Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1917, Page 1

LE BT EWS, BUT TODA VOLUME XV, NO..288. | CROOKSTON CAMP y \Dawar |- WAKING STEAMSHIPS .1 Tecaes, roop | 10 Regulate || CoNTROLLERSAYS) - Booze Traffic) A, D. Wilson Avers He Was a Pupil When He Visited ‘Lumber" - Cagps Sunday. ASSERTS STATE HOUSEWIVES COULD LEARN FROM COOKS £ Washington, Dec. 12.--With a decision upholding ‘the ~ Idaho prohibition law, 'the supreme court gave an opinion which may be onme of the most far- reaching victories ' for - “bone- dry” prohibition yet recorded. It was held that'a citizen has no constitutional right to pos- sess liquors for his personal use if the state wishes to forbid it. Justice Reynolds, who gave the court’s opinion, held that a state “has power absolutely to prohibit manufacture, gift, pur- chase, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within its. borders without - violating the constitution.” ¥ Recipe for “War Bread” Obtained From (.‘.unp5, Women Ask for Ginger Cookie Recipe. rley, 15 sels ‘be converted ‘into steamships. ' has been ;equlpped with': power. it . f When A. D. Wilson of St. Paul, federal food administrator for Min- nesota, went to Blackduck Sunday to teach food conservation to lumber camp cooks, he soon became a pupil instead of a.teacher. He said after . his trip--that all cooks and house- wives of the state could learn things from the conservation recipes used in the three camps of the Crookston FOR RECRUITING OFFICE is the pioneer conservationist. It took about 30 seconds for Re- attended a meeting more than a cruiting Officer Foucault to get a month ago in Duluth which Mr. Wil- son addressed, and returned to work much needed.desk for his office, after he had made. the:fact known jn the out “:conservation ideas, William Betts, logging superintendent, issued a sweeping order to cooks to spare no costs in saving wheat, fats, sugar Pioneer.--.In fact, he was offered .a half dozen desks for his work,-‘but Dr. A. E. Hende was- first to bat and the.-result is-that instead of an .and- meats while keeping up the standard of liying. “:'.Cooks Become Rival Tho inadequate- table, the recruiting of- fice is equipped’ith :a suitable desk. { Mr. Foucault told the Pioneer of ivals, mas Barry, brother of the pio- neer, .cook at Camp No. 3, and Fred his needs and said he would ‘rent a desk is one was available, but no Lovenberg at Camp No. 2, and the other three cooks soon became rivals in ‘devising conservation dishes. As sooner had Dr. Henderson read the story in the Pioneer than he called {: up Foucault and made the first of- a result the camps have affected a 50 per cent saving- in sugar, more fer to.donate’ tire desk and others following rapidly. - ! LAWYERS ABPOINTED. stitution of fish for two meals each on Tueadays andiFridays. - Pastry has been; cut/dowp, and sugar is used In the counties throughout the state have been appointed lawyers who-are designated by the state au- only at breakfas Corn bread is sérved two or three times a week. thorities to give legal advice Yor all drafted men gratis. 7 ? C. J. Barry makes a '‘war bread” with half. wheat:and. half barley plés taken. 1 In Béltrami county lave been ap- pointed . Judge Stanton, E. E’ Mc- Donald and T. C. Bailey, all of Be- midji. Attorney Bailey is now Lieu- tenant Bailey, however, and is in station. it LEADING SOCIALIST PAPER ESPOUSES CAUSE OF WAR Girard, Kan., Dec. 12.—The Ap- peal to Reason, ploneer Socialist or- gan in the United States, has es- poused the. “war of ‘defense” of the United States and the.allies against Prussian militarism, according to a statement made here by Louis Kope- 1in, editor of the paper. “President Wilson’s clear and definite state- ment of war aims before congress last Tuesday is mainly responsible for the Appeal to Reason’s espousal of the war,” the statement said. Rejected ords in‘ recruiting for this district was madé by ‘thei23 young men who left’ Bemidji ‘'Tuesday for “Duluth, headquarters of the district, on their way to- Jefferson. barracks. . Not one of the entire contingent was reject- ed at Duluth. i . In charge of the contingent on its trip is Frank Ward, one of the en- listed men, and before leaving he promised the Pioneer to keep home- folks informed of the progress of the-fellows. to the Pioneer at'9:25 o’clock Tues- day ‘night and was as follows: - Bemidji Pioneer: $ ‘ Duluth, Dec. 11.