Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1918, Page 1

Wi YU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS SHY AT LOW.RATE | OF FOOD PROBLEM ~ OF BRIDGE BONDS; RELATIVE T0 WAR : T0 RE ADVER,“SE On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the people of this district will have the oppor- Charter Provision Specifies - What tunity of hearing Dr. Jusius Lincoln who ‘is & member of a special mis- Must Be Done; Companies Say Too Low. sion which has just returned from a “visit -to England and France in- vestigating war food conditions. . He will speak at the Elko. : They spent some time with the British army at the front, five days CLAIM THEY CAN GET MORE FOR THEIR MONEY INVESTED NONPARTISANS ASK FOR | wuttea Pross star corresponasn 3 Petrograd, Feb. 19.—Russia will T"E REMOVAL OF T"REE flgxt‘fore(gn officlal ot the Bolshevikl SHERIFFS; CITE WRONGS ¥ o Ek Remondl"rom Oftioe; 500 By the Council. so told the United Press. If the Ger- mans advance the Russians will de- clare them counter revolutionists and m;.; S 3 gt Patl}l;y Fulr;meldf) Prc\ass({ ; " the Russians will fight the Germans . % p 4 , Feb, —A -delegation & 3 v 3 4 . of officers and delegates of thegNon- ;i:fllhez {::fht fi:le((}llne and Alex_ partisan’ League called upon 5 biad srmany ‘18" {m governor today and placed before possible. 4 him a written formal complaint,| The German people will get food charging what they claim to be il-|{only when they revolt. legal interference with the league's Trotsky has outlined for the first SN organization in Minnesota. 9 The delegation asked that the sher-| time Germany’s peace terms which ifts of Jackson, Rice and Ramsey|Russia rejected. Germany demand- col‘xlntlesibe removed for malfeasance|ed Poland, Lithuania, Esthonia, and nonfeasance. } The complaint alleges that League ‘Moon Island and $5,000,000,000 in- organizers have been kidnapped,|demnity. beaten, villified, accused and threat- % ened with death, tortur d viol-j Senators Are Told anca, "1 1 TS TEELOCAL CONDITIONS TO ~ This lecture will be illustrated by : T00:000_ caabline eapropriations be- BURNQUIST WARNS BE CONSIDERED WHEN moving pictures and steropticon views: Washitigton, Feb, 18.—Wheatless| g0vernment is preparing to launch a| St Paul, Feb. 19.—Delivering to Mrs. William Ogden Wade will al-| weeks, instead of wheatless days, are gigantic housing program to give de-| the Nonpartisan league the pointed BOND ALLOTMENT MADE so ‘deliver a message of particular|imminent unless production is in- cent shelter to the men working in{suggestion that “‘all violence at home interest and should be heard by ev-|creased, the Senate agricultural com- war factories. and all unjustifiable attacks on those ery one. mittee was told by C, H. Hyde, rep- The government will--build suffi-|in authority will aid and abet our Mrs. . Wade was born in Chicago, | resenting the Oklahoma State Coun- clent sanitary houses designated per-|common cause,” and branding char- The committee having in charge was educated in that city, New York | cil of Defense, who said price fixing; manently. Recreation buildings are| ges by the league *contemptuously|the next Liberty Loan allotments in- 2 to be erected, churches, schools,|false,” Governor Burnquist has re-|tends to give careful consideration Bemidji: has again run afoul of its checkerboard charter, and as a result will have to readvertise for the sale of bonds of its new concrete bridge across-the Mississippi. The charter says -that bonds must be sold for at least par and at least 6 per cent, and though several of- fers have been made for the bridge bonds, already advertised, the bond- ing companies refuse to take them cn that basis as they state they can get more for their money. Offers have been made to take the bonds at a discount of $1,500, but this cannot be done. Not being able to secure any of- fers for the bonds at what the char- ter provides, the council at its meet- ing last evening decided to again ad- vertise. : New Fire Hose. ¢ The contract was let for 500 feet of new. fire hose and some hose for the chemical tanks. Rear _tires: for the fire truck were also purchased, the ones now in use being worse for wear and liable to throw the truck when going around corners, :which ‘might result disas- American slang is naturally used b;{' the ‘_Cnhadmn troops, and these gunners from the Dominion, shown in actfon, have painted above their gun ghelter the warning, “Duck Your Bean.” g iVVhéafless Woeks Near for America_ PROPER HOUSING FOR * WAR PLANT WORKERS (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—With $50,- "¢ Julius Lincoln. at the French front and tehy visited the sector held py our own boys un- der the Stars and Stripes where our boys fought and died. trously. City and abroad. She was a mem-|by the food administration should ® Kirk is Removed. ber of the Chicago Woman’s club|be extended to wheat substitutes. stores and everything necessary for | plied to resolutions drawn at a ban-|to local conditions, says A. R. Rog ¥ . George Kirk, former clerk of the|before her marriage. Mrs." Wade Meatless and wheatless days have proper living.