Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 23, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME XV. NO. 246. POTATO FAMINE IN MINNEAPOLIS THREATENED BY SHORTAGE OF CARS| Heavy Frosts Menace Tubers Await- ing Shipment; CarsGo West for Apples. ORDERS ISSUED TO LOAD CARS TO THE MAXIMUM One-third of Crop Still In the Ground, It Is Assemd Shipping Fa- cilities Not Available. Minneapeolis, Oct. 23.—Serious po- tato famine is threatening Minneap- olis as the combined result of heavy frosts, car shortage and alleged un- reasonable loading restrictions for the few remaining cars to be ob- tained; according to H. J. Hughes, chairman of the potato committee of the Minnesota Public Safety com- mission. Refrigerator cars have almost all been sent to the Pacific coast to transport the apple crop eastward and connecting lines are refusing to accept potato shipments in box cars. Orders have been issued by at least one road that cars will not be ac- cepted unless they are ‘loaded to a minimum of 900 bushels per car. Shippers claim this is impossible be- cause it leaves no space for heating apparatus necessary to protect the shipment from frosting. Warehouses Full: Refuse More, . ‘Warehouses throughou't the North- " N west are full and are refusing to ac- cept more potatoes for storage. The refused potatoes are a total loss be- cause of the severe weather, which has frozen them. “There are sufficient cars on hand to handle the potatoes of the North- west, providing other commodities are sacrificed,” advised the commit- tee on car shortage of the American Railway association in a letter to the Minnesota Public Safety com- mission. “It is simply a question of apportioning the ‘cars 'with proper regard to the demands of producers and consumers. “The car supply is so limited it makes it almost impe: e as every shipper df potatoes as ‘as-every- thing else must have it made very plain to him that no car space be wasted and that every car should be loaded to every pound it will carry,” the letter continued. .One-third of Crop in Ground. If shipping facilities were nor- mal owing to the large crop, potatoes would be selling for much less than the present price of $1.50 to $1.85 per bushel,” declared Mr. Hughes. /‘One—third of the crop is still in the ground and is said to be frosted. The entire Northwest is stripped of + cars and unless relief is given im- mediately there will be no potatoes to be obtained at all.” ANOTHER LOAN TO FRANCE (By United Press) s Washington, Oct. 23.—The treas- ury department today announced a loan of $20,000,000 to France, mak- ing a total loan to the allies of $2,- 776,000,000. ITALIAN'S RECEIVING HELP FROM ALLIES (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 23.—French and British reinforcements are arriving daily, an Italian official cables Rome, which| states the troop movement is being| made by train from France. Large| quantities of munitions and . many! artillery batteries accomapny g the soldiers. St. Paul, Oct. 23.—Plans for a mammoth loyalty convention to aid in making active Americanism the paramount issue throughout the Northwest, gained momentum yes- terday at a meeting in St. Paul of the mmittee on arrangements, formed two weeks ago by representative cit- izens of the state, to launch the movement. Tentative dates and places for a two days’ series of meetings with addresses by national and interna- tional leaders, were selected. November 9 and 10 were set ten- tatively as the days for this expres- sion of loyalty of the Northwest. The first day’s session of the convention will be held in St. Paul, with an %+ address by President Wilson at night “if it is possible for him to accept an / nvitation to speak. A The second day of the convention will be spent in Minneapolis with other national leaders driving home the blows launched by the president. Telegrams from Senator Knute Nelson, Louis W. Hill, heads of the leading organizations of the Twin Mammoth Loyalty Meeting Projected For Northwest - BEMIDJ 1 DAILY P BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVF.NTNG OCTOBER 23, 1917. MAKING FINAL TEST OF AN AEROPLANE Photo by American Press Association. Leading authorities declare that aeroplanes may be the deciding factor in the war, Amwerica is building a great aerial fleet. Illustration shows final engine test made cutdoors under government lupirvlllon. NOTICE, SUBSCRIBERS TO SECOND LIRERTY LOAN All who have subscribed to the second Liberty Loan are re- quested to call at once at the bank receiving their subscrip- tions and make the first pay- ment. This is important »~1 should be given prompt attention. COAST ARTILLERY HAS OPENINGS; IS SELECT BRANCH OF MILITARY Recruiting Officer Clarence Fou- cault of the Bemidji recruiting sta- tion has received a communication