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

VOLUME XV. NO. 283. (! BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, THURSDA Y EVENING. DECEMBER 6. 1917 | PRESIDENT I{VNTO RAl (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 6.—Definite word reached here this forenoon that As- sistant Secretary of Labor Post, Sec- retary of War Baker and President Wilson would confer this afternoon upon the Minnesota industrial situa- tion. Almost all of the 15,000 union men out yesterday.returned to work today, pending federal arbitration. Wire to Baker. St. Paul, Dec. 6.—Immediate ac- tion by the war department toward settlement of difficulties between some of the employes of the Twin City railways and the company was sked in a telegram.sent to Secre- %flry Baker yesterday by representa- ives of practically every union in St. Paul, gathered in a mass meeting in the Auditorium. The meeting adjourned in the af- ternoon with the understanding that the delegates would return to work today, but would stand ready to at- tend a similar meeting next Tuesday if in the meantime the differences between-the street car men and the company were not satisfactorily ended. Resolutions ndogted ipcluded one declaring that every member to the ficer to see that order was main- tained. “The . situation - very . serious,”’ the“telégram.. - “All the failway~ shops of the Twin Cities are idle and| other industries are equally af- fected.” J. M. Clancy, president of the St. Paul Trades and Labor assembly, and chairman of the meeting, declared that a general tieup of industries was in effect. The convention was attended by a crowd estimated by the labor men to number 12,000 and by remaining in session indefinitely ould virtually bring about a gen- eral strike in support of the carmen nrdered not to wear union buttons. SOCIALIST CONGRESSMAN WOULD ESTABLISH PEACE COMMISSION (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 6.—Representa- tive London, Socialist, from New York, today introduced in congress a peace resolution which favors the immediate establishment by congress of an international league to secure durable peace. ‘War' Reports - Gommittee TotheHouse (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 6.—The for- eign relations committee this afternoon favorably reported to the house of congress the resolu- tion for a declaration of war by the United States upon Aus- tria-Hungary. “FIGHTING KAISERISM ' EXPENSIVE BUSINESS (By United Press) ~. Washington, Dec. 6.—Forty bil- ,¢ lion dollars annually, or five times ‘,' v greater than Germany’s war expense, i~ is what it is costing the allies to fight the Hohenzollern menace, according to reliable information. Germany admits spending $500,000,000 monthly. England and America will spend $29,000,000,000 during Ameri- ca's first year in the war. WANTS A GENERAL TROTSE%E NEWSPAPER STATES (By United Press) London, Dec. 6.—The London Times quotes Leon Trotsky as saying that he wants a general peace and not a separate peace for Russia. sAIG EEFORTS ADYANCE London, Dec. 6.—General Haig re- ported a sight advance today south- ‘west of Lavacquerie. i == convention should act as a peace of- | DRAWN STRIKE WIN CITIE; CONFERES TODAY LAST DAY OF THE BAZAAR T ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH Today is the last day of the ba- zaar in St. Philip’s church. A gen- erous and responsive crowd has been attending- the ‘suppers and the sale of fancy articles, during the first and second day was large. The pas- tor and ladies in charge expect a still larger attendance at the chicken supper and sale this évening, as they desire to dispose of every hand made article on sale. The fish pond and the country store, as usual, prove to be the drawing cards for the chil- dren, as well as many of the grown- ups. KANSAS BOAT CREW IS FLEET CHAMPION Hovey Lord, who is with the Be- midji naval militia, in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lord, says in part: “November 16 we held a ‘whale boat race for the championship of the fleet. The Kansas won. The crew pulled a fine oar and 8 out of the 13 men were Minnesota men, and four out of the eight Minnesota men were Bemidji boys. - They-were D*Arey’ McGee, Ed Simons,". - ‘Red’ Crosby and Carroll Hill.” SCHOOL PUPILS STAGE PLAY FOR RED CROSS (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 6.—How a bachelor raised a girl, fattened her up fit for marriage, and then lost her to a young upstart who stepped in and beat his timefi is being de- picted in St. Paul today. No, this is not a police court nor divorce court story. It is the story of an innocent play, “Mice and Men” which is being presented by 30 Hum- boldt high school pupils in the high school auditorium today. The pro- ceeds of the play go to the Red Cross. IMPENDING FEDERAL ACTION DOES NOT AFFECT DEMANDS (By United Press) Cleveland, O., Dec. 6.—The im- pending federal action on railways has no effect on the trainmen’s de- mands for higher wages, President Lee of the Trainmen’s union said today. He says the men would prob- ably rather work for the government, but such does not affect the wage demand. M’DONALD MUCH ALIVE; HOPES TO BE HOME T0 SPEND CHRISTMAS . A few days ago a wild-eyed re- port became current in Bemidji that Bnsign Willlam McDonald of the Fifth Minnesota naval division, Be- midji, had been drowned at sea and busy tongues lost no time in spread- ing the report. The parents of the naval officer had received no word of any such happening and would have been the first in such event. Today a telegram was received by Mrs. McDonald from her son as fol- lows: Mrs. J. A. McDonald, Bemidji, Minn. New York, Dec. 5.