Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 2, 1918, Page 1

AN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YE MAILED GERMAN FIST T0 SUBDUE STRIKES; MARTIAL 'LAWIN FACTORIES Thousands of Workmen Are Feeling "IN WASHINGTON; STORY OF 15 wokonep sv emuvce CHARGE [NEXCESS > | OF AUTHORIZED | | FRANCHISE” SAYS | - JUDGE'S -DECISION Franchise Granted Eleotric Company YEAR | ‘From:an employe of .a Bemidji ree- | ies “And again came ad- taurant to expert stemographer in |V 1&3\?‘;& the :ma:{less the bureau of 'war riske, - United Ay T UL 0T, States-war department, Washing: W) josition she has just resigned. .ton, :D. .C., salary $1,000 .per. year, relying solely upon her' own initi- ative and efforts, Miss Violet Voltz FROM CRODKSTON | Patrol of Fourtl Infantry is Making| _ . “Hit; Hearty Compliments On Constitutes Contraot and Can’t | of Bemidii leaves this evening to as- i : ) 2 “Be Cfioh.flaéed " isume her new dutfes in the nation’s M.\lltary Power of Thieals:-to i 4 capital. - And. the story-of the “get Use Bullets. . Their Behavior. [there” of this attractive young miss is one of unusual interest. G Her home with ‘a widowed mdthe: in: Nymore, Miss Voltz commence: 'her. business career in ' the ' Dalry Luneh., This was the brief span of a few years ago. From 7 o’cleck in the morning until 7 o’clock at night|" SR 3 she labored, making the trip by y Everything quiet, was the gist of 4 SR walking to and from h - reports received today from the : § tavlgr h’;"g:"g i‘é"“’“ his decigion in Nymores But while mh::“ : I;mfiiln ; * (By United Press) lumber camps of the Crookston com- ¢ of: the city. of Bemidil ‘vs. .the f it Amsterdam, Feb. —2.~—German; v : 5 : Minnesota Blectric Light and Power|daily grind of the reataurant her i pany in the vieinity of Kelliher. and Siibany rhict & h by military machine is in complete con- other points. Bemidji was the same, ) $1 1?)&151'- 11 s%‘:g nto charge| thoughts were elsewhere. She sought trol of Berlin and all ammunition not the slightest sign of anything i al mm:fi y. bills of .every|the Bemidji Business college and factories are under martial law, unusual in the regular routine of ) oou r, even ‘those who are un-|made arrangements to attend night Thousands of workers are feeling DUialn G aild elvic lite! able -to.pay only what' their meter |school in .the course of typewriting, the weight of . military power de- 3 g - : registers, Judge Stanton holds that|which added hours to the daily toil . signed to crush_the. strike through WASHINGTON SEES ' FIRM GRIP PREVENTING REVOLT WARM PHAISE FROM CAMPS |cour EAS No mIGET TO Contract is : Binding Upon Both Parties and Must Be Given ' . Full Force and Effect. Military Will Dominate Minds of Workers and No Hope is Seen By Officials Here. * “Co-operation of Guard I.ud Regulars Most Cordial; Boys Heartily = Welcome, ¢ Reports from the camps. of ‘the Crookston.company say that the men : : : :)l;gdutgos:chfie 'fti‘: :olflpcgzk%‘;”x -fot this ambitious young:lady. . hunger and threats to shoot down work yesterday and quietly left theji . * 7 : 5 camps, going on “strike.”” = Several ‘,c‘“m‘:‘? “t"’ns‘ hfl'D‘“ m"l::“m‘_‘l' P‘;;III;I‘E ;?RANQ!%IB?." ~ || taurant and accept a position with . izing to protect against arresting of _others quit the camps:the day. before| 282 autocracy. Doctor of e is decision, Judge Stanton thus| the Battles hardware in the business| ~While engaged with Shavitch | Herr Dittman, Independent Socialist and yesterday, apprehensive there New York, shown in this photograph, c:n {“!3' matter in reaching hisioffice. Increased salary induced her| Bros, she took. the civil service ex-|and member of the Reichstag. might be some trouble and not. de- ihas just been decorated by the Fiench °,‘;‘;§° AT % i|to again take advantage of “oppor- amination for a position with the| Meanwhile, a semi-official Berlin ¢ : complaint sufficiently tunity and again she sought the|government and she is leaving to oc- dispatch says strikes have. been re- o~ Washi '8 View. ot Washingtolllll,nztg‘gb'. 