Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 9, 1918, Page 1

FAKE ON PEOPLE ess People: Endorse ‘Peace * Leaders Would Resign, ABSERTED HINDENBURG AND - UDENDORF WOULD QUIT POST e BN oth ‘Held -Up as Supermen. Upon * - Whom Rest Destinies of the Empire. (By United Press) Tondon, Jan. 9.--Germany has just ¥ over another fake political crisis 3 the German people. ,Mapgfac- tured reports were that Von Hinden- burg and Ludendorf would both ‘re-|’ sign unless the policies favored by he German annexationists prevailed t Brest Litovsk. ~ Both men were pictured to—the 'man . people. as._supermen, . - Who uaranteed ‘the safety of the German s le through their cunning. This secured the people’s endorsement. of the ‘Brest: Litovsk program. The best 4nformation shows that fther Hindenburg.-nor Ludendorf|. jously :considered resigning. MEETING AT CASS LAKE IN m'rli!.nE,sr OF K. C. WAR FUND ‘Ponight at Cass Lake, F. B. Rip- lo, P.J. Russell and Father O'Rear- will address a meeting on: the of the Knights of Colum- “in the interest of the $3,000,000 ipaign of the knights. On” Sat- v they -will speak ‘at a meeting agley. 5 5 “~TWO MORE ENLIST Myron J.-Plummer has enlisted in e engineers’ corps and: Helmer An- derson in' the Twentieth engineers: They left this noon for Duluth, en- .route to Jefferson Barracks. BUREAU TOMORROW ‘omorrow at the court house at 11 0’clock: will be organized the fed- ‘eral farm: bureau for the southern part of Beltrami county, and the di- r for the organization is ex- i S. 8. Clel- d:of the University of Minnesota ¥tension bureau will be present and ‘speak and assist in the work of or- s ganization. : ¢ are over 200. names signed roster for the mew farm bu- u and when organized the bureau 711l 'be perfected for work in pro- ;@f ting agriculture. THREE BEMIDJI BOYS FINALLY “SENT TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS Bli Arnold today returned from ‘Duluth, after having enlisted in the United States .guards. -He was .re- ‘jected on account of teeth. "~ Ray Martinson, Eugene Cahill and Louis: Webb left today for Jeiferson Barracks after having been. held in Duluth for waivers. These men are “part_of the contingent of 17 which recently left for Duluth.” CARRANZA OFFICER “AND 60 MEN SLAI . WL Paso, Tex., Jan. 9.—It ig re- ported today that Col. Escobar and 60 Carranza soldiers have been cap- ‘tured by Zeserino, a Villa leader, at El,\'{alla, Chihuahua. §CHOOL FRESHMEN TO O e CLASS PARTY JAN. 11 The Freshman class of the high chool will hold a class party at 8 ©o’clock the evening of January 11, ‘in the high-school building. The entertainment committee is as follows: Helen Lauritzen, R." Moe, Willard McGregor, Rupert Stechman. The refreshment committeeis com- " posed, of Lorrain Kreatz, Catherine . Bagley, Leslie Raco, Stanley Wilcox, ferna Barker. FREN ENETRATE GERMAN E IJ%%:PDB.IVEN BACK AGAIN (By United Press) lin, Jan. 9.—(Official)—A jolent French attack west of Fliery netrated the German -line at isol- ated points, but the enemy was driv- back by counter attacks. STEAMER ARE MISSIN (By United Press) ashington, Jan. 9.—Nine mem- of the American steamer Harry bach, torpedoed and sunk , are still unaccounted for, ‘navy department said today. Dis- st,ate'd 22 of the crew were FOR RECOGNITION rnment Makes Statement That!| " The -;uH_es rushe& re-énforcemn and these re-enforcements have beer. | French autos as they arrived {n Milan, These autos are used ‘as;tra (By United Press) ‘With - the » American lains; - attached: to United’ States. The -chaplains. found. the. isfactory. . moral military authorities are vigilan moving temptations and the my honestly” trying to have g ‘army.’ 4 g% Editor’s riote—This statement’ was no doubt. prompted by the open, as- {1y retu ed from France, who-gave wide pub- licity ‘to statements that the morale ‘of the American forces was demor- alized, that the soldiers were indulg- ing in drunken debauches and a lot more such utterances. RAILWAY MAN SAYS eon today. his collection of -one-of -the Michigan to the Pacific coast. received. - 3 Dr. G. M. Palmer outlined ; tertainment. urged that-merchants take uniform fund. GOVERNMENT SHOUT™ TAKE OVER SHIP LINES. SAYS OWNER, (By United: Press) St. Louis, Jan. 9.—Scarcity of coal and labor will prevent the operation of steamboats on the Mississippi and other western rivers unless the gov- ernment ,takes over the lines, John Streckfus, president of the Streckfus Steamboat line, said today. JAPAN READY. T0 GUARD WAR SUPPLIES (By United Press) Tokio,” Jan. 9.—The impression is growing that Japan has completed arrangements = to instantly send troops to Vladisvostok if needed for the protection of allied interests and guard allied war material. , Officials refuse .confirmation, but it is said the situation is critical. TO LIMIT COAL EXPORTS Washington, Jan. - 9.