Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 1

RSLO0OTURNED R RED CROSSIN RIVE JUSTENDED " Estimates Place New at Least 800; All— < Receipted for. e Red Cross drive for member- ps was highly successful .in Be- and while it is not entirely uded ‘the special committee in e of the drive has completed its and further work in connection ) the membership drive will be chapter officials to carefully he lists and arrange the names \betical -order, .but it is h-that at least 900 new mem- have heen added to the lists Y. ¢ cash collections-have amount- $1,044.61 of which the secre- of 'the chapter has receipted to meon for $998.61 and to W. for $46. ptals: Over Thousand. llections are summarized headquarters’ : 66.00 159.00 152.00 187.40 127.00 146.36 :99.50 46.00 27.00 PBON'B. o vo vy e ~Cross headquarters, '8, headquarters, ‘Drug Store.. ..... Cross- headquarters, ry employes. . ... ‘Men’s collections VASSErS. .5 .. ... oks, cagvass of men.. St Jouse employes. .. man, . percentage * 'unds received $1,044.61 ommittee in charge :of the comprised F. B. Lamson, chair- . L. Brooks, W. E. Dean, Vandersluis, - Mrs. GOPHERS AT KP CODY FOUND EMBERS OF CHURCHES ks sows. s ‘sogment up as cosmopolitan in religions fd' in the census of nationali- gures follow: ran, §82; Catholic, 820; Me- st, 533; Presbyterian, 205; Bap- “121; Congregational, 110; Chris- 4;Episcopal, 67; Evangelical, /‘United Bretheren, 15; - Mission { Union, 6; Dutch Reform- Church of Christ, §5; Christian Church _of Peace 4; ¢ England, 3; Free Method- dventist, 2; Zionist, 1; U. B. Oriential, 1; German In- Atheists, 2. (By United Press). . Washington, Dec. 27.—The fuel vetsigation was postponed today, /itness from Ohfo failed to ap- WO TURNED |FEDERAL INCOME P T0 PRESENT | TAXCOLLECTORTO | BE IN BELTRAMI ' GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ T) BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, THUBSDAY. DE PISTOL CAMERA FOR AERONAUTICAL OBSERVERS| COUNTY JAN.FEB. Will Arrive In Bemidji On January 28 and Remain Until Febru- BLACKDUCK AND BAUDEITE WILL ALSO BE VISITED Duty of Tax Payer to Make Himself Known; Penalty for Failure to Report. ! = In a communication received by the Pioneer, E. J. Lynch, collector of in- ternal revenue, announces that a fed- eral income tax officer will be sent into this county and will be in teh various cities and towns as per the - following schedule: .~ Jan. 28 to Feb, 2—Bemidji. Feb. 5 and 6—Blackduck. __Feb. 16 to 18—Baudette. The officer 'will be in the places on the day or days noted above and will be ready and willing to' help persons subject to the income tax to make out: their, returns: without any cost to them for.his services. How many income tax payers will there be 'in Bemidji? If one can guess how many married persons liv- ing with wife or husband will have net 'incomes ‘of $2,00, or over end how many unmarried persons will have net incomes of $1,000 or over this year, then he knows. ; ‘Returns Before March 1. " 'Returns of income for the year: 1917 must be made on forms pro- vided for the purpose before March 1, 1918 Because many people do ont understand the law and won’t know how to make out their returns, the governnient is sending in this expert to do it for them. ~ But the duty is on “the mtpayer to make himself known to the government. If he doesn’t -make return as required be- fore March 1, he may have to pay a penalty ranging from $20 to-$1,000, pay a-fine or go-to jail. So if & per- son doesn’t want to take a chan fi) to :jail, hé had better. on [@"fricome ‘tax man: If he is not sure_about being subject to the tax, better “ask “him and make sure. Whether one sees the income tax men or not, he must }nake return if sub- ject to tax. 4 . SN Of-course, persons resident in oth- er counties may, if they want to, come and see the income tax man who will be at Bemidji, Blackduck or Bau- dette. Makes Suggestion. The collector suggests that every- body start figuring up now his in- come and expenses 8o as to be ready with the figures when the expert ar- rives. Expenses, however, don’t mean family expenses, money used to pay off the principal of a debt, new ma- chinéry, buildings, or.anything like that. They mean what one spends in making . money—interest, taxes paid hired help, amount paid for “goods ‘sold, seed, stock bought for feeding, rent (except for dwelling), etc. In- come includes about every dollar one gets. NEXT CALL T0 ARMS NOT BEFORE FEB- 15 (By United Press). St. Paul, Dec. 27.