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against ‘my uull- mayoralty, that I was|. gim In’agy ASAER. ; L : ; ] The fact-is, my petition was nled A gl o 3 ; i ¥ing been consulted in A e T il i i § lsstoie : solutely unkn( i B ; C ow ; The report, eing - industri usly : 2 G A : . ulated ‘to the effect that- I hadf| - ) b s e 2 2 i A ade promises, 18 utterly false. b Bt g £ Lo y ; y ‘PROMISED: NO +ONE - ANY- | : > A ‘ ; THING," NEVER WAS - SKED TO, |- 2 3 (By United Press) : 1a wfishi?flnglk Feb, : is d—](}harglng 8- mtetul The ma- b oG \ Now M K e’ IR m‘;feu:n on with deliberately = : = e ) 2 g politics Into the war, and : . 4 : N ; { 2 Z ibeing .a ‘‘pacifist by nature, na- o ”dm ustice. to: the citizens °,t e 3 : : tor . Weeks of Massachusetts deliv- 2 & : T & § ered a three-hour speech in the sen- ate today on behalf of the Chamber- lain“ war eabinet bill. 'idenls I have bunwed - ab: oy : % 3 e ARTILLERY. FIRING WHEIE oimercial olub, Major Yost ::;’o:; :;};{’,{m A il s b _; LEY - : : - AMERICANS ARE LOCATED nicipal ‘affajrs in a sp! A o - ey 8 L B 3 (By United Press) “in-part “have never seen a more ln- & ness. Faithfully yours, j B 3 ; Berlin, ‘Feb. '156.—An_official dls- telligently Interested and on -~ -QUINCY BROOKS. ; =L 5 ¢ ‘ | patch today states that there is heavy husfastic ‘gathering ‘than the one 1 had the honor of address- e 4 ?r\tillery firing, ILear Thaure. Amer- ‘thg in“your'rooms. =~ ISOK PAPER REPLIES N W e cans are near there. “Ert e with e grestest ploas- | T0 LA FOLLETTE SUTT| -~ = = = , [ S re that"I 'look forwar my = $, S next vislt to Bemidjl, which 1 | -~ Madison, Wis, Feb. 15.—The an- The Bemid)i high scticol five will ARCHIE ROOSEVELT IS will be inthe near future. [swer of the Democrat Printing’ com- .| go into its-elglith game of the 1918 g 2 D;« Brandenburg, ny. and. Oscar: D, D6 > % St geason Sattirday night with a deter- R AISED 'r0 C APT AIN -,’“‘“‘{ mfi;’h F%fi?;:e' i {| mination to'add another victory to]| - n asking $100,000 damages: for- aueged' ; ; NPk it oiready done list, e TR L | libel, has been filed.: il B § : Tra 0 (By, Unlitéd Press) . i M ;Wfli:nshton, Fbin. IE,—-Arehile x ( 3 _| Roosevelt has been named a captain W hey relertot (s 7 ‘United Preu) Bav. ;‘::tl:;lgg-jl.gu::e_ of infantry ‘in the National army. goés into defall filtthlbig?;nu 9 Paul S djuu.nt ' He was juimped from a gecond.lieut- » a, Fol 3 T ¢ 4 4 enancy. answer’ contair , imerous - -quota- generul-zodny ordered- the Beltrami ’h il the » hole. fort newspaper | county increment of 172 men of the|bave to go strong. the whole forty torie. {r ';‘mggég“{‘{:m‘“,‘:,m, ’;{.flm* ABRLL: tb. Jenfain for " Camp ifiey expect to carry oft| REVOIR™ smms REGARDS | La Follette’s Magazine. - ¢sday, February 26 f 0 MEMBERS OF MOOSE Papers ‘have be:ll"lr vlac‘eld :} tltct:a: el referee the game; v‘hlch"hwm be lfa“; ; t:lrs.tHe_nrg Revolr Ig?s recgl;"ed ln 5 MEE' RRO ed ' immedi; .after e ‘finish of | letter from her son, mer, who is ”"5‘(‘1 on attorn A 1l s i‘:i}?‘g % TTELOEMPOEOKEW nlripn’;'ovm the gmg i The Bemidji girls}at camp in Washington, in which he C for ‘adverse EXRIINALION 0 v T practicing - consistently | asks that his regards be given to all ‘aside these interests: and: 7 lette. . 2 . There will ‘be a meeting at the|and are-displaying better form than|members of the Bemidji Moose ese affairs, forget tireir. years - Commercial ‘¢lub- quarters: tomorrow | éarliet In"the season and are: confi- | lodge. dent "of taking the Cass Lake girls Young Revoir expects to see serv- 4nd -assime. their part in the of - those interested in rural tele- /defense of our W““"Y : 5 FEDERAL COMMISS“)N * | phone: lines in this part of Beltrami |into. cal They will play the cur- ice in France and states they' are county and vicinity, and representa- | tain-rais “going to get thc kaiser,” but while ith Sotn 3 R pOR'I‘S ON STRIKE tives ‘of the Northwestern company The idji ‘team will line up he believes it will be no easy task, ah ?f the clvmin recruiting com- E and .business. men and farmers _in!with Captain Frank Phibbs at his yet reiterates that the ‘kaiser has tee, Major Yost said: general will be .present, the- object | old station at left forward, and Ach- to tbe “got.” He also says the sol- ed; there is no lack ;(:hargosWiIélm? “I'tusing to fight for' England and (By William Slmms) fl United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright 1918. Berne, Switzerland Feb. 15.