Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 1

, el Moose are gathered here:to completef: vlans for the expenditure of a $600,- 000 war relief fund. At the same time the thirtieth anniversary iof the national order was celebrated. ..~Permission of the war department ‘| will he:rought for the: establishment Bids Will Be Advertised for Imme- Being Started. - o “The best news heard in Bemidji “#lin a long, long time was that this x'nomlng when ‘A. P. White, presi- dent of the Northern National bank, eturned; ' from ~St. Paul ‘‘end - an- i mounced that work would commence n Bemidji's new: normal. school as on a8 building: operattons could be started this spring. Mr. White attended. the meeting [of. the state normal’ bbard, of which A embe: :'$1007000This Summer. It means that $100,000 is to be ex- ipended this summer on the normal school site and the first work to be done will be the erection of the first unit of ‘the main building. - At the eetlng attended by Mr. White the plans for the first building were pre- sented by the architect and unani- mously approved. '~ Bids will be ad- vertised for immediately. The First Unit, The first unit is to be a structure labout 150x60 feet, reinforced - con- 1 n, brick veneer and stone trimm inged as to allow an extension of ‘the auditorium and for wings on either side.. It will be complete for its* purpose at -the outset and will contmn class rooms. and all neces- Usary equipment. -A dining room will 180 be a feature, physical laboratory nd other modern teatures, also. ts. I-‘acmales wi{l be %‘%vlded for serving meals to the students, and antil the dormitories are built the uwdents ‘will'room wlth prlvate fam- Mr. White was-a~dittle-apprelien- sive that the war would, lntg:ge;e_ with the start of the me it ‘Pthe demand for labor being so great, but he reports that no delay on this| account need be expected GIANT I)EFICIENCY BILL REPORTED T0 HOUSE (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 14.—The giant urgency deficiency bill~was reported to the house of congress foday. It carries an ‘approptriation of $1,107,- 220,082.49. It is reeommen’ded for the war department, showing the ever increasing cost of warring. ;| The bill asks $100,000,000 for ship production alone. { WHEELOCK 1S NAMED ENROLLMENT AGENT D. R. Cotton, federal state director of the United States Public Service Reserve, has appointed A. T. Whee- lock of Bemidji as enrollment agent for the United States Public Service Reserve. M. "Wheelock has been supplied with the necessary enrollment cards and bulletins containing full infor- mation in connection with this branch of the government service and is now in a position to register any applicants who desire fo enlist in this service. His office will be found at the Great Northern restaur- ant on ‘Minnesota avenue. It will be so ar-|. of ‘club-houses in London and Paris for the benefit-of soldiers who are members of the lodge. An amhulance section is to be equipped out of the fund and steps taken to care for or- phans of Moose soldiers who fall on European battlefielda DECLAMAT!ON CONTEST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL 0 ,ERIDAY EVENING On Friday night, February . 15, there will be held at the Bemidjl high school an inter-school declama- to-y contest, five schools, each send- ing' two contestants, - ene: -boy and one girl, and represented-as.follows: Akeley—-Bessie Rhodes and Ginard Erickson. ‘Walker—Vera Bacon and James Beach. Fosston—Laura Harold Brager. Halyorson: and Park Rapids—Mildred Page and| ‘Welcome "McNeil. Bemidji—Carrie Brown and Rob- ert Naylor. The boys will give declamations and the girls dramatic readings, boys and girls to be judged 'separ- ately. The two winners will repre- gent ‘this division of the Sixth con- gressional’ district at an intra-dis- trict contest to be held at Crookston in March. The winners from the various congressional districts of the state will enter the finals held at the Minneapolis School of Music and Expression in April. An admission of fifteen cents will be charged at the door to ‘help de- fray expenses incident to the con- test. The following out-of-town people will act as judges: Superintendent 0. B. Anderson, Bagley; Superin- tendent H. D. Spaulding, Cass Lake; Miss Harriet Arthur, .instructor of dramatics at Grand Rapids. AMERICAN GUNNERS HELP_REPEL ATTACK . (By. United Press) “Paris, Feb. 14— (Official)—Am- erican batteriés lent very efficient support in yesterdayfl big attack-by the French in the Champagne dis- trict. TUNNEL FROM EUROPE TO -ASIA MINOR IS POSSIBILITY (By United Press) . Copenhagen, Feb. 14,—The Turk- ish parliament has authorized the construction of a tunnel from Europe to Asia Minor. s GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER ALL COASTWISE VESSELS (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 14.