Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 8, 1917, Page 1

‘._ delegates .0 attend the:loyalty meet- “oitizens, : X which men like It should be as large as numbers can .I;;ge Demomtrafikm Planned -Wher_t Bemidji Chooses Representatives to Loyalty Meeetings. . 18- STATE-WIDE MOVEMENT; EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND “Program of Ex_oelleno; Prepared; Judge Stanton to Speak; Brown ; “Will Preside. - The greatest loyalty demonstra- - tion held in Bemidji since America ~entered the war has been planned for next -Sunday evening at 7:30 ‘o’clock when a mass meeting will be held at the Grand theater to select ings_scheduled to.take place in- Si. Paul and Minneapolis, November 16 ‘City gatherings - will ‘serve.a twofold purpose. They will gerve to emphasize the extent to ayor:Van Lear-and Congressman Ernest . Lundeen have ‘misrepresenied the patriotic citizen- ‘ship of Minneapolis ‘and the state at large, and will further serve as ischool of education to the men from “all parts of the state who are com- petent by pen and voice to acquaint the people of their community of the true objects and purposes of the pres- ent war and the urgent necessity of tered the war for humanity and:the advancement of civilization. 0 11 Rt ¥ it ‘county andthe city of-B will, and shoild be, represented at this state-wide gathering “of loyal The gathering at Bémihjl 8 ii'dsy . make it and as enthusiastic . and earnest -as the purposes for which it is called would warrant. The Home Guard will turn out-in full uniform. - Fxcellent Program. The program is a most exoellent one. The Bemidji band wiil render patriotic selections in front of the theater while the crowd is assemb- 1ing and,will later open the program by the fendition of patriotic airs. ‘A male quartette will furnish sev- eral vocal-gelections and a solo will be given .y Miss Ida Virginia Brown. “The invocation will be given by Rev. ’A. M. Whitby, pastor of the Baptist - church. M. J. Brown, chairman of the Beltrami County Loyalty Meet- 4ngs league, will preside and will introduce Judge Stanton, who will outline the work being done in the army and naval camps to make the thardships- of war endurable. ’s Address Key. " The '}u ge's‘ addggss wilY be the « keynote in the Y. M. C. A. drive to raise funas in this county to finance the work. He will be fol- Jowed by Hon. C. C. McCarthy, one of northern Minnesota’s foremost orators, who will eloquently portray ‘the sufferings of Belgium, France and Italy and leave no doubt in the Tearts of honest ‘men of the neces- ‘;s\slty of the struggle we are to pass through in this great contest _be- W Mtween the powers of autocracy and democracy. BENEFIT DANCE AT CARR LAKE SCHOOL SATURDAY There will be a benefit dance at + the Carr Lake school house Satur- -day evening, December -1.. The pro- ceeds will go intd the Sixth district benefit fund. ' A special invitation is extended to all Bemidji citizens as well as’ to those residing in the school district. s ' Y.M.C.A Campaign Starts - - Sunday; YourHelp Needed MASS MEETING IS (LUMBER CAMPS "CALLED SUNDAY; | TO ALSO OBSERVE backing up. the boys who have en-| aBelsf Bemidji NAME DELEGATES | STATE SUGGESTION || 70 TWIN CITIES| OF CONSERVATION Wheatless and Meatless Days Will =~ Be In Vogue In Northern Minnesota Soon. INSPECTORS TO VISIT CAMPS . AND INSTRUCT THE COOKS B. W. Lakin Appointed Committee Member for This Section; Meet-- ings to Be Held. b & A~ meatl day at the lumber camps, was the announcement made by B. W. Lakin, -superintendent’ of logging for the Crookston Lumber company, at the Commercial clab luncheon. = Mr. Lakin attended a lumbérmen’s ‘convention at Duluth where Prof. A, D. ‘Wilson, state’ food commissioner, discussed the food situation with a view to ascertaining what the camps could do in a co-operative way. The conclusion reached was @& wheatless day Tuesdays, and a meat- less day Wednesdays, and to use only 75 per cent wheat in all bread, the other 25 per cent to be barley, rye or other flour. No sugar will be used at the noon and evening meals All camps -have been rfiquested to comply with this order by Commis- sioner Wilson. Inspectors will be appointed to. visit ‘the camps and instruct cooks how to substitute. It will cost the lumber companies. more to live up to ‘these rules, but they are willing e 3 n, ings will be called from time to tim to perfect ‘arrangements. 