Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 6, 1917, Page 1

'VOLUME XV, NO. 258. JAPAN AND U. S, AGREE ON PACT WHICH WILL GO ~ DOWN IN HISTORY China’s Sovereignity Not To Be Im- paired; Open Door Policy To Be Maintained. NO INFRINGEMENT ON CHINA'S “TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY gm;u On the Part of Both of Acgtiisition of Any Special Privileges in Republic. (By United Press) . Washington, Nov. 6.—America and Japan have entered into a for- ‘mal agreement reaffirming the open «door policy in China, recognizing ‘algo Japan’s special interests in that . ecountry. This-—pact-was confirmed by the exchange of mnotes between Secretary Lansing and Viscount Ishii of the recent Japanese mission to the United States. It will go down in history as one of the great- est developments of the war. Secretary Lansing indicates it will remove the increasing critical situation developing between the two countries. The pact recogmizes Japan’s special interests in China and agrees that China’s sovereignity is not to be impaired. It also reaffirms the “open door’ ¢ crimination against the trade - of ather nations and denies any inten- 180, to infringe on China’s territor- ial Authority. It also eraffirms the “open door” | policy in China and disavows ac- quisition by either government of special privileges which would affect China’s independence. x A complete understanding regard- ing joint naval operations in the Pacific is another important point. ed 0} 0f L Pekfi:h.m(%hgml:mfig{ ’gfl,fime Chi- nese foreign office was today formal- 1y notified of the -signing of the greement between Secretary Lan- g and Count Ishii, SO Rt oS SN AT S e UNCLE SAM WILL SHARE HIS FEAST WITH HIS ALLIES. The United States, because of a large production of food products in this country and the decreased pro- duction in European countries, owing to the war, must supply large quanti- ties of food to Furope, or the peoples over there will go hungry. This places the United States at the head of the table of nations and in this position, Uncle Sam may do one of two things: He may help himself to the best on the table, and, if there is anything left, may serve it to the others, or he may determine what there is on the table and divide up evenly with all seated about the table. If America were under an autocratic government, food cards could be is- sued allowing each individual his sharo of the different foods. Because we are in a democracy and claim that we are capable of governing our- selves we are asked to restrain our- National War Work Council of the OT YESTERDAY'S NEWS, BUT TODAY’S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS MIDJI DAILY PIG BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1917. y GERMAN “PROUD OF MY BOY,” SAYS FATHER OF SLAINIOWA SOLDIER 7, ‘Glidden, Iowa, Nov. 6.—*“I'm proud of my boy if he has given up his life for his country,” D. Hay, father of Merle D. Hay, 21, one of America’s first three soldiers to die for his country, declared today when in- formed that his son had been killed in France by the Germans. Mrs. Hay, mother of the dead hero, collapsed when told of her son's death. Young Hay enlisted in the army May 9, shortly after the declaration of war, according to his father. He had been working on the Hay farm, but couldn’t work any longer after war was declared. “He had my consent to go, and I am not sorry,” said his father today. “I won’t object to his brother go- ing, though just now he is too young.” Hay's brother, Basil, is 18, and he had a sister, Opal, 14. selves in the use of some of the foods | are competent to govern ourselves in that are known to be short so-that | other t‘l:ggu. there may be a surplus for peoples in all, by joining ‘the forces of other countries. Administration, pledge our- The United States Food Administra- | selves-te live up to the ideals of de- tion at Washington.is very desirous of | mocracy: and generously to refrain enlisting the voluntary co-operation of | from taking more than our share of every individual in the United States, | the wofld’s food supply so that the 80 that everyone, every time he is | sorely .tried peoples in Europe may seated at the table, will remember | not suffer from hunger. that there s nmot enough wheat, not| puring:the week of November 4 to enough meat, not enough fats, and not | 13, ini:l'ulflva. every home in Minnesota enough sugar to go around, and that |wyj) be visited and asked to subscribe accordingly he must decrease mate |ty the principles of conservation out- rially his consumption of thesa prod-|jjned by the Food Administration. It ucts. is the hope that a large volunteer ‘The United States is iun this war to | ariny of food conservationists may make the world safe for democracy.” [ ple¢ge themselves to carry out so far Belleving in democracy, we have an|ag in their power the food conserva- equally important duty to demonstrate | ¢jon program. that democracy is safe. for the world. if we cannot govern ourselves in the use of feod, it is not UYely tbat we MOOSE TO INITIATE THREE INTO THEIR MYSTERIES TOMORROW The Moose lodge will have initia- tion at its regular meeting tomor- row evening. Three candidates are .scheduled to be turned loose in the forest where the browsing is good and are destined to be crowned with the regulation set of horns, A. D. WILSON, Food Administrator for Minnesota THOSE WHO LET F00D SPOIL MAY BE JAILED Chicago, Nov. 6.