—The gov- ernment today assumed control of all coastwise and lake vessel transpor- tation, and W. H. Pleasants has been placed in charge. FORMER BRITISH AMBASSADR DIES (BULLETIN) (By United Press) Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 14.—Sir Cecil 'Spring-Rice, former British ambas- sador to the United States, died this morning at 1 o’clock of heart fail- ure at the Government House. Spring-Rice and son and daughter, Betty and Anthony, aged 11 and 9, regpectively, were with him. Sir Cecil died peacefully in sleep. his Volunteers Photographs To Be Taken After Enlistment ~ From now on, every volunteer who enlists through the local recruiting office will have his picture “took” by ‘ the official photographer, N. L. Hakkerup, who offers his services free to. the government. Such are the new plans put into effect by Cor- poral Clarence Foucault. The idea was suggested by Major J. D. Yost when in the city. The ph.tograph of each volunteer is placed in a frame and when the frame is filled a reproduction of the group is made. These group pic- tures are sent to the Minneapolis office where electros will be made and used throughou!-the country in various newspapers. The ifea is meetin_; with genuine apprr 7al throughout the entire state, It p1.vices cuts for the newspapers, in cuse of accident, or other serious complications whiich are arise_during the war. Major Yost also favored the mav- ing of the local offices to the ground floor, thus affording better advertis- ing advantages and giving greater opportunity to catch the eye of the passersby. Officer Foucault and the recruiting committee are on the lookout for quarters. The expense incurred by the local office must be provided for through popular subscription, the same as is done in all other recruiting cities. The cost is small, but a regular in- come must be arranged for. The committee is asking for volunteers so that $20 to $25 a month will be forthcoming. Several have already offered to give monthly allowances and any who are so disposed will confer a favor by notifying the local recruiting office or a member of the committee. apt ~ to Lady| { ,;ronnm CEITB PER nom BURYING [COUNTRY SCHOOLS TO FORM JUNIOR 'RED CROSS SOCIETY For the purpose of organizing a Junfor Red Cross throughout Bel- trami county, teachers from the va- rious- country schools will hold a meeting at 10:30 o’clock Saturday in the high school with a view of getting the schools organized and the work started. B, C. Kuefler, prin- .| cipal ct the Hines schools, has al- “Nobody loves a fat man" but when he is wearing the unlform of an American marine and is in France serving his country, all changes and the fat man becomes the idol of the people, especlally the children. This jolly plump Yankee marine is playing papa to these French kiddies-and he is the “great- est man in the world” .to them. ! CanadianRecruitin g Officer Here; Served U. S, 14 Years Bemidji has a distinguished mem- ber of the Canadian-British recruit- ing mission as a visitor and he will remain here until Saturday in the interests of his work. He is Ser- geant P. E. Samuels, headquarters in Duluth, and he is looking after Canadian and British material for their war forces. The term ‘‘distinguished’” is used advisedly in the case ‘of Sergeant Samuels. His ancestors fought in the-war of the American Revolution .and;_in later years :other relatives foght in thé Civil war, one-ef-them: fighting in the cause of the Con- federacy, while others were with the northern, forces. “His family resided in Illmms, his mother being a native of Scotland, while his father was an American. ‘His.mother went to Can- ada for a visit and while she was there young Samuels was born. For fourteen years he has served in the United States army, one stretch of 12 years and another two- year term. He was in the Spanish- NEARLY 100 LISTEN T0 LOYALTY SPEAKER Nearly one hundred attended the loyalty meeting held at the court house Wednesday evening at which members of the grand and petit jur- ies were the honored guests. Addresses by Corporal Clarence Foucault and City Attorney M. J. Brown were well received. Cor- poral Foucault outlined the work be- ing done by the recruiting depart- ment and showed the need of vol- unteers in addition to the regular draft army. He also pointed out the advantages and incomes received by the volunteer. Mr. Brown held his audience all attention for a full hour and drove home some forceful facts with regard to present war conditions: His re- marks drove home and it was evident that his listeners carried the mes- sage away with them. E. H. Denu, chairman of the local recruiting committee, acted as chair- man of the meeting. WILSON TAKES HAND IN THE HOG ISLAND SHIP YARDS PROBE (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 14.