Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1918, Page 1

T e it d B LENDIDREPORT; - MUCHBEINGDONE lig. Shipment of Work Ready to Go Forward; Auxiliaries Make Fine Showing, __ IMILLIONS OF MEN. S| 70 LOSE MILLIONS [ IN WAGES; RESUL? | OFGARFIELD'SEDIC THREE MORE BRANCHES ARE _ ~ ABOUT READY TO AFFILIATE Pinewood Latest to Come In; Com- . mittee Named for the Junior ol Red Cross, - (Editor's note—At 8 o’clock last worke}s in Minnesota and i t! B g::'infl n:l;e‘ totlxllowll,xl:g spec!lal tfl‘e- northwest -states not dlreot'l; :ngg o the Pioneer from the|the order but affected by the closi | United Press:) east ‘of the Mississippi. v e . At the executive 'meeting of -the Red .Cross held yesterday afternoon, the chairmen of the various commit- |} tees gave reports for the work done|[ duri‘x’xg thed nl:)t::th'abot ’O%:)ber, No- s : 3 : vember_an ember, : @ ‘Teports : 5 The K e were all exceptionally fine, and the R : N (By Unitea. Press) Ovposition in Wisconsin. . . work done during these three months . Washington, Jan. 16.—All indus-| Milwaukee, Jan, 17.—The firat deed a credit to any chapter. tries east of the Mississippl, includ-|S¢mblance of oppositian to Garfleld's - is. the first report that has veen ing Minnesota, except public utili- order was heard today when ‘the 4 ce the new officers ‘and ties “hioknl d president of the Allis-Chalmers plant were elected, ani it will be es, hospitals and-other publi¢ insti-[said he would not close’until the of ‘much’interest to all the _citizens tutions, must close for five days be-|navy department ordered him to. of ¥his éounty to know of the credit- ginning tonight. Fuel Administra- E!‘l‘:yl"&flt is making supplies for the . In this French-official photograph a group of American ambulance Jen:are’ shown enjoying a .concert of banjos and mandelins, to relieve their minas of the many wur sights which’they hiive to endure. ~Theimen: often spend their lelsure moments in song or sports. ‘ % < orkt md n{:;mone'. : 5|M0NS TENCED cnnsumers RITCHIF ls C“OSEN o gartain suat o oekir’ R k. | e & LT it Savs O-der Unhegéamary, No distinction is made between |the Garfield orflpr WAS unnecessary. ._lnduatries manufacturing -war muni- 1Ay } 8:and- other industries. Asticles Garfield Tenores Protests. RESISTING - DRAFY S g g , Stzdfll(lf;}a?:lfid—;lrie:l)n Simo:;s sentenced to eight years .in Fort Leavenworth federal penitentiary a »| month ago. Charges -ag stated. %INSURA‘NCE COMPARY .The Bemidji Mutual Fire Insur-| ¥ Newspapers are restricted to one| ' Washington, & “A7:4=Violent edition on Monday but-are ‘not:re- protests against the Garfield 1" Ormac™ ; N ; f | ance company. has elected officers for ; ) : < 4 perfod. i " | proceeded to put the order into op- L P Vice president—August Jarchow:" k . o T Theaters and office buildings wili|eration.. It is going into .effect at. Convalesoent robes—24. -0~ 7% 68 ~ : < Splint pillows—Three" ' to. .. four ozen. i . Sewing Circles Work. Seven sewing circles are working Secretary—J. C. MéGhee. “Treasurer—D. A. Whiting. |be forced to close Mondays, but, dur- midnight tonight. It is plajnly evident the country The.above' telegram, received by i 7' >—Ever ‘E Schulk daJ § ~Every meat|E. E. Schulke and J. E. Swenson. administrators are permitted to sus-|It 18 unprecedented and the tele- | e | ] here, and three or four more are:be- | the. Pioneer from the United Press|. - fited P " 4 : m%lfm‘med.' i 27+ |this morning, confirms a vague ru- iost Pat(lllr;,yJE:u e vk Directors chosen are:.Nels Willett,|ing the five days period state fuel|des not believe the step necessary. mtéktduck “l)ns con;xt" buted: _ | mor the past several days in Bemidji| consumer pays a half ‘cent per pound The constitution:.was amended to stmas boxes—20. | that Hiram Simons of Bemidji had|toll on every psund of meat con-|inclyde the towns of O'Brien, Nebish| pend this order in special cases where grams demanded that the order be Garments, November—39. i | been sentenced to Fort Leavenworth |sumed. . » and Alaska; 5 extreme necessity or where heavy|Fevoked: d Garfield explained that the._order +Garments, December—30.. for eight years by the government.