—With federal op- eratives starting an investigation of the charges that several hundred car- loads of vegetables have been al- lowed to freeze and rot while in the railroad yards here, it became known that /the food administration would se to get as severe penalties as sible under the law for the of- nders if their guilt is established. Harry A. Wheeler, food administra- tor for Illinois, is quoted as saying that “it looks as if we had a real case,” adding “we plan to trace every carload of foodstuffs allowed to spoil back to its source.” Attention was first called to the U. S, DOLLAR DROPS TO 75 . (By C. G. Selvig) On Tuesday evening of last week CENT BASIS IN COPENHAGEN — a meeting was held at Crookston at Copenhagen, Nov. 6.—The Ameri-| which time Northwestern Minnesota can dollar dropped to a 75-cent basis| Division of the National War Work in consquence of a general slump.| Council was organized for the pur- Exchange rates in Copenhagen fell| pose of raising this section’s quota 10 points to 280 and apparently the| of the million dollars. assigned to bottom has not been reached. Minnesota. E. S. Davis arranged ¥ for this meeting which was attend- FROHN FARMERS ELECT: |5t o i e BERG IS PRESIDENT Dist. No. 6 of the state campaign. The Equitable Farmers’ club of C. G. Selvig of Crookston has been appointed district chairman of the the town of Frohn met with Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Ward Saturday. It was War Work Council and A. A. Mil- ler, treasurer. Edward W. Peck of ing the need of the money and the - purposes for which it would be used. milggel newlest semercs ol 9| an 1deal day, with plenty of sun-| He was followed by Albert J. Nason, foctives comp shine and about 60 attended the|chairman of the Minnesota division that contained decomposed potatoes, . ; 3 President—Gust Berg. Canadian army, who has just re- cabboow onioms’and sugar beets. Vice president—A. W. Hoskins. | turned from the British front. Dr. Se¢retary—I. E. Raymond. Thomas Graham .gave a stirring ac- § BACKUS & BROOKS ARE Treasurer—I. O. Ungstad. count of soldier life and of the needs 2 & ~ SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS M. C. A, gave a statement regard- ! between 300 and 500 freight cars were elected for 1918: made by Lieut. Dunwoodie of the entertain the club December 1. Organization Perfected. At the close of the meeting an or- ganization was perfected to bring this information to every man and woman in Northwestern Minnesota. The following men were selected as county -chairmen and will have di- rect charge of the work in their re- spective counties: Kittson, R. V. Blethen, Hallock; Roseau, Mike Holm, Roseau, and Mr. Craig of War- road; Pennington, David Gustafson, agents today arrested Walter Hos-| Thief River Falls; Red Lake, W. B. kins, a negro, and seized $1,000f Nymper, Red Lake Falls; Marshall, worth of opium, one of the largest| ¢ 1, Spaulding, Warren; Dr. Hoil- geizures made in the Ux}lted States,| and, Argyle, and C. R. Gillespie, it is said. The authorities believe| gtephen; Polk, Joseph Ball, Crook- they have got the brains of a wide-)gton; Norman, D. C. Lightbourne, spread drug plot, extending into Can-| Ada; Mahnomen, J. M. Hardy, Mah- ada and the northwest. nomen; Clearwater, A. L. Kaiser, | Bagley, and Beltrami, C. L. Isted, Be- lmportance of Y. M. C. A. U o7 Meotines Scheduled, Work Placed Before People Twenty-seven meetings have been One of the best lectures ever de-lure must be furnished with clean Minnesota, state secretary of the Y. spection and reported the finding of meeting. The following officers| of the organization. Addresses were Mr. and Mrs. Julius Zellman will| that this fund would meet. i BRAINS OF WIDESPREAD DRUG PLOT CAPTURED (By United Press) Minneapolis, Nov. 6.—Federal Messages have reached Bemidji saying that the International Lum- bér company was the successful bid- of for the 72,000,000 feet of lum- " on the Red Lake Indian reser- flon sol dby the government yes- terday at Washington. This is the lumber sold once be- fore at auction and the bids re- jected. The International company is known as the Backus & Brooks com- pany. Just what the details are and what class of lumber the successful bidders secured is not known. scheduled to begin on Tuesday of this week continuing until Tuesday of next week. Five speakers are be- ing furnished by the state assocja- tion. Among them are several of the ok ' s . best speakers in Minneapolis, St. Pired in tne city of Bemidji was|recreation and with environments| pay) and Duluth. The campaign _elivered to a small audience at the|that