2.—Officials here think the shortage of funds and the firm Teuton government hand on food supplies will block the gen- eral effective strike in Germany. Military will dominate the public mind and there is no hope now for a German revolution. Another Ruas Order. London, 'Feb. l%u—-—A Times dis- ' patch from Petrograd says the Bol- gheyiki has forbidden foreign. dip- lomats -and consuls “to ~withdraw money from Russian banks. 3 | DRAFT EXAMINATIONS 1{ | | ‘glad to have the visitors with them. Certainly High Compliment. For ‘the members of the detach- ment which was sent to Bemidji un-| der the command of Lieutenant De- g o] | ’ [ ] . Pew, just about the best commenda- ¥ ;: tion they ever received was that| - ossible ‘disturbance. in.treating French wounded, it Jo 3 . $.0e ¥ : 4 R : of thé terms of the franchise . |accomplishment added -to her abilit-| Uncle Sam is the answer to the test. |timating that the crisis has passed. nesota -infantry and instead of be- proposed minimum rge of Leader Haase that he could not se- $1.10 pef month amount to a 3 'N Bowthfi '")URNEY prayed-for “injunction. Soldiers Make Hit. - (Ordinance’ No.” 42) to state . a Chancellor Hertling admitted his . ing looked upon with suspicion the n [ ] ug al s cure Dittman's release after the charge in .excess of- that .auth- . | Minneapolis, Feb. 2.—One hun- agg {:‘5}: go&lfi:me'ol dos dred and seven'ty-flve teams were en- fendant that the minimum tered in the tenth International ~-The camps of the Crookston com-|: cause of action. The question inability to interfere with the mili- I e RO Tl Sathome. Ta : ; military had selzed him. orized . by -the -franchise? : An 9. affirmative answer to this in- 5 Make Reply, | Efira s | Wmaisstowam g Sgg Sun charge is only a ‘readiness to ‘| Bowling ‘association tournament, giring to be near the scepe of any !government for the zeal he has shown | . 0l A ! 4 avers the“threatened violation . | business college; shorthand being the|cupy -an. important position ~with [duced to scattering disturbances, in- - pany near Kelliher are being looked - thus -presented on:the order to X ! “after by a squad of the Fourth Min- 48 “flurs To - show cause is plainly: Does the l75 TEAMS ENTERE” tary when o .informed. Soctalist fact the fellows in the camps are s and entitles plaintiff ' 'to the ¥ (By United Press) which opened here today. Of these, from ‘W(l}:.lia stBetts, gup:rlnéa!lxg:nt of the -ookston - camps in Ke er serve’ charge for electricit; - 3 3 > y fur- . | 2 rioialiyce Wusa be s hodfieal o (g o T | nished: and it 1s urged that the |0, ntties came from outside the| AT o o fl?flm’ werlm&l) o h :sl ¥, United Lroes) franchise does: not :prohibit). a.it éne of the stellars at the openin ntontoday, & Dy el ool gamps b “was s liitle Apprefien ive.| London, Feb. 2.—Tiie Daily Mail |- s«lalmce charge. ~ True, the fran-, |iodoy was, the Birk Bros fln" th h‘g{mgfi ‘}ffl»o“;‘ 4 e fl"glo‘fi" alyzed before'the arrival of the men B e P ov iio | “prominly Ll AP foTms:” |oago, A. BI"C. champlons, who came B o unfolded und with a lazy b‘i“ ’: ‘“d“l}: "eg]‘lme much fllmte tgr Spanish steamer Giralda, requested| by plain implication and -legal ' a',l:gmtg': to :grx?:u?the?n:ml:a::e stretch. and a yawn, Mr. G. Hog :ix:htuh;:z o ::;B:gcn‘}fexaetgr elan answer within 48 hours. egects it does prohibit such a teamsy Thice qumtétsscame bt :;‘;’:rl:flh:::‘;lg from his lethergy of “The best bunch of fellows I ever|: siggggérbe::;s%tih‘gr‘fi}-s i §{°; ;| Winnipeg. * Faribault sent two. Al=|" “Wonder how the weather is out- . gaw,” 18 “Bill's” verdict. “Bvery BERLIN WAR PLANTS o| charze tnat 12 cents pef"im:_ : 89;1 kisx:ea, Lhmgr tnlillsl' plxewmmm, side,” he mused. “Guess Il take & 5 rookston an onville, 1n nne-| 1ook,” and slowly he crawled from (By United Press) ARE ORDERED HALTED Sheriff Andrew Johnson this morn- ing received word from the draft authorities not tofiproceed to Bau- e dette tomorrow tofonduct examina- tions. Nor will-he'go on Monday. The order also stated that all ex- aminations ‘by the board be ceased until further notice. Further than the notice no de- returned to work. NORWEGIANS OUT - FOR “BONE DRY” STATE (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 2.