—President Wilson today asked Attorney Gen- eral Gregory to help Chairman Hur- ley of the shipping board, which is investigating charges that govern- ment money has been used for pri- vate enterprise at the Hog Island ship yards. Note: Hog Island is a large swamp, practically under water on the South Atlantic coast of the United States. It was bought for a government ship yvard and already millions have been spent on it. It was asserted at a congressional hear- ing of war conditions that the site was utterly unfitted for its purpose and that private interests had prof- ited thousands of dollars by the deal. American war, was at the famous Slege of Poft Arthur and Muckden in the RusstAn-Japanese war and has seen servicg ‘in Africa. Yet he is classed as a Canadian on account of his having-been born while his mo- ther wes on a visit to relatives in Canada. s the sergeant explains, “It is stated by some that I am a Canadian, j@@nd others that I am an American, If'you can figure it out, go ahead. ' I can't.” And npow -that the war is on Ser- geant .9a m;mls is “wearing the uni- form: “*British - officer -and the service als for l\l.l Jong years in the military. . What he is after is men for the British arms. He says that they can take men for the forestry up to 48 years, while in the United States the limit age.is 41. Even men up to 56 years are taken for certain work. Sergeant Samuels will be at the local recruiting office until Sat- urday and will be glad to see any one interested. A A A A A A COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY'S REPORT Financial statement of the Bel- trami County Fire & Lightning In- surance company for the year end- ing Dec. 31, 1917: Cash on hand from pre- vious years Received as first payment on. premiums Received from premium notes paid Received from interest on premium notes Received from yearly dues Received from interest, deposits in bank 254.33 100.56 106.97 14.67 917.81 8.84 Total cash received....$ Total, including cash from previous year Total disbursements .... 583.18 126.85 Actual cash on hand Dec. 31, 1917 .....$ Premium notes on hand. . 456.33 190.04 Total assets of company § 646.37 Policies in force, 93 .$82,241.00 Officers and directors of the com- pany: President—H. G. Thorson. Vice president—Ole P, Hanson. Secretary and treasurer—I. K A. Engelson. Directors—Halvor Byklum, A. F. Ramberg, John W. Anderson, An- drew Gulseth, John Landro, J. J. Rustvold. 50,000 SHIP WORKERS ASK WAGE INCREASE (By United Press) New York( Feb. 14.—Shipyard workers all along the Atlantic coast today made a demand for an increase in wages. Fifty thousand men are involved. Carnenters Strike. Washington, Feb. 14.—Carpenters of the Baltimore ship building yards struck today, the shipping board learned. Plumbkers are threatening to follow, 328.86 ready sent. in' his membership fees for the entire school, which amount- ed to $25.560. . 'Miss Laura St. Peter of District No. 80, Aure, has also sent in her pupils’ membership fees. The program for Saturday will be as follows. Address—*‘‘Purpose of Junior Red Cross Work,” Rev. Lester P. War- ford, chairman Red Cross chapter, Bemidji. Address—‘‘Organization of Junior Red Cross Auxiliary,” Mrs. J.° T. Tuomy, member chapter school com- mittee. Address—‘Material and What to Make,” Miss Ethelyn Hall, member chapter school committee. 2 to 4 P. M.—Central §~hool. Demonstration of Junior Red Cross work. Persona] assistance by teachers and Red Cross, under direction of Kathryn Budelman, member chapter school committee. WARNS MORMONS PREACH POLYGAMY (By United Press) Winnipeg, Feb. 14.—Dr. Ferguson, representing the Presbyterian gen- eral -assembly, today scathingly- de- nounced growing ~Mormonism. in| western Canada. He stated the Mor- mons preach polygamy under the guise of patriotism.. POPE MAY MAKE ANOTHER T TO BRING PEACE (By United Press) Rome, Feb. 14.—It is indicated that if Austria does not answer Wil- son’s latest speech the pope may make another effort to secure such recognition, It is said King Albert will have an audience with the pope soon. 9.500 MEN START FOR CAMP ON MARCH 4 FOR TRAINING (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 14.