Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1918, Page 1

+7An: Early Hour. * Skull Fractored and Bones Broken| Throughout Body; Corfse is |- Teken to Thertson’s. ‘Struck by a passenger engine on the ‘Great Nerthern, -railroad, near| - at 18 -known ‘as ‘the. Ycut’’.. ¥:: ~ west of Bemidji, William Church: hurled: fully sixty feet and:fearfully The accident occurred .ind ‘went. back ‘to ascertain the fate # ot the unfortunate victim who was .= directly in the path of the track and he glare of the pow-|- or the’ shriek of the S S S i ; sounded: the death ‘At Copenhagen, Denmark, the bullding -of concrete vessels has: been: proved practical and ships ‘of 800 feet in length are being constructed there.” The {llustration ehows the launching of one of these re-enforced concrete vessels. Inset 18 & photograph, showing how.they are launched upside down. » L0 ot U-Boat Victim oy Badl Broken Up: Church fw,v.badly ,baPtered. but ., -he was mnot- cut, : b ne,agr% Jhim with | [ i ; fear lfiefi ng- his skull, breaking’ 5 left arm near the shoul- : an rB Sy der, ‘fracturing ‘his left -hip, break- egs “below the knees and hing his | . registrati np“u’gllmg ffetter ad- to Puposky and other-papers| & the information that Beltrami coun- ty was to furnish 186 menp for the next call. The men are to be ready to entrain for camp training between February 23 and 28. ¥ a time was in the service of the Brit- stored tao her owners for ~regular service. . She was 567 feet long with a 66- foot beam and was equipped to carry 2;500 pagsengers in cabin end steer- age accommodations. Ths ship had twin screws and a speed of about 18 knots. On four occ:slonsj aince the war began she was the object of tor- for Bemidji will be discontinued Feb-| on the part of Jonn Nelson of La-|pedo ntgt‘ack but managed to escape ruary 9. The last sleeper leaves St.| porte, which came to light when he|through her speed assisted by de- HOLD Paul the evening of the ninth ‘and| was asking if he couldn’t get into|femse guns. EVENING | Bemidji the night of the tenth. tht:l s;r}vllce l:;lld fight for Uncle Sam,| For eome time the Tuscania has A . 2 and John will be accommodated. been under charter to the Cunard ~The 0dd Fellows will hold a reg-| MILWAUKEE LOVALTY FETE Nelson 18 27 years old and was in|Line and she is the fifth big vessel " ular meeting ‘tonight. Plans for|- - DEFERRED: SPEAKERS SICK| Valley City, N. D., when registra-|of the Cunard company lost since the special degree work will -be carried 3 tion day happened. He was in quar-| war began. s out and the officers urge all mem- (By United Press) antine with three others who had| Although prior-to Jan: 1 of the bers to attend. . Milwaukee, Feb. 8.—With Colonel| gcarlet fever and hence was unable|present year there were more than = An invitation is also extended to Roosevelt and Senator Lewis of Illi-| to register. After the quarantine| 200,000 American troops in France, visiting Odd Fellows and Indications| nois unable to speak the Loyalty|wags lifted he hadn’t registered and}according to the statement made by point to ofie of the biggest meetings| Legion mass meeting has been post-| wag unaware of the predicament he|Secretary of War Baker, the Tusca- of the year. poned until next week. - was in until he came to Bemldjl. |nia was the first transport to be tor- = John entered the recruiting of-|pedoed on the voyage from an Am- o - 3 ce with a friend who enlisted and|erican port to France. Several Am- Ofilwr ESSIer PutsoneOVer fiNeIson“asketfiflCo(:'poral Fg,c,flu 1‘} crican transports, however, have ~ On Himself;: Locked In Jail he couldn’t enlist, also. Then it de-|been torpedoed on the return jour- When it comes to a case of “kid- “Say, brother,” called Offi Ess- o ? cor Bs-| GERMAN SHELIS ARE SEERINA veloped what had happened to the|ney, after having debarked