-- “Switzerland is cordially hating Ger- many but {s lrretrievamly tled up with her. S 5 i “War-weary Auutrla would al- most’ give her soul for.peace. - “An American_official just from Austria—gays he thinks Austfla 18 = willing to give Italy all she demands ¥ except Trieste, if it will bring peace. (i The masses would give Trieste ot anything- else to end the war. ““The divergence of views between Berlin - and Vienna ‘are practically official and open’ “I learned frgm a friend of an Austrian official ;that: Austria, above anything else, desires’to retain some degree -of respectability in the eyes of the world to immediately enter into friendly relations with other countries after ‘the war. ‘Austria,’ fe— he said, ‘would welcome the oppor- tunity to disavow any part of the. Belgium atrocities, the execution of Edith Cavell and the torpedoing of " i the Lusitania, to show that ‘Austria i i is the victim of Prugsia and not an accomplice.’ ‘“At Budapest, the orchestra’ plny- ed the Star Spangled Banner with- out any objections. “At another cafe a Hungarian waiter forced a German officer 'to walt while an Amerlenn finished his dinner. “Deserters fill Budn.pest unmol- ested. | | “The Pruqlslun war pm‘ty is he- littling America to its mmost in Ays- tria as well as in Germany. ~ Ameér- ican 'mewspapers ‘contafnfnig La Fol- lette's St. Paul, ‘Minnesota, speech have been handed about until black and worn out. Newspapers ‘here say ‘Americans are in mutiny. and re- § France.” - : ' ALL ALIENS IN THE STATE MUST REGISTER BEGINNING FEB. 25 There will be a state-wide regis- tration of all aliens during the three day period beginning February 26. This is the order of the Minnesota IN"T“E TWIN CITIES being to discuss improvement in ru-|enbach wfll be his running mate at dlers‘nppre.x‘:iate what l.s being done 2 ral seryice and extensiun of service 3 for them ‘back home” 'and that where needed.:: Phibbs will‘pick the high ones out when they return they will have By United Press) There- will bemddresses by experts|of the air in‘the center ring, ‘while, what they fought for. .. ing my too briet stay in your | w hi( Ve I«Pbe 15, ~While other| D" the telephone business and the| Tenmstrom atd. Opsahl will hold| - st ol T com;:te:tgtgll;'u :ré available, the St. meeting should prove of much value ;iov;nh :he suard lgqsl;:;z:; e::dt ‘;naslég " that it would b so; that my |Paul-Minneapolis street car com- an venelts t’i-.s[t %{acfim‘l:("!, nets the sphere as FOREIGN CflMMERCE faith in' Bemidjl was soundly ' |pany ought mot to strip the farms seldom as. possible. Simons will be h 8p! cordial reception shown me dur- foynded and that there would and war lndustrles of vitally needed : o ¥ 2 ‘ L e i wive Eobd aticodnt ; ::,? < a‘::sal;%:‘tmg:;{dnonwofii :21'::‘::‘5 ii: fl::eourt:;z:-ltmgtg "fife";fl'i&'.