—Nor- wegian prohibition forces, which are to attempt to swing the Norwegian making any charge for any pur- vote to a ‘“bome dry” prohibition pose IN ADDITION to the maxi- measure_for Minnesota, today de- mum charge as set forth in the clmreld th:m&elves rea‘dy for the franchise. opening of e campaign at Bethle- s, . hem Norwegian Lutheran church to- r ..Thctnn t Switch Deal, morrow. A serfes of -five-minute mall at 8 minimum charge to A £ ye:r.sw are planned for later this| [ u0 " juet and reasonable and should be approved, in the ab- sence- of a contract which for- bids it, is almost - universally held by the courts and the pub- lic utility commissions ‘of the * country. But the contract in this case, as made by the fran- chise, binds the parties and must be given full force and effect. Can’t Burden “Little Users.” “As said in Louisville Gas. Co. vs. Dulaney, 36 L. R. A, (Ky.), 125: ‘Presumably the company was aware, when it obtained its charter and established its mon- opoly, that there would be small consumers as well as large ones, and there would be less profit in furnishing the one class than MOOSE LADIES DANGE MOOSE HAL! IN TONIGHT earty nergtion. ! Anot.h%r teb.tugg of the coming of the Fourth mempers is the hearty co-operation . between the Home Guard and the visitors, Most of the guard are prominent citizens and business men of the city and the re- lations are most cordial, in fact the Home Guard relieving the Fourth squad of guard duty at the temporary barracks of the de- tachment. one is a_ thorough gentleman and watt for electricity c city consumed. 1go5 ‘each had a teem. Mason City,|nis lair into the open. He took a chaps.” Y Amsterdam, Feb, 2.—Seven muni- Bound. by Contract. prizes will be offered for the first|weather 18 coming and spring will the detachment and. that’s why Be- cannot be regarded as in any per kilowatt and that such pro- 1 L the gist of a message recelved from in the Moose hall instead, as the ' B. A C. FIVE DEFEATED The Cass Lake Juniors defeated the B. A. C. basketball five this fore- noon by ‘a score of 38 fo 12. BemidjiClinches Another On Pennant;DefeatsCrosbyFive point getters for. Bemidji and C. Petroborg and Anderson were the Crosby stars. ‘With the defeat of Crosby the Be- midji five is now a serious contend- ing on the standings of the teams ed for the district title and a place participating. at the Carleton, tournament and As'a curtain raiser, the Cass Lake| will play one of the down-state teams and Bagley. fives playifll their de- s(}me time next mgl:“h for the honor di game, each ,having won a|of represemting e Sixth district e gq;:;gon its home floor. The game|at Northfield in March. the other; but it did not, on that was won by Bagley, 20-19. Paul-| Tonight the Bemidji five will jour- account, reject the charter, or son, Martine and Brugge starred for|ney to Blackduck and a large num- obtain the right to add to the Bagley, while Cartey and McGinnis|ber of rooters are expected to ac- gflil"?,.of the small consumer’s basked in- the limelight for Cass|company the team. The score and lineup: i SOt Basketball fans of Bemidji were given their fill of the indoor game last evening at the Armory when - two thrilling contests were staged which will have an important bear- Simmonds 8. Taking into consideration the population of Duluth compared with Bemidji and the large corps in the knows his business. . There isn’t one The franchise constit % of 'em who isn’t a good scout. I tract between ?fi; utfesf;,:::t Des- Moines, Fort Dodge and Sioux|casual survey of his surroundings, was afraid the men