—America’s coal exports this year will be limited strictly to shipments to be used for war purposes and to those necessary in exchange for commodities the United States must have. In an- nouncing this policy, Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield declared that in no event will exports be permitted Yo equal in volunte these of the year just. ended. army. . in France, Jan. 9.—A concusrent re- port of Protestant:and Catholicichap- the. iAmerican army, states that the American sol- diers in: France are:in less moral ‘danger than- they ‘would be th_q ‘most; sats -copditions..: The ~ BEMIDJI ‘LIVE ONE Prof. D. BE.” Willard, of the North- ern Pacific Railway company, gave a short talk to the members of ‘the Commereial club ‘at the noon lunch- He included Bemidji in e livest [ 4 cities on his territory from Lake|Won at the polls. H. Z. Mitchell, ‘the new editor of|. 1 the Sentinel, was Entrodlfi:ed to the|:tion in-cireulation for the office of members of the club and gave a short, snappy talk, which was well he, c¢oming band concert and work .con- nected with putting on this big; en= A program will be is- sued and advertisements sold. It was Iiberal space in this feature of the concert. All proceeds: will go into the band great aid to the Itallans. THORE PETITIONS ARE ' BEING. CIRCULATED " FOR'NEXT ELECTIO . Petitions to place the name of F, B. Lamson in nomination’for the of- fice of -city.clerk are heing circulated and’ freely. signe Mr. “Lamson : is the secretary of the Commercial club. ‘and well known- to-the business men of ‘the city..and he ‘also has & wide acquaintance .throughout the city: For over two years he was a valued member, of- the.-staff. 'of the county auditor’s-office and’is a thoroughly experienced with “financial accounting and - ‘de: tailed-office work. He was sécured byt the business mten.hot cl}jenrfl_«:ljiei h’)l act as secretary of the ymmercial ‘a few mionths agoé and h#;‘l’ifl 1i11" the -office of y r not questioned. # Mr. Lamson is a property owner in Bemidji and a taxpayer. ‘He.is also a man of family and has ‘a'son, a ‘member of the Minnesota naval militia, aboard -the Kansas. " Stein for Re-election, city ‘clerk and incumbent, will®also be a candidate for re-election. -His petitions are being ecirculated’ and signed by his many-friends. H H. E. Palmer for Assessor.. An announcement of interestto- day was that of H. E. Palmer !for city assessor and his friends will work hard for his election. = Mr. Pal- mer, is in the feed -business at ‘the northeast corner’of Minnesota av- enue and Fourth street:and he -is widely known in business circles and to Bemidji people in general. B -~Mr. Palmer announced himself for the assessorship last spring but three candidates, including himself, en- tered the lists.and Mr. Palmer with- drew in favor .of.Archie Ditty, who © Alderman J. %tlmht hcaes his peti- assessor this spring; and his. friends .promise to. put up a warm fight in hig behalf. i “For the past-four years Mr. Lahr | has represented the First ward in the city council and has an:excellent record for faithful and conscientious service. He will not again be. a can- didate to represent the First ward but will make the race for assessor. Mr. Lahr is in the real estate busi- ness. 3 ’ fald BEMIDJI FARMERS WILL MEET SATURDAY The annual meeting of the = Be-, midji- Township Farmers’ club will be held at the Carr Lake school house Saturday, January 12, at which time officers for the ensuing year will be elected.” The-club will be entertain- ed by Mrs. Alfred Moen. Business ! men from Bemidji are extended a cor- dial invitation. E MENOMINEE MAYOR SELLS .. COAL TO PUBLIC AT COST Menominee, Mich., Jan, 9.—More than 1,000 tons of coal have been purchased direct from the mines and delivered to the consumers of Me> nominee at cost by Mayor M. ‘B. Lloyd. - A total of twenty-eight cars of coal have already been received. The coal, is still coming at the rate George Stein, for several years| of three cars a week and will con- tinue to arrive for. an indefinite period. Mayor Lloyd was the organizer of the Michigan-Wisconsin Coal league. KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE - TO ACT ON DRY QUESTION Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 9.—Faced with necessity of making a decision which probably will decide for many vears the state’s course toward pro- hibition, the Kentucky' general as- sombly e¢onvéned in biennial session here: 5 A BEMIDJL. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JARUARY 9. 1018, ORCEMENTS BEING HURRIED T0 (ALY when it was at its helght, ne of the first ‘batches of ~ Women Kil ~ Attendant (By United Press) Jacksonville, “Ill,, Jan. 9.