—Arrived! safély. No one rejected. Ar leaving for Jefferson barrack: 11:10 tonight. Thanks to Be: midji, also home guard “band. 1 FROM YOUR BOYS. This morning, Recruiting Officer Foucault received 'a wire from St. Paul, .stating the volunteers hdd d t eity and. that all were) télegram was as follows: Recruiting Officer Foucault, ‘Bem{dji, Minn. J 12.—~Arrived | Quit Petrograds, Toutons Ask For Armistice (By United Press) London, Dec. 12.—Petrograd dis- patches today report that terms of the German armistice demands is the withdrawal of the Russians from their capital, Petrograd, during the war. Whether the Germans intend to occupy the capital is unknown. MORE WOMEN ENROLL IN GYMNASIUM CLASS Several new meimbers were pres- ent at the women’s gymnasium class meeting last evening in the basement of the Presbyterian church. It is the desire of the club to increase the membership to 100 or 150. As soon as the class is large enough to war- rant it, it ig planned to secure a hall. It was decided last evening to have black suits, full bloomers and straight middies, with red collar and cuffs, and white tennis slippers. Dr. H. A. Northrop, the instructor, de- sires that all who -possibly can have their suits ready and slippers by next Tuesday night. Those not having their suits ready, are asked to come in loose dresw2s and low heeled shoes or slippers. The class is open to any girl past the school age, or young married women. It is not a church organi- zation. Dr. Northrop put the class through a stiff drill last evening. The class was somewhat handicapped by not having gymnasium suits, but there were no “slackers.” AUSTRIAN WARSHIP IS TORPEDOED; SINKS (By United Press) Amsterdam, Dec. 12.—Vienna of- ficial dispatches today report that the Austrian battleship Wein was tor- pedoed and sunk Sunday evening. using a barrel of flour at a baking. Reoi l{ad blic. Mrqulaonlg ol tlfner;lu the recipe, which 'is made public. It follows: Boll one peck of potatoes, and soak four packages of yeast foam for hailf an hour. In an eight-gallon jar put two quarts of wheat flour and four quarts of potato water. Put in the mashed potatoes, cooled with water; and the dissolved yeast. Add lukewarm water to nearly fill the jar. This makes the “sponge.”’ Take one gallon of the sponge af- ter it has raised, add two gallons of lukewarm water, one-half a cup of .salt, and one quart of molasses, and mix in half barley and half wheat “ flour 'to. form a proper dough. Knead it hard, let it raise, roll into loaves, let it raise again, and then bake it one to one and & half hours.. Mr. Wilson also took back with him some of Thomas Barry’s ginger cookies, made of half rye flour. They made such a favorable impression with women at the University farm that Mr. Wilson was obliged to send for the cookie recipe. . PRESIDENT LIMITS ALCOHOL IN LIQUOR - (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 12.—President Wilson today issued a proclamation limiting the alcoholic contents of malt liquors, excepting ale and por- ter; to two and three-fourths per cent. ; The president also ordered that the total amount of food fruit or feed used not to exceed 70 per cent of ,the average consumption in produc- tion of malt liquors during 1917. BURNQUIST WOULD . ~ PUNISH DISLOYAL St. Paul, Dec. 12.—Governor J. A. Burnquist has expressed himself in ‘favor of disfranchising all disloyal citizens, a move which is being agi- tated in various parts of Minnesota where there has been trouble with anti-American citizens. Confiscation of the property of disloyal ones is also proposed. The statement was made in response to a questionnaire sent out by a New York paper. . ~ «In my opinion,” said the gover- nor’s statement, ‘“every disloyalist ought to be disfranchised, and should at once be deprived of the liberties guaranteed him by our constitution and of all property that he has ac- quired by reason of the opportuni- »® ties of American citizenship.” RETURNS