informing him there were openings in the coast artillery and instructing him to secure men ‘for this arm of the military service. The coast artillery is one of the most interesting hrmchag_pl,, the military. "The enlisted ‘menare sta- tioned at points defended on the coast of the United States and the forts and stations are among the most interesting places in the coun- try. There is opportunity for study and development and the coast ar- tillery is considered a select branch of the army. “Here’s a chance that shouldn’t be overlooked by anyone contemplat- ing getting into the service,” said Mr. Foucault, who served two years in that branch, “and any intelligent man between the ages of 18 and 40 should take advantage of this op- portunity, as it doesn’t occur often.” HERE'S AN EXPERT WHO SEES PRICE DROP (By United Press) Chicago, Oct. 23.—Consumers will be paying less for meats, corn and grain within another month, B. F. Snow, crop expert, prophesied today. The market is lowering with incom- ing new crops. WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT HONORS DEAD SENATOR (By United Press) Madison, Wis., Oct. 23.—The op- ening session of the state supreme court today was devoted to memorial services of the late Senator Hust- ings, who was accidentally shot and killed by his brother while the two were hunting ducks in a boat. Cities, and leading citizens from the five Northwest states appealed to President Wilson to come to the Northwest for an answer to LaFol- lette and all pacifism. County conventions probably will be held in every county in the state and delegates selected for the big loyalty convention in the Twin Cities. To push the work mapped out by the committee, headquarters will be opened in St. Paul today. Fred B. Snyder of Minneapolis was delegated to arrange for the opening of the headquarters. An effort will be made to obtain Lord Northcliffe. now in New York, and James A. McDonald, editor of the Toronto Globe, as two of the} ablest spokesmen of the Allies of! the United Siates in the present war. | Elihu Root and William J. Bryan| were suggested as other possible speakers for the convention. Members of the committees are to begin an active campaign at once to stimulate interest in the movement throughout the Northwest. IPlot To MurderPresident Frustrated; Eight Under Arrest; Names Secret (By United Press) Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 23.— Eight men are under arrest here charged with conspiracy to kill President Wilson on Thanks- giving day. The plot, which is said to have been worked out in a small town near here, was un- earthed by secret service agents. Federal agents refuse to give out the names of the men in cus- tody. Detective today said three men planned to go to Washington and gain an audience through political influence and then as- sassinate the precident. The method to be employed is not named. DR. PALMER IS CHOSEN TO HEAD BELTRAMI FUEL ADMINISTRATION Judge McGee ofSt. Paul,’ head “of the Federal fuel commission in the state-wide organization to care for the fuel question, hag named the committee to have charge of the work in Beltrami county . Dr. G. M. Palmer, head of the Beltrami County Public Safety com- mission, is named as chairman, and the other members are City Attor- ney M. J. Brown, H. C. Baer, I. G. Hauge of Blackduck and C. R. Mid- dleton of Baudette. YOUTHFUL FRENCH AVIATOR CAPTURES NEW ZEPPELIN (By United Press) Bourbonne Les Baines, France, Oct. 23.—A 21-year-old French avi- ator single handed forced a new mo- del Zeppelin, L-29, to descend on French soil and at the point of a revolver captured the crew of over a score before they could destroy their airship. BULGARIA WOULD MAKE SEPARATE PEACE (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 23.—Bulgaria, frightened by the ‘“handwriting on the wall,” is conducting a separate peace propaganda through her en- voy here, according to Greek Min- ister Georges. THOMPSON IS JOLTED BY CHICAGO COUNCIL Chicago, Oct. 23.—By a vote of 48 to 12, the Chicago city council passed over Mayor Thompson’s veto a reso- lution commending Governor Lowden for sending troops to Chicago last summer to prevent a meeting of the People’s Council of America for Dem- ocracy and terms of peace. Mayor Thompson submitted a lengthy resolution passed by the al- dermen several months ago, and which under the rules went to the mayor for approval during the sum- mer vacation. Alderman Toman, the author of the council resolution, promptly moved a suspension of the rules for the passage of the resolution over the mayor’s veto. Alderman Mich- aelson, city administration leader, vigorously opposed the proposed ac- tion, raising a number of technical points of order. After a parliament- ary dispute, the rules were finally suspended by-a viva voce vote with a few voting in the negative. The roll was then called and the resolu- tion passed over the mayor’s veto. PATRIOTISM. FAR AWAY Washington, Oct. 23.