20 & . In. his talk before-the club, Mr. Lakin -cited a -number :of instances where men of milllons were deny- ing themselves butter, cream, wheat and meat. In their homes they have -established meatless days and wheat- less days an dare carrying out the wishes of the government to a great- er extent than the middle classes, is the general belief. “If the public knew this was true, greater co-operation would be the result,” declared Mr. Lakin. “PIONEER” IN FRANCE IS “READ TO RAGS" BY BEMIDJI: BOYS Miss Irenie Lappan has received a letter from her brother, Willie Lap- lan, now in France. He says all tne boys who left with him are well and happy, but are having an awful time learning the names and-value of the coins in that country. They were not yet at their permanent camp when the letter was written, but ex- pected to be there soon. He also sald they received one Pioneer since they landed and it was read to rags. He said, “I do not know of omne thing that could have brought us as much enjoyment as that one Pio- neer,” which shows how anxious the boys are to receive word from home. REBEKAHS ISSUEL CALL TO PREPARE CHRISTMAS BOXES The women of the Rebekah lodge have issued a call for a meeting Fri- day afternoon” at the Odd Fellows hall, at which time boxes will be sent to Odd Fellows serving in the army and navy, who belong to the local lodge. ‘The Rebekahs are re- quested to bring contributions to the hall not later than 3 o’clock. It the boys, tired and mud-stained, <ould only knock at Bemidji’'s door tonight, how wonderfully they would be ministered to. With what eager- ness would they be comforted. Help the Y. M. C. A. do this in the camps and right up to the firing line. Millions of enlisted men have felt the home touch of the Y. M. C. A.; “ millions have written letters, played tames, read and enjoyed the enter- /{ainment at the sign of the Red Tri- angle, and millions have thanked God for the same. The Y. M. C. A. is a relief from the cold. lonesome camp and trench life, but it takes millions of dollars to provide these battle home ties, and it takes heroic giving, $35,000,000 at least, to carry on this work here and overseas, to. July 1, 1918, and the task is_great. Support must be generous. Some are giving thousands, and thousands are giving something. The Bemidji Commercial club has appointed a committee for the rais- ing of Beltrami county’s portion of this fund. The campaign will start on November 11 and end on Novem- ber 19. Each and every individual in Beltrami county will be expected to contribute liberally to this fund. Fifty per cent of the subscription may be paid when’ the committee calls, twenty-five per cent January 1 and twenty-five per cent April 1, 1918. This problem should be considered seriously. and generously supported. “}wlt in force. h'lr ed all “pool Chief Ripple today. issued mno- - tices to all pool ‘and billiard proprietors to close their places at 10 o'clock at night and all day Sunday in conformity with - the new order of the Minnesota ~ Public Safety commission. “It's a good move,” said the chief.