—Two women patients at the state insane asylum hospital here, enticed Helen Branister, nurse, into = their room and smothered her to death. The patients then took the keys from the dead nurse’s body and-made their escape. - The slain nurse was 20 years old. BUTTER :$2.25 in BERLIN. HAM IS $2.11 A POUND Washington, Jan. 9.—Butter is selling in Berlin at $2,25 a pound, sugar at 56 cents a pound, ham and bacon at $2.11 a pound and Ameri- can soap at five bars for $1.12, This information, received by the food administration, comes through reliable sources. The: prices are from four to five times as-high as those now prevail- ing in the United States. . 4 FIREMEN KILLED - WHEN WALL FALLS (By United Press) Chicago, ‘Jan. 9.—Four firemen were killed and four others seriously injured this foremoon by falling walls of a motion picture theater. The firemen battled the flames in deep snow and sub-zero cold. SUFFRAGE SEEMS SURE . ~Washington, Jan. 9.—Passage of the Federal Suffrage amendment on Thursday by the House of Represen- tatives by a. vote of approximately 276 to 216 was indicated by a con- fidential poll taken of the House by two members who have been making a specialty of polls for two years. .They came within a few votes of toxéetelling accurately the prohibition vote. ’ Indications are thet the swing to suffrage has acquired so much mo- mentum that there will be a large number of last minute flops. At a very secret meeting of prominent Democratic members held in the of- fice of a member of the Solid South who ‘has been polled as “anti,” and is accounted ‘in the above calcula- tion, the danger to the Democratic party of the Republican efforts to golidify their members behind the amendment and make a party issue of it was discussed. SHIPS GET AWAY An Atlantic Port, Jan. 9.—A num- ber of ships loaded with supplies for the allies, which have been delayed here for more than two weeks he- cause of lack of coal, have sailed for European ports. ‘One of the steam- ers carried the first mail toleave here in seventeen days. Many vessels are sulll idle at the docks here awaiting fuel. { DR. MURPHY RESIGNS St. Paul, Jan. 9.—Asserting that Dr. H. M. Bracken, executive officer df the State Board of Health, is an- tagonistic to the Minnesota Public Health association, to the extent that the situation became intolera- ble, Dr. 1. J. Murphy, executive sec- retary of the Minnesota Public Health association, has tendered his resignation to President W. L. Beebe that he might offer his services for military work. 7 The association will” not act upon the resignation at omge, but will make an investigation of the chaiges made by Dr. Mutphy: AMERICA’S ~ BEEN CHAMPION: OF HUMANITY 30-YEARS (By United Press) Amsterdam, Jan. 9.—Kalser "Wil- liam las issued a special message ‘to the world in which he states he has been champion for the weal of hu- manity and peaceful co-operation for 30 years. - BOARD OF COMMISSIONEES ASKED TO HELP GUARD A committee of twelve men ap- pearced before the county board of commissioners this afternoon and presented a plan to secure suits for the Beltrami County Home Guard. Sixty new suits have heen ordered and the amount to be raised will be approximately $1,200. The commit-~ tee urged upon the commissioners to appropriate a sum tayard defraying part of this expense. ‘PRI’ CONVENTION IS SET FOR MARCIH § Chicago, Jan. 9.—A call for a spe- cial national conventien of the Pro- hibition party in Chicago Mareh 5 has been issued by Virgil G. Hin- shaw, chairman. . The call contained an appeal to the governors of “Dry” states” and theze-likely to . go “dary” for special ‘legislatures to -ratify the prohibition constitutional amend- ment. Censure of President Wilson in relation to his stand as to the li- quor question marked the appeal to the states. The 1918 convention of the Pro- hibitionists will be two years earlier than is the party’s custom. “Owing to the rapid march of events and to the exigencies of the national ad- ministration, it is considered neces- sary,” said Mr. Hinshaw, ‘“‘to meet in March, when the party will consider a merger with the New National Party and will outline a campaign for the ratification of the prohibi- tion amendment, equal suffrage, pub- other democratic reforms.” . Soldiers of the allies in Kurope, acéording to Mr. Hinshaw, are be- coming degraded Dhecause of liquor, National prohibition in the United States, he said, would save the na- tion almost $17,000,000 annually. MAYOR DECLARES UE IS AMERICAN CITIZEN| Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 9.