‘{ WARN'NG GA'NST ». + 7| of himself whenever needed. GOES UNI)ER LICENSE ;J:e l:: ::el]}a::ti;&e: l:&:""n:: :; Wilson’s” mediation commission, that LATE SNow BLOCK ADES G g w,mm,(,?t’:, n?n;lat:: l;?f,)Pmfldent the press reports, I did not dare . |investigated Minnesota labor diffi- Wilson today issued a proclamation to hope. That ~my ~ audience [culties: in the recent street railway placing the entire foreign commerce would have been so: interested, strike ih the Twin Citles. Dr. G. M: Palmer, president of the of this nation under license. It goes nd show their 'interest as The report says all men ‘should | Beltrami County Public Safety com- ¥ = Bi ) :rankly a8 they did, is far more | go back to work at their old stand-| mission, -today received a telegram ltlllet: g:’:"t":‘"::";:“;& g“’ "'&'l“';"‘.’gd _* than T expected. Pléase express |[Ing and that the company should not|from J. F. McGee. fuel administra- ; SR 1 tthontoa llcenge D “to your fellow citizens. how very discriminate against any of the.men | tor for Minnesota, in which he warns R ¢ 3 Y mu{:h touched T was by the re- | because they. belong to & labor.union. | that each dealer. in the. county 3 ;5 ¥'eb. 15.—Testimony| dltt oi:n(:(‘a:;n:dn:e:e:m;{;z L':fd"’s:_ ception’ tendered me personally should ‘be motified that he should|pefore the appropriations com-| o007 BT available bottoms. for and ‘how thoroughly.-I" appreci- take steps to-insure an adequate sup- sclosed that America ate the patriotism which was BEM")JI MERC“ ANTS ply of ‘soft coal in his bins to guard| s planying M/ poison gas campaign :::rr:l;ggfllegs. stz; s“y::let :kte;hiymg; :so much of an honor to the unl- against snow blockades and another|against: ‘the Two poison president, and involves a delicate sit- torm of an officer of our.army.” fuel famine. Fears of snow at this|gas plants to cost $10,000, 000 are| ation with neutral countries, time of year is ralponsible for. the| planned. ‘message. CAN SOI.VE PROBLEM 4l s | g e s | e sl iy v DALTON LETS CONTRACT 3:;, s‘}'fi s:.l,ps go;dp'!gl?um :),g,: E w:::;s;. have been abrogated in . %%};uh h,i"’M',mfi r:,f;},( : hsgt{m?né‘t;:i l;;‘fis-!l\he Sov: Thl:dfeatz:e e::n:““ so‘:;e splendfd 3 v:lhlgu:sn:sqsel"gelnte l: the IBen;ldli FOR “ANDSOME BU“.DING srament s ready for_ sharp action| SUEESALE 0L G vttess be taken |BELIEVE GERMANY [ Borne the miltary stepe o Soma| e ;:z?zle‘n:e‘:?l?rtdd::;: tl,’l?;ie:ter‘}kg:-: 2 d;‘nhnemlflir‘::tflauts who have ads in ot thes heallzi H‘Ll‘t;f:petgeilp av;r:;:lt- announcement be received that Jack this feature page are Stewart’s Gro- PLANNING‘OFFENSIVE ::fi?"h?'gb]g 40 make another visit zzlrt;na;i tga:;;f:n? ‘gnlégufil:c l:.w:!; By :United. Press) upon patriotism. = | : .| cery, W.-G. ' Schroeder, 'Otto G. and come prepared to take over the Schwandt, H. Carver, F. G. Tropp- - squads; for another drilling.—Cass the site of the frame structure de- man and Koors Bros. (By United Press) ‘Lake Times. stroyed by fire, corner of Beltrami mRmNNET MUST These firms are. making a spectal| Washington, Feb. 15.—Military e avenue and Third street. The con- effort to carry stocks of edibles| quarters here believe Germany is 3o tract has been let to Edward Jack- which are in’ compliance” and con-| planning' a minor offensive against C APT VERN‘)N C ASTLE ‘son, on plans drawn by a Duluth FACE MURDER TRIAL forming to the regulations suggested| the Balkans and Italy. Germany is X 4 architect. by -the State Food commission. constantly advertising she will un- The structure will be one of ‘the I you want to eat a delicious meal | dertake - the - offensive on the west MEETS DEAT" WHEN most modern in Bemidji and will _ Roland Henrionnet must face thelwithout meat or wheat reuld over tr«lmt, which ‘makes officers skepti- ::o':; :r:;sngo%me 25x140 and cost . Qistrict court, on the charge of mut-|the suggestions offered and telephone| cal. ,000, :efl;‘gtomar Nelson, the ggnnd‘ jury | your: order. = You ‘will - be. . served Germany may attempt to cross| AEROPLANE TGPPLES In t{:lehao;xth p?’rtlon ott tt:le_tbulld- “having returned:an indictment -to|promptly -and with a good -quality [ Switzerland, however. ing wlt 285 o’lc‘a;tet x:n ug‘-l o':hn et r?:; that efleet. The pl?l‘l was b';not of groceries. = 24 :):l::a:‘t thexflrst etelo'o ra L, :a e *+ guilty.” The case will come before A ey 5 Fort Worth, ‘Texas, Feb. 15.