—Arrived in New York today and have no definite address, but will wire tomorrow. I am trying to come home. Expect to make it by Christmas. Hope you are all well. May go south from here but am not sure. Am also writ- ing. “BILL"” Mr. McDonald has been assigned to an important DOSI'.lOI] in the trans- port service and is on one of the transports. A letter received two or three days-ago was written in Eng- land by Mr. .icDonald and he was supposed to be on the sea enroute home at the time the letter arrived in Bemidji. The false report, spread in Be- midji, naturally caused great anx- iety on the part of the parents. This young French woman is engaged ln one She is washing the mud from the shoes occupations connected with warfare. of theé soldiers who are defending her country from the German hordes. task keeps many hundreds of girls busy all the time. ; -‘LlFAX WRECKED BY MUN l WASHING SHOES OF FRNCE’S SOLDIERS “the lowly but necessary This 9 MoreEnlist: Four Leave For Training|; L. E. McMahon, A. E. Erickson, E. G. Simmons from Thief River Falls and H. E. Rowe from Bemidji left this noon for Duluth for assign- ment to training also. Frank Ward has also enlisted in the coast artillery. He is a married man and has been in business in the city for the past five years. John Johnson, who has .also been in the jitney business for the past two years, has enlisted in the coast artillery. John Batchelor has enlisted in the aviation section. Casper R. Olson has joined the coast artillery forces. Daniel J. Moore leaves Friday night for parts in Wisconsin, enroute to Jefferson Barracks. He will visit relatives and enter Uncle Sam’s ser- vice in the aviation section, signal corps. Recruiting Officer Foucault re- ceived messages this morning to the effect that married men may be ac- cepted and that the cavalry branch has again been opened. PRIVATE FALLS TELLS OF THANKSGIVING FEED There’s at least one soldier from this vicinity who had a royal Thanksgiving dinner, and he is Frank C. Falls, son of Mrs. Frank Falls of Spur, Poplar Grove farm. He is in station with headquarters company, Forty-seventh infantry, Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C. A letter just received by his mo- ther encloses a menu of the dinner and if there’s anything missing from it, it is because it isn’t in the cook book. Roast turkey, oyster dressing, cel- ery, cranberry sauce, mashed and baked potatoes, corn, peas, olives, mince pie, cocoanut pie, apple pie, oranges, bananas, bana and chocolate cake, nuts, candy, coffee, bread, ci- gars, cigarets made up the menu and they followed Hoover’s advice, “Don’t waste anything.” Frank made the cakes and dress- ing for the turkey and there was 135 pounds of turkey. The other cook made the pies and one tended to the baking. Fifteen ladies were guests and Frank says ‘it was some dinner.” NEW DUTCH MINISTER T0 THE U.'S. NAMED (By United Press) Amsterdam, Dec. 6.—August Phil- lips has "-~n nat.ed minister to the United States to succeed Chevallier Van Rappard. The reason is not an- nounced. It is assumed, however, that the change is on account of Van Rappard’s handling of the Dutch-American export negotiations. L8 RED CROSS SEALS NOW ON SALE Red: Cross Christmas seals have arrl in Bemidji and mny be found rug 1! fi% known businen houses ‘throughout the city. The seals sell for one cent each and should adorn all letters and packages during the holiday season. (3 MERRX CHRISTMAS g 3t The money derived from the seal sales is used for the work of pre- venting tuberculosis, and the local Red Cross chapter will receive one- half of the proceeds of the sales in Bemidji. Bemidji should set a new record for herself in the sale of the seals. PROFITEER FOOD FIRM'S LICENSE IS REVOKED (By United Press) ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—Many big food dealers throughout the country are in danger of being put out of business by Food Administrator Hoo- ver on account of violating food reg- ulations under their license which permits them to operate. The revocation of the license of the Morris-Singer company for al- lowing two carloads of potatoes to rot on a railroad track has put that firm entirely out of business, until Hoover grants a new license, is a gentle hint to other dealers, officials said today. Qe Waty NN \_r:_/-J SEARCH BEGUN FOR MISSIN R e I o MoSiTALS (By United Press) American field headquarters, Dec. 6.—Search has begun for missing en- gineers in British base hospitals. They were in the Cambrai fighting. | TWENTY-FIVE GERMAN P AGAIN RAID ENGLISH CIm (By United Press) London, Dec. 6.—Lord French gave out the announcement today that early this morning 25 German airplanes made five simultaneous at- tacks upon London and Kent. FOLLETTE PROBE IS AGAIN o DEFERRED BY THE SENATE (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 6.