Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 21, 1917, Page 2

BEMIDJI ONEER Ptihusnmn EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT. SUNDAY: allowed to roam at their own sweet will around the United Staties ;nd; carry on the plots of intrigue, destruction and sedition.unmalested in the interests of Germany. . President Wilson has it in mind to declare war upon Austria‘and:ghis is absolutely right. ‘BUSINESS N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER THE BEMIDJI'PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON ! : B. H. DENU THELEPHONB 922 Entered .at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter uader 4¢t of Congress of March 3, 1879. ' No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not ‘necessarily: for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach ‘this ofties not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL Oneyear ..............34.00 mmmuam-mmmum;mormwh Pub- Wmnmmmtmmbwdmto;,lg M OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS s represented for foreign advertising by the York aud Chicago, branches in all principal citles. General offices in THE GREAT Y. M. C. A. WAR WORK “In those dark lonely minutes before he goes over the top, his last contact with this world, with this lite he loves so well, is a cup of tea given him in the front line by the Y. M. C. A" This is one of the striking sentences used by Christopher Morley in describing the work of the Y. M. C. A. abroad. His description, partic- ularly significait in view of the $35,000,000 campaign which the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. is waging nationally this week, for which Minne- sota is being asked to contribute $1,000,000, is, in part as follows: “And as the wounded men hobble back to the dressing station—and men are walking back from No Man’s Land with wounds that would kill most of us outright in less heroic times—the Y. M. C. A. is ready with tea, cakes of chocolate, etc. Every man, before his wounds are dressed, gets hot soup, biseuits—whatever the Y. M. C. A. has. One Y. M. C. A. tent behind the British lines has cared for 13,500 wounded men in one day; forty thousand in a month. wThe Association draws no lines of class or creed. It is over there to help every American soldier, to keep him happy, clean and straight, his country and his home. It is not permitted to say in what ways the government has recognized and supported the efforts of the Association, great leader, General Pershing. Every denomination and sect has co- operated with the Association. In the big American -artillery base in’ France the local Catholic priest furnished the tent for the Y. M. C. A. and three hundred men attended mass there the first morning it was opened. There are seven big Bible' classes ‘going on there. The Y. M. C. A. canteen in that camp is doing 5000 franc’ business a'day. ; “Don’t get the idea that the Y. M. C. A. work is merely behind-the- lines work. In tiny little dugouts and shacks right up under the constant shell hole, perhaps patched and hit and patched again, a greasy mud floor. covered here and there by a plank runway, a lucky horseshoe hanging over the door, a fire of kindling blazing in a tin bucket or improvised hearth, a few rude benches and a makeshift counter. Here the “walking in cold and famished from the long dark winter hours on watch. At that place and time a tin of hot cocoa is worth more to your boy than a marble. library on Main Street at home. And the only way you can ensure his getting that cocoa, that friendly service, that soui-and-body-warming con- tact with life and human love, is by contributing to the Y. M. C. A. Every stands for unstinted friendly service when he needs it most. Motor soup kitchens, motor bath trucks, conjuring shows, rent camps, Bible study have read this inadequate sketch, and then multiply everything in it by ten, you will still have only a faint echo of what the Y. M. C. A. is doing for your boy, what it will keepon doin g until the end. “The best testimony of the value of this crusade of kindness is the fact that the Italian, French and Russian governments have asked the American Y. M. C. A. to take charge of the recreation work among their troops and many Americans are already overseas for that purpose.” GERMANY’S LOSS With the declaration of Brazil of a state of war between that coun- try and Germany, the latter can now count eighteen enemy nations ar- rayed against her. Germany’s losses in men and money, while they must be enormous, are in reality the least of the disasters that have befallen her. The one great disaster that that misguided country has bought upon herself, and which will have most far-reaching effect, is the loss of her standing with the nations of the world. With the exception of the countries leagued of the earth. Germany is not feeling the blithing effects of this ostracism now as ghe will feel it in the years to come. She claims that her policy of frightfulness is a necessary measure of self-defense, yet this same policy has alienated numbers of nations that but for that inhuman course would today