Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 1

" "VOLUME XV. NO. 260. | PROBE WELCONE, SAYS PRESIDENT ANENT INQUIRIES “INTO MILITARY House of Congress Follows the . __Senate and Goes. After Naval l GERNAH “PILL BOX” TURNED INTO. A DRESING STATION. 112 MENFOR COAST < — ? Drafted men,: here’s your chanée! APPEAL F OR CANDY . meTnh(;r:;as}tze;ritfi}e;ynflw:;:é‘siit;ve:x: FOR: CHRISTMAS TREE; ||sont o San Franaisco, teivine on a EVERYTHING ' ELSE || Tese menare. to-come trom - the quota of the next draft call, - The applicants should make their All arrangements have been made | desire known immediately to Thomas for ‘the Municipal Christmas tree|Swinson, ‘chiet clerk of the ' draft festival, to be held Christmas after- K‘"“d’ oftice in the court houss, and . e ready to leave. Tuesday on a spe- noon under the auspices of the|cjal train carrying more men for the Queen Esthers, with the exception |coast artillery. : of the candy for the children, and B Sll\e:}ff Johns?n returned from St. _| Paul this morning where he had a thls.is a matter for immediate at long interview with the adjutant tention. general, who advised him of this The tree has bheen secured, the|opening in the coast defense. Mr. lighting will be complimentary but gohn;on is liead of the county draft the problem of candy must be met. onrd. < Desirable Branch. . The city council has made an ap- The coast artillery is one of th propriation for the use of the Asso-|most desirable branches of the mili- ciated Charities and the municipal|tary service. The men are station- tree and there will be about $35(ed at the sites of the coast artillery, available from the fund for the tree|the big guns being manned at vul- festival. - About $30 is needed as|nerable points of the coast as de- the, price of candy has gone up, and | fenses of 'the United States. The for that sum and what nas been pro- | men are of a superior class and given vided about 700 bags of candy may|a course of study valuable to them be distributed. in many ways. : Last year, there were 1,000 bags The men who go will spend the . |.of candy provided, of which 300 were | winter -in California where it is de- given’to the Salvation, Army.. This lightful. Here.is the opportunity to time 700 bags will bé used to pro-|get in on the ground floor. vide each child. ¢ Already four have enlisted to go . Anyone who.will aid this worthy|next Tuesday: .They are Fred Breen, cause should notify Miss Elsie| Max Manders, Joe Shirk and Stan- CROZIER UNDEE GRILLING FIRE OF SHARP QUESTIONS "Says Delays Are Due to Secretary of War Baker; People Going to Know. (By United Press) ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—President Wilson says he welcomes the con- gressional investigation into his war program, now being held. He says ‘he thinks the war investigation very democratic and gives the people an insight into the war. 5 ss_Gets Busy, .Washig%]égg,e Dg:. 14.—The Sen- -ate inquisition into the conduct of the war spread to the house of con- .gress when the naval committee to- day voted for a sweeping investiga- tion of the navy. 2 This, captured German *pill box” in a muddy, torn-u) section of the west front, has been converted into a dressing station. 'These dressing stations, being close to the fighting lnes, are the means of saving many lives by quick attention to the wounded. ; ier is Quizzed. Washlncgrt%zl},ub}ac. 4.—19/1&1:1bers of the senate military committee yes- ) EMID. terday subjected Major General Cro- PROUD OF B T zier, chief of ordnance, to three hours Recruiting Officer Foucault of sharp cross-examination, seeking today received a letter from the explanation of delays in providing Duluth recruiting headquar- the war army with weapons. Today ters, in which Bemidji received in executive session they will press 3 high compliment. It was: questions which the general objected “Bemidji sure did her share to answering in the open hearing. and we are proud of you.” Throughout the examination Gen- |- The letter was signed by Cor- eral Crozier insisted that there had poral Berlie, assigned to the re- ‘been and would be no delay in equip- cruiting