—Another detachment of 9,600 men start mov- jng toward training camp March 4. BERKEY'S DEATH IS CONFRMED BY REPORT Lists sent out from Washington of the dead from the Tuscania torpedo- ing, contain the name of Edwin C. Berkey of Bemidji, his name appear- ing in the list of those buried at a “Scottish seaport.” There are 164 American soldier dead buried on the Scottish coast, an official estimate placing the total loss of American troops at Z67. After eliminating from the pas- senger list the names of the surviv- ors and the identifiled dead, and ac- counting for 33 unidentified dead, 136 soldiers still are not accounted for, and it is believed they were lost. By PUREo Prase) Amsterdam, Feb. 14,—The Americans are coming. It is useless for Germanpy to try to hide the fact, Berlin newspapers warn. It is admitted that Am- erica can provision her.men as well as France. (By William Simms) United Press Staft Correspondent Copyright 1918, 2 Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 14.—In- dicating Germany's thoroughness: she will no Jonger permit ccrpses to be buried in their clothes. The bodies are placed in pasteboard cagkets, clothed in paper shrouds or wrapped in paper sheets. No linen, cotton or woolens or metals are wasted in graves. An American woman just leaving Germany said that all ordinary arti- cles are so scarce that-the sale of her worn out kitchen utensils brought unheard of prices. The coal shortage is acute and railroad rolling stock is in fright- ful disrepair. Silver and nickel has.- become demonitized. Gold, includ- ing jewelry, has been seized by the government for coins to prevent the rapid decline in paper money. The people no longer expect vic- tory. Their only hope is for the exhaustion of the allies before Ger- many's forces sue for peace. Presi- dent Wilson's speech made: a great hit in Germany and will bear fruits of peace. The kaiser himself has openly declared Wilson’s terms are reasonable enough to form a basis for peace negotiations, but. Wilhelm, however, is without influence. Newsr papers are the most active in sneer- ing at America. Conce: 5 WIEszheFoFrnnch nrmgpc‘ednfl Id, Feb. 14.—The Germans are bel Iy to have at least 2,350, 005 centrated on the wester: New Zennelin 0! Paris, !"eze 14— T:v- “onormouu' super-Zeppelins : mm- lppe\ud ‘tor: - lengthy trial flight over Lake Con- stance. They were equipped with the latest fog screens. G DISOUSSES RUSS (By United Press) Amsterdam, Feb. 14.— German newspapers 'publish that German military leaders are conferring at headquarters, discussing energetic military measures toward Russia. WOOLEY NAMED FOR CONGRESS. IN_ SIXTH d. —Mark J. Wool- .eounty attorney of Hubprd county, was selected as a ocandidate for congress from the Sixth congressional district at a so- called “for the President’’ meeting in the court house. He was nominated by Norman H. Aygarn, county superintendent of achools, of Akeley. The nomination was seconded by Senator P. H. Mc- Garry of Walker. Resolutions were adopted indors- ing President Woodrow Wilson. Judge William A. Fleming, Brain- erd, presided. Charles F. Scheers, Akeley, was named secretary. In accepting the mnomination, Wooley said he wanted the unquali- fled support of the district or he would eaot file. He sald he wanted to be elected without a single dis- loyal vote. A campaign committee consisting of ong from each district will be appointdd by Chairman Fleming. There were 60 attending the- meet- ing. Brain ey of Park RegistefllriNn g20fWomenFor War Work Mrs. A. E. Witting, county chair- man of the woman’s committee, Na- tional Council of Defense, has been asked to take up the work of en- rollment of women, or voluntary registration, who are willing to as- sist the government in any manner in the present emergency, as well as those who desire training for such work. The purpose is to co-ordinate the activities of the women so that each may assist in the manner in which she may be most helpful. In this connection, Mrs. Witting makes the following statement: “Women are to register at the public library, where full informa- tion may be obtained from the librar- fan, who acts as registrar. Is Urged Here “The state chairman asks that the work of registration be hastened, as Washington is - calling for wpmen who will take the civil service exam- inations and take all kinds of cler- ical positions at salaries from $900 to $1,200. ‘“Remember, the government wishes accurate information of the capacities in which women are now serving, whether in their own homes or in paid pursuits, trades or profes- sions. “Women who are working at home or in the Red Cross, ought to enroil because this places them onr the honor list of those who are serving their country. “Register as a patriotic duty.”