be, if not her avowed friends, at least strictly neutral. Peace will come after a while, and in the reckoning Germany’s course will be 1aid bare before a just and discriminating world. We say ‘“just and discriminating,” because we believe, despite Germany's frightful de- fection from national humanity and honor, the large majority of the peo- ples of the earth are at heart humane and honorable. And the latent prin- ciples of humanity and justice that underlie and form the bed-rock foun- dations of all civilized nations, have revolted and will continue to revolt against the savagery displayed by that would-be fount of “kultur.” This antipathy will take the form of a prejudice against not only Germany as a nation, but against the German blood. Not all the peoples of the earth have the finely discrimminating judgment of President Wilson, and not all of them will be able to separate the acts of the German gov- ernment from the impulses of the German people. It is a common thing to hear, even in charity-loving America, refer- ences to “German brutality” and German savagery.” It is of no avail to tell the people that this brutality and savagery is the result of a ‘‘system” and that in reality the German people as a whole do not countenance it. Human nature is prone to believe that actions speak louder than words, and Germany’s actions will form the complainants’ evidence when Ger- many comes to triel before the people of the earth. The German bed will be a bed of thorns for generations to come. BY ALL MEANS GET THE AUSTRIANS For some unexplainable reason, while the United States has been at war with Germany, the Austtians, the chief allies of Germany, have been The Daily Pioneer is & member of the United Press Association, and | to make him a more effective fighter, and to send ‘'him back an honor to}’ but there is no man in France more enthusiastic about the work than our | rain of shells the secretaries are working night and day to supply the nee@a 4 of the men. Imagine a little hut or hovel, the roof punctured by a huge}] wounded” hobble in on their way back from the charge, or the men stop{| man in uniform knows the red triangle emblem of the Assoclation which || classes, games of baseball—they are all part of the great work. If youj with her in this unholy war, Germany is an outcast among the nations|] AND PROFESSIONAL Just why the machinations of Austrians have benén allowed to flourish is something unfathomable. It’s time every ememyalien of the Dnited - States was dealt with severely in accordance with the state of war which DR. G. M. PALMER DENTIST ! Oftice Phone 124 Residence 346 Miles Block, Bemidji 1 now exists. The time to act is now. 4 p . ] 2 | FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT | The allied conference in London in which. the United ; States. is rep- resented by Colonel Housg is what shoyld have taken place long ago. It is the plan of President Wilson to have.all of the allies of America and TUSETH SCHOOL OF MUSIC America, too,,lay their cards on the table so their hands, may be seen. Teachers of Then some basic prifieiple may be deduced and given' out to the world, al-| VIOLIN, PIANO AND BAND 1165 of the.United:States, neutrals and enemy. countries. ¢ INSTRUMENTS i Plans of concerted action are to be worked out and adhered to and| phone 683-W 116 3rd St. the United States and her allies get down to business and clean the world Photos Day and Night DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Suite 10, O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Office Phone 163 \ GENERAL MERCHANDISE Grocertes, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. The careful buyers buy here. of its Prussianism; and campaign of murder, crime and rapine. The time has arrived to play.the game together and do 8o with vigor. | DR. J. T. TUOMY W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji f Phone 65 ~ DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners tor Men, Women The Minnesota Public Safety commission pays Dr. G. M. Palmer of DENTIST Bemidji a high compliment when it speaks of his dlgtrict as being one of North of Markham Hotel the best organized and most efficient of the state, Dr. Palmer being head Gibbons‘Bloek Tel. 230 of the Beltrami County Public Safety commission. The verdict of the = Minnesota Public Safety commission as to the ability of Dr. Palmer is to accepted in lieu of the vaporings of a bunch of sore heads. - DR. L. A. WARD The school children’of Bemidji have showed themselves loyal to the war work of the Y. M. C. A., the little folks giving a penny for each of their years to the'fund. The amount will approximate $100 and the idea of W. E. Dean, who had this feature in charge, was a good one. And the children felt the spirit of the occasion. Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. IDA VIRGINIA BROWN It is taken and paid for by the Instructor in The Pioneer is the PEOPLE’S paper. best people of Bemidji and county, people who know that the Pioneer has the best interests of the city and county and heart. That’s why the Pio- FIANO vongT DRAMATC neer is growing in prestige in Bemidji vand Beltrami county. Phone 633 1017 Minn. Ave. Bemidjt That Tennessee negro who raised a one dollar bill to a ten was prob- ably only seeking to restore its lost power. “General Smuts is always cheerful,” says a press dispatch. And with quch a name! He's a wonder. J. W, GER ARNIN( VETERINARY SURGEON Oftice and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 The paying patron is interested in knowing whether the reduced por- tions, as advocated in food conservation, will bear a proportionally re- duced price. Luxburg, in an Argentine prison, would like much to be able to fol- low his own advice and disappear ‘‘without leaving a trace.” DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oftice in Mayo Block IPhona 396 Res. Phone 397 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON °* and Children DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block Eat at THE HOME CAFE Gordon Burns, Prop. Corner 3rd St: and Beltrami Ave. FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER “Qarry On”’ This command of the trenches truly is the spirit of 1917 Christ- mas. “Carry on”, you bringers of Christmas cheer and happiness. Do this Christmas as you have always done. The-children, the soldiers, the sailors, the girls, the boys, the men and women of the nation need ;\'our presents, your cheery words, your substan- tial proofs of friendship. ‘Carry on.” THORWALD LUNDE CHIROPRACTOR Acute and Chronic Diseases han- lded with great suecess First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn. Phone 406-W lours 10-12 a. m.; 2-6 7-8 p. m. _ DBS. GILMORE & McCANN ,PHYSIC!ANS AND SURGEONS Oftice—Miles Block Your country needs wholesome, generous Christmas trade. Pa- triotism dethands you %'de’ youE/Bit” towards maintalning nor- mal business. “Carry on,” you cb}lstmas shoppers. bn your wisdom and generosity rests a gma‘er than ordinary responsibil- ity this Yuletide. ‘Carry on.” A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPECIALIST EYE EAR NOSE Glasses Fitted GIVE DIAMONDS THIS YEAR THROAT The pick of the gems of the worid are offered today in the United 405 Beltrami Ave,, Bemidji, Minn, YU CAN DEPEND = Whenitis WB5 repaired. THEBEMIDJIJEWELR 7 CO. 210 3rd Street, Phone 488 States, and the stones we. sell arg carefully chosen from among them. DEAN LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and Solid gold Tiffany rings............. $12.00 to $500.00 City Property 1 1d 1 ing...... .. 8 R Solid gold Belcher mounting $15.00 to $100.00 Troppman Block Bemidji ............ $150.00 to $250.00 ......... $3.00 to $50.00 $5.00 to $100.00 $50.00 to $250.00 Fancy platinum rings Solid gold brooches......... Hair dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treatment, switches made from combings $1.50. Corns, ingrown nails treated a specialty. MINA MYERS 311 6th St. Phone 112-W Gold lavallieres Platinum pendants Solid gold scarfpins......... vei.'....$1.50 to $26.00 Selections for Christmas presents will be laid aside until you are ready to send them. Only a emall deposit is required. DR. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block E. A. Barker Jeweler, 217 Third 8t. THE DAILY PIONEER receives wire service of the UNITED PRFSS ASSOCIATION Phonographs Kedaks DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving Res. Phone 58 818 America Office Phone 12 “Bo Your Bit” to Uncle Sam in Telephoning The government is now using a great deal of telephone equipment for the training camps and has asked for many telephone men for the army signal corps. A large amount of long distance service 1§ also being used to communicate with the supply depots and camps, and to link them more closely with each other and with Washington. DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST Office O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Oftice Phone 376-W Res. Phone 376-R W. K. DENISON, D. V. M. VETERINARIAN Oftice Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. HUFFMAN & O’LEARY FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING H. N. McKEE, Funeral Director PHONE 178-W or R | . As the war continues, increased demands will be made upon the telephone industry by the government and by private commercial and industrial activity. You can help us “do our bit” for the government by asking only for telephone equipment you must have and by making only such local or long distance calls as are absolutely necessary. NORTHWESTERN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE COMPANY \ 1 | \ Ladies’ and Gents' Suis MADE to ORDER Cleaning, pressing and alterations of allkinds. All work up-to-date, first class workmanship T. Beaudette, Merch nt Tallor 210 Third Street* DR. EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 660 DR. E. H. SMITH- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Bleck RAG Bring us your clean oot ton rags--no buttons, bands or woolen cloth accepted. Pioneer Office - OWN A Woodstock It is a better typewriter Guaranteed for 2 years. MODEL 4 MODEL 5 $68.00 $100.00 $5 down, $585 down, $3 per month per month. CASH PRICE SOME LESS Phone 922 Bemidji Pioneer