Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 19, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME XV, NO. 243. NEW DRAFT PLAN WOULD TAKEONLY MEN WITHOUT ANY ~ TIES THAT BIND Grades of Dependency to Be Made Strictly Upon the Selective Basis. PLANS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED % BY STATE DRAFT BOARDS o T - IS/ Orders Received for Second Call In ; Bemidji; Only Three Will Be Required Here. — ‘Washington, Oct. 19.—A new plan for applying the army selective draft which would take first only men without dependents and of no par- ticular value to war industries, and ) establish various grades of depepd- } ' ency and industrial value from which E ‘ future drafts would be made strictly 5 on the selective basis, has been worked out tentativery by the pro- vost marshal general’s office and dl.S- cussed with the present. . States Avprove Flan, The plan, it was learned, was sub- ‘mitted recently to a conference of g civilians who directed exemption j board activities in a number of states and received the indorsement of most of them, who are now dis- 5 cussing the proposed plan with their state governors. : y It is proposed to formulate in each } “\local draft district a table of all ¥ registrants, placing each in a column .denoting his dependents and hn!us- ¢rial value in the war's prosecution. i { _— | Orders Received Pere. Orders have been received by the Beltrami county draft board to send one per cent of its first draft quota to Camp Dodge, immediately follow- ing October 27. The call asked that colored men be sent exclusively, as the govern- ment is putting together a regiment. Beltrami county only had four col- ored registrants and none of these will be called, for the reason om -~ 43 exempt and the other three hav not been examined. The number to go from here on the second call will be only three ‘men. FIVE ILLINOIS MILK 'DEALERS ARE INDICTED ‘ Chicago, Oct. 19.—Charles H. Pot- 1*J tef of Elgin, Ill., chairman of the . Milk Producers’ association, and four other officials were indicted on charges of conspiracy to fix the price i of milk. 4 The others indicted are: Clinton | J. Cooper, Genia; William Goodwin, 3‘ Crystal Lake; Arnold Huber, Glen- i ) view, and Roy Lewis, Wheaton. Bonds were fixed at $5,000 each. 4 L SYSTEM IS gakE SC%%%E POLITICAL ISSUE New York, Oct. 19.—More demon- :strations were made by school chil- dren against the Gary system of i .school education, a political issue in | the mayoralty campaign. Between -4,000 and 5,000 pupils, some joined by their mothers, paraded the streets 3 near two Bronx school houses and 3 caused so much disorder that police _reserves were called -out. % NEW YORK'S SUPPLY E OF COAL IS SHORT (By United Press) New “York, Oct. 19.—There is not more than one-half day’s coal supply .in this city. Dealers say it is un- profitable to produce coal at the # government’s rate and advocate rais- S ing the price to $3 per ton. A i District Draft Minneapolis, Oct. 19.—District draft boards.are ‘the sole judges of both law and fact in each partic- ular case that comes -before them, in the opinion of the Second district board for Minnesota, and are mnot amendable in their decisions to opinions on legal questions from ¢ . governors, attorney general and ad- ol m, qutant generals. ; _- is position is affirmed by the ehgiistrict board here in its action re- versing the discharge #lecision of the Thirteenth ward local board in the case of Clifford G. Schultz, sec- retary of the State Securities com- mission, and holding him for serv- ice. In its action the district board .over-rides opinions by Governor "Judges, Says Second District BEMIDJI DAI BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, *"IDAY Photo by American Press Association. ¢ After the terrific artillery fire preceding an attack by the allies the German prlst:g:rs taken drop from ex- haustion as soon as they get behind the lines. The firing lasts for _dnyl and gives chance to be relieved. FORMER SENATOR ~ | SAYSHE' INDICTED .. ON ESPIONAGE ACT Chicago, Oét. 19.—Former United States Senator K. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, who 1as been in a Chicago hospital for several weeks, has admitted at his hotel that he had been informed unofficially that an indictment had been voted against him at Sioux Falls, S. D., un- der the espionage act, but that he knew nothing officially of any char- THE man who goes to fight takes a chance. |I In buying I Liberty Bonds you take no chance. Your investment is backed by all the re- sources of the richest governmentin the world. WAR WEARY GERMAN PRISONERS REST EVENING. OCTOBER 19, 1917. Be men in the trenches no L BROWN TROUT FRY ARE SENT T0 BEMIDJI AND PLACED IN LAKE Mr. Cobb of the game and fish de- partment of the Minnesota Forest Service arrived in Bemidji last eve- ning and left 25 cans of brown tront fry for stocking waters in this vicin- ity and Game Warden S. C. Bailey placed them in Lake Bemidji this morning. There are about 125,000 of the fry. which Warden Bailey says are of unusual size and will be ges that may have been preferred against him. “I1f I have been indicted,” said Mr. Pettigrew, “it was for a speech I made recently in Sioux Falls. In; that speech I said we were in a war in which we had no business, that we were ‘involved because certain people were on ships where they should not have been. I declared that since we were in the war the best thing for us to do was to back out gracefully. %.Since I have been in Chicago I have -been elected a representative| . Minneapolis, Oct. 19.—“Erpie” to the peace conference.” Lundeen, representative from Minne- Mr. .Pttigrew said another reason |apolis, was wished off on the state for any possible indictment “might|of New York by Judge W. E. Hale be for a letter which I sent out in|of the district court during the ex- July, headed ‘Making the world safe |amination for naturalization of Mor- for hypocrisy,’” and dedicated to|ris Borman, a Russian living at 1017 Woodwrow Wilson.” Emerson avenue north. Mr. Borman was being questioned regarding his knowledge of federal government and was asked: EACHED IN MAINE “Have you ever heard of Mr. Lun- =i deen?” Houlton, Me., Oct. 19.—Potatoes| ‘‘Why, he’s from New York, 1 sold for $4.85 a barrel in Aroostook | think,” Mr. Borman said. county, the highest price ever re- That’s all right,” Judge Hale in- corded for this season of the year. :fi?‘éfi?fi 7 ‘t‘:ge£1liln:?’t’ New York have _ . Borman was accepted. RUSS CAPITAL MAY ANOTHER $20000000 LOAN REMOVE TO MOSCOW Washington, Oct. 19.—The treas- ——— ury department today announced an- (By United Press) other loan had been made to France, Russia on account of the strategical siuatiop eaed by e, oepmer =4\ BEMIDJI NAVAL BOYS IS ANNOUNCEM™ FOR FRANCE Petrograd, Oct. 19.—Petrograd |this time $20,000,000. transter of the sapial rom petro- | HAVE GOOD POSITIONS - Don't Be A Slacker! RUSSIAN SAYS LUNDEEN IS FROM NEW YORK; GETS CITIZEN'S PAPERS HIGHEST PO™ATO PRICE ISR (By United Press) may be abandoned as the capital of grad to probably Moscow was h nt. ing prepared by the governme Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hicks are in receipt of a letter from Alvin Olson, wm‘m%’t‘(‘,‘,’.‘}“"ol{f D‘i‘él_"_au“mn one of the Bemidji naval militia boys embassy officials today state they|and son of Mr. and Mrs. I B. Ol- are utterly without cable advices re-|son, and also a kodak picture of the garding press reports that the Rus-|Bemidji boys taken on board the sian capital is to be moved. They battleship Kansas. Mr. Olson says it the milit ituation is dis- in part: :gm':;gin;. miliary sitn “We have just returned from an exciting 12-days cruigse. We are all feeling ‘swell’ but would like to be| home again. We prefer the Bemidji MNTHER JTTTMPS FROM HOSPITAL 'climate any day. Some of the boys wTH BABE: BOTH ARE have been transferred and Homer Or- .anger is across the ‘pond.” Most of (By United Press) the Bemidji boys have ‘soft’ jobs. Chicago, Oct. 19.—Mrs. Elizabeth| iy Hill is a gunner, Paul Howe is Florian /jclasped her two-weeks-old| g raqip operator, William Laliberte ig babe to her breast this forenoon and|, pharmacist.” jumoed from the fifth floor of a hos- The letter was dated October 8, pital. Both the mother and babe and was received by Mr. and Mrs. were killed instantly. Hicks yesterday. e |LUNDEEN SPEECHES OMITTED INR ECORD Washington, Oct. 19.—Represen- Burnquist, Attorney General Smith [tative Ermest Lundeen did not take and Adjutant General Rhinow. All|advantage of the permission given held that Mr. Schultz was a proper | him by the house to print two subject for exemption under the pro-| “‘speeches” in the Congressional Rec- visions of the selective service act|ord. The last ediition of the Record and the rules and regulations per-|was distributed yesterday, and it taining to it. contained no contribution from the Mr. Schultz had claimed exemption| Minneapolis member. Just before on the ground that he was a “state|the end of the session he secured officer,” within the definitions of [unanimous consent to ‘‘extend his the federal rules and regulations, as|remarks” on the food and fuel situa- secretary of the securities, or “blue|tion and on the work of the extra sky,” commission. The district | session of congress. board, in a brief, goes exhaustively Mr. Lundeen and other members of into a discussion of the question.