—The disloy- alty investigation of LaFollette was again postponed today. AMMUNITION SHIP F UNITED STATES AMMED; CREWS OF BOTH ARE MISSING XMAS CHEER FOR SAMMIES FROM SCANDINAVIAN CHUBCH Several of the members of thy First Scandinavian Lutheran church gathered at the home of Mrs. Rode on Minnesota avenue yesterday af- | ternoon and packed Christmas boxes for the boys who are at the front and who are members of that church. The boxes contained testaments and diaries combined, fruit cake, filled cookies, plain cookies, stuffed dates, plain dates, cluster raisins, home made candies, jellies, etc. This was donated by the various ladies of the church. ‘PREPARATION OF FISH’ TOPIC OF LECTURE Miss Mary Bull, of the Agricul- tural Extension Division of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, who has given several lectures and demonstrations in the Fifth ward school and also in the North school and high school, will talk in the high school bullding tomorrow afternoon. The topic will be “Preparation of Fish.” This is one of Miss Bull's hest Jlectures' and the committee in housewife in Bemidji turn out to- morrow afternoon and hear this talk. A union meeting will be held in the high school Saturday. The topic for that afternoon will be announced at tomorrow’s meeting. FATE HALTS PATRIOT IN CAMP TRAIN (By United Press) Sioux City, la., Dec. 6.—Intent up- on doing his bit, Frank M. Scott refused to enter a claim for exemp- tion from draft, when invited to do so by the local board. Today he is applying for exemp- tion, although he has been certified and is serving at Camp Dodge. Two reasons are assigned. His father was gored to death by a bull a few days ago, and Frank is néeded to support the family. In addition, he sustained a broken arm recently and his efficlency as a Hun hunter is thus lowcred. 0DD FELLOWS WILL FASTEN LINKS ON CLASS FRIDAY The Odd Fellows plan another big session Friday night at which time several candidates will be chained to the three links. After the initia- tion an oyster supper will be served. Invitations have been extended to several outside lodges and members are especially urged to be present. The officers also express a wish that all 0dd Fellows who might be in the city from other lodges, make it a point to be present. YOST CONGRATULATES BEMIDJI FOR RECORD; CREDIT FOR RECRUITS Bemidji has reason to be proud of herself. She has every reason to be proud of her boys who have an- swered the call of the colors. Major J. D. Yost, head of northern Minne- sota and Wisconsin recruiting dis- trict, is proud of Bemidji and proud of her boys. He doesn’t hesitate to say so. In a telegram to E. H. Denu, chair- man of the special recruiting com- mittee, he says: “I congratulate Bemidji, your board and Foucault. Your rec- ord is the best in the district. The district board will instruct your local board that volunteer enlistments will be credited on your next quota.” Major Yost is soon to transfer his headquarters to the Twin Cities and from there will direct the work. Re- cruits will be sent direct to him from the district and not go to Du- luth for relaying. This will not mean that the recruiting office at Duluth will be erased for it will be- come a sub-district station. with two officers in charge. y-anxious to-have every,- (Bulletin) By United Press Moncton, New Brunswick, Dec. 6.—Latest reports indicate the death toll in the explosion in Halifax to be around 400. Details are still meagre. Doc- tors and nurses and food and fire fighting apparatus are being rushed to the cscene of the dis- aster from towns and villages within 80 miles. (By United Press) Amherst, Nova Scotia, Dec. 6.— Scores are dead in Halifax, hundreds of buildings are destroyed and sec- tions of the city are in flames as the result of the collision of an American munitions steamer and another ves- sel in the Narrows, near the su- burbs of Richmond, this morning. Both vessels were blown to pieces, the orews of both were killed and warehouses along the" " waterfront were demolished. Firemen were called from Am- herst and an_ estimate of the number of persons. killed is imuossible. Cars Blown Off Track. The force of the explosion blew freicht cars from their tracks and nartly destroved all buildings from the Queen hotel on Hollis street to the North Street Station and smasgh- ed the station roof to nieces. Tt is believed scores are buried in the blaz- ing debris. ' Communication ' with Halifax is very irregular and efforts are being made to get better information. Loss is Appalling. General indications are that the loss of life and property is appalling. Richmond, where the explosion oc- curred, is directly across the bay from Halifax. Reports say the other ship rammed the American munition carrier broadside. Boys Phone Thanks:Leave Duluth Today The Bemidji volunteers who left yesterday noon for Duluth are leav- ing this afternoon for Jefferson bar- racks, a long distance telephone to the Pioneer from “Joe” Canon, for- mer member of the Bell telephone office here, stated today. Canon called the Pioneer at 1:30 o'clock and stated the bunch was about to leave and that the fellows had detailed him to ask the Pioneer to express the appreciation of the boys to the people of Bemidji for their kindness in the farewell cele- bration. “They didn't want to start for camp without telling the people of Bemidji that they were npprecua— tive,” said Mr. Canon over the wire. Three of the boys who left will re- turn to Bemidji, they being rejected. They are Winnifred Knapp, Orle Moody and Clayton Morris. Late yesterday afternoon the Pio- neer received a telegram from Cass Lake, sent by the bunch, which said, ‘“All safe. Thank you for the send off.”” It was signed ‘“Your Boys.” KAISER SOUGHT PEACE LAST AUGUST, REPORT (By United Press) Petrograd, Dec. 6.—Germany made a formal effort to obtain peace last August through Spain, Bolsheviki Minister Trotsky has announced in another chapter of his *‘secret diplo- matic archives.”