—Minnesotans subject to the draft and not actually inducted, are not likely to be called before February 15, is the state ad- jutant general’s interpretation of an official message from Washington. HAYWOOD DECLARESI. W. W. -, AND BOLSHEVIKI NOT KIN (By United Press):— Chicago, Dec. 27.—W. D. Hay- wood, general secretary of the I. W. W. here, awditing trial, denies that his organization is connected with the Bolsheviki. 0,000 Worth of Buildings $ Autho horization for the construction 50,000 worth of new Y. M. C. A. ngs and officers’ clubs within tral Military department s been given by the National lork council of that organiza- ording to announcement just 4in this city. The construc- will be under the supervision of L. Nevin, constructing engineer the Y. M. C. A. of Chicago. - ‘At least two officers’ clubs are nned for each of the cantonments. ese will be erected adjoining the en huts now in operation and will ave éntrances both from the out- - and into the social rooms for Hsted men. Each club building Al re 30 by 50 feet and will p _;fortably accommodate 150 offic- “#he club rooms for officers will be q d with fireplaces, books, maga- ines; writing tables and stationery nd all the other conveniences of the Y. M. C. A. building. Many of rized by Y. M. C.A. them, it is expected, will be equipped Hy the officers themselves. Construc- tion of these buildings will begin at once, Mr. Nevin announces. ) New buildings are planned for the enlisted men. Amocng these are one type “E” building, costing $8,600, for Camp Funston; one of the same type and cost for Camp Taylor; a type“‘F”’ building for Columbus Bar- racks and a similar one for Belle- ville, Ill. Flying Field. The latter will cost $7,500 each. Work on the Columbus building has already started. _Construction of $50,000 worth of new buildings for the Y. M. C. A. at the Great Lakes naval training sta- tion also has been approved. This group will consist of six type “E” buildings, including an administra- tion building with oftices and living quarters for the secretaries. A special type of building also will be erected at the hospital camp for the use of convalescents: on|. 21, 1017, The difficulties experienced by - airplane cateramenin making photo- graphs of enemy meoveinents below has brought ulfibu!vths invention of a new device, the pistol-camern, which greatly facilit: airmen originated the pistol-camera;, and: the-ou photograph was captured by a British -aviator their :work. -The German own in this British official AR~~~ Sec. Lane Refuses Of Backus-Brooks to Defer Logging, Red Lake Agency Commercial Club, Bemidji, Minn. Washington; D. C., Dec. 26.— . Your wire of December 20. In- ternational. Lumber company’s request for - postponement -of " Assistant Secretary. The above telegram received today is in reply td one sent by the Com- mercial club to the department of the interior at Washington protesting against the Backus-Brooks company ceasing logging operations on the Red Lake Indian reservation, after that company had been successful in securing the bid for approximately 72,000,000 feet at government sale in Washington a few weeks ago. The Backus-Brooks company start- Jollico Quits As Sea Lord 0f England (By United Press). London;. Dec. 27.~The decision to let -young men try their hands is responsible for- the. retirement of Rear Admiral John Jellico and the appointment of Vice Admiral Bob- lyn Wemys as first sea lord. A gen- eral shakeup in the admiralty is pre- dicted. HOW_ SAMUELSON'S MOTHER HEARD OF ACCIDENT TO SON According to twin city papers, the first word of the death of Ben Sam- uelson, killed last week on-the battle- ship Kansas, was when a florist phoned hér, requesting {nformation of the time of arrival of her son’s body. She had received a letter from him two days before the accident. GUARD *ROOKIEY' T0 DRILL THIS EVENING Tonight the “awkward squad” which contemplates joining the Home Guards, and also those who merely want the exercise, will drill at the city hall. The work will be in charge of the Home Guard officers and indications are that many new ones will be out for the first time. At last Sunday’s drill, nearly twenty recruits were out and about forty are looked for tonight. Accord- ing to Captain Thomas Swinson there are “only fifteen vacancies in the guard, and as soon as the ‘‘rookies” learn the foot work well, they may make application to join. BEMIDJI RESIDENT STEALS 4 SKUNK HIDES: HEARING JAN. 7 The Chookston Times contains a brief account of Herman Connery be- ing held in bond of $300 for hearing on January 7 for the theft of skiink hides valued at $60 from & farmer. ed