Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 2

—_PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY——— - YHE BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. . -m g o L L 4 Bl SR R R G e N G, R O ot e R S A ~-Hutered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter wnder aot of Congress of March 3, 1879. W 4:@;:;!@ pnld to ,ngnym“ ::m,ml}tflpnn?qbkg’rxxfl name mus 3 , must, reach th‘p . h week to lnluro publication in' fi .current issue. . £ RuiMas 4 ) ,L i & 4 % BT fae o vess i $A00 ‘ . 8,00 OF COURSE BAKER DIDN'T KNOW If you want to know wha’ the matter with the war department is, mn isia gem'from Secretary Baker before the congressional 1nvestigatlng i Puto ,‘Hucheock. who has attacked particularly the secretary of| siatement that the United States could put 1,000,000 men in France | [ auan—m addition to 500,000 there early this spring—was insistent ,mth( l‘:. Bnipr uhould show what groungds he had for believing there were m;g.g,ushlp {gy elther transport and supply. 4 Becretary. Baker replied he did not have the exact figures in his mind, but -flnt his statement was made on figures which had been prepared by : perts why, ik fi, =08 WOl 38, w,hqt,‘bjps ight be available from neutral and foreign sources. Tha:secvetary: made plain that he was not counting wholly on American |’ [l ** #i98 to" traneport the troops. e ln!ormltion at the disposal of the shipping board| iccre‘ln Baker did gay, however, that probably the form of his or- A isinal. statement to, the ‘committee which has been made on the basis of 3 ctuck.w nnlortunnte in that it exprensed his general opinion of a broad lltuttlon rnther than the exact: statemmt of experts dealing in details. 5 e mia(ortune for me, if I may call it such,” said Secre- f 'Ary Baker, “lay in the fact that I attempted to give opiniuns of uu broad general situation as I saw it when the information lay . ln dqtlfll that ought to haye been gotten from the experts in di- "rect charge, or in statistics glvlng specific facts. 1 was attempt- ing a, general survey. It was a misfortune for me.to do that. o An eaumlte of 791,000 toms: of ehips available for transport on Feb, s iho secretary said, he had thought wag small rather than too large. _'The_shipping board, Senator Hitchcock-said, had advised him that on Nov. 1 there were available 582 American 'ships, all of more tlian 1,500 "“tons’edch, fncluding tank ships and the German and Austrian ships taken overy i+ ¢ 5 ohton MR, :BAXER DID NoOT. lénow HOW MANY TROOPS THAT NUM- < /BBR O¥: SHIPS. WOULD TRANSPORT BUT PROMISED TO INFORM THE | émun"mn LATER. : ————— ‘WY NOT VALETS FOR-GERMAN PRISONERS? IS it wnn't e mlghgy gerious matter, one could almost .get a snicker __gu{ of ‘some « of the “punishment” dealt to some of the most treasonable Ig} and emaens of the country, found . guilty of sedition and attempts to deter {he United States in its work of the war. :Some .of the most dangerous characters in the nation have been ar- ed ‘lnd sentenced to two years in-‘prison and others of similar ilk are t sentences. ;German an prisoners are housed and fed almost lavishly, for them, fed t’ho fat of the land, allowed to have their fill of pleasures in internment ~youmps and the wonder is that they are not provided with valets. German '~ ,rlqoparl in this country have the average American family beat to death in nun:,mne times. . & wisn @ Wbfldy knows the fate of prlsoners of war in Germany, and Ami wricans will be special objects of inhuman treatment. It is so reportmi " afreddy. L 53) —_—— N _LORD DIDMORE GREAT STRATEGIST Well. thp 3 omo Guard hss been allowed to break ranks, having com- ploud i'.l “‘atrlk duty. It was a great strategic move on the part of ing word to St. Paul that Bemidji was full of 1. W. and that the situation was criticak ' 1t prevented the heavy artillery Mtfll& brought into play and the trench action was’ confined to shov- " oling off the snow from some of “the walks. el .. Y i 'm YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW ' Wlllhn G, McAdoo, son-ln-lnw of President Wilson is, besides his Mhlnot a)polntment as secretary of the. treasury, director general of the 4 ads, chafrman of the Federal farm loan board and chairman of the 1 Jolnt high ‘commission. Not bad, either, for a gon-in-law of the prnldent read e I! the government inflicted 'punishment upon the enemy alien and “disloyal emlenl of the United States, similar to that inflicted in Germany, P ih? nother side of the nntl-Amerlcanlsm in this. country by orde of (-.H __@._;_ £i ;}(’cflfib};@mtud}; 1o} Fagistersd, was,to tell you: that he was only 19,yeprs ol cln:;e a- homestead entry and sald that it belonged to his "irther and-they were twins, what would you do? That’s what the'chief PRE- S e 1'Jeannette Rankin has broken into the Irish quumon -s0:Some.Lrien 4 whisper. to Miss Rankin that that Is the best question ! {n'the world '.o let alone. It’s Tomded @t both ends. e “m y‘gy _Prelldont ‘Wilson is slandering that country. He would » ,a 3:!!? mm\g some yet unknown language before he could do that. The English language is ‘woefully insdequate for the task. : ————— lhgy tollov would have miuch Better Iuck if he'd spell it with a “p.” s {f'rbp, te}lqw who 18 conntul?y 1boking for failure invariably lands where he expects. 2 S - 'l'lnnk soodnm that, up to this time at least, we have had no college wotelnr "@dministrator over air and water! ___¢__. i ...flo myswry ot the wherephoum of Ex-Czar Nicholas is beginning to “fank with the mystery of “who hit Billy Patterson.” PFate and laziniess are twin brothers. == = = THE BEMILJI DAILY PIONEED fvimi it PALACE LIVERY ~ — TO THE PUBLIC — Good téAms'and slbighd! carétul drivéfs who know the roads. We are prepared to furnish first class rigs day or night, with or without, dnvers, on short notice. If you want a rig for a reasonable price Phone 164W or'20 Feed barn in connection. Spccxal pnces to slelgh ride parties. Between 4th d 5th li.u. Office Markham Hotel' Bldg..“ oé‘ol. K. W. 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