Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1918, Page 1

STAPS SOUND AS |STRINGENT ORDER | MILITARY PAYS | ONIGOAL SUPPLY; | LAST HONORS T0 SAILOR HALSETH of Naval Militia to Meet His Fate; Fall on Transport PACKED TO ITS CAPACITY - Home Guard and Large Con- ocourse Escort Flag Draped Casket to Grave. In a casket wrapped in a large rican flag' Hane Halseth was laid to. rest in Greenwood cemetery yes- terday afternoon ,the first vacancy in the ranks of the Fifth division, Min- ta naval militia. ree volleys, the military salute " to ‘the dead, crashed forth from a ing squad, the shrill notes of the ournful call ‘of: *‘taps” ‘4 bugle and died away in the . laden branches of naked trees, ‘the last-honors had been paid by | mig ‘and:from there escorted to the Pres- hyterfan' church by the firing squad, ) ‘Bemidji band, and Home Guards un- . der command of Cgptain Swinson.. In the cortége were many autos and car- riages and the capacity of the church was. packed to standing room. 'he sermon was preached by Rev. P.- Warford.” Miss Ida Virginia Brown “sang and & quartet consist- . ing of Ray Hannah, C. M. Jacobson, Miss” | Carrie™ Armstrong. and' Miss Mabel -Brooks also contributed sel- ons. & - #The band and guard escorted the hearse from the church 4o the ceme- tery where _hd gervioss were hel g ife Halseth ‘was born: in Minnesotag; was ‘25 years old last October.§ Bemid) moved to & Mont., remote @ rallroad, and they: were un- to attend the funeral. 4 “Besides the parents, there are left five .brothers and one sister, John Halseth, on _board-the U. S. 8. Mass- tts, Hans Halseth and : Miss ‘Halseth of Bemidji, Henry Hal- sal f .Holder, Mont., and Louis and Walter Halseth, with the parents. Particularly Sad Death, - leath: of Halseth was particu- sad-in that he was aboard the ‘transport De Kalb, formerly the huge German lingr, Prince Frederich Eitel, and was off the ‘coast of France when he:fell fronr his hammock, and was ‘ fall to the deck. “He was ors ‘who have left Bemidjl to answer > the.eall of the colors, who sleeps in Bemidji’s city of the dead: ‘Mr. and. Mrs. A. Lord returned this = morning from . Minneapolis where Mr. Lord underwent an opera- tion. "Mrs. Lord went down to spend Christmas with her husband and to . accompany him home. Mr. Lord has been out of the hospital for & week and'is getting along nicely. GERMANY CLOTHES SOLDIERS BETTER * THAN DOES ANERICA 3 (By. United Press). _Washington, Jan. 3.—*Had Amer- jca_undertaken to clothe her soldiers as ‘well as Germany clothes hers, the shortage of uniforms would have been “‘larger,” stated Melvin Driscoll, sup- ~erintendent of the New Jersey Wool-] en Mills, to the legislative probe com- mittee here today. - - GOVERNMENT ACT - AFFECTS BEWIDJ Heating Plants Denied Use of Hard Coal; Limit of:One Ton to " Each Order. DEALERS T0 COMPARE ALL " ORDERS AT DAY'S CLOSE No' Deliveries Same. Day Order 'Is plued; To Prévent Duplica- _ tion Among-Dealers. A The long arm of the government has_reached out to Benitdji and is- sued ‘stringent instructions to Dr..G. M. Palmer, chairman of the Beltrami county public safety commission, re- garding the supply of hard coal that can be used by consumers in Bemidji and-the orders are to be obeyed to the letter. The coal dealers have been officially ;notified of what they can do:and cannot do and compliance re- leves the coal dealers of any cen- sure-on the part of the consumers. Consumers are Lax. _ The chances are decidedly slim for any supply of coal such as consumers perhaps, desire. is stated thiat" there are many sumers - of hard coal who do not in the slightest appreciate the seriousness of the sit- uation and it is this feature that has caused the drastic orders to be_issued by the government. ™ Hereafter, homes equipped with hard coal furnaces, hot water heat- ing plants or steam plants will have to- burn soft coal or fuel other than hard.coal. 5 \»'The fuel supply at-the head of the takes-has been divided into 90 -equal | parts, one ninetieth to be sent out| ‘each day, to cover the ensuing period of . three months, and points take eir chances of getting their share. . No ‘orders will be filled by thé Jocal dealers the same day.the orders » received but at -the end of eacl ¥ the dealers 6t the city will ecom: e thefr ~orders fo ascertain if been " the . custom’ of some: users ‘of hard coal to buy one ton from one tlealer and another ton from another dealer. Hereafter, consumers may purchase only one ton-at each order and they are limited to one and one half tons each month. < A record of all sales is to be kept by the,dealers. ...'This order comes from Washing- ton through the state fuel adminis- tration to Dr. Palmer. N. E. A. BADLY DAMAGED. . (By United Press). Cleveland, 0., Jan. 3.