preparfilons for logging and had started . the “erection of camps, con- tractors ‘been engaged and horses vere. at ‘work. This con- few days when an- was made that no fur- ther - work:would be done and the ft and équipment re- ji Gets Busy. - The Bemidji- Commercial club”im- mediately took. the matter up with the government authorities and a committee was appointed to wire the department of the interior, of which Franklin K. Lane is secretary. The message protested against the ceas- ing of operations on the part of the Backus-Brooks company on grounds that it would mean lack of work for the Red Lake Indians, the loss of nearly $60,000 in wages and not cut- ting approximately 12,000,000 feet this winter. A~ ALUMNI AND HIGH SCHOOL QUINT CLASH FRIDAY FOR R. C. Howard Palmer, a graduate of the Bemidji High school, {8 of the opin- ion that the former stars of the bask- etball firmament are just the boys to show the present basketball five of the high school how the game is played and the ‘“‘old timers’ have ar- ranged to give the demonstration Friday night at 8 o'clock at the ar- mory, and the fur will fly if the high school quintet goes in to win. Palmer has put together a team of alumni that would be hard for any team in the state to beat. He's landed Lloyd Tanner, who was placed on the mythical all state team of 1915, also Plummer. Herbert War- field will be seen in an alumni suit and Earl and Claude Bailey will again don the jerseys. Then “Old Hoss” Gainey will line up with the all-tar aggregation and it will, in all probability, be the last time they will all be together on the floor in Be- midji as some of them are now stu- dents in colleges and universiiies. The high school guintet looks fast and Coach Jacobson says his boys will give the former greats a run for the long end of. the score. The proceeds of the game will go to the Red Cross chapter and a big crowd should be ‘present. Here's the way they will look when they face each other Friday night: 2 High School Frank Phibbs. ...l Tenstrum.. .. .. F. Phibbs. ... ... . .Warfield Opsahl.. .. ..lg.. ...C. Bailey Achenbach. . .rg.. ...E. Balley z ..D. Gainey Alumni .. «..Plummer .+ «. ..Tanner .2 rf c Ig PRIVATES T00 GO0D TO OCCUPY CARS WITH THEIR OFFICERS (By United Press). London, 'Dec. 27.—Orders have been issued prohibiting American privates from - riding in first class compartments-with officers. British army regulations always prohibitéd British privates from riding first .class.’ X CENTRAL POWERS WILLING TO MAKE 'EMPTY PEACE,SAY REPORTS ® Teutons Try Gamouflage On Russians (By United Press). _ London, Dec. 27.—Germany is try- ing. to persuade the Russian people | that the allies alone stand in the way of peace. The stipulation in the German peace terms that Russia secure from' the allies the adoption of Germany’s terms, officials said, was for the ob- vious purpose of-attempting to con- vince Rusians that the allies are holding up the accomplishment of peace. Count Czerin's peace bid, as re- ceived here, makes three points: . First—Germany agreeable to policy of no annexations and no indemnities. Second—Germany disclaim- ing any desire to deprive inde- pendent states of their political rights, now possessing them. Third—Germany repudiating the idea of & peace council settlement of future guarantees of world peace. The allies will insist upon repara- tion. The German. proposals found little response among British of- ficlals.: * ' ¥ Dr. Elliott, who has been in charge of ‘the hospital at the Red Lake In- dian agency has received orders for immediate report at Fort Sam Hous- ton, San Antonio, Texas, and has vone. His place is'being held tempor- arily by-Dr. L. L. Culp, general physi- eian of the Indian hospitals, and who at one time was in charge of the hos- pital at Red Lake. A successor to Dr. Elliott will be secured as soon as possible. BELTRAMI ELEVATOR CO. INCORPORATES FOR $100.000 In the Pioneer today appears cer- titicate of incorporation of the Bel- trami Elevator & Milling company, the incorporation being for $100,- 000. The incorporators are Thomas 8. Ervin of Bemidji, Thomas Hughes of Bemidji, H. C. Ervin, Jr., 8t. Cloud, and George Reis of 8t. Cloud. The object of the incorporation is for the purpose as indicated in its name. INDIANS FORBIDDEN T0 SELL LAKE FISH Superintendent Walter F. Dickens of the Red Lake Indian agency has asked the Pioneer to notify those re- siding in villages and in the vicinity of Red Lake that the purchase of fish from the Indians is illegal and that if the practice is not stopped arrests