station in Duluth. President Wilson has issued a ‘flflf .fotl}?i?; sen:ea;}r?gimg: eflg; proclamation in which he urges ev- e at becau bt s ery one not already a member to Join Youshould join ithe Am Schmitt, president of the Queen Es-|ley Johnson. That leaves only eight By P'éesgdent which your willingness to help is expressed. machine guns the American troops in ) » gu o~ the Red Cross during the member: erican Red Cross because it thers; by Monday. - Checks should be|more fo hé accepted. . alfll“kl ofthbm'tl:'aim:::h’:; h%::;e:?s : With the slogan, “Make it a Red| < that are bearing for the real Soon as possible. Whatever anyone rifles in e n! L 4 R | i & . 3 d i , FOR BEMIDJI; TWELFI‘I-I Cross Christmas,” an effort will be| - burdens of the war, both in the wishes to give will be gladly accept-| The Women of Mooseheart Leglon, troops would not be!seriously : re- 2 s Y : bers,to the five million now in the| *'tHe nations uporr whose terri- an auxiliary to the Loyal Order of : T—REET T0 FH:T“ WARD organization. Only one week has y ‘the issues of the world war B e t Fbeen _allotted. to the intensive drive, beihg fought out. Your evi- party to be held in the Moose hall o tarded. t o ; SN Put” Un to ,fler i s b for the, un Reapanruflfllny or o%.lggigml situation was placed by France were supplied with weapons | o 1 2 99 ship campaign starting next Sunday| alome, can carry the pledges :of C of French make, and that there was SMET CAR SERVICE and continuing until Christmas eve. | Christmas {good Will to those |malled to her and all contributions : p d 5 shduld be sent or-delivered to her as MOOSEHEART LEGION LADIEB— ‘but declared. that the training of made to add ten'million new mem-| - a¥my and in the navy, and in | GSon o apprécinted e " Moose, are planning a hard times but it-1s expected "that.this-will be dice-of faith in thig work is s POST ORDER REVOKING . | acens”orebertee: wia sty o dhough. This is the first orgarifzed| - -meeessary. for, their heartening i , dancing. s squarely upon Secretary Baker, who, | “Street car. service” for ‘Bemidji|effort the Red Cross has made to en-{'-» and: cheer. : I et 2 he said had ‘taken a personal 1nt§re§t is the next stdp forward in, transpor-|roll new.members since ‘the war “You should'join ‘the Red C AMP DoDGE PASSES All who attend are warned not to 1nttihe mafie{‘ allt: 01?:;"1?; ?&éfi:gi;jitaQIon,,R."w. Kieh!' starting: the:in-|started. «Cross because this aim 31 the lll’;x:; uli’l'l l‘;elqtrel;-geingd. f:.B‘l)llel“:"‘ gation whicl b 2 i The president’s ‘appeal is a 1.| - national service is steadfastly 8 w e taboo and the ladies ~ saton Yire of a new gun kigwn as | Bovation today with a new Ford| ~le P ppeat 18 83,19 and-efficiently maintaining the FOR - XMAS LEAVES are also warned not to “log up.s s LY ny one caught with jewelry or any the Browning type. : This statement | passenger bus with.a capacity of came when Chairman Chamberlain eight. said he was not satisfied with the ex- planation that the delay had bee! caused by investigations. “Neither was I satisfied,” responded the witness, “but I'am not personglly i overseas relief in every suffer- 1 nd, administering our ] s wisely and well and awi ing the gratitude of ev- “To the People of the United:. States: ] “Ten million Americans are invited to join the American Fed Cross .during the week end- ng with Christmas eve. The dispensable articles of adornment or, attire will be fined. The ladies will 1'* K Camp Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 14.