- The $50,000,000 will| quet given to celebrate the failure|ers, chairman of the Ninth Federal be used to loan individuals to build|of Ramsey county prosecutors of | reserve district, in a letter to W. L. might be termed “a typical Ameri-|tended to decrease production in Ok- e woman» both by | inheritance | lahoma, the T hion 1x the. con.|Such structures under government|James Manahan, attorney for the|Brooks, chairman of the Beltrami and training. sumption having created-a surplus, supervision, it being merely a re-|league, to present sufficient evidence|county unit. Mrs. Wade has given much of her|he said. volving fund for loans. The gov-|to convict him of a charge of violat- Mr. Rogers also asks Mr. Brooks time of late years to the study of the S e ernment is not investing any of theing. to do everything in his power to pre- Americanization of ‘immigrants, and . money, Governor Burnquist makes his|vent the selling of Liberty Bonds by has written and:spoken much of this E AS’I‘ERN lNDUS’I‘RIES : TR R chief points against the Nonjartisan|people’ who have purchased them, theme. . One of her stories, ‘“The i BOOKS ‘FOR SULDIERS league in his defense of-the State|Merchants are urged not to accept 3 8 8 2 5 Public Safety commission, favorite(ILiberty Bonds for purchases, except Three Gateways,” based on the Am- ' Y e ? 3 target of the Nonpartisan leagueof course with limitations in satis- ericanization work in Los Angeles, ARE SLACKING DOWN ‘Atter the regular drill at. the ¥ ,.rgaen,_ o Pes the Nonpgar— faction of debts. water department, Wwas removed from oftice by’ the coungil last night, the gvote being_unanimous. L. P. Eck- strum was placed in charge perman- ently- until ‘a successor to Mr. Kirk is permanently chosen. ' Mr. .= Eck- strum [ has been acting as" super of"'thie “watersystem st has aroused much interest. B B E ) Since the first of ufe year she has club last evening, in the basement of [ tisan followers ofA. C. Townleythat! . Those who must sell their bonds been associated with the work of the the Presbyterian church, scrap books | this is not a farmers’ war, a mer-|because of financlal necessity should, - e b food administration and speaks for ,(By. United. Press) were cut and handed to each of the|chants’ war, a wage carners’ war,|be assisted in disposing of them at it with full knowledge of the work Washington, Feb. 19.—A gradual| members of the club, who will com-{jut a war of Americans against afthe best possible price, says Mr. which this association has given slowing down of industry in the| plete thefn. They will be sent to the|common enemy. The governor's re-| Rogers, but the selling should not Every farmer in this district eastern part of the United States is| soldiers’ hospitals in France. As|ply is addressed to Carl Beck, sec-|be encouraged, that the buyers may . should arrange to attend the after- under way. It will continue until|soon as this work is completed other| yetary of the arrangements commit-|be co-partners with the government the government shipping program is( work will be taken up by the mem-|ee of the Nonjartisan league. i |in winning the war. noon session at 2:30 o'clock. Eve-| wa)” under progress. Lack of suf-| bhers. : VOLUN' DRILL L ELEC"ON DAY OUIET; Last evening'%‘:;}on' Volunteer i ning session will commence at 8| ficient raw materials to expert the club met in the basement of the Bap- pally ito hearing four representatives {§ of hpse dealers explain the merits of thelr wares, each being allowed sev- eral minutes to state his case. AMERICA'S NEED IS " PREVENTION OF STRIKES o’clock. . finished product is the cause. THREE WORKMEN SLIGHTLY HURT: POWDER WQRKS BLAST (By. United Press) 'Ewefgwm:p;;fiom h%’gt;’s‘i su;':‘:):s’: s ET ROCEEDS (By United Press) “ WayneEBIS:!. U;ljtegeb?resls;.—Three EVERYBODY IS BUS :le?ug:‘ua‘;?"?::d ‘:S::u:;g?ough lf.s i'leader, suggests following the Eng- i lish system: an eating a committee . to compel. employers making a .reas- onable settlement. FOR GOVERNMENT _ - mn?;om%m. OF ROADS BEGINS (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 19.—The open- ing fight to retain government con- trol of -the railroads after the. war FOR BAND UNIFORMS According to Secretary Fletcher Grimoldby, treasurer of the Bemidji band, the concert given by the band January .30 netted $335.23 for the iband uniform fund and is now in the treasury. The receipts for the affair were .as follows: Tickets at Grand .........$ 41.20 Tickets at Barker's 34.76 Wa?hi.ngtgn, Ee‘). 19~—tEti§m men | men were slightly injured and four Hilection: ‘day. -dewned ‘cleat and : were injured when a cartridge case|buildings of the Wayne Powder exploded on the United States steam-| Works destroyed in an explosion. The cool today and was an ideal Febru- BREWERS MUST START p ary day. The candidates were all er Montana during target practice. damage is unknown. : — AT : o, brignt ant early and sowerel -~ [ISING CORN FOR BEER TOWNLEY'S BANKRUPTCY [HOOVER SAVS UBOAT |wiiisd s mmspont w0 2 70 0 ) a3 t i e th election was on, except in the Four less barley for beer and malt drinks. CASE AGAIN POSTPONED CAMPAIGN FAILURE| are, wiich ditractea some aiten| i, PEI% 6S" fittte” alconol 1n over, it is all part of an election and| What beer there- is. Bemidji will continue to forge ahead.