—Fire caused gréat damage to the editorial and shipping rooms of the Newspaper En- terprise Association here today. The library, containing thousands of val- uable photographs and cameras, was destroyed. Sam Hughes, editor, says the service ‘will continue without in- terruption. - Belief Ripe That Teutons Seeking:Peace (By United Press). Washington, Jan. 3.—The entente and neutral diplomats -believe that Germany is paving the way for mak- ing, within the mext- two months, more liberal peace terms, so liberal as to demand serfous allied consider- ation, The present German peace propo- ganda is designed to create a peace atmosphere and make the world in a more recipient mood. - _Minneapolis Red Cross _ Knits Sweater and Scarf © - Recruiting Officer Clarence Fou- ~ cault has enlisted scores of men for ‘Unecle Sam. He has seen them safe- iy mboard trains for Duluth for for- warding to Jefferson barracks, and he *joy boxes” and with “housewives” v the Red Cross chapter. He has 2 them banquetted and fet®d and 28 fi%e’hu wished them well, ‘as he re- called his term of enlistment for Uncle Sam in the coast artillery. He -has seen industrious ladies knitting sweaters, scarfs, helmets, ete, ete, for the soldiers and sailors and he marveled not. This morning there arrived a pack- sge addressed to Officer 'Foucault For Recruiting Officer from Minneapolis. It was from the Minneapolie Red Cross chapter. It was opened and there to the surprise of Mr. Foucault was a fine knitted sweater and a heavy knitted scarf, the latter five feet, four inches in length, the sweater and scarf being olive drab in cojor. The Minneapolis Red -Cross ladies have provided each of the recruiting offieials in the twin cities with simi- Har sweaters and scarfs. When the task was done they decided to add to this supply the, recruiting officials throughout the state. Mr. Foucault is one of the favored and when he- attempted to express his appreciation he bankrupted his vocabuldry. Two Britlsh sailors dlgsink for th 0 les in the Halifax ruins, which are covered fotind. the chiarred: remains-of -their relatives;an IMAKE DEMOCRACY he members of thelr fami- snow and-lice. The seamen d.cdarried them away. It was just one of the: thousands of pathetle cauq& aused by the great explosion. One of the satlors had a wife and two;children,‘and’the other a wife and three children. i, The entire familles ‘were wiped 2 B Bemidji Is Offereg ToHearFirst k Chance and Story Of Allies Fboélconditions Bemidji has -an excellent opnor: tunity to hear first'hand the story of food - conditions in . France, England | 4and Italy theé latter part. of this ‘month _or the first of February, and if. the general public is interested a meeting . will be arranged for Be- midji_by federal food administration Dr. G.“M. Palmer, Tead of the Bel: trami county public safety commis: sion, this morning“received a . letter from-A. D. Wilson, federal food ad- ministrator for the state, in which he outlines the opportunity. It is self explanatory and is as follows: " S Jan. 1, 1918. Mr. G. M. Palmer, | Bemidji, Minn. @ ° 5 Dear Mr. Palmer: United States Food Administration has had, for the - | past three or four months, six men in France, Italy and England, studying the war situation at first hand, with special reference to food. Early in January they are to start out, these six men, with six other prominent SIX HUSKY YOUNGSTERS COME FROM HALLOCK T0 JOIN THE MILITARY Just about the best bunch of “pep” seen in Bemidji for a long, long time was when six young men stepped from a train this morning and after breakfast trooped to the recruiting office to interview Recruiting Officer Clarence Foucault. . The delegation was from Hallock, about 20 miles from the Canadian border in Northwestern Minnesota. Every mother’s son passed the ex- amination with colors flying and they were happy as could be. Five of them enlisted in the coast artil- lery, Frank Inglis, Edward Ander- son, Melvin Anderson, Selmer An- derson and Harold Rustad. Victor Wass enlisted in the avia- tion section. The new recruits for Uncle Sam were all splendid specimens of young manhood and they all paid a visit to the -office of the Pioneer to say, hello. They were all good scouts and as effervescent as a bottle of pop. They were proud over the fact that not one of them failed to pass and they were at the depot bound for Duluth long before train time this noon. From Duluth they will go to Jefferson barracks. “There’s