will help uplift instead of drag|,pened in Bemidji, Monday evening Presbyterian church last night by|them down to degredation. Not| with meetings in Bagley, Argyle and Dr. Ingham of Duluth. The subject only is this true at the battle front,| warroad on Tuesday. On Wednes- of his lecture is of most vital im-|but in every one of the cantonments| i,y meetings will be held in Foss- portance to the relatives and friends | to which the boys are sent for the of the 300 or more boys that have|training necessary to make Ameri- left this community to do their bit|ca’s the most efficient army in the in helping to preserve the Stars and world. Stripes as well as the 36,000,000 Not onl > y have they an enemy on boys that make up the allies armies. foreign soil to fight, but they have ton, Climax, Mentor, Maplebay, Hal- Jock and Roseau; on Thursday at Mclntosh, Nielsville, Erskine, Ste- phen and Thief River Falls; on Fri- day at Fertile, Mallory, Eldred, Crookston, East Grand Forks fand Dr. Ingham placed squarely before | surrounding the cantonments a class Halstad; on Saturday at Ada, Mah- the people the great problem that|of people, men and women, who are must be solved if the fathers and|as much of a menace to the man in mogifers, brothers, sisters, wives,| uniform as is the German army. Each syféthearts and friends would have|and every citizen should be willing ficse boys return (if they do re-|and anxious to his or her bit in help- turn) with the same self-respect,|ing to solve this great problem with nomen, Red Lake Falls, Twin Valley and Beltrami. Other meetings are iself-con‘f(dence and manhood with|the same spirit that we are helping 4" which they leave their homes and being arranged for at Plummer, Gul- friends. ly, Trail, Gary, Middle River, New- folden, Strandquist, Halma, Angus These boys in their hours of leis- and Euclid. Reaches High Point. The interest being taken in this war work has reached.a high point. (Continued on last page) (Continued on Page Four) Ao I0WA RED CROSS NURSES ARE CALLED T0 THE FRONT Cedar Rapids, Ia, Nov. 6.—The first Red Cross nurses in Iowa to re- receive a call for the European bat- tlefields came when District No. 2 was asked to furnish 10 young wo- men. They will leave for Chicago Saturday, whence they will be sent to Ellis Island, thence to France. CLUB HOUSE BEFORE GOLF CLUB MEMBERS There will be an important meet- ing of the Golf club tomorrow eve- ning at 8 o’clock in the Commercial club quarters and it is important that every member be present. Included in the business to come up for disposition is the question of a new club house at the golf grounds. This is a matter for care- ful and serious consideration as a suitable club house is a necessity. Reports will also be read and other matters of interest come be- fore the meeting. ALL PACIFISTS ARE CALLED COWARDS BY JUDGE LANDIS Kewanee, Ill.,, Nov. 6.—The great- est patriotic rally in this section of Illinois was held here in the local armory at which 3,000 persons heard Judge K. M. Landis declare that all pacifists are cowards. The man who asks now why we are at war doesn’t know the difference between a school house and an insane asylum, said the judge. LOYALTY MEETING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY Southern Beltrami county will have a huge loyalty meeting in the Grand theater on Sunday afternoon, at which delegates will be selected to attend the loyalty meetings in St. Paul and Minneapolis on November 16 and 17. Hon. C. C. McCarthy of Grand Rapids will address the meeting and the Bemidji band will play. A glee club will also lend its services. The committee in charge is com- posed of M. J. Brown, chairman; T. J. Burke, Charles Carter, A. E. Rako, W. B. Stewart and F. B. Lamson. LABOR SHORTAGE IS ACUTE BUT BUSINESS ACTIVITY GREAT (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 6.—The inter- acute shortage of labor throughout the country but business is satis- factory. Industrial activity is ex- tremely great, the federal reserve board announced today. Y. M.C.A- ProparosTo StartCampalgn ;. o MEETS TOMORROW The regular monthly business meeting of the Commercial club will be held tomorrow following the noon- day lunchqon. The business pro- gram will be one of importance and a large attendance is desired. A. L. Janes of St. Paul will be the guest of the club. One of the feat- ures of the luncheon will be the serving of whitefish from the state controlled fisheries at Red Lake. These fish are furnished the club through the courtesy of B. W. Lakin and S. C. Bailey. Mr. Bailey will outline a plan whereby these fish will be furnished the people of Be- midji weekly at a minimum cost to the consumer. MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE RESULT IN NEW YORK KNOWN New York, Nov. 7.