|the house who will leave for Hawaii “what conmstitutes a state officer in|October 28 will be the guests of the the meaning of the selective service| territory, which will provide trans- act?’ It decides that the secretary|portation and entertainment until of the securities commission is not| the party returns to the United such an officer. States the latter part of November. Boards Sole ready for catching in about two years. He says these fish grow in size to seven and even 15 pounds. Fifteen cans of similar fry were also sent to Blackduck and will be placed in Armstrong creek near Blackduck. §3, FOR LIBERTY AT CAMP NO. 6 OF THE CROOKS Frozen ‘Spud’ RALPH VAN LEAR BREAKS RULE: IN CAMP GUARD HOUSE lcali,:;.?wg:' ITowa, Oct. 19.—For refusing._to obey a general sanitary -Order:¥godted ~at the - base hospital, Ralph Van Lear, son of Mayor Van Lear of Minneapolis, is spending thirty days in the guardhouse. Van Lear was at the base hospital along with other men from his bat- tery of the Three Hundred Thirty- seventh regiment, when he declined to observe a precaution posted ior‘ al] soldiers to protect other men. ORDER EASTERN STAR MAKE SOLDIERS’ KIT The Eastern Star has been busy for some time past making 15 com- fort kits for the soldiers. This or- der also voted $15 to purchase arti- cles with which to fill the kits. The Eastern Star of the state of Minne- sota will send out 5,000 of these kits and Bemidji’'s share of that num- ber is 16. MAJOR SPEAKS TONIGHT Major W. Kiddle of Minneapolis will speak at the Salvation Army hall in the Fifth ward tonight at 8 o'clock. Major Kiddle is a returned missionary from Africa and India, having spent many years in those lands in Savlation Army work. Capt. Knudson of Brainerd is here to as- sist in the special meetings. AUSTRIAN REGIMENT JOINS WITH SERBS (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 19.—An entire Austrian regiment has surrendered to the Roumanians, according to ca- bles today. The men surrendered voluntarily to re-enlist in the Jugo- Slav division, now being formed out of the reorganized Serbian army. SNOW IN TEXAS TOWN Amarillo, Tex., Oct. 19.—Snow fell here yesterday and the mercury was below freezing at noon, with a stiff northerly gale. “HAND-TO-MOUTH” POLICY FOR COAL (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 19.—Patriotic sacrifices by the public with regard to coal will be necessary this win- ter, it was stated today by the gov- ernment fuel administrator. The public is asked not to grow hysterical. Fuel will be supplied for every domestic war emergency, it was stated. Meantime, the hand-to- mouth policy for consumers is ad- vised by the government. Intima- tion that luxury industries will be cut off first, is made by the admin- istration. Is Not Food, Says State St. Paul, Qct, 19.—James Soren- son, dairy and food commissioner, ?BY‘S a frozen potato is not food. Winety-seven bushels of frozen pota- toes shipped to Minneapolis have been condemned by his order and will he subjected to a bath of kero- éene to _tnake them unsalable, “A frozen potaid mieans 4 rotten potato very soon,” said Commissionei Sorenson. ‘It is easy to distinguish. When you pierce the skin there is not the same resistance encountered as in the case of a good spud.” FORMER KING NEAR DEATH, IS REPORT (By United Press) Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 19.— Former King Constantine of Greece is in a critical condition following an operation as a result of opening an old wound in his side. COLERAINE SENDS STRONGEST TEAM IN YEARS TOMORROW The Coleraine high school eleven will invade Bemidji Saturday after- noon with a veteran team to bdttle the locals for football honors. Coach Scherich, a former Hastings college football star, has a husky bunch of athletes as well as experienced. In weight the two teams will be pretty evenly matched. Manager Isted of the locals has a shovel brigade at work on the grid- iron this afternoon cleaning off the snow so that it will be in playing condition for tomorrow’s contest. The lineup of both teams follow: BEMIDJI COLERAINE Doran . Nordstrom Opsahl . Young Koors .. Hurley Harvey .... .. Benetts Knapp ....... ... Stevens Grey (capt.) . MecComber Simons ... ... Peletier Kittleson . .. Cameron Morse seeun Mester Tennstrum . . Larson Whitney ..... . Jodwin REPORT ENGTNF. AND CAR DERAILED ON THE M. & L. Today it was reported around the city that an engine and car was de- railed in the M. & I. yards of the road. Inquiry brought no informa- tion except from one who said a car had gotten off the track and didn’t amount to much. QUIT NAVAL BASE (By United Press) Petrograd, Oct. 19.