TO DUTY RANKIN WOULD REPEAL mfiw AFFECTING CITIZENSHIP (By United Press) ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—Congress- woman Rankin of Montana today in- troduced’ a bill to repeal the law compelling women marrying aliens to relinquish their American citizen- ship. She says along the border of Canada, American girls would marry Canadians. FAULTY B G : TRANSPORTATION ‘D FOR COAL SHORTAGE _ (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 12. — Faulty rail transportation is held responsi- ble for the coal shortage, Federal | Fuel Administrator said this after- nioon. He asserts there are enough cars but inefficiency in the move- ment is the cause of the coal short- age. . ; ATRPLANES BOMB an%finucxs AND AERDROME (By' United Press) London, Dec. 12. — (Official)— British aeroplanes bombed Qose- tacker aerdrome and the Bruges bar- racks, it was announced today. BOLSHEVIKI NAVAL EMISSARY ARRESTED BY GEN. KALEDINE (By United Press) Petrograd, Dec. 12.—It is report- ed that General Kaledine promptly arrested one of the committee of the Bolsheviki naval representatives sent to talk with him by the Maximalist commissioner of the Black Sea fleet. 8! GE DELEGATES MARCH SUFFRAGE TQ CAPITOL: DEMAND (By 'United Press) 12.—One hun- attending ‘Washington, Dec. dred suffrage delegates, the National Woman’s suffrage con- vention here, today marched to-the capitol. They were divided into 44 state delegations. They demanded suffrage. - BRICKLAYERS ARE LOYAL Virginia, Minn., Dec. 12.—The state bricklayers, masons and plas- terers opened their convention here. Their first act was to pledge support to the government and congratulated President Wilson on his war stand. J. E. Drury, who has been ill at his home for the past two days, re- turned to his duties at the Bemidji Manufacturign company’s plant to- day. Y'S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT *" " PEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1617 ot th ping bo: ) «ison: that-hs' many as possible of Am Thq photograph i8 of a four-master that co NOt On‘e‘()f 23 Yolunt ;Reports‘All Well’ . One of the most remarkable rec-| The first message came/ ! OF SAILING VESSELS 'l‘ TAKINGSTRIKE VOTE: RAILWAY SHOPMEN IMPORTANT FACTOR (By United - Press) St. Paul, Dec. 13.—Formal voting is taking place today by individual unions to ascertain whether indi- vidual organizations will support the street railway strike. Principal among the unions is that of the shopmen of the railroads. If they vote to strike they will at- tempt to get every man to go out where a round house or ship is lo- cated in the entire northwest. POTATO AWARDS;AT N.M.D.A. POTATO SHOW The prizes awarded in the potato ntests at the Northern Minnesota Development association meeting and State Potato Growers’ associa- tion at Brainerd were as follows, the county exhibit prizes consisting of fifteen half-bushel samples obtained from fifteen farmers of the county: First, Crow Wing 'county, silver loving cup, 86 points. Second, St. Louis county, red silk Panner, 82 points, Third Aitkin county, white silk banner, 81 points. In the adult contesis: approve! l'he suggestion erica’s 5,882 sailing ves- artil eers The Pioneer late yesterday after- noon received a telegram from St. Paul, saying that a general strike had been called throughout the Twin Cities for 10 o'clock Thursday fore- noon. It will affect 40,000 men. in St. Paul 6:20 A. M. Leav- ing 9:10 for Jefferson barracks. Everybody well. Best regards. THAT BEMIDJI BUNCH. Another Volunteer Leaves. Sier 8. Lithio came in from Akeley Tuesday evening upon receipt of an order from Officer Foucault to re- port. He left at an early hour this morning for Duluth and will go on to Jefferson barracks. He has joined the coast artillery. He received a, #joy box” from the Patriotic League and also a Strike Announcem st. Paul, Dec. 12.—Orge}l%hed la- bor will cease operations at 10 a.