—Ambassa- dor Stimson at Buenos Aires has ca- bled that a patriotic society of Am- erican women, organized when the United States entered the war, had held a two-days’ fair in Buenos Aires and they cleared $100,00 in gold for the American Red Cross. Argentin- ans contributed gemerously, PHILLIPPI NEVER HAD BETTER TIME THAN AT ....REUNION, HE ASSERTS ). “I never had a better time in my life and I am glad I went,” said Al- derman J. M. Phillippi this morn- ing. Mr. Phillippi has just return-’ ed from the Blue and Gray jubilee held at Vicksburg, Miss.,, being a member of Company G, 32nd Iowa volunteers in the Civil war. He con- tinued: ‘“We are loyal, but I believe the boys in gray are more so, and and treated us right. There were more than 12,000 in blue and gray, and over 10,000 visitors. “Five hundred went from the state of Minnesota and they told us down there that we were the best looking and best dressed of all the soldiers, of which fact you may be- lieve we were proud. We Minne- sota boys all went dressed in our blue uniforms and brass buttons. Talk about being hot. The coolest days we had were 85 and 90 degrees. When we arrived in the South Thurs- day of last week it was too hot to open the train windows.” In speaking of the country, he continued: “I believe the south is just 100 years behind the times. Most of the farming is done by the negroes and they do not work any harder than they have to, and live in shacks and hovels. The cotton crop down there is fine this year, as is also the sweet potatoes, but the corn is not so good. Wherever a white man is farming you can no- tice the difference in the looks of the crops.” Mr. Phillippi brought with him several shells which he had picked up on the battlefield at Vieksburg which had been buried in the ground for 54 years, one of which still had the clay on. He also brought cot- ton, some persimmons and a copy of the paper issued the day before the battle at Vicksburg. This issue was printed on wall paper as they could get no print paper through the lines at that time. Mor- gan’s drum cor) of Minneapolis furnished the music at the ju- bilee. STARVING AUSTRIANS BLOW UP MUNITIONS (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 23.—Civilians rendered desperate by lack of food have recently blown up several Aus- trian munition depots, says an offi- cial cable from Rome today. Berne advices declare the Austrian-Swiss frontier closed on account of politi- cal disorders in Austria. FOUCAULT ADDS ANOTHER Recruiting Officer Clarence Fou- cault today added another to his splendid list of recruits for Uncle Sam, Clifford Phillips enlisting in the infantry. He will leave for Du- luth tomorrow, whence he will be sent to Jefferson barracks. M\ [ o5 'NEw | GERMANY FORTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTB RYINGTO BOLSTER UP SPIRIT BY RUSS SMASHES; NOSEPARATEPEACE EAST GRAND FORKS BOARD BARS USE OF ERMAN TEXTBOOKS East Grand Forks, Minn., Oct. 23.—Paul Valentine Ba- con's German text book, used largely in public schools, has been banished from the East Grand Forks schools in accord- ance with a decision made by the board of education. Several chapters in praise of the German emperor, was the stated cause of the text book being discarded. FRENCH TROOPS BEGIN BIG DRIVE IN THE AISNE SECTOR (By United Press) Paris, Oct. 23.-—French troops have commenced a big drive in the Aisne sector, the initial movements being victorious. After several days they attacked the powerful enemy lines between Allemant and Mal- maison and report successful prog- ress on a wide front. FRENCH PREMIER HAS NO CABINET: MINISTERS QUIT (By United Press) Paris, Oct. 23.—Premier Painleve has no cabinet, the ministers having resigned. Efforts of Poincare have availed nothing in inducing the cab- inet members to retain their offices. WANTED! POSTMASTER A TURTLE RIVER YOS"‘OFFICE Want a job as postmaster? A va- cancy is contemplated in ‘the post- mastership at Turtle River and the government is looking for a man to take the position. For that reason there will be a civil service exam- ination in Bemidji, November 23, for a fourth class postmastér to of- ficiate at Turtle River. 'SAUER HELD FOR they surely gave us a royal welcome HEARING NEXT WEEK ON SLACKER CHARGE William Sauer, who has been held in the county jail on a charge of be- ing a slacker, was held yesterday afternoon for hearing Nov. 1 in bonds of $3,000 to answer to the charge before U. S. Commissioner Si- mons. Sauer is the chap who, for about three months, has been hanging around Bemidji, acting suspiciously and causing considerable comment. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Denley over a week ago and has been held nendine a more extended inves- tigation. Evidence of a damaging character has been uncovered .and the department of justice has taken a hand in the case. The sherift’s office has been quietly at work on slacker cases and the ap- prehension of Sauer is considered an important arrest. More arrests are anticipated. MAN AND B0OOZE ARRESTED Harry O'Connor, who had just opened up for business in the old Andrew Dahl place on Second street, was grabbed yesterday afternoon by Indian Agent Brandt and liquor al- leged to have been found in his pos- session taken. He will awa’'t a hearing. (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 23.—Germany’s new Russian smashes mean chiefly that she is trying to gain‘a separate peace with Russia while at the same time trying to cheer the flagging spirits of her own people. That is the view of Secretary of War Baker and other high officials. Russian diplomats here are as- sured there will be no separate peace while Secretary Baker declares that as the German drive lengthens the lines of communication in the east- ern drive, the German forces will be ultimately weakened. The British and French Flanders drive on the western front more than offsets the eastern success of the Germans. Gen- eral Haig will continue his attacks all winter in an effort to shake Ger- man stamina and shatter the lines. Weakening of the morale of the German army is evidenced by the growing number of deserters reach- ing the allied lines. Over 12,000 German deserters are reported in Switzerland. POSTAL INCREASE T0 TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK, NOVEMBER 2 Next week the mew postal rates will go into effect and people who have the conserving habit should do their writing before November 2 or pay extra for postage. On November 2, postage for letters which now cost 2 cents to send will cost 3 cents. Post cards will re- quire a 2-cent stamp to send. The following order has heen is- sued to postmasters regarding the new rates: “Postmasters shall on and af- ter November 2 see that postage is paid at the rate of three cents an ounce or fraction thereof on letters and other:first class mat- ter except dro etters. All drop letters thatiare mailed, lur delivery from the office which posted, including those for delivery by city, rural and other carrier of such office, are required to have postage paid on them at the rate of two cents an ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards are required to be prepaid two cents, and there- fore the one-cent postal cards must have a one-cent stamp im- pressed on such cards. Post cards (private mailing cards) bearing written messages, must have two cents postage prepald on them.” IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AT CLUB LUNCHEON The regular weekly luncheon at the Commercial club rooms tomor- row noon will be followed by the usual business session. The follow- ing matters will come up for discus- sion: The second Liberty Loan. The question of securing a rural mail route that will reach the tour- ists on Lake Bemidji during the sum- mer months. A membership campaign to crease membership in the club. The domestic science department of the high school will furnish the dessert. in- Letford To Handle Various Lines Willys-Overland Cars The Letford garage, E. J. Letford owner, has heen designated as the ‘Willys-Overland service station for this section of the state, Mr. Letford having just returned from Duluth where the deal was consummated. He will carry in stock the various lines of cars made by the Willys-Overland company and is preparing a show room for this purpose. Two of the models are expected shortly and oth- ers will arrive as soon as they can be secured. The new model Overland, which is attracting much attention, is the Overland-Junior, which will sell for $495. An announcement to that ef- fect apoears on another page in this issue of the Pioneer. In choosing this line of cirs, Mr. Letford said: “I have cast about for a line of cars which will, in my opinion, be in the greatest demand for this sec- tion of the country and feel that I have secured the agency for the best there is to be found for the money.” A service garage, for Overlands in particular, will be maintained and an effort to keep all Overland cars in first class condition, is the aim of the new agency. Mr. Letford re- cently purchased the Foley garage at 312 Beltrami avenue 'and is fast becoming recognized as a leader in this section. That Bemidji is fast becoming an automobile center .is self-evident, there being now four modernly equipped garages in this city and tourists from every section recognize Bemidji as a city where automobile service is par excellence.