—Unless the successful candidates at the mayor- alty election here today receive large pluralities in the city, political ob- servers say the result may not ac- tually be known for some weeks on account of the delay in counting the votes of thousands of soldiers and sailors. It is estimated that there are 70,- 000 New Yorkers now under arms in the army and navy. Registration at the various camps endicates, it is said, that about 46,000 of these are entitled to vote. Many New Yorkers with the over- seas forces also are eligible to vote. FOUR MORE LEAVE 10 JOIN THE ARMY The following left this noon for Duluth, enroute to Jefferson bar- racks, having enlisted at the local recruiting office: Walter R. Yeager, foresters’ reserve corps; Lee F. Sime, coast artillery; William A. Teal, sig- nal corps, and Frank L. Rice, pos- sibly the aviation corps. AGED RESIDENT OF HELGA TOWNSHIP DIES: FUNERAL Mrs. Charles Boylan died at 11 o’clock Monday morning at her home in Helga township, Hubbard county. She was 67 years old. Her health had been impaired for the past two years. She is surived by her hus- band, Charles Boylan. The funeral will be held from the Catholic church in Bemidji tomor- row morning at 10:30 o’'clock. In- terment will be in the Catholic ceme- tery. FORTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH — OUNDED, 12 CAPTURED, WHEN RAIDERS - SURPRISE SAMMIES Killed. Private Thomas F. Enright; sis- ter, Pittsburgh, Private James B. Gresham; mo- ther, Evansville, Ind. Private Merle D. Hay; Glidden, Iowa. Wounded. Private John Smith; brother, Lud- ington, Mic¢h. Private Charles J. Hopkins; broth- er, Stanton, Texas. father, Private George L. Box; father, Altus, Ohio. Private Homer Givens; father, Cloverdale, Ala. Private Charles L. Orr; mother, Lyons, Kan, Cantured or Missine. Sergeant Edgar H. Halyburton; father, Stony Point, N. C. Corporal Nichols L. Mulhall; mo- ther, Jersey City, N. J. Corporal Edwin T. Haines; mother Woodward, Okla. Private Herchel Godfrey; father, Chicago, Ill. Private Vernon M. Kendall; fath- er, Boll, Okla. Private William P. Grigsby; moth- er, Louisville, Ky. Private Frank E. McDougal; fath- er, Maryville, Mo. Private Daniel B. Gallagher; er, Blockton, Ala. Private John P. Tutweiler, Miss. Private Harry Langhman; Chicago 1L . Private Dewey D. Kern; mother, Mrs. Eva Tilton, Collins, Iowa. fath- Lester; father, Private Keckon, cannot be identified, ‘Washington, Nov. 6.—American troops of the. Overseas éxpeditionary forces have experienced their first real clash with the enemy. In the early dawn of Saturday a German raiding party swept over the parapet of a trench occupied by an American company and after a brief hand-to-hand encounter, retired to their own earthworks with twelve prisoners. Gen. Pershing’s first dis- patches, announced at the war de- partment early yesterday, reported that three Americans were killed, five wounded and twelve captured in the engagement. Protected by heavy barrage fire,, the Germans advanced across No Man's Land and stormed the Ameri- can salient. Cut off from reinforce- ments by the rain of German shells, it is thought the defenders were ob- liged to meet force greatly superior in numbers. With the exception of one German captured, nothing is known of tine extent of the enemy’s losses. The first fragmentary details made no mention of the location of the fight, but Berlin dispatches indicate that it was in the region of the Rhine-Marne canal in the section de- fended by the crown prince’s forces. To Quiet Location. The Unitled States {roops were tak- en in charge by veteran French sol- diers to a quiet portion of the long line that runs from the North Sea to Switzerland, and for a few days conditions were normal. Cable dis- patches have been telling of artillery somewhere above ‘“‘normal,” but still not of anything like the furious fire on other portions of the front. On Saturday a rather cryptical Berlin official announcement told of ‘“North American’ prisoners being brought in, and this is taken here to refer to the soldiers whom Gen. Pershing's ;]ispa(ch says are captured or miss- ng. Many French and British military writers have warned America that Germany would hurl terrific blows at the Americans as soon as news of their location reached the Ger- man side and when the Americans went into the trenches, war depart- ment officials here predicted, this might happen. It was pointed out that this was a favorite trick of the Germans when the British territor- ials from Canada or Australia went into the trenches for the first time. . German Comment. Berlin, Nov. 6.—(Via London.)— Outside the brief reference in the general staff report, no details are available here with regard to the capture of the first American troops in France. The official bulletin says they were made prisoners in the region of the Rhine Marine canal, in tne section of the front defended by the Ger- man crown prince’s army. While the newspapers have played up the capture of the Americans in their headlines, the only comment is made by the Lokal Anzeiger, under the caption, “good morning, boys,” the newspaper then says: “Three cheers for the Americans, clever chaps they are, it cannot be denied. Scarcely have they touched (Continued on Page Eight)