- m. Thursday, it was announced by E. G. Hall, chairman of the’ execu- tive committee of Twin Cities’ union men, at the close of a long confer- ence at Trades and Labor hall yes- terday afternoon. The executive committee, ' repre- senting many branches of organized labor, met again at 11 a. m. today. ds Pat. Early Ohio. First, J. Barrett, Brainerd. Second, B. C. Erickson, Duluth. Third, Erick Sparre, Elk River. Fourth, C. W. Purdham, Anoka. Fifth, Peterson Larson, Duluth. Sixth, C. R. Mitchell, Pine River. Bliss Triumph. First, C. R. M%fl?, Pine River. Second, A. M. Sisler, Grand Rapids Third, W. J. Corwin, G Rap- “housewife” from the|ids, Wt Coryi, Grand Hap wi ) rnquif ft(;gect:tostsh :n&t:;llfio;lishly appreci-| Fourth, Scott Mitchell, Pine| g Bl}}ml 'lgeg.unlz —-Governor J River. Burnquist yesterday announced his Fifth, C. Malby, Duluth. Sixth, John Cullen Dentaybow refusal to re-open the street railway ) , f labor controversy at the request of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who asked that John Lind, now in Wash- ington, be empowered by /the gover- nor to act officiallythere in the street car situation now.-being con- sidered by Federal officials, Representatives of the various la- bor . organizations, were in - confer- ence at Tradeés-and ‘Laborhall alt Recruiting Not Stonped. Officer Foucault wants to inform the public that recruiting has not|Koochiching county. ceased but that all branches are lrnl% Cobbler. lopen to men under and over the| First, Joe Allard, Big Falls. draft age, who have not already reg-| Second, C. H. Neleon, West Du- istered. This will include boys from | luth. 18 to 21, and men. from 31 to 41. Third, C. R. Mitchell, Pine River. ‘A special drive is being made for| Fourth, H. A, Lohman, Duluth. 'young men with mechanical knowl-| . Fifth, Louis Christenson, Duluth., i g;l and.‘with.twnodm;n.alwsenu, | 'slxth._nan_'.‘ Ml.n Lohman, Duluth. ‘logging, etc., for the Twentlethi” Mountain, - - ; First, Ruiph Sisler, Grand. Raplds. gineers, who will take immediate de ‘morning, t ‘parture’ for France as soon as enough Second, A. M. Sisler, Grand Rapids :'lixgzugnlf t’lf:nng):’nlfdfirm:mb;”t.f{:; men are secured for this regiment. Third, Hemming Johnson, ‘Mes-|geclined to discuss the nature = of ] dogllmti:. Hitiel’ Olson, “Dullith their deliberations. § ourth, el on, Duluth. - The raflway boilermakers; ma- ; Fifth, A. W. Hoskins, Bemidji. Sixth, August Hall, Adolph. irat, T e Y B, Second, A. Hammerstrom, Moose Lake. Third, Mrs. A. Johnson, Duluth. Fourth, H. Strache, Duluth. Fifth, H. Wheaton, Hokah. Sixth, H. G. Zaveral, Laporte. chinists, repair men and others were represented at the conference, which it is understood, involves the qge,l- tion of a general strike vote. [ MUNITIONS BLAST IN PLANT FELT 50 MILES (By United Press) Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 12.—An ex- plosion this morning in the loading rcom of the Bethlehem Stecl Com- pany's munition plant at Wilming- ton, Del., wrecked one small build- ing. No lives were lost, 8o far as known, and officials estimated the damage to be not more than $50,- 000, from reports received. The force of the blast was felt for 3 a distance of 50 miles. It is re- 4 ported the plant took fire following { the explosion. Several lives were endangered by the explosion of shrapmel, the first explosion being in the projectile plant. For an hour projectiles con- tinued to explode. ‘Whether Germans occupy the cap- ital is unknown. Police_Chief Killed. Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 12.—One was killed in the explosion at Wilming- ton, Chief of Police Jacobson. He is employed at the plant and was carrying a blasting case of shells from the building when they ex- ploded. His head was blown off. No one else was injured. The explosion followed a fire in the -melting room of the projectile loading house. Ten men were at work there. Exploding shrapnel struck a house in the Robbinsdale section, a mile from the plant. JERUSALEM'S STATUS T0 BE DECIDED LATER London, Dec. 12.