| ‘The féderal trade commission 1 ST . | on in A committee went to the farm of Hines contributed part of: the The charges, as understood, were| probing the: packing situation, today whose ‘farm house, 'l‘heli('r work l:s turned into the Black-|.that when drafted he refused to don|.continued its”investigation of ‘meat duck branch. (tl]:e uniform of a United States sol-|being wrapped when butchers get it|destroyed last ki ‘and .investi : Working World Rocks. Spooner-Baudette. -~ . -|dier and refised.to salute officers.|from the packers. The butchers, and | ted the fire whil a8 caused by the| "Washington, Jan, 17.—The work- Christmas boxes—30. Asked as to the authenticity .of the|eventually .the consumers, pay for|explosion of a lamp.: The recommen-|ing world rocks under the drastic - Garments, November—26. l'%lmrtfl the United Press replied a|the paper charged for at meat prices.|dation was' that tne full sum for|, o, .4 /. Garments, -December—56. . .. | above. Fisheries have. boosted the price|which the housé.-wad/insured be pald, wek, prdgt, . Kelliher has made a shipment, and| Simons had been employed. as a|of fish, taking advantage of the ad-| amounting to $850, and an order was| Over 75,000,000 workers in thou- Tenstrike -and Red Lake are doing|newspaper reporter for the past few |.vertising and patriotic consumption |issued in settlement. sands of palnts are affected. knitting. Williams has been doing|years. Aside from having worked |of fish to conserve the meat supply.| The company is one of the 184 in| Millions of dollars in wages are af- surgical dressing work. . in ‘Bemidji he had been employed by i y Minnesota and is“said to be prosper- A shipment was made -November | Minneapolis papers and was in Chi- = ous and growing. g fected throughout the nation. s : -, T}L!rty million tons of coal can and must be saved. ST ‘cqnunl!nin‘% mtx: saved" g&x;mnts. f:go i:s a (réport:r for the Chicago 2 istributing Cammi merican (Hearst). ¥ 9 = g 7 ALL STATE RAIL LAWS . ? 7 Industri t i1 WICKERSHAM IS WILL REMAIN THE SAME| | TCC000 P order. 2 Distributing committee—' Mrs. A. A S i 4 B E: S””]”[i Il “ lflll "h“ xtra precautions must be.taken losses might ensue. affects only Minnesota and ' states | east of the Mississippi out that the e state fuel @administrators may en- 1 1 force it where deemed necessary. Will Summon Garfield. Lhal ‘Washington, Jan. #7.—The Sen- 21 ate sub-committee, investigating f coal conditions, today decided to | summon Garfield to appear before the ] committee and éxplain his drastiec { order. oK il Senators Gallagher and Hit¢chcock g introduced resolutions in the Senate ——— today, calling upon Garfleld to sus, . i pend the order for the five A days, k pending a ‘hearing of protests. § Congress is amazed at the order. é Senator Pomerene, author of the . G. Wedge, chairman: Made garments on the shelves— 383. " Washington,: Jan. 17.—All state : Purchasing. committee, Mrs.. T. J. éaotnn:xlss‘;::; le:c:&ee‘;.rfib};:l:g Pt?ptllf: master lecturer, who will be remem- TURKEST AN BRE AKS Garments still out—75. ¢ railway rate -laws ‘and regulations|’ B " Surgical Dressings . CZAR "AS ESCAPED CoMING JAN. 25 wilk remain in full effect under gov:| ' prevent outhursts. caused by on bil] creating the fuel administration, 4 Surgical dressings, Mrs. C. R. San- = - 3 | ernment operation, Director General| forced idleness, says the order does more harm tham i born, chairman. * SR b (By United Press) The next number of the Lyceum |McAdoo told a delégation represent-| -Violents blasts of protests are be- good. " 4 A shipment was made Dec. 8, con-| Petrograd, Jan. 17..