—The|Berve lunch and it will be a war time ery people. Our conscience will |order revoking all passes and fur-|feed. They promise a great time for not let us enjoy the Christmas loughs, already issued and announc-|all who attend and indications are season if this pledge of support ing that none will be issued during|there will be a big crowd present. Thé bus will . have a schedule bef . tween Bemidji and. the Fifth ward, the terminals of the trips being at Twelfth street in Bemidji, and the (By United Press) ‘responsible.” .. . center of -the business district in the times require that every branch to our cause and the world’s the Christmag holidays, has - been —_— Nearly every member Oif ‘ge oM. | pirth ward. Passengers will be of our great national effort weal is left unfulfilled. Red |posted. . The only soldiers permitted ; miftes joined in the examination and) <ol S onee and stope| 1Al lovally: be upheld, and it Cross membership s the Christ- |to go home Christmas are those I)ATRIO'"C MEE'"NG questions were fired across the Will be made upon signal. is peculiarly fitting _that at mas spirit in terms of action, whose travel does not involve the use of steam roads. Many soldiers from Minnesota, Illinois and North Dakota will be unable to spend Christmas ddy at home. For Christ- mas, some are planning to use autos. Christmas season the Red Cross " “WOODROW WILSON, “President of the Red Cross.” as rapidly as the general could an- sSwer. The trips will be run as close to Chamberlain took excep- schedule as possible. The bus wiil tlo?l'sm:f)macl:mcluslons drawn fromlleave Twelfth street and Beltrami General ‘Crozier’s testimony the day|avenue on the half hour, and on the should be the branch through WHO HAS TRIMMINGS FIFTH WARD TONIGHT =~ — Nymore held a patriotic meeting | before that Congress by failing to hoyr 2t U5 TG, NAvl ek A nation- Indications are that the last in-|recently, but its citizens are disap- b g‘““et p'%'l“pt “‘;’;;"‘;;i‘;fl{’,“’,;‘;‘},nfi‘ wh‘}cfxuietoi: ‘:)ve?lg:‘e]ss :ifi ;:yChi:r%fig OF CHRIS‘I‘M AS 'I'REE? wide cam- crement of the first draft will as- :x‘olnted (vivi;h the afitzfld}:ncfi a(t, lthnr. 2 r troubles, W = » y g ‘ = Bk 3 4 o) ‘ ‘ i h?e for the delay. General Crozier large patronage expected. If the bus paign to com- 2 semble here during the holidays, chn?r n‘::n of“:he el Burzau: | said he had not intended such an in-| Pays, others will be added on the plete the en- N e s which time they promise to turn out ‘:——- SCRAPBOOKS FOR BEMIDJ = | Which time they & H. 8. BOYS IN SERVICE| "V CCHI"Cin be held thers this evening. The place is Chris- of the tree falling and injuring 2 sc}:‘:,l:,? g‘::h::;edcla:scgfnnt‘l;aegigok; tianson’s hall. The speakers are A. | someone. The decorations were ali| food supply, is a duty of mec. 14y 0% B Loivise the making of | P: Ritchie and Col. Henry Funkley. taken® off but just who had charge| essity, humanity and homor. |gerap books for the students of the|The hour is 8 o’ctock. Several mu- of the tree being cut down or where| Ag g free people we haveelect- | high school who have enlisted in the| sical numbers will be given by pupils ed to discharge this duty, not |[service. The committee consists of of the Bemidji school. the trimmings have gone to is a mystery to the Queen Esthers. There s Wwilliard M A 1 5 i were many dollars worth of trim- “Qdef autocratic decree, but Vern: Bark:gffi;'jofig"';‘fl:’s‘.' Miss mings and the same could be used| without other restmin_t than The class has also decided to give GERMAN ASSAULT flt“s vear, adding some new tinsel,| the guidance of individual |an entertainment atter Christmas ete, : g conscience. o vacation, the proceeds to go toward Anyone knowing about the disap-f = the debt of the athletic association. pearance of this will kindly notify —HERBERT HOOVER. AThe Stoss il olgo hod a nard time PRELUDE 10 pEACE Valentine party the third week after (By United Press) London, Dec. 14.--Germany’s much advertised forthcoming west front drive is thnr first preliminary to an- other peace - offensive. Germany hopes to achieve a dent somewhere Miss Elsie Schmitt, president of the Queen Esthers, or Mayor Charles W. the Christmas holidays. in the allied line before the Ameri~ cans arrive and wants to claim the Vandersluis. It is not a case of “button, button, who’s got the button?” but trim- mings, trimmings, who got the trim- invincibility of the German military forces to the German people to steel el them to overwhelming sacrifices with the French armies in Italy. mings? Italy will defend Venice to the TWO MORE RECRUITS LEAVE BEMIDJI TODAY Two more recruits were sent to dous defense of the city. A SANATORIUN UNDER Lo NEW MANAGEMENT to the engineer corps as railroad switchman. He