—No attempt will be made to define the future po- sition of Jerusalem until a general peace comes, the Times says it un- derstands. ‘In the meantime the city will be treated as in British military occupation and will be un- der martial law. Gen. Allenby will appoint a military governor. While the British flag will fly over the city, the French and Italian flags will be placed over their national property, such as convents and schools. A solemn thanksgiving and te deum was held in St. Paul’s cathed- ral yesterday in celebration of the surrender. REMAINS BROUGHT HERE The remains of J. D. Shanley, who died at Federal Dam yesterday, were brought heré on the 4:65 o'clock train yesterday. He leaves a wife and. three children. FARM BUREAU MEETING GREAT SUCCESS; 1§ FEDERAL MOVEMENT The campaign in southern Bel- trami county for the organization of a Federal Emergency Farm Bureau, is meeting great success, the solici- tation of members being done by E. 8. Mack, an accredited representa- tive of the University of Minnesota. The government allows $1,800 per year for the furtherance of the work in counties under federal auspices, the object being the increase in crop production in the state’s share of the war work. The board of supervis- ors of Beltrami county has offered to appropriate $1,000 to aid in the work, provided 200 members are ob- tained and $400 raised for the south- ern part of the county, and $200 for the northern part of the county, pro- v'l]ded 100 memberships are obtain- ed. Tuesday evening at Hines, Mr. Magk saw 18 farmers and 16 of them joined the new movement. Ten- strike is also enthusiastic over the new movement and is largely rep- resented. Thursday, Mr. Mack will be in Blackduck and by Friday hopes to have the 200 membership so as to get the federal aid and also the county aid. POLK IS ‘BONE DRY’; SAFETY BOARD ORDER St. Paul, Dec. 12.—Railroads are prohibited from carrying liquor in- to Polk county,. “dry” under county option, by an order passed by the Minnesota Public Safety commission, to correct conditions complained of at East Grand Forks. The order was recommended by the mayor of that city. Petitions circulated by the W. C. T, U., con- taining more than 76,000 signatures, urging an order to close all Minne- sota saloons during the war, were reported to the commission. STREET NAMED AFTER WILSON IS ADVOCATED 'BY [TALIAN PATRIOTS (By United Press) Rome, Dec. 12.—The Patriotic As- sociation of Trentino Trieste is urg- ing the government to name one street in Rome after President Wil- son, to commemorate American aid to Italy in the great war. Rome is still celebrating the American dec- laration of war against Austria. Burbank, First, 8. Mitchell, Pine River. Second, Ed Dechaine, Brainerd. Third, Swan Berklund, Ft. Ripley. Fourth, J. E. Magney, Center City. Fifth, Peter Frost, Bemidjl. Sixth, John G. Hanson, Duluth. Burbank Russett. First, J. E. Boobar, Nary. Second, C. Mitchell, Pine River. Third, Scott Mitchell, Pine River. Fourth, George Miller, Bemidji. Fifth, August Jarchow, Bemidji. Sixth, Lew Berry, Hill City. First, Conrad ohfison, Duluth. Second, A. Hill, Hill City. Third, Alma Blmquist, Nymore. Fourth, J. J. Christensen, Brain- erd. Fifth, Martin Meyers, Hill City. Sixth, none. In the boys’ and girls’ potato club contests, State Club Leader T. A. Erickson announced these prizes: Early Ohio, gold medal, to Laura Hoines, Nary. Rural New Yorker, gold medal, to Sophia Halverson, Ronald. Green Mountain, gold medal, to Arthur Welte. Three hundred and one samples were submitted and the balance of the prizes, take into consideration yiedl, exhibit and cost of production and sixty prizes will be announced in a week. ERMANS MASSING HUGE FORCE " BEHIND LINES' FOR ASSAULT (By United Press) With the British armies afleld, Dec., 12.—Long lines of transports, literally swarming with German re- inforcements, are Been behind the German lines by allied aviators on the northern British flank. Great forces of German planes are endeav- oring to ascertain the British strength. ENGLAND'S WAR AIMS TO d BE KNOWN BEFORE XMAS (By United Press) London, Dec. 12.—Premier Lloyd George will make a statement on the war sometime before Christmas. Bo- nar Law told the House of Commons that George was expected to talk this afternoon. This is the second time George has postponed his state- ment. PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT IS ARRESTED WITHOUT MUCH ADO (By United Press) Lisbon, Dec. 12.—President Mu- chado of Portugal has been arrested by the.new regime.