troops. young man. He was advised to go $50,000 ASKED FOR "dlng" somebody, Officer “Jack’” Ess-| ler, “unlock this door, will you?"” ler is right in his glory, and he is| «ma1 ha! Serves you right,” came OUT GUNS OF AMERICANS (By United Press) back to his district and register an RED LAKE LOGGING also able to take whatever is handed | pack the pedestrian as he continued With the Americans afleld, Feb. await the call. . X b. . — Senator to hlmr, Il)l“tl a exp;x;lenca J“t .;I'Lflt on his journey, unaware of the pre- Ne‘lgggl"smgb:fin sivlr:g (fimgrg:sl:na] :::lttaoge :nd "e h:p::;e; s:mewhal-: dicament of the patrolman. 8.—Germgan shells are attempting to approval to the transfer of part of i Another happened along and| coek out perfectly American camou-| Buffalo, Wis., to Minnesota, and part | again the Officer made the request| faged guns. The heaviest guns of|of La Crescent, Minn., to Wisconsin, A frisoner was in the cell room| that the door be opened. the enemy are continuously and per-| has passed. of the city jail and Officer Essler| = “Nothing doing, bo,” was the an-| gistently hurling shells where they| Another bill by Senator Nelson ap- shad occasion to enter -the jail. It|swer from this fellow. believe American guns are hidden.|propriating $50,000 for logging op- “so happens that the outer door of| Essler was cpmmencing to feel | The day is clear and wintry and|erations at the Red Lake Indian saw the jail is held by a spring lock and | ag if he was losing his “‘goat” when | the Sammies are drylng out soaked|mill was reported favorably. '-"‘: O’ggh;'f F;;l;le;e‘; e’;:’fn s;lllxee g::; another man hag)pened along and| clothing. 3 ) h 4 - losed tight and he found himself a fii‘?‘th?:?;nfl g1 the dar . nn FLOUR FAMINE SEEN prisoner of his own making. “Where'd you get it?” called out DANCED EN MASQUE (By United Press) *_There is a window whichi opens|the man, laughing. Minneapolis, Feb. 8.—The nation “Into the corridor of the jail and Mr.|. . Essler began to wonder if he had} - The: Moose masquerade given at|faces a flour shortage, the serious- Eassler thought to call some pedes-| to stay in the place all night, whenithe Moose hall last evening was a | ness jmpending on account of the trians and ask them to unlock the| Alex Ripple and some friends’cameéfsuccess in every way. There was a car shortage. The mills are work- door. - 3 along and heihailed them. And the|large attendance and the costumes ing only part time and the situation .A man happened along. door was unlocked. were varied. is increasing in seriousness daily. = 3 S S, 2 Callod Herg + ofm'or s - identified him. The registry card e . g In the number. of enlistments- for showed him to be a member of Class the month of January, in proportion One; -d to. go- with the mext call. 0 + VI to percentage per’ quota population ‘&~ His order number was 635 and his A = of the districts, the Bemidji recruit- > serlal number 1910, It was made ing statfon led the entire state of out in Campbell and . his address 5 Minnesota. 3 glven was 421 Seventh avenue, N.| = The latest order affecting .the| The percentage for Bemidji was 86 K. Minneapolis. . The ' card " Was|draft was received this noon by Sher-| and the nearest to that was the Du-| canfa, a Cunarder of 8,621 net tons, sfgned by R. B. Truax of the 'regis-| iff Johnson, head of the draft board|luth district with & percentage of| was last reported in available mari- .ty board. - . 1. 1|#P] of Beltrami county, which contained|70.9. ) 1 time record% as at a United States 1t issald ho has sistors n Minne- The quota population of the. Be-| Atlantic port on Oct. 19, 1917. It Is apolis and an attempt is being made midjl district is' given as 86,039,| presumed that since that time she 2B ot Bhvares mquired_tor & ot Beags, Vol L T A b e e 5 5 3t- ,225. ter yesterday, but when he was in- During the month ‘of = January, vAn’}g!