—Reports, un- | course, under_the auspices of the|ing the National Assoclation of Rall-|ng recetved. . b S " taining 1,559 surgical dressings. confirmed but widely current, - are| Woman’s Study -club, will be held| Way and Utilities, commissioners. Senate and house circles say Gar- Powder Plants to Close. . ] Purchasing Committee. that the former Russian czar and|at the Methodist. Ch“‘gldi, "‘;‘“- 25-th"‘ | field* has exceeded his authority and| Wiltington, Del., Jan. 17.—Offl- | 8 olclock. L. B. Wickersham, the clals of the DuPont Powder company < | d v.;l‘:;:nd & Tavosation of the drastic here announced today that their g plants would close throughout the - . There is little - indication the|country for five days, unless other-. president will revoke the mandate.|wise ordered. g Oftices and stores, during . the ¥ Monday holiday, will be allowed to keep firés only sufficlent to ‘prevent freezing and attendant iosses and not use the coal on hand. g Burke, chairman. X remotest parts of Siberia to ascer-|bered by his many Bemidji friends, having been on the Lyceum platform Mrs. - Burke gave a report accofint- i L g i o OFF: ITS SKACKLES ing for the expenditure of $1,162.48, —_— tain the truth of the report. 5000 JEWS STRANDED arials, Ndev; Y;)r]:(, Ju:n. 17.—F|"ll|v£e thou- ‘s 2 san ewish emigrants, chiefly wo- : -cumng“msz?;mfitf:' w. L|men iam: ul:‘fldre;x, on their way trom| g 3 'y d . 1 Russia to America, are str: d be- . Brooks, clha:'lman. e tween Harbin, Mnnch;‘:‘ia. ::d%‘,::_ \ ERICKSON HOTEL BOUGHT BY .| Speeding up after the period t bs fl:x:o ggnfm': n.:('m:"ocef: hama, Japan, and are in an appal- DUNCAN M’DOUGAL OF BEMIDJI| ;51005 must be guarded against. %‘} g g °b° m! D b & ling -condition through sickness and The Erickson _ hotel has beoit] er, November and December: want, according to a cablegram: re- e 9 o : bought by Duncan McDougal of Be-| New York Hfidgs.e 896 which was the refund received from- .~ the war fund last June, ‘A contin- gent fund of $500 was given Mrs. te today for use in purchasing FARMERS STATE BANK REELECTS ITS OFFICERS The Farmers State bank''in the Fifth ward held its annugl meeting yesterday and increased the director- (By United Press) Stockholm, ..Jan. '17.—Turkestan has declared its independence. . : Bed shirts—257. ceived throu, T % v gh the state department , New York, Jan. rgl;;gg’“s ;‘;"“—94- b}; thet H‘:})‘;ew Slheltertlng agd Imi g gflglj.t‘::td"}l: hfl:},‘;’#fi,‘;ux‘,’;‘“}‘,‘?' 000_03'0 will be lost to workers in|ate ll:;)'m ateven u; n:n; l;\em'l;‘era‘.) T»h; H o TR migran socisty, from Samuel | - - S i rk state. It|new directors selected for.the boar Mr.” McDougal is an experienced [ unpaid wages in New Yo ate. are August Burr of the town of /3 b 34. g?llrvsa]l:’gcgeflltg:i;&i.— Mason, who went;to the.Far Rast to hotel man and will ‘greatly improve|amounts to conditions approaching Pairs bed shoes—46. investigate their conditlon. the piice. E. J. Willits conducted stsrvatlgn for thef polvl«lartyustrl;;ksn “Total, 561. 4 the transaction. i East Side, where families live from 7 Enitti i MONEY swmmms BY CAPT. S Another property read of interest hand to mouth. Knitting commi%’ee, ifpee. Conger, LER .18 RECOVERED was that whereby Rev. M. A. Soper| George Wickersham, former Unit- 0 traded a farm of 80 acres south of ed States district attorney, says the : “chairman: Camp Funston, Kun., Jan. 17.— Skeins of yarn purchased—1,780.