Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 10, 1917, Page 1

e -~ ~“BEMIDJI DAILY . VOLUME XV. NO. 235. i OPSAHL IS HEAD I%0F SHEEP MEN: | MEETING CLOSES TWO DAY SESSION 3 roximately One Hundred Live ;‘Wire Boosters Effect Organiza- ¥ tion for Wool Growing. . § PLANS ARE FOR FARMERS & ] TO SECURE SMALL FLOCKS Educational Campaign Will Start At | Once and Preparations for ¥ , Securing Stook." If the new project of devcloping ) 'Northern Minnesota as one of the greatest sheep growing centers in the United States has any shortcomings it will not be the fault of its offi- cers, for never was & more compet- nt set placed at the head of such an important movement, and.that they will meet success {8 a foregone con- clusion. <, The meeting of approximately 100 R ythe most prominent persons in # .} T™hern Minnesota, railroad offi- ‘Hand men, bankers and men of ¢ir8 and money waé the more re- 4drkable for the interest taken in this hitherto neglected opportunity. The convention closed last evening and its new officers are: ¢ ident. Presldel?tn—u}l.l m».fifl. Bemidji. Vice president—Dan De Lury, ‘Walker. Secretary—E. H. Winter, Bemidji. Treasurer—Glenn Bcu”der. Grand Rapids. L AN B Directors—Charles Hayden, Black- duck; S. D. Patrock, Deer River; C. Scheers, Akeley; M. F. Jamar, h; J. F. Cowan, N me; C. “Dlckson, Cloquet. i Trustees—T. A. Hoverstad, D. A. Willard, J. V. Delaney, J. H. Grif- n. President Opsahl stated today that @he plan of action was the campaign o induce farmers and land owners to ecure at least a small flock of sheep ‘next spring or summer, or they may secure them before. They will be urged to plan next summer for the preservation of roots and forage for he feeding of the sheep in the win- d provision for their proper #” It is intended to secure co- ration with the big wire mills frough local dealers for the secur- ng of approximately 150 carloads of wire for fencing, as a starter. In fact the entire matter is to be gone into thoroughly by these competent men, and what at first seemed to be a small matter has developed into ne of the biggest things in Minne- sota. MEN ARE WANTED FOR AVIATORS; SAYS ORDER TO FOUCAULT Recruiting Officer Clarence. Fou- cault, stationed at Bemidji, has re- #ceived interesting and valuable in- formation from Captain Ned M. 'Gréen, in charge of the Duluth re- cruiting headquarters, stating that more recruits should be enlisted he Twenty-first engineers of the Nstional army. \ d, Captain Green authorizes the enlistment of men for the avia- . tion section signal corps. All ap- plicants should have letters as to their qualifications and must have a trade such as blacksmith, chauffeur, clerk, cabinet maker, cook, machin- ist, mechanician, aeroplane experi ence, metal worker or motorcycle re- pair man. Another notice states that the war department desires men for the sig- nal corps proper, qualified as teleg- raphers, photographers and telephone ‘men. These enlistments can be made only up to 1,500 men obtained in the ‘entire United States. Any one in- terested should apply immediately to 3 recruiting office as the ranks will soon be filled. FRENCH SOCIALISTS IN FAVOR OF BUDGET (By United Press) Bordcaux, Oct. 10.—The French | Socialist congress voted today fa- | yoring continuing the support of the 7™ dget but adopted a resolution for oing the war aims. RADICALS REPUTE (By United Press) | Berlin, Oct. 10.—Radical Reich- . stag members furiously deny any complicity in the naval revolution- N ary plot, as revealed by Capelle to- day. 111 b OO . ; DU ... SOOI SRS - S Fuel Scarcity IS Admitted By Garfield (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 10.—Possibility of a fuel shortage this winter was admitted by Fuel Administrator Gar- field for the first time today. He plans to cope with the situation by prorating the available supply among the states. GERMANS DRIVE BRITISH BACKWARD (By United Press) London, Oct. 10.