| This appears to be the prospect i started today when Senator Johnson of California ‘said the nation is Band members ceeeens 3;383 Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 19.—The (By United Press) for the period of the war as the food — marching straight -to the goal of e “7| hearing in bankruptcy of A, C. TOWN-| yyaghington, Feb. 19.—The Ger-| administration is preparing regula- government ownership and the peo-f ..., M s ... $472.95 ley, ipreall;lent of the National Non-| .., submari~2 campaign has failed. FoUR MORE ENLISTED. tions controlling the sale of grain ple will at last come into their own. Expens partisan league, which was post-|iy5over showed congress that during y for malting purposes. He vigorously assailed the com-| . o0 a " onterrent ........$ 40.00 mellred at the original hearing until{ 1917 only seven per cent of the food Every available bushel of barley ,vpensation planned for the roads and | 5T TR tE e, 25.00 | February izloi\dhash again been DPost-!ghipments sent across were lost. The ONE GOES T0 BRI’“S“ is needed for Victory bread under as ‘ithe government conscripts youngi g, iine) 2 19,35 | Pone unt arch 30. losses have been generally decreas- Hoover's new regulations, and brew- e od that™ 16.62 M. Y8 vember only one per cent was lost. Four more recruits have been sent s suggested that”the earning capacity 50 FOUR CHILDREN| The failure of American railroads| . Fout mote resreics hese B by | 1S, Beriod, orithie war e il il h + Eveleth, Minn,, Feb. 19.—Fred 2.’:;‘;','1",,'; food shipments more than Corporal Foucault, one going to the| igtration will attempt to prevent the Nylund, 40, shot and killed his wife Canadian army. A RS manufacture of brewed drinks. and their four children ranging in Bert T. Miller has joine & Twenty-third engineers, and Joe D. = Albert Mulholland was the man . 7 stead, thirteen <niles” gouth of here, FOR SAILOR BOYS who enlisted under the Canadian MAN'FEST IN TRACT()R i yesterday, then turned the weapon 3 upon himself firing a bullet into his i banner, leaving today. head that caused instant death. f ] 1o lnese and brooding over the| James Given, Carroll Hill and Vic-| MILLIONAIRE PACKER’S IDEA : -"’1','11 D*lth‘, (g"eflide"tfl"l’tt‘h‘? sl'“l"t death of his son about a year ago|tor Flatner, who are here on a fur- OF LIVING FOR WORKMEN J‘urn' ractor Co., sn{)s hat inquiries are believed to have unsettled his|lough from the battleship Kansas, dre,_continying .fo e recelved for mind @s his family and other rela-| will be given a reception in the (By United Press) Bk e sompans ie tions are said to have been normal. | Presbyterian church !11.15 evening,| Cpicago, Feb, 19.—Nelson Morris, | tl:.:p(}ommerclal cluber(?oml:; zch Ed Williams, a neighbor, who was|commencing at 8:5 od'clock. The| egtifying before the federal game ar-| 1 "o0 «“evonine this week and will in' tho habit of caliing &t the Ny-|public and friends of the boys are|itrators today, said he thought the| ;i1\ cxhibit the model of the trac- = lund home for milk and butter_to| cordially fnvited. wages paid by Morris & Co. were| o' a1 fnterested. Practical mech- .of -our_soldiers for the past three ~years should be the measure of their # compensathn ‘he would be laughed to scorn.” Total expense .......... $137.72 Net balance—$336.23.. STATE S. S. OFFICIALS TO OUTLINE NEEDS FOR COMING CONVENTION Tomorrow’s ~ Commercial club luncheon promises to be of especial interest to all those interested in spreading the fame of this city as ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED HIS %‘Agv Yor(k}. Feb. - 19.—Col. €0~ -dore Roosevelt, who is convalescing in a hospital here, said he was “per- fectly delighted” when a long dis- tance telephone message from Bos- .ton yesterday brought word of the birth in -that city of his .eighth grandchild—a ‘boy born to Capt. and Mrs. Archie Roosevelt. Capt. Roosevelt, who has just been promoted to that rank, is with Gen. Pershing’s forces in _France. The as born at the Boston home|2 convention city. The Minnesota % 4 :?fl&r: Roosevelt. The baby was State Sunday School association will gziv';?edtotlltgetrféz}ieythann&arf];fififi dtllfe S"f'lr‘llfic’;)tl‘g packer said he thought anics and men with tractor experi- named Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr. hold its state convention here early Bodica 't Belioved 1.20 S Bar higher than neces-| °nce are urged to call and investi- condition of the bodies it is bel $1,200 per year hig] in June and it is believed that there t d curred between 5 and cary to live on, that car fare for chil- gate the special merits of the Short : will be at least 1,000 strangers pres- yghg_c]r:g(e ¥ .0g . < . a';';fl Soing to school was not neces- Turn tractor. \ ent on that occasion. i : ¢ B BENNER IS NAMED A. M, Locker