sent here would company and its patrons amd | City represented lows. Teams Were|raiged his eyes to the heavens, swept be a .bunch of swaggering fellows the-court has no right to read = | 2150 Present from 8t. Louls, Milwau-| his gaze in all directions and—fail- who would make the men ‘sore,’ but into it conditions not clearly | %°9,And Kansas City. ed to note a ray of the sun. these: boys ~are certainly- dandy dritended, = The first. shift i8 scheduled for| «well, I don't see my shadow,” Wl i ] tonight. Departing from custom,|he cogitated. “That means warm oo~ to Bemidji. g : . And o e aormant “sent to|tions factories in Berlin have been Defendant ~ also asserts -|night rolling. be here early . Guess I'll stay out Bemidji it can be said that practic- glace% underdma‘rititul law. Strikers t(}?:tott';:g ngglilxln “its r:ply b'rilm for the rest of the winter and be ‘ally every one has had military ex-|have been ordered to return to work m charge “is a ready for spring.” perience, been inactual service, and | Monday under threat of military charge IN ADDITION to- the M AJOR YOST COMING 'And he proceeded to Eet busy pre- " * most of them have beer in business|punishment. In Dantzig and Dussel- charge . made for electricity” : paring ‘breakfast. life. There is'no:“rough stuff” in|daeff the majority of strikers have and argues that therefore it WEDNESDAY EVEN Nfi :;:Is;or explanations were made at 8 time. midji has & warm welcome for them Xr?;u:g:m?g) fl:;i (l:OStfto lt,he _— and is endeavoring to make them » of electricity furnish- ! 4 2 feel “at home,” even under the un- ed. It seems to me that the de- Major J. D. Yost will arrive in ; f HUGE STR'KE LoOMS expected and unusual circumstances. fendant is bound by -the terms | Bemidji Wednesday evening over the The soldiers’ benefit dance, which ; (t]:d tilze fx;ancltn:e to tull-lnlsh elec- | M. & I railroad and return to Min-| Vo8 t‘}’mh“e l}"“" bg“’a'l‘ “‘;V"‘e Cl?" A M 0N fi R ADIC ALS city at not to exceed 12 cents thal 8 evening by the Women neapolis the same night. ~This is Mooseheart Legion, will be given vision must necessarily mean the major by E. H. Denu, chairman ’ e that all the "instramontalicies | of the Jocal recrufting committes, | Home Guards ocoupy the clty hall. (By United Press) and things required to furnish - Arrangements are being made by Amsterdam, Feb. 2.—The organi- the electricity must be provided | the recruiting committee and Cor- zation of the radical Socialists here . by the defendant company, thus | pora] Clarence Foucault to entertain 50 ENLISTMEN’I‘S IN has decided to call an indefinite gen- precluding the company from |Major Yost while here. bAn inform- ! eral strike Monday. Hard lving al reception will probably be held conditions due to the war is the prin- during the evening at whicih the BEMIDJI LAST MONT“' cipal cause. major will speak. He willl also ge ) given an-opportunity to inspect the STRIKES AT RETAILERS | local Home Guards, which body will SPLEND") S"OWING escort him from his car to the hotel. (By United Press) Details will be given as soon as com- : Washington, Feb. 2.—Following pleted. Fifty, was the number of enlist-|labor bureau statistics issued this af- ments at the Bemidji recruiting of-|ternoon showing food costs 40 to 76 HORSES TAKE SPRINT AND fice during the month of January,|per cent higher than llJatorle the “fill.i g FRO. Corporal Clarence Foucault receiv- | the government i{s planning a CAVE NANGLE'S STORE NT ing the official report from the Du-|striking directly at the high retail A pair of horses hitched to a wood luth district this morning. prices. The new food bill is design- rack just about caved the front of| The showing of the local office is)ed for farmers’ relief. The farmers et Nangle’s store this morning, about|indeed flattering, for again Bemidji | have complained that their wheat 7:30 o’clock, the plate fronts being| ‘“cleaned” Duluth in comparison to|price was regulated, although what smashed to splinters. Duluth’s size and number of men|he had to buy was not. Violent op- The team is owned by George Tul-| engaged In the work of securing en- position is apparent. - ler and was driven by an employe llstments.’ Ir; Belmldjl, ff(}orpor;;.l who is said to have leff the horses|Fouceult is alone in the office. 1In standing without being hitched. Thej Duluth there are about 11 altogether, “JO“N L " ANSWERS animals, feeling in l1.Iltle fettle, just|four at least maklnlgwit Zh?(llr rt)ual- . naturally took a sprint mot calcu-|ness to secure recrults. side from i lated. Sergeant Oscar Jackson, in charge THE COUN[ OF “TEN” . of the Duluth office, there are three others, Anderson Marchiol and Sim- monds. # (By United Press) REv- Cc w- Foss RESIGNS During the month just closed, Du- Abingdon, Mass., Feb. 2.—John L. luth enlisted 67 reguiars and 12 Na-|Sullivan, former heavyweight boxing BEMIDJI PASToRATE tions, a total of 79. Of this number,|champion of the world, dropped dead 41 enlisted at the office, while An-|on his farm heré this morning. 3 derson eecured 15, Marchiol 16 and “Rev. C. N. Foss, who has been’ NEXT MONDAY MAY BE pastor of the Congregational church i LAST “FUELLESS” DAY of the Fifth ward for some time, com- (By United Press) Lake. Both teams were accompa- nied by a large number of rooters| BEMIDJI CROSBY v ing here from Dwight, N. D, has while the Bemidji spectators were|Tennstrom ....LF..... Petraborg THINK T resigned and left last evening for|recruiting office in Duluth compared| Washington, Feb. 2.—Next Mon- about evenly divided in their root-|Achenbach .... <e.... Warner S URKEY “AS Lake Park, Minn., where he has ac-| With the ome recruiting officer in|day may be the last fuelless day. 3 epted & call. Mrs, Foss and son,|Bemidji, the showing of Bemldji i8|The successful prlilorlty Otll’der" v&'lilfl assurances that the weathel Phibbs ... .. Alger mg‘f-he big game of the evening was|Opsahl .. LG i C;l:'l:ol: SEPARA'I’E ’I‘REATY c Norman, are visiting in the Hast at| certainly commendable. the present time and will join Rev. Foss upon their return. No pastor has been selected as yet to fill the vacancy in the Congregational church here. NO HOPE FOR RELIEF (By United Press) Cincinnati, Feb. 2.—There i8 no hope from flood relief. The weather is uncertain, moderate may make other orders un- necessary. TANKER IN DANGER (By United Press) An Atlantic Port, Feb. 2.—The steamer Alabama, a tanker owned by the Texas Oil company, i in im- minent danger of breaking down on a dangerous ledge. “S. 0. 8.” calls were sent out. . that of the Bemidji and Crosby-Iron- Knapp . s T ton quints and was won by_the lo- Substitutions—Crosby: Alger re- cals, 31 to 20, which was hard fought moved in second half, replaced by throughout. ~The first half ended|Petraborg and Anderson went in at (By United Press) 14 to 8 with Bemidji in the lead. In|left forward. London, Feb. 2.-—George Roberts, i the second half, Bemidji drew away Summary: Field goals, Bemidji—|laborite leader, says he thinks Tur- i om the visitors by exhibiting some | Tennstrom 3, Achenbach 5, Phibbs|key has a separate treaty with Ger- of the most clever basketball seen|6, Opsahl 1; Crosby—C. Petraborg 4,| many, promising Turkey a free hand on the local floor. Crosby spurted| Carhart 1, Anderson -3, Foufs|with the Armenians and Arabs after thrown—Phibbs 1, Warner 3, Pet-{the war if the Teutons win. Also a raborg 1. ; Referee, Dr. J. W. Died-|guarantee that Turkey will be a free rich, Bemfdji. state after the war. CANADA ORDERS ALL PRIVATE LABOR AGENCIES TO CEASE (By United Press) Winnipeg, Feb. 2.—The govern- ment has ordered all private labor agencies to close. Men exempted from the draft, employed essentially and eoldiers in training will work on farms during the summer under compulsory orders. in the last few minutes of play and connected for four baskets. Achen- bach and Fred Phibbs were the big et o] | | 4 | [ . \ | —