—Powerful Ger- man counter attacks pushed the British advanced troops back a short distance on a front of 2,000 yards south of the Ypres-Staden rail- way, General Haig reported today. BAND MATTER TO REST UNTIL LATER Secretary F. B. Lamson of the Commercial club was highly com- mended for the completeness of his monthly report made at the business session of the Commercial club this noon. His reports were complete in every detail and a brief outline of the work done during the month was also read. A report of the wool growers’ con- vention was made by the president of the new association, J. J. Opsahl. The convention was pronounced a huge success. F. J. Koors, chairman of the band committee, reported that his /com- mittee deemed it advisable to Féecom- mend that the club drop the matter. of organizing a juvenile band for the present, owing to the large amount of money needed to launch the project. Mr. Riggs of Crookston stated it would cost from $2,000 to $2,5600. With $500 from the city each year Mr. Koors suggesteds that the committee be permitted to work out a plan. The report was adopted. Next Wednesday noon, after luncheon, the club will visit the new Bemidji Gas company plant and the aeroplane factory, an invitation be- ing extended by both concerns. NO CONFIDENCE IN TEUTON CHANCELLOR (By United Press) Amsterdam, Oct. 10.—Both the majority and the minority Socialist party voted against a ‘‘vote of con- fidence” for German Chancellor Michaelis, according to a Berlin dis- patch today. DEANS HEAR FROM SON WRITTEN FROM FRANCE Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dean of Lake Boulevard received a letter last eve- ning from their son, E. F. Dean, dated at the American Y. M. C. A,, France, September 8. He states he left American on August 6 and that he is well and getting along nmicely. He says France and England have beautiful scenery and that they are treated very nicely by the people of both nations. The letter came with- out a stamp and was marked ‘“Sol- dier’s mail, E. F. Dean” in the cor- ner of the envelope where the stamp is usually placed. SAWYER “KILLING”, IS STILL A MYSTERY “Fifty-seven varieties’’ of reports have been flying around Bemidji to the effect that ‘‘Joe” Sawyer had been run down while in an auto, by a Soo train near Trail and killed. That was yesterday. Nothing defin- ite could be obtained. Today the report has it he was killed by ramming into a telephone pole. Some of the tales are weird mn the extreme. Earl Sawyer, an employe of the Bemidji Manufacturing company, was notified and left yesterday for the scene of the supposed killing. He hadn’t reported today for work and no one where he worked knows any- thing about it. They haven’'t been advised. Whatever it is seems to remain a deep dark mystery. GERMANS DEFEATED (By United Press) With the British army, Oct. 10.— After a desperate hand-tohand bat- tle the Australians captured the Cel- oic wood, it was announced today. BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, WEDNESD AY EVENING. OCTOBER 10. 1817. ANOTHER PLOT OF KAl When the Pioneer wrote its ac-]supervised the securing of the evi- count of the conviction of Jesse J. dence, plamned-the case against Jesse Dunning, it gave utterance tn the fol-§ Dunning, 'secured the indictment be- lowing paragraph: “The prosecution was con- . ducted solely- by Mr. Torrance from its inception. He person- ally conducted the investi- gation which resulted in secur- ing the evidence upon which conviction was secured, and the result plainly indicates that the people of Beltrami county have forever placed their stamp of disapproval upon the teachings of a destructive principle which would tend to paralyze the ef- forts of the government in carrying on the war to certain vietory.” In thus writing the simple account of the trial of the erstwhile secretary of the Bemidji branch of the Indus- trial Workers of the World, who was charged with advocating sabo- tage and selling leterature advocat- ing the same, the Piomeer intended to commend Beltrami county’s state’s attorney, the incumbent being Gra- ham M. Torrance, intended to show to the people of Beltrami county that its county attorney was alert in safe- guarding thier interests, the state’s interests and the mation’s interests, that it was Beltrami county who se- cured the first conviction under the sabotage act termed the “I. W. W. Bill” recently passed by the state legislature, intended, again, to show that Beltrami county was making good, and that its county attorney possessed the ability to cope with the situation and one of the best law- ‘yers in the state and a member of the state legislature. Absclutely No Animus. There was not the slightest animus in that entire article nor in the fore- going paragraph toward any