—Fred- erick C. Miller, attacked as Ger- man subject, who became mayor of this city Monday, asserted today that he is an American citizen, morally and legally. i Quo warranto proceedings begun by S. J. Taylor, defeated Republics candidate, will be heard just as Governor Goodrich names a judge who will accept the appointment. USEFUL XMAS GIFTS BOUGHT, SAYS REPORT Jan. 9.- ‘Washington, -Results of the: governmept paign was shown by the federal re- serve hoard’s monthly reports of business conditions. Although Chr mas buying was about equal to { of other years, there was a marked tendeney to buy useful gifts, the sale of luxuries heing far helow normal. On the other hand, thousands of laborers who are making bigger wa- ges than ever hefore appe 1. to spend freely and many localities at- tributed their maintenance of retail business to these cla Shortage of coal 2 railroads to move traffic spee a great drawback_to busi the scarcity of labor ap increasing. General business condi- tions are reported exccllent, hgw- ever, with war industries very busy and a number of less essential indus- tries showing -signs of falling off. Bank clearings have increased in most localities and money rates are generally firm. Construction was dull, nearly everywhere. TEUTONS T0 EXTEND THE ‘BARRED ZON London, Jin. sion of the submarine announced. in a wire statement sent out by the German governniten?. It becomés operative on January 11. nability of lily was rther exte red zone lic ownership of public utilities and g war economy cani-{ N THE UNIVERSE ____________ ® (By United Press) Washington, Jan.” 9.—Through the United Press, the address of President Wilson to the joint session ol congress yesterday has ‘been far- flung to every corner of the earth, cabled to: every capital of every na- tion, and the aeroplane wijll be used to distribute the address containing America’'s aims’ to- 'the 'German sol- diers on the. battle. fronts. Billboard displays will 'be made throughout Russia that all the peo- ple may see what it is America {8 battling for. President Wilson .is making a nman to man appeal to the Russian people and the Liberals of the Teu- tonic nations,” He is attempting to show the Austrians and Bulgarians that danger to them lies. in German victory. - “Peace.” Shout Crowds. feneva, Jan. 9.—Crowds marched through the streets of Berlin, Leip- zig and Essen shouting ‘‘we must have peace,” when the news of the breaking of the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations became known. A Will Resume Conference. Amsterdam, Jan. 9.—Dispatches from Brest Litovsk, via Berlin, say the Russian and Teuton delegates hel danother preliminary conference Tuesday and decided to resume peace negotigtions this atternoon, View of Washington, Washington, Jan. 9.—If Germany vealimes she has reached the end of her rope, President Wilson's and Premier George’s -utterances. will po o way for-pence. - If Germany does not realize she is at the end of her rope a bitter struggle lies in the fufvre, This is the view of high authorities. Congress thinks the ad- dresses have hastened negotiations. 14 MORE RECRUITS JOIN HOME GUARD Tourteen more recruits joined the Home Guard last evening and inter- eet in the organization is growing The fact that the company is spering 1s a source of gratifica- tion fo the members and the city of Bemidji. Measurcments were also taken last evening for new olive drap wool uniforms, the regulation uniform, .':ntl ?vorcontfl have already been or- aered. The new members of the guard i (‘hester A.” Ascham, F. L. Ben- John 8. Brooks, Frank L. Con- Hubert M. Cords, Frank J. s, Kverett B. Leighton, August ] ¢Clennan, James A. Martin, (teorge Matropoulos, Frank Sardin, (. H. Sletvick, Hugh A. Whitney, James Worlhington, HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDER (By United Press) London, Jan. 9.—The British ad- miralty today .unnounced the torpe- ing of the British hospital ship by'a German submarine. Three g are missing. Imiralty states the hospital ship carried all lights and markings indicating that it was a hospital ip, and that the vessel was not thin the so-called German “barred zone.” of the The MAN COMING TO LOOK . OVER PASTURE FOR SHEEP 1. J. Liitleton of Montana will orrive in DBemidji tonight with -a view to looking.over land:on which to pasturc 1,500 sheep. If he se- cures the land he will pring the cep here in the spring and indi- tions are that others from that state will follow. CONSUNERS MAY YET HAVE VOICE (By United. Press) Washington, Jan. 9.—It is under- stood that the senate probing com- mittee will recommend that consu- mers in the future have some voice in price fixing. A report will be .| submitted showing prices fixed by business interests directly interested without proper repymantafion ofsthe CONSUMErs, o