{;c%xd:g::r: :tv)af ‘::og:imh pas- «formed theré was none he seemgd there were 49 men sent from the senger and freight steamship of 14,- G : » “?l‘hlme I?«;dy fombved tosThert ?emldjl “"-‘j“"‘t ;ndDDfl tt]l]nese only| 348 tons grose register. She was ; i = B wo were rejected. ~ Duluth sent i 1 son’s undertaking parlor and is DISTMMW%IL%TMMAGHM and of these 6 were rejected. , g:_l;tedfl’{; thl‘::gr:elil:r 11‘91;2 and was 5 awaiting word -of disposition: 3 ‘MEE' G There are 18 recruiting districts The 'layxst report of the.’l‘uscanla : £ o A0t L s Thas: been recslved from in the state, including St. Paul and| wags her arrival at an Atlantic port p T . % m, Lister, district < commercial :i(lh;ne;noils, ‘“'}t Bemidji even led|yan. 17 last. ! nooSEVEl‘ : BETTER, 5 manager of the Northwestern Tele-| {1 DY, tar 'n ql:)erce&tlage, more| The Tuscania during her days as 2 phone company, assuring the indus-| = s morecethasn Tt‘zlx?e o %?mes“;‘:gfig; a passenger liner was one of the best IHOSP"’AL REPo R’I‘ trial committee of the Commerciall . "o “poiy R club of his interest in the confer- * - : . eil:lce to belheh: h:re Feb. :{9 to con- _— = Mr. (By “United Press) il «:r m_l;:.l bte lephone setd ce. . 5 New York, Feb. 8.—Following the| }/8t°T W e present and promises » circulation of “irresponsible rumors, t‘:)ssicl;’l:’.l}e“te to the fullest extent TRIES To ENL|ST’ regarding Colonel Roosevelt's condi- P e 5 2 FINDS “E)S “SL ACK 1 tion, thle hsup;arllnt::xient : of dthe 3 ER, ~Reosevelt hospita ay issued a|M..& I SLEEPER % b i s 4 statement that . Roosevelt- was mnot AKEN : = 5 9 _“dead, -but ‘a fair night and T OFF ON AY AND D'DN T KNow 2 is improviss:-" 2 Local agent of the M. & L, G. ' W. -However, it might be another| walker, announces that the:sleeper story if another abscess forms. “Here's a novel case of ‘‘slacking' FIRST “VEST POCKET" today wired Secretary of the Navy Daniels that the keel for the first of the fleet of “‘vest pocket” submar- ine fighters was laid yesterdag. The contract was let only a few days ago. ] 3 said Secretary Daniels. ‘“The boat is unnamed but whatever name is offi- clally given will no doubt, on ac- count of its popularity, be replaced with.a nickname.” . REPORT ALLIED EMBASSIES FARGOAN COM ES £ A dlstinzuisheé perso for Fargoans to come, accompanied by;l their “llady frk;nds." specially when they leave their wives at home. n equipped vessels in the trans-Atlan- Atlleiust fP I;enry of Fargo is of that more_trisport losssh but e tic service. She made her maiden|opinion for he was arrested late yes- a0 to- | voyage in February, 1915, and for| terday afternoon by Chief Ripple and sgw;lhneg;:;o;l:);Z: ‘,‘fuhae‘;u:u;:s‘ “gg is awaiting the sheriff to take him|pric Geddes said today. ish -admiralty, but later was re-|back to answer the charge. streets of Bemidji and no difficulty was incurred in making the arrest on advice of the sheriff at Fargo. DIRECTOR PETERSON AGAIN ELECTED T midji band, P. R. Peterson, director, was again chosen to lead the organi- zation. The officers are: LOOKS LIKE M'CURDY township will, in all probability, be named successor to Bueford M. Gile as high school agriculturist for Be- midji. The ratification of his ap- pointment will be taken up at the next meeting of the school board. KRUPP WORKS BEING PLACED planning a submarine campaign in the Southern Pacific. They also stated desertions are increasing from the kaiser’s army and that American prisoners in German hands are treat- ed worse than any other prisoners. Wilson today wired Mrs. Roosevelt ains At 210 BEMIDJI NAMES GIVEN ON ROSTER OF SUNKEN VESSEL SUBS' AWAIT PREY Washington, Feb. 8,—The .roster of those ‘aboard ' the 1ost- transport Tuscania shows definately the names of: ; i Edwin R. Berkey, Bemidji. Andy Anderson, Hagkensaock.” Mike Gultry; ‘Effie.:" =" - SUBMARINE KEEL PUT DOWN-BY FORD (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 8.