living soul. The Pioneer defies any one to point out one single instance. Yet from the _day the article was pub- lished the Pioneer has been per- {sonally abused, criticised, and in truth and veracity questioned by in- sinuation from certain sources and persons, even to the time homored custom of certain persons in Bemidji getting a Minneapolis newspaper to print a distorted account without re- gard to the real facts, such as were stated in the Pioneer. Imputation Resented. This is no concern of the county attorney, but it is the concern of the Pioneer which resents the imputation that what it said was untrue, not only insinuated but uttered audibly. And it is for that reason that this newspaper is forced to defend itsself and prove to its readers the authen- ticity of the article. It seems that for well known reasons the Pioneer is the object of attacks and its col- umns subject matter for a certain stripe in Bemidji, who have a well set plan to injure it and those whom they personally dislike. The paper knows them' and so does every one else in Bemidji. This is one of their dirty attempts and in doing so has forced the Pioneer to its own defense and it is perfectly able to do so. Regret of “Pioneer.” The paper regrets that in defend- ing the malicious attacks upon it, it is obliged to mention the names of Chief of Police F. B. Ripple, Officer Jack Essler and County Attorney Torrance. The records of the dis- trict court, when Dunning was tried before Judge C. W. Stanton will bear | out the assertions of this newpaper and substantiate the statement of maliciousness on the part of the petty chameleon political bootlickers. The whole matter would not be worthy of even passing notice were if not for the intention of the shor horns to belittle the veracity of th Pioneer which will not back one inc for the biggest mouthpiece in t! layout. Not Personal Matt of Police Frank B. Ripple and sef| o'cs and frie a@s. The Pioneer has no editor of the Pioneer there has l:;‘e’; ;)bject in goimng so, except im self de- nothing to mar that friendship /; ense av,q apologizes to those who are . Gratton, we are aware of. Chiet Rippt | “h?t| withut the slightest mnimus, drawn g:;;}u;;i““‘},. h{,,:ne,?y,er; and A. heartily co-operated with the /¢ has|in. But the Pioneer has practically | gjein of Company E, 352d infantry, of the Pioneer in every way ¢ /°3itor|Gten called a falsier by a lot of | Gamp Dodge, upon which is the no- and he has in turn given Chief {hs.red, cheap political clatquers and t credit for his good work and .‘dRiPme Pioneer is justified in defending the|¢po eard is the motto of tne Bemidji in no small degree, as the fil one so| truthfulness of its statements in the boys. It is as follows: paper will substantiate. ‘es of the| matter. "The testimony presented is " Stand auestions Chief Ripple in No one|to substintiate the Pioneer and|jyrop; Soon% fig tion with the Dunning ¢ / CODDee-|prove fo its menders that what the|™ 614 Abe in Sixty-one, so happened that in this i ise, but it| Pioneer rmid was the truth absolute-| 4 years before they heard the call county attorney was the astance the|ly, notw -#thstanding the vaporings of | “ ¢ °Grand Old Washington, person who| disorder ed brains: THREE DRAFTED fgEN REJECTED / AT cAMp fom Camp Dodge, Oct /' rejections of Minr / diers from the T Fifty-second infr Hundred Thirty nounced at d following phyr as follows: dcal examinations, a Beltramj | oOtis R. All /ounty—Harry C. Slac jen. Carl Nord. er. From the first meeting of CI s fore the igrand jury and alone tried the case |in the district court, se- curing: a ‘conviction from the jury and no one else. The jury recom- mended cléemency in the'light of cer- tain mattaers of little import and Judge Stanton sentenced Dunning to two years |in the state penitentiary. Five yedrs; was‘'the limit. It was thve work of: the prosecuting attorney :.a8t sscured the indictment by the grand jury and it was he who tried the \ense and secured the con- viction. ! As to th je stetement that ‘‘Mr. Tor- rance . per ally conducted the in- vestigatio wihiith resulted in se- curing th p evidence upon which con- viction w hs secured” it is a fact. ilence Secured. ston m?lelc fire occured, The Cr on a Sat\ ppdmy night. The city way agog ove g the I. W. W. Sunday Chief R fmple was active and in a restauran § ‘arrested Jesse