going to be a couple more come down next week”, ejaculated one of the enthusiastic group. TWO MORE JOIN THE COLORS, OFF T0 DULUTH Besides the squad of six that came to Bemidji from Hallock this morn- ing and joined the colors, Recruiting Officer Foucault sent two more to Duluth this noon. Edward Voller enlisted in the coast artillery. and Floyd Shiviey enlisted in the aviation service. These young men made eight more sent from Bemidji and Officer Fou- cault was a busy chap throughout the forenoon. ENTERTAINED AT DINNER. ' KenuethT Kenflel& had as his dinner guests last evening BEarl Coch- ran, Even Bowser, Harold Morse, Arlo Achenbach, L.eo Opsahl and Arthur O’Leary. - men from the United States and six und place one of the men ance at the head of a team of aking six teams, three people They will furnish us two of ms for one week., They will u# probably the last week in he ‘first week in Febru- BB -and will pa: e will prébably reach us on Sunday and ‘wiill want to get a meeting in the next state for the following Sun- day. We want them to make towns where we can get an attendance of eight - hundred or two thousand people. iy : you . think Bemidji would. be interested "in arranging for such & meeting for Tuesday evening, prob- ably January 29 or February 6? An early.reply will oblige, as we must make up the schedule quickly. Very truly yours, " A. D. WILSON. Federal Food Administrator for Minn o~~~ REGISTRANTS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONAIRE There are many who receive their questionnaires and immediately take them to some member of the legal ad- visory :committee to have the lawyer in question fill it out. This seems like a useless encroachment upon a lawyer’s time in some instances, and one of the legal advi2ors of the regis- tered men makes this sensible sug- gestion. When the registered men receive their questionnaires they should at- tempt to answer the questions so far as posgible. Then if they are uncer- tain the question or questions can be submitted to one of the legal fra- ternmity named by the military au- thorities to assist in such cases. LUKBURG IS INSANE, " 'DECLARES COMMISSION (By United Press). Buenos Ayres, Jan. 3.—A medical commission ‘has declared Count Lux- burg, German envoy of ‘“spurlos’ ver- senkt” fame,, insane, and declare he has béen acting eccentric for some time. Several weeks ago he was placed under observation and re- moved from an internment camp to a sanitarium. Editor's note—This verdict af- fords Germany an excuse for his du- plicity, but could not be used to ex- ‘plain Berlin’s messages to Luxburg, indicating equal facility to duplicity. PIAVE RIVER PRACTICALLY CLEARED OF INVADING FOES s (By United Press). ‘With the Italian -armies, Jan. 3.— Except for a few outpost positions at Delta, at the mouth om the Plave river, the_ river is entirely clear of Teutons. PATRIOTIC' 4 gAgxo ¥ Attorney Henry Funkley qupfie- liver’an address at a patriotic meet- ing at Blackduck Monday night, Everyone. is invited to” atténd the Hospitals On |. l PEACES _ FORTY FIVE CENTS PEB NONTE Italian Front Are Bombed (By United Press). £ Rome, Jan. 3.—(Official).—Th Germans lave commenced to bomb the hospitals on the Italian front. PINEWOOD STARTED NEW YEAR PARCHED, BOOZE ‘NAILED’ HERE Anything to violate the laws of Minnesota; -anything to make a sale of whiskey in open defiance of the laws of the state; anything to flaunt open defiance at the supreme court of the state and also the order of the Minnesota Public Safety commission. Duluth has shipped quantities of booze “into Beltrami couaty. The twin cities have done likewise and now it is from Chicago that booze sellers are violating the laws of Min- nesota and shipping whiskey to Bel- trami county. ARG That’s why the New Year's day cel- ation. in. Pinewood, rank P s R e R vy Dr.'G. M. Palmer, head of Beltrami county’s public safety commission, got “next” to the shipment and: it was ‘“‘nailed” at the depot in tran- sit to Pinewood. There was enough of the rotten stuff to float the pro- verbial - battleship, but it" failed to reach its destination. - And there was gloom on the first day of 1918 among certain persons who had hoped to make a bunch of sordid coin out of it in defiance of the law of the state: INSTALLATION TONIGHT. The Modern Samaritans will hold installation of officers this evening. All members are urged to be present and all who have received invitations at other times are cordially invited. Dancing will be the amusement after the installation. Charles Rector of St. Paul will be here to help install. 200AreSlain When Yaquis Raid Train (By United Press). Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 3.—It is be- lieved 200 persons were Killed, in- cluding seven Americans, and an un- known number injured, and dozens of women captured in a train raid gsouth of Guaymas by Yaqui Indiang late Wednesday. Few details have heen secured. Relief has started for the scene and more details are expected shortly. HOST AT DANCING PARTY. Arthur O’Leary entertained twenty guests at a dancing party at his home last evening. Refreshments were served during the evening. MAJOR YOST WILL MAKE BEMIDJI VISIT Major J. D. Yost, United States re- cruiting officer, Minnesota district, who has been making a tour of the recruiting stations of his district, has written E. H. Denu, chairman of the special recruiting committee for the -Bemidjl station, that he is leaving Bemidji until the Iast be- cause, as he states, “I'm so sure of 1t ¥ Major Yost also advises Mr. Denu that owing to the excellént. showing of the Bemidji recruiting station’he has requested Washiington to make Bemidji.a central station. . . * The letter#concludes, “‘convey: my. thanks in behalf of the government to your fellow members on the com- mittee “and to thé éitizens & & whole”. o * a (‘ady;—llnned Preas). . Petrograd, .Jan, 3.—In rejecting Germany's peace terms, the supreme council ofSoviet asked the German people to compel their government. to make general democracy their peace. Trotsky Scores Germany. Petrogrm]i‘,y Jan.. 3.—Foreign Min- ister Trotsky announced to & special- ly called meeting of the Soviet that Germany’s pedte proposals are hypo- critical and safd the Bolsheviki could not_consent to them. Moscow in Disorder. Washington, Jan. 3.—Moscow I8 in a general state of lawlessness and: disorder. - State department messages say the Bolsheviki have seized banks and threaten factories. Russ Are Suspicious. Petrograd, Jan. 3.—Evidences are multiplying. that. irreconsilable dif-. ferences between Russian and Ger- man peace conferees will force the - discontinuation of future peace ne- gotiations and that the armistice will probably not be renewed. The Russiang;are hecoming more suspicious of German. trickery -in every move. Germans conferring on the ex- change of war prisoners are openly using the conference for reopening Q@erman trade in Russia. .« - - AGRICULTURE FACES CRISIS, h—— (By United Press). agriculture is faced wlth a geflot financial situation, the federal farm :’onn board reported to congress to- ay. The board recommends that the secretary of the treasary be author- ized to buy $100,000,000 worth of farm loan bonds if necessary, to be resold to investors. STATE WILL SELL USELESS TIMBER T0 RELIEVE FBEL FAMINE The following letter regarding the sale of state dead and down timber has been received by the-Pioneer and will no doubt be of much interest and value to the people of this part of Minnesota: At a recent meeting of the state safety commission a resolution was passed authorizing State Auditor J. A- 0. Preus to sell at private sale dead and down timber and green hardwood located upon state lands. The resolution was passed as fuel-emergency measure as the com- mission is somewhat alarmed over the fuel shortage and by proper use of wood for fuel in the timber dis- tricts this situation may be relieved to a great extent. The amount of fuel wood is limited to from one cord to one hundred cords to any one per- son at 26 cents per cord. -Application must be made to the Timber Department of the State Aud- tor’s office for the timber, stating the amount of fuel wood desired and the legal description of the land upon which the timber I8 located. A form contract will then beV issued and sales made in the order they are re- ceived at this office. Payment shall be made upon scale after timber is cut, and paid for before removed .from the land. OSCAR ARNESON, Supt. State Timber, St. Paul, Minn. FT. OMAHA BALLOON LANDS AT SARTELL (By United Press). Sartell, Minn., Jan. 3.—The army balloon from Fort Omaha, Neb., land- ed here this afternoon. Among the first lieutenants aboard is a nephew of Former President McKinley. St. Cloud Reports. - - St. Paul, Jan. 3.—A large uniden-. tified balloon is passing over Minue- AVSBOARD gota today, probably from:the -Fort - 3 Omaha, Neb., balloon school, Colonel Hersey wired from Omaha’ ‘toddy. The balloon was last reported over St. Cloud. _v S N st. Paul, Jan. 3.—J. H. Nietsiel- ski, postmaster at Gilmas, Minn., this afternoon informed the Minne- sota Public Safety commission that = German aeroplanes were flying over his vicinity. The commission refused to take this report m[wll