will be sent to France to the American contingent Dr. Walter L. Mattick has heen en- gaged as superintendent of the Lake operating the railroads for the Am- Julia Sanatorium and will assume his ericans at the fromt. Burdette J. Hammond has been en- duties the last of this week. N Dr. Mattick comes highly recom- listed in the forestry engineers and will join the Twentieth regiment, mended by the state board. He is & young man, married and has an ex- soon to go overseas. tensive and valuable experience in i d that millions of dol- routes, giving good transportation terprotation 8% through the principal parts of Be- jated had not been ex- M o lzx;lsd:dppropr pted midji and to outlying districts. The N 2 venture is an experiment and if pat- FORMER RESIDENT DIES ronage warrants will be maintained. i Bemidji friends ha&ve hrelceliv;'ed K word announcing the death of Mrs. 5 Christ Markuseng, formerly of this| - BELGIUM’S HEROIC RULER city, and well known here. She died in Denver, Colo., December 11; f after a lingering illness. Her hus- 3 band took her west last fall, hoping she might recover from her illness. The body has been shipped to Ken- yon, Minn., her 41d home, where the funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon at 1 o’clock. BUSINESS RESUMED IN THE TWIN CITIES (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 14.—Business was resumed in the Twin Cities as usual this morning, following the return L to work of the strikers. The men i are back pending federal mediation. ==~ R R FREMAN FINDS | | EXPLOSIVE IN COAL| Last year, after the exercises, the; rollment of community Cnristmas tree was taken| our forces in down in a hurry, as a storm Wwas| ogopgerv - threatening and there was danger ation of our BEMIDJI SPEAKERS FOR CLEARWATER C0. Clearwater county has planned a number of loyalty meetings and has sent out a call for speakers from Be- midji. Chairman R. L. Given of the Speakers’ Bureau is co-operating with-E. H. Reff of Bagley, who is in charge of arranging meetings for that county. Clearbrook, Gonvick and Leonard are scheduled for meet- ings next week. GERMANY DENIES LAW'S STATEMENT CANADA’S SMALLEST SOLDIER (By United Press) Jackson, Miss., Dec. 14.—An Illi- nois Central railroad passenger train fireman found a ten-pound cap of nitrate powder on his shovel while he was preparing to fire his engine this forenoon. It is believed to be a plot. 8 . DICTURES OF U. S, HEROES y bt OFIE LONDON_ PAPERS = FIRST AIR FLIGHT FATAL TO AMERICAN IN FRANCE 2 (By United Press) Paris, Dec. 14.—Lieut. Benjamin (By United Press) b | walcott of Washington, D. C., fell| Amsterdam, Dec. 14.—An official . . i in his first air flight and i8 believed | German statement issued today and| This piotograph shows the “littlest | oo "that has fitted him for his new to have been killed. received here, says Great Britain| boy,” or rather the smallest man with position. He is a graduate of Cor- ¢ (HBEDUnued Press) Felled His Enemy. and not Germany started peace feel-| the Canadian forces-in Europe. His | pell, Ithaca, N. Y., and has two de— ] London yl')ec 14.—Newspapers in Washington, Dec. 14.—Lieutenant|ers last September and that thelage is fifteen, and he enlisted in No- | grees. He has been attached to the g Longgnop,rlnt photographs of Ser- Walcott was 21 years old and the|British feeler was tenative and never | yember, 1914, at Vancouver. Before |famous Bellevue hospital in New — eant McConnell and Private Mc- ’ son of Secretary Charles Walcott of|carried through. The statement I8| 1, war he was a bugler. He takes his York and-his experience in Hospital gDmmld ‘American engineers, cap-| New photograph of King Albert of |the. Smithsonian institution. He|issued in denying Bonar Law’s 8s-| oicoq with the growh-up-soldiers, | work and management should make tured at Cambrai by the Germans,| Belgium, showing him in his field uni- |felled his Germany adversary before|sertion in the House of Commons| o " o o¢ '\ hom he 15 seen-chatting. with his services valuable to the escaped and returned to their unit.| form. being downed. that Germany started the feelers. sanatorium.