| The ml.),ney taken f:,,n{ the army Solway for property in the . Fifth|order will work infinite harm. Garments shipped—657. bank at Camp Funston by Capt. | ward. _Mr. Willits_also was instru- mntal fo negotiating. the deal. Another .shipment will be made| Lewis Whisler, said to have been uary 21. more than $62,000, was found hid- - U. S. MARSHAL JESTER RESIGNS POSITION Membership Roster. den in the walls of Whisler’s quar- Membership for these three| ters in the barracks here. A. H. Jester, former deputy United States marshal, has accepted a posi- SIX KILLED WHEN . Frohn and Quincy Brooks of- Be- midji. PN The old members of the director- ate are H. R. Gillette, Edward Paul- son, K. LeRoy Elwell, 0. J. Tagley, E. S. Ingersoll, L. T. Bjella, and Knute An}(hus‘ - A & . hie i rs were all re-elected as Tllinois Feels Blow. e dpces ¥ vt Chicago, Jan. 17.—Fully 1,600,-| pregident—H. R. Gillette. 000 men and women in Illinois Will| ——yjce president—Edward Paulson. be. affected by Garfield’s order and Cashier—K. LeRoy Elwell.’ $4,600,000 daily lost in unpald| gar] A, Luke was engaged a3 book- . wages. keeper. The bank is only a few months old, Packers Close Departments. yet has-had a successful career. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Packers at the| Those in charge say the bank is Union Stock Yards haye closed all making good progress and that the departments not producing perish= showing made is very satisfactory. able foods, These include soap and ¢ 99. . <A petition was granted Pinewood to form a branch of the Beltrami chapter. Williams, Graceton and Pennington have nearly completed L. B. WICKERSHAM SHIP FOREMAST FALLS the necessary arrangements and will (By United Press) | been secured for this night's enter. -| company of Duluth, succeeding Luke| fertilizers. Other departments will o . S0 Do Dlanches Washington, Jan. 17.—Six were|iainment. : C. Dempsey in th'l! territory, Mr.|not be closed unless specifically or- CERS dered to do so. - ” (38 GERMAN OFF ‘A chapter school committee to] kjjled and three injured when the have charge of the Junior Red Cross killed £ nJ -was appointed, with Ethelyn Hall, . chairman; Miss Budleman and W. B. Stewart. 3 ___ Financial Report. z “Report of finance committee, Mrs. G. M. Torrance, chairman: Cleared from Red Cross dance, Dempsey having gone to Great Falls, his most popular lectures, one filled | Mont., where he will make his head- with humor and yet alive with help- | quarters. . ful suggestions, mamely: “Chickens Frank L. Bradley of Duluth will Come Home to Roost.” succeed Mr. Jester as United States Too much can not be -;llld regard- | marshal, ll;l!} tog:th;l{s v;mz .hlls wl;:e ' wver by hostess, chain par-| ing Mr. Wickersham’s ability as a|and son will make ome in - t‘fls;g.;& d 5 lecturer and the study club feels|midji. He is at present attending Than! 142.16. mmittee is trying ‘to per-| very fortunate in having secured Mr. |federal court in Duluth. Mr. Brad- Minnesota Also Hit. Daily Express today says 38 officers Clemflnt;‘on?v:(::hlfists’ dance, teclt‘h: p‘l’:n ?or securin;y plegdges tll’ur- WiZkeraham's services for the 25th |ley has been in the service for eight|- St. Paul, Jan. 17.—It is estimated | were killed in a mutiny in the Ger- New Year’'s eve—3118.30. ing the period of the war. of January. months. that Garfield’s order affects 200,000 | man naval forces at Kiel, The committée has chosen one of foremast of the battleship Michigan toppled over during a heavy gale at sea on January 15, it'was announced today. * vis P ARE REPORTED SLAIN (By United Press) London, Jan. 17.—The London New' or{’l%'l%o was a general decline in all industrial stocks today following Fuel Admin- istrator Garfleld’s order. * 7