and prosecution.will follow. It has become the practice for set- tlers and others to trade groceries to the Indians for fish and the Indians have been notified that such is a law violation. The matter is to be closely watched and detection of offenders will be déalt with to the extent of the law. FOOD _AND FUEL MAY BE SUBJECT OF SPEAKER HERE The United States food adminis- tration is arranging a schedule for speakers of prominence and ability to address audiences throughout the county on the World’s Food and Fuel. Some of the men used in this service are men who have had European ex- perience. It is probable that Be- midji will be able to secure the ser- vices of one of these speakers and January 2 and 16 have been sug- gested as desirable dates for a meet- ing of this nature. HURT WHITS HE'S IN SAN ANTONIO AERO SCHOOL - Barnest S. Hurt, who left Bemidji December 5 with thirty-two volun- teers, writes from San Antonio, Tex- as, that he is in the aviation section and that he likes his new work very much. Eli Arnold has a most inter- esting letter from him, which ad- vises that his brother, Arnold, fs in the Cdnadian army. Both the boys are well known in Bemidji, Arnold gnvlng attended the public sclioola ere. ELLI0TT ORDERED TO ~ | ORT AT SAN ANTONIO (By United Press). % Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—The Central powers are willing to make general peace upon the basis of no annexa- tions and no indemnities, according to an official statement from Vienna, * via Berlin. other belligerents pledge the same policies. Such proffer was made in reply to the Russian ‘general peace officers, Delegates to the Russian peace con- ference reported they believed the Russian proposals formed the basis of general peace. . A continuation of the war with the sole object of conquest is condemned. Ukranians Victorious. . Petrograd, Dec. 27.—The Ukranian Rada today announced the capture on the Roumanian front of the head-* quarters of the Fourth and Bighth armies. The Maximilists forces have been disarmed. The headquarters of the Eleventh army corps has heen ' occupied, also. The Bolsheviki wired the com- mander urging him to make peace with the Ukranians so they and the Bolsheviki might unite to defeat Ka- ledine. Trotsky wired “this is a matter of lite or death for our revolution.” A new sympathy is manifested he- tween the American imperialists and Kaledine. STOCK MARKET STRONG ON REPORT U, S, WILL CONTROL RAILWAYS. (By United-Press). New ‘York, Dec. 27.—The stock market opened strong this morning with railway shares showing a de- cided advance, following the an- nouncement that the government would take'over the control of the railways. The advances ranged from one and two points to eleven and five- eighths points registered by the St. Paul market. X The market regarded federal con- trol as good and says: the govern- ment guarantee of profits will make the railways bétter tham eyer. Ofticials claimed ithere was little possibility of trade rallway stocks being withdrawn from the market. BANDITS FORCE CASHIER OF WHITE BEAR TO DISGORGE (By United Press). All they ask -is that '’ White Bear, Minn., Dec. 27—Throe" bandits this afternoon entered the First State bank here and got $5,000: They forced Cashier Warner and As- sistant Cashier Auger into a vault and after securing the money es- caped. SECRETARY BAKER EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN GEN. SHARPE (By United Press). Wiashington, Dec. 27.—While the senate military affairs probers raked Quartermaster General Sharp on the witness stand this afternoon, Secre- tary of War Baker expressed the greatest confidence in Sharp and other ofticials. PBaker’s war council is doing much that the probers are demanding. DISLOYAL ITALIANS GET STIFF SENTENCES (By. United Press). Milwaukee, Dec. 27.—FEach of the eleven Italians, including one woman, were today sentenced to 26 years im- prisonment by Municipal Judge Backus, for participating in the Bay View riots September 9. All are charged as principals. (Editor’s Note—The rioting at Bay View was caused by an un- patriotic outburst and demonstration against the government. It was par- _ ticipated in by Italians. BROTHERHO00DS FOR FEDERAL CONTROL (By United Press). ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Railroad brotherhood leaders, here today to confer with President Wilson, told the United Press officially that rail- way employes will back government control of the roads. Railway exe- cutives hfave- already lexpressed themeslves as intending to co-oper- ate. 2