—Henry Ford FIGURES ARE' CONFUSED Washington, Feb.’ 8. —Despite ‘two days elapsing since the Tuschnia topedoed, “only confus the missing have been_ recel confusion is ‘dfliciall'y;\ “You see Ford is losing no time,” : »9ZItle ory, London newspapers predict "RUSSIA ORDERED FR (By United Press) CIAL 21 . Wagh ngton, Ffigb(.‘UBR.ESOflIc?il fig- Washington, Feb. 8.—An entirely unconfirmed dispatch to the state de- :::7“ °:°;:?n mz’f;lng trom. the Tus 3 L] partment today says all allied em- 3 bassies and diplomatic representa- . tives have been expelled from Russia and are enroute to Sweden. L{f |99 A c . SR AT o United- Press Staft Corresponfent The state department says the last London. Feb. 8.——Passengérs on 3 . 8. Washington, Feb. 8.—The Tuas-|Wword received from American Am-| .. » ps accompanying the submarined b"n;s:;dor Francls was dated Febru-|..nsport Tuscania are of the.opin- i ion Germany haduinformation.of the coming of the vesisel amd aléo other vesgels carrying ‘#mportant: paseen- ers. i~ s e who witnessed the attack, said today that three torpedoes were fired -at ~ the ship on which he was, later Tues- day night. ¢ Scores of British fishing and na- val craft are continuing the search for bodies of victims. LoNton. 1ot ot TO BEMIDJI WITH ANOTHER---NOT WIFE Bemidji isn’t such a desirable spot are . Ev?li be must keep @ steady streanmi of men Continuing, he said, “The l;tter The couple had been seen on the|partof this year the burden of main- taining man power will fall on the United States.” . FLOATED TWO HOURS . London, Feb. 8.—The Tuscania ‘0 LEAD BAND| was torpedoed on Tuesday night: She remained -afloat. for - two . hours after being torpedqed.. it The condition of some of the sur- yivdrs of the Tuscania was pitiable. Many had cast aside all their clothes and hed been swimming: for two: hours before being. rescuad. ... .:.; Three men from the Tuscania, died from exposure in one hboat. * “At b5:45 o'clock Tuesday - eve- ning,” said Thomas Smith of Glas- gow, a boatswain’s mate on the Tus- cania, “I was in No. 1 room .talk- ing with a‘feHow boatswain’ when 1 heard a. terrific explosion: #nd "’ félt: At the annual meeting of the Be- Director—P. R. Peterson. Manager Clyde Petrie. Secretary—A. Fenton. Treasurer—LeRoy Elwell. AS GILE'S SUCCESSOR James McCurdy of Port Hope my mate: nat “‘They've got her now.’ “We commenced lowering boats-on the starboard side..- The. soldiers were lined up on deck. wafting for the hoats. Unfortunately many jump- ed overboard. ) “I found the boat at No. 9 sta- tion, to which I proceeded, had been UNDER GROUND | blown to pieces. I then helped to get ‘boats 9-A, 9-B and 9-C away (By United Press) | with tull complements and' the sec- New York, Feb. 8.—Germany’s|ond officer got boats 1 to 7 safely famous munitions plant, the giant|gyway Krupp works, is being placed under 1 ground, fearing American rir raids, passengers from- Amsterdam - arriv- ing here today said. “After seeing these launched T I launched a raft. I picked up-four- teen soldiers and two.of the ship’s company who were swimming about. We had no oars and had to paddle along with our hands. We were picked up at' 9 o'clock in the- eve- ning and landed Wednesday morn- ing.” The arrivals said Gerfilany was First Survivors 4:30 o'clock Wednesday ' morning. From ' then until 7 a. m., many. pat- WILSON SYMPATHETIC ) rol boats arrived,. each bringing e (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 8.—President his sympathy in the colonel’s illness. (Continued on Page Six) Tuicania,”, wilLbe. tne-American bat- . the vessel heeling over: I said. :to: Comamence Lowerine Boats. " proceeded to the other deck, where Land. " The first survivors were landed at