— ranged for a business house. The 7 s:aeonrl . the N CARMAD o%o%ui'osgmmnng RooSEvEl'T GET"NG Captain Vernon Castle of the Brit-}| upper floor will be arranged- for Clarence Ferguson, who it is al- ishing Royal fying corps, famous as|rooms on the European 1plan Mx-E Teged attempted to block Federal Of- 'I‘he largest- carload of coal in the]. BETTER' IS REPORT a dancer, was killed here today in Elaltontwlll htave g;rgg:la charge o ficer Brandt when thé latter entered | history of:the firm of Smith-Robin- a short fall with an aeroplane, con-| his res mtxtmnthud i o fro M the notorious Stockholm joint a few |son was received today when a car taining Ben Brookfield. Castle was ?oon after the :! {ucnvere % AT idays ago and arrested Tom Mallon,|of nut coal arrived, containing 49 New York, Feb. 15.—The condi-| here instructing Americans.” o Dal tog ;igxlnme;we 1?: g“th e ho- was taken with booze in his|tons, 120 pounds of coal. It isstated| tion of Theodore Roosevelt, conval- In etyin to’make a landing while| new bu s stg ?hr?h ce 5 e ot ssion, was also indicted by the|it will probably be the last car to| escing from operations performed instructing the cadet in his ma-|burned, “ldv;tt 4 l‘e K;x t{ea :d grand jury on two counts. He is al-| arrive for this:firm this season. last week, shows a continued im-|chine, lig pwerved to prevent hitting| the wxr decide: thlo take i s tm%ea d 80 under three federal indictments “We used to get cars that con-|provement today, according to phys- another Amserican who was landing. | now las ever::1 fll:g ;::v y st.;u‘ctsre i for introducing liquor into forbid-| tained 20 and. 25 toms,” said Mr.|cians at the Roosevelt hospital. 1t|The machine toppled. ODel'atd?iflBv “:1 e ieay e g ; den territory. and having liquor in| Robinson, *“but the government is| was stated he passed another com- Castle’s friends say he wanted to willlta greatly to ' fis possession, { loading to their capacity.” fortable night. die in his machine. tric Safety commission and will apply to all aliens except Germans who = registered this last week. Action 1 was taken on recommendation of the state authorities and is for the pur- pose of affording a complete record of aliens and their property hold- ings within the state. The registration 18 to be through J county, city, village and town auth- orities. Every alien is to register at places to be designated by the board- of county commissioners, : The vil- lage. recorders and town: clerks are to be in charge of the general work and forms taking the place of a com- plete questionnaire are to be fur- nished by the state auditor to the local authorities. After the last day of registration the information is to P e be forwarded to State Auditor Preus for any alien who fails- to register and make prescribed declarations will be subject to fnternment or any - other action which the Public ‘Safe- ty commission may prescribe. All of the different patriotic orga- nizatons n the county are called up- on to help in this work. L — The work of registration will be @ - organized within the next few days. Registration is considered essential on recognized governmental printi- ples and informatfon concerning ali- ene'd:.!leslnnce and property is de- sired, THREELEAVE TODAY T0 JOIN ARMY: ANOTHER T0 CANADIAN FORCES. = Four more . young men left Be- midji to join the colors today and they were sent away happy, each bearing ‘the usual supply kit fur- : | nished by the Red Cross and a “joy 3 i box.” | Three of the four are Bemidji. ‘ boys who will go to Uncle Sam, while . . e the fourth will wear the uniform of ‘ a Canadian trooper} although*he ac- companied his companions to Du- Iuth. | Claude Bailey goes to the Twén- ‘ tieth engineers, and Harto Aubolee has chosen the signal corps of the aviation section. Francis C. Mon- tague will join the cavalry arm. H. M. Smyth is the man who wilk go into the Canadian army. .