Dunning upon “s ispicion.” He took no chances wf letting anything / get away. T t was 10 o'clock Swaday morning. Mr. Torrance went to the city build mg as he had sent for some men for Uire purpose of quwesf ioning them as { @ their version ef },ow the mill fire : @arted. The mem ‘failed to wait his ‘mrrival. When JMr, Tor- rance arr pved Chief Ripple and Pa- trolman I @esler were prese at and at the attorr 1ey's suggestion ¢ ye THREE went to t e I. W. W. he adquarters. While th¢ we, the piace . was iooked over. Selt »eting several i of the books, Mr. Torra: ace asked Chir »f Ripple and Officer Es sler to mar/ ¢ them with their initi als and the dates. They did 80, and 1 the books ¥ sere introduced as evidenc e at the tr} gl and the wit- nesses ide ntified th/ ¢ir {initials and dates as 1 n thefr ¢ wn handwriting. Both office irs tesw the couni.y atf them. ' Torran e’'s EV idence Convic'g, Accordir g to ' Chief Ripple ,¢n the witness st: ind, b e had no warrant for Dunning. Y out a che rge chief stat: ed i1 that he le arn¢ day after ney - accompanie A a reply to Questioning :d about % o'clock Sun- no: be h, eld on susyicion, n repl iy ‘to a qiuuestion, Chief Rip- ple was af ked when he found ogt the first 8’ aspicion charge would not ;t':lcll:] :n' 1" he replied “after 10 o'clock o “At [morning,” and thanged noon,” was re ady. T}'{é{‘; T @THER CHARGE WAS WARi SABOTAGE CHARGE, THE THE IANT BEING DRAWN BY HE P OOUNTY ATTORNEY AFTER ING € (AD DIR.ECYED THE SECUR- ING ¢ % él‘l;E EVIDENCE, AND UP- vICT IED WUNNING WAS CON- cngnx mhlnfi}‘.n that which would ex- 13"!0'-“ i gimlet wielders? w | "Photos Secured. strv J /boAal. Chief Ripple to have photo- BE;;’ /BbE ‘made of both the interior and o= Dunning. »d upon the stand Petty Political Claoguers Fall In Attacks Upon Truthfuiness Of “‘Pioneer’; Here’s the Proof C NOT YESTERDAY'S. NEWS, BUT TODAY’'S NEWS TODAY---BY 'THE GREAT UNITED PRESS Pa. —_—_—————— ‘ 1 IDESTROY RAILWAY, IPPLE FACTOR EVEN SEEKS | _ CONTROL OFNATION Gl Ants, EATRA! GIANT S WIN THI’iD 2-0 (BY United Press) New York, Qot, 10~ Under sunny skies, after g pain of yesterday and threatening yain this forenoon, the New York g iants and the Chicago White Sox. hooked up this afternoon in the Ualrd of the world's series games, ‘e White Sox having won the firs!; twa in Chicago. was 2 %o 0 in favor of the Giants. The, matteries were Cicotte Scha’/k %or the Sox, while Eenton and Rar'/gen formed the battery for the The Giants appeared on the E Ad headed by McGraw. appeared a half hour later. The 'game was hard fought be- ‘ore a huge throng. Not a score was wade until the fourth inning When three hits were made off Cicotte and two runs went across the pan. The &core: He ‘ was being held with-| New York - . against hira and the|Chicago .... ' meeon that Ounning could 1o MODIFY EMBARGO COAL FOR CANADA Washington, Oct. 10.--The fuel ad- ministration is preparing to modify it the embargo on coal " Canada, as it has been found ,’;‘:fe:h:c“"sk Sunday after-| Canada can be supplied in limited|of New York. sald the other charge| quantities without threatening the supply now going to the Northwest. BOOZE SELLERS AFOUL ~0F INDIAN ~ AGENTS ‘Andrew Hagen of Bagley was ap- ‘prehended by Indian Agent Wold and accused of introducing one quart ON jondwy; morning, Mr. Torrance in-| whisky into dry territory. be given a hearing Thursday. - Ralph Johnson, who do [°Mors of the building which was|morning for introducing s and these photographs intro-|half guarts of booze, waived exam- of /,“'d as evidence in the conviction|ination and is hel dto await the ac- E tion of the Federal grand jury, un- ‘It was simply an instance of a|der bonds of $1,000. /! Torrance ‘did so it says w'at is so. /‘;i time. | i o Avologies ‘gy Readers. [- T he Pioneer , b ULTIN {ATUM SOON - 10.—Additional /iesota drafted sol- /hree Hundred and intry and the Three ighth artillery, an- key a&p headquarters | gent gy (By United Press) Rom re deman: iing shé take definite steps k, | toward The m ovement has been started. awyer laying-the Toandation for a e in court, andl LLAWYERS prepare | ‘‘jumping eir own casas. Mr. Torrance - di-|by Indian Agent rected the securing of the evidence(and is mow being |ihe did Tor he kmew what was meeded, | trami coun and when the Ploneer says that Mr, egrets exceedingly to bo obliged to “grement this to its Tead- We'll answer now as they did then in accents loud and long, We are coming Woodrow Wilson, A. Andrus, who wa: The ahove i el consideration I n ‘their testimony, / hief Ripple|mons’ ctourt. tjand Officer Besler bot.n assert stll,at o] Mr. Waxrance was With them at the in Judge H. MOTTO OF BEMIDJI BOYS OF COMPANY E the| fation that the verse on one side of esident. By the‘nl’r Ninety-eight, hundred million strong. R EADY FOR GERMANY |rmsr Davenpor H. Wallace, July 25, made an x;lleg; oy addr here, was found gu e, Oct. 10.