tenth of an inch at nmoon. The mercury registered 32 above zero. man. In the letter Congressman Lun- deen said he would rather stand with men in-American history who at va- rious times opposed wars, than with the “two by fours who are now lead- ing ‘us into the world chaos.” The charges were investigated by a trial committee and found true, amount- ting to conduct ‘““giving aid and com- fort 'to the enemies of the United States in time of war.” In Washington, Mr. Lundeen ‘“had nothing to say” regarding his expul- sion from the lodge. He did no. deny or affirm having had notice of the action taken, but said he did not care to discuss it. FORMER PUBLISHER HERE ‘Paul F. Dehnel of Minneapolis s in the city and will be here for sev- eral days while harvesting his crop of potatoes on his farm near Be- midji. Mr. Dehnel was publisher of the Bemidji Herald while a resident of Bemidji. DISLOYAL MINISTER INDICTED; HOPED FOR DEATH OF WILSON Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 5.—The Federal grand jury in session here yesterday, returned twenty-six in- dictments, thirteen of them against draft evaders or other alleged dis- loyalists. Among those indicted is Rev. C. L. Lehnert, former pastor of the Central German Methodist church here, who is charged with mailing a Loan committee containing “lan- guage of a nature to incite arsonm, murder and assassination. J. 0. “Bentall, one-time Socialist candidate for governor of Minnesota, also was indicted, charged with vio- lation of the espionage act and with aiding and abetting those trying to violate the conscription act. HAD SLIGHT STROKE Elizabeth Stangle had a slight stroke of paralysis yesterday and was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital. ists, socialists, progressives, single taxers and independents will meet to select a national committee of twen- ty to organize each state. BRITISH HOLD SAFE HARD WON TERRITORY: WILL RAID GERMANY (By United Press) "With the British armies, Oct. 5.— The British bulldog is holding fast to the big bite on which its vice-like jaws closed yesterday, close to a vital center of Lory’s position in Belgium. German counter attacks failed. r Attacks Fai Londgl‘l),‘mOct 5.—The Britlsh are in undisputed possession of the chunk of territory won yesterday. The counter attacks of the Germans were h‘opeless against the newly won posi- tions. British to Retalia London, Oct. s—n’f‘he cabinet has proposed to carry out an elaborate plan of air reprisals upon Germany and will raid German cities the same as Germany has done in England. The new air fleet will act independ- ently of the war planes on the battle fronts. WAR DEPARTMENT PREPARES TRANSPORTATION OF M'V.LIONS (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 5.—The war de- partment is preparing the railways for the transportation of millions of men and billions worth of munitions and supplies. In a pinch, practically | cq) nothing would be moved except these. Complete plans are in_the hands of the war department for turning all freight and cattle box car trains in- to troop trains and all Pluumans in- to hospital trains. HAS APPENDICITIS Joseph Loiselle of Deer River un- derwent an operation for appendic- jtis at St. Anthony’s hospital yes- terday. to the country,” said George Winter| jq of the Crookston Lumber company in w Minneapolis, “and in order to accom- plish this end we must form an or- ganization on the lines adopted by the Wisconsin Advancement associa- tion. We must exclude politics from the organization in order to achieve our point. After a thorough inves- tigation of conditions in Wisconsin, Michigan and other states, we are convinced that proper handling and careful dealing with the bankers of northern Minnesota, we can convert this state into one of the world’s greatest sheep raising territories. Loaning of Money to Be Urgsd. ““Our object is not entirely un- selfish. We are eager to have the millions of acres of unused land oc- cupied by the proper class of farm- ers. To further this movement, we are preparing to approach the north- ern Minnesota bankers—who here- tofore have not offered to let the land buyer have money at a satisfactory rate of interest—and it is our object to arrange for the successful launch- ing of every prospective sheep raiser. ‘While it is our plan to sell the differ- ent parcels of land outright, the sys- tem of leasing may be arranged in some cases. At any rate, we are de- termined to make Minnesota a won- derful wool state. “At the present time the northern part of the state is more productive than.the southern section. That la apparent in banking circles as most of the money flowing into Minneap- .olis banks comes from the north.” BELTRAMI FORESTERS ARE SAFE IN FRANCE Mr. and Mrs. D. Gainey received a cablegram from their son, John Gainey, this morning stating that the whéle “bunch” had arrived safely in France. NEW RESTAURANT Next week a mew restaurant will be opened in the city, in the place formerly occupied by the Barney Erickson Toggery shop, which has been thoroughly remodeled. Frank Beach and John Larson will be the proprietors. ague will have its legal rights and ill be protected if it refrains from seditious talk. RUSSIA ON VERGE OF CIVIL WAR, REPORT (By United Press) Petrograd, Oct. 5.—Russia is om the verge of a civil war, leaders in affairs of the new republic declared today. ‘ * NINE VESSELS ON PACIFIC OVERDUE: FEARS FOR SAFETY (By United Press) San Francisco, Oct. 9.—Nine ves- sels long overdue in the Pacific lane may have fallen victims of German submarine raiders reported to be op- erating in the southern Pacific, ship~ ping men believe. The total cargoes are worth over $3,000,000. STATEWIDE PROBE FOR ALLEGED ALIEN EXEMPTION CLAIMS Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 5.—Rep- resentatives of the department of justice have announced that a state- wide investigation will be started immediately to determine the status of a large number of men who are nlleged to have evaded military serv- claiming exemption as aliens. "From information we have ob- tained.-it- would- appear that many draft subjeets obtained exemption through improper alien claims,” said John McGivern, special agent. “These men will be promptly rounded up and turned over to army authorities and brought before Federal grand juries.” PROMOTION DAY The promotion of pupils and the installation of officers of the Con- gregational church school will take place tonight in the Fifth ward.