- *“It will stop—a lot of this senseless kicking: and: con- fusion. If the parents of school boys want their boys to play pool and hang -around pool- rooms they can go there with’ them and stay while they are. there. I'm sick and tired-of in-" terference from _ parents of school boys who let them play pool and others whpse boys * don’t pay any attention to them nor what’s told "em.” i All licensed pool and billiard rooms, and all public dance hallg in thé state of Minnesota must close at 10.p. m. each -night and remain closed until 8- a. m. and must be closed. all day -on. Sunday under 8 order issued by the Minnesota Pub lic Safety commission yesterday. “The order is effective from ‘the date of its ‘passage ‘and-as soon as received in Bemidji, Mayor Vanders- luis says -it' will be put into effect. It also provides that an ordinance ghull be passed embodying the pro- isions of the order. but the mayor says he doesn’t beljeve such will be necessary in Bemidji. A . _Official- notification has not been received by the mayor but is ex- pected to arrive any day ‘mow. Ma~-~~ Ready to Act. “As soon as any such order is re- ceived,” said the mayor today, “it Orders will and, billiard 2 ®o=camply. 'With' its Th-order 1s°s good-thing amd ¥ lad of ft.” ‘While Bemidji has no'”l.iceiméd ance halls, the order of the public Stage Being Set In- Italy For Battle . N (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 8.—The deci- sive battle of the Teutonic drive in Italy is entering its first stage with maneuvering for positions by " the rival armies, Rome cables declare to- day. . French and British reinforcements are massing behind the Italian lines and heavy artillery is being rushed up to General Cadorna. BEMIDJI BOYS TO RECEIVE 50 POUNDS OF CHEESE Conrad Lajambe is another who doesn’t propose to allow the Bemidji) hoys on the battleships Massachu- setts .and Kansas go withou. some- tning good to eat, and today he pre- sented to Bert Barker a 50-pound package of fine cheese for distribu- tion among. the Bemidji naval boys. The cheese will be sent to Lieutenant E. A. Barker on the Massachusetts and by him distributed. FOUR AMERICANS DIE WHEN VESSEL SINKS (By United Press) London, Nov. 8.—The torpedoing! of the American steamer Rochester, with four kitted and fourteen miss- ing is reported today by the admir- alty. - - HARNWELL TO SPEAK AT LOYALTY MEETINGS Blackduck will have a patriotic meeting Saturday night and it promises to be an interesting affair. G. W. Harnwell, president of the Commercial club of Bemidji, will speak on the work of the Y. M. C. A. in the war. From Blackduck, Mr. Harnwell will go to Kelliher. On Sunday, Mr. Harnwell will speak in the lumber camps near Kelliher and Sunday night will speak in Kelliher. AMERICANS SEND SALVO AT TEUTONS American Field Headquarters, Nov. 8.—American artillery sent a salvo of shells into Boschland, mark- ing the time of burial of America’s first soldiers killed in the recent| trench raid. St. Paul soldiers were| on the firing line. ¥ olshevik POOL ROOMS MUST CLOSE _ " AT 10 0’CLOCKAND SUNDAY ; Baféty commission specifices public 1% Dance Hall Defined. ‘| follows: g ol B B -rooms within the state ot Minnesota shall be closed and kept closed on - Sundays, and shall be closed and kept ‘prior ‘to 8 o’clock a. m. of the next dance halls. This, it seems, will af- fect the city hall where dances are held. The city hall is a public build- ing and it is certain will be closed to ‘free-for-all dances. (A dance hall under the order is defined by the commission ‘so that there may be no misunderstanding as to ‘the application of the rule. The text of the order, which is No. 14, From and after the date of this order, all licensed pool halls and pool rooms, billiard halls and billiard closed on each, secular day from 10 o’clock p. m., and shall not open secular day. “2, ‘From and after the date of this. order the operation of public dance 'halls in the state of Minnefota o Sunday is prohibited, and on all gther "days such dance. halis shall close. at 10 o’clock p. m,, and shall nbt gpen prior to 8 o’clock a. m. of the following day. A public dance hall within the meaning of this or- der shall be taken to be any room, place or space open to public pat- ronage generally and without invi- tation and in which dancing, where- in the public may participate, [ia carried on and to which adtission may be had by the public generally by payment, either. directly or in- directly, of an admission fee or price for dancing and where the receipts from: the business are for the pri- vate .ain of the person, firm or cor- poration conducting such dance hall. #The . cpuncil_or other governing of ®ach : “gpproprixte ordinance ‘or ordf -ances embodying the provisions her of and- providing suitable penalties for violations.” . AmmmAAn~~ OHIO SAFELY DRY, VIEW OF EXPERT (By United Press) Columbus, O., Nov..8.