—Bulgaria and Tut- | & Poderal judge of «d possibly Austria will pfe-| pionage act. \ ultimatum to Germany soon, | first convict under this law, L congress June 15. bringing the war to an end. penElty is twenty years ment. CONVICTION UNDER NEW ESPIONAGE LAW t, Towa, Oct. 10.—Daniel who, on the night of d seditious This which was 1 'The score The Sox shipments to g arrested for " his bond, was taken in Brandt at Cass Lake held in the Bel- ty jail to await trial. ases all come up for violating the es- iy is said to be the an r jon in the United SQtates | here today, discuseing the (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 10.—The state department today exposes another intrigue of the German kalser, while that assassin of women and children was professing friendship for the United States and the two countries were at peace. Today the state department at Washington discloses another of the plots of Germany in the United States and again another nail s driven in the coffin of the German nation by the United States, the home of those traitors who would persist in yelping for peace with a nation which knows no humanity and no law, in its relations with other nations of the earth. The German general staff in 1916 proposed that the Canadian Pacific railway be destroyed at several points, that sabotage be practiced in the United States and that Bernstorff advocated the getting of a majority in both houses of congress favorable to Germany in September, 1916. Destruction and Sabotage. The facts in the case given out to- day by the state department are con- tained in telegrams published from Zimmerman to Bernstorfl i Junuary, 1916, which say: “The general staff desires en- ergetic action in regard to the and Canadian Pacific railway at sev- eral points with the view of complete and protracted inter- ruption of traffic.” The second telegram says: “You can obtain particulars as to persons suitable for car- rying on sabotage in the United States and Canads from the fol- lowing persons: Then followed the names of the including Jeramiah O’Leary bt woee @ that | persons, U. 8. Field for Sabotage. “In the United States,” con- tinues the telegram, “sabotage can be carried on in every kind of factory for supplying muni- tions of war. Railway embank- ments must not be touched. The embassy must in no circum- stances be compromised.” of The German telegram which plan- He will| ned to control congress is revealed in the third telegram with instruc- was up this|tions regarding the campaign to ob- ix and one-| tain control of both houses of con- gress. REVOLUTIONARY PLOT UNCOVERED IN NAVY, REPORT IN REISCHTAG (By United Press) Amsterdam, Oct. 10.—A revolu- tionary plot in the German navy, similar to the one which broke out in the Russian Baltic neet recently, has been disclosed by Admiral con Capelle, minister of marine in a speech before the Reichstag. The admiral frankly stated ‘‘un- A. 8i- The Pioncer has received a POSt|goriypately it is & sad fact that the Don | pygsian revolution turned the heads of some persons in our navy.” He declared the plot suppressed and declared Socialistic members of the Reichstag were involved. KAISER WILL BOOST U.S. LIBERTY LOAN Clearwater county is also getting a|ready for its big Liberty Loan cam- paign. Albert Kaiser, president of the First National bank of Bagley, has been chosen by Chairman P..ogers of the Ninth Liberty Loan district as head of the loan campaign in Clearwater county. - nt DEALERS MEET Peogg,A{‘ll., Oct. 10.—Members ofl the Tlinois-Wisconsin Retail Coal Dealers’ association, numl‘aelrlnge::!‘:i;: clal S 200, were in spe! et > ing the re- assed by |government order” regulating 3 gmxi’mum tail price of coal, and seeking tg :l:e imprison- | rive at a clear: intet;n-etatlon of order. _‘ proposed - destruction - of - the -