—The evacua- tion by the Russians of the naval base of Revel begun Tuesday, news- papermen today declared. GIANT SUBS ARE NOW BEING USED (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 19.—Giant pir- ate German U-boats are now robbing food ships of their cargoes, storing the food in the holds of the under- sea boats and then sinking the vic- tim vessel without leaving a trace, according to confidential embassy re- ports. The Germans are using the new 1,500-ton boats and have been operating on a beaten track a hun- dred miles or so out of the old danger zone around England and France. ARGENTINE TRAINS RUNNING AFTER STRIKE (By United Press) Buenos Ayres, Oct. 19.—For the first time in 24 days, trains were running today on some of the rail- ways of Argentine, marking the first step of the government combatting the general strike. HAIG’S REPORT RR®TEF (By United Press) London, Oct. 19°—General Haig today reported heavy enemy artil- lery fire last night. BONDS (By - United Press) . p Dashington, Oct. 19.—The Libert; Loan is developing momentum neces- sary for a smashing success. Al- though only one-third of the $5,- 000,000,000 maximum has been sub- scribed this far, the nation can reach this stupendous goal if it keeps on accelerating it space as in the past few days. - v, When the editor of the Pioneer ‘“‘wrote up” the model camp of the Crookston Lumber company, Camp No. 6, near Kelliher, a few weeks ago, he stated that the men at the camp were as fine a bunch of fellows as could be found anywhere, and to back up that statement and show Uncle Sam that they are for him, 37 of the boys of Camp No. 6 yes- terday subscribed the sum of $3,450 to the Libert j Talk &% ioyalty, one member of the camp, when approached to buy 4 bond by J. O. Achenbach, who canvassed the camp, the man replied that he was sincerely sorry but was unable to do so as he had no money ment. " Here's Tr : However, he sulllteedr‘g‘emllxtti‘ci a good coat he did not need and that if he could sell it he would gladly take the bond. One of the other men of the camp was in need of just such a garment and bought it for $6. Then the former owner smilingly handed over the $6 to Mr. Achen- bach as the first payment on a bond to help win the war. The Crookston Lumber company has made it possible for its employes to avail themselves of purchasing Liberty Loan Bonds and before Mr. Achenbach left the camp the men expressed their appreciation of the co-operation of the company. s BRITISH NAVAL PLANE BOMBS AERODROME (By United Press) London, Oct. 19.—A British naval plane yesterday bombed the Vaens- senarea aerodrome with satisfactory results, -the admiralty announced to- day. All British machines returned safely. I\vlth which to make the Initial pay- BJORGE TAKES RRIDE Lake Park, Minn., Oct. 19.—H. O. Bjorge, member of the Minnesota state legislature, and Miss Kather- ine Gallagher of Detroit, Minn., were married at Duluth. The bride- groom is a member of the district ex- emption board at Duluth. STATE'S WARDS DINE ON RED LAKE FISH St. Paul, Oct. 19.—Nurses and pa- tients at the state hospital for crip- pled children at Phalen park were the first to dine on fresh fish tak- en under plans by the Public Safety commission and Commissioner Carlos Avery of the state game and fish de- {mrtment to reduce the cost of liv- ng. The fish received at the Phalen Park hospital were caught in Red Lake by Indians under a special ar- rangement by Commissioner Avery. The first car of buffalo fish taken for the state in the plan to supply rough fish at low prices, Commis- sioner Avery said, was sent Tuesday from Pelican lake, in Wright coun- ty, to New York City, where a good market is developed. It brought 8 cents a pound. GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK BY MINES (By United Press) Petrograd, Oct. 19.—Two German torpedo boats were sunk in the Moon sound mine fields yesterday, says an official dispatch today. ELEVEN CARLOADS OF SHEEP BOOKED FOR BELTRAMI J. J. Opsahl now has orders pend- ing for 11 carloads of sheep, to be distributed in carloads, as follows: Deer River, 2. Grand Rapids, 1, Akeley, 2. Kelliher, 2. Pequot, 1. Boy River, 1. Grygla, 2. These farmers have the feed and facilities for taking care of these sheep this fall. ¢ Loan. % e S e e B S