—Unofficial and incomplete returns from the wet and dry election in Ohio show the state may go dry by from 3,000 to 5,000 majority, according to experts in the office of the secretary of state GERMAN WARSHIPS P OFF HELSINGFORS (By United Press) Stockholm, Nov. 8.—A large squadron of German warships is off the Finnish naval station of Hel- singfors, Presumably the presence of the fleet here means that Ger- many has resumed her naval drive in the Baltic and is now about to at- tack the Russian naval fortifications guarding Helsingfors. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STEALREBEKAHS’ LUNCH What was intended to have been a recherche social session of the Re- bekahs last evening in Odd Fellows hall sort of went awry, owing to the activities on the part of a crowd of high school boys who sought to cut the high cost of living by swiping the luncheon that was to have been served after the business-session of the lodge. _ The ladies had provided coffee, sandwiches, cream, cake, etc., galore and all that goes to make up a first class and satisfying menu. But the kids got onto the layout and it was a case of good night lunch. The boys lugged off the whole works and after having stowed it away on the inside of their anatomy brougl back the dishes. The police were notified and Chief Ripple has the bunch “spotted.” No arrests will be made and no doubt the matter will be settled satisfac- torily to all concerned, except per- haps, some feeling over the disap- pearance of the lunch may be dam- aged beyond-repair. GRANT VALLEY SOLDIER IN FRANCE WRITES MOTHER Mrs. George Morain of Grant Val- ley has received a letter from her son, Pete Norton, who is mow in France, dated October 18, at the Young Men's Christian association. He is with the Tenth regiment, Com- pany B. He describes his travels through Scotland and England and says he is very anxious to visit Bel- gium, to see his grandparents. He wishes to be remembered to all his Bemidji friends. J d nd every municipality. Tho. atate’ shall forthwith ouaut| o \Kerrow, University Farm, auspices LIC OVERTHRO 'anders __Eimtrol f FEAR ARMED CLASH BETWEEN FACTIONS; KERENSKY OUSTED; WASHINGTON AGOG ] N. M. D. PROGRAM AT BRAINETD DEC. 6-7 HAS MUCH INTEREST The program for the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment assoclation to be.held at Brain- erd, December 6 and 7, promises much in many ways. Reports of the ofticers: will be presented and there are several topics of interest and value to be handled by men of.note. Educational and machinery exhibits will also be features of the meeting. The program is as follows: THU 10 A. M.——unllni?:noArger, President C. R. Middleton, Baudette. Invocation—Rev. Geo. Phil Sheri- dan, Brainerd. Address of welcome—Mayor:R. A. Beise, Brainerd. President's ‘address—C. R. .Mt o i et coln, . Brainerd: " Report - of agricultural~committee and outline of program fea.1res— A. B. Hostetter, district agricultural agent. ~ Appointment of committees. Afternoon, 1:30 P. M. —-vofiresa, “Team Work,” J. J. Hay, Thief River Falls. 2 P. M.—Address, “The Farmer in War Times,” Dean R. W. Thatcher, agricultural department, University of Minnesota. . 2:30 P. M.—Address, ‘Grading and Marketing of Potatoes,” J. J. Quinn, Minneapolis. 3 P. M.—Address, Prof. W. A, Mc- of Northern Minnesota Sheep Grow- ers’ association. Discussions. 8 P. M.—Smoker ana informal program, Chamber of Commerce. FBPAY 10 A. M.—Address, “Our Organi- zation,” Frank Dunning, president Potato Growers’' association, Anoka. 10:30 A. M.—“Potato Seed Cer- tification for Minnesota,” Dr. E. C. Stakeman, University Farm. 11 A. M.—“What Seed Certifica- tion Has Done for Wisconsin,” J. G. Milward, associate professor of hor- ticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Afternoon. 1:30 P. M.—t—?’{e]?orw of commit- tees, election of officers, Northern Minnesota Development association. Selection of next place of meeting. Address, “A Potato Warehouse at a Central Marktt,”” W. A. Morse, Minneapolis. 2:30 P. M.—Seed plot demonstra- tions in Crow Wing county, E. A. Colquohoun, county agent. “Potato Disease Control” (lantern talk) A. G. Tolas, extension special- ist in plant pathology, University Farm. Boys and girls’ potato contest. Announcement of premiums’ by T. A. Erickson, state leader. BEMIDJI BOYS ON KANSAS APPRECIATIVE Boys on the battleship Kansas have written Mrs. A. Lord and other members of the Presbyterian Red Cross circle, stating that they have received the sweaters sent them by that circle. They all agree that nothing could have been sent them that would be as much appreciated as the warm, home knit sweaters, and they all declare they will always have a warm sfiot in their hearts for the women who knitted them. The Hallowe’en boxes have also been received, and many of the boys have acknowledged receipt of them. Nearly every letter contains the phrase, “We had one big feed,” or something to the same effect. One boy said in a letter, “We feasted for two solid days.” DANCE AT FROHN A dance will be given in the Frohn hall, Saturday, November 10, to which the public is invited. situation, (By United Press) London, Nov. 8.—Bolsheviki lead- ers are in control of all communica- tion to Petrograd.and formally. an- nounced today that they have. de- posed Kerensky, head of the provi- siona] government. In its place, they have established a new regime with the policy of immediate peace and immediate distribution of all land to the peasahts, it is declared. No mention is made of fighting but bloodshed is feared. It is possible the revolution is confined to Petro- grad, Approaches Armed Break. Petrograd, Nov. 8.—The crisis be- tween the provisional government and the local council of soldiers and ‘worlkl:nen is ;approaching an ~armed reak. un the ‘previsional entexists no longer.-The council - has arrested several ministers, according t0~ re- port. The preliminary sitting has beén dispolved. Washington Agog. Washington, Nov. 8.—A number of cable messages have been received today by the Russian embassy and have caused much concern among officials, who refuse comment. The report that Kerensky had been over- thrown by the Boleshevikis is neither affirmed nor denied at the embassy. The messages are evidently of tre- mendous import. Close advisors of the president are keeping in close touch with the United States for every scrap of information on the The embassy feels that Kerensky has the support of the army outside of Petrograd. BELGIAN SOLDIER ON FRONT THANKS HARRY MILLS FOR CIGARS Harry Mills, roadmaster of the M. & 1., recentiy sent some cigars to the Belgian front and as a reward received a letter written in French from H. Marcel, a soldier in the Bel- gian army. The letter follows: Front, Sept. 17, 1917. Sir: Having received a pack- age of clgars (cigarc! V given to the Belgian soldiers .obacco fund, I beg leave to thank you infinitely for your gift and for the noble sentiments you enter- tain for the Belgian soldiers. * Will you, sir, pardon my writ- ten French, but seeing your card in the package I am prompted to thank the giver for his well being (generosity). Permit me, sir, to thank you again and again and I pray you to accept the assurance of my most profound respect. Your servant, H. MARCEL, Soldier Voluntary D 123 Company, ¢ Army of Belgium. GOLF CLUB RE—E]II.E(‘N MER OFFICERS The golf club held its election of officers last evening and re-elected the entire staff of former officlals a8 follows: President—T. 8. Ervin. - Vice president—H. C. Baer. Secretary—H. M. Stanton. Treasurer—R. H. Schumaker. Directors—A. P. White, B. W. La- kin, Ira J. Cool, Dr. C. L. Sanborn, F. S. Lycan, A. G. Wedge, C. M. Bacon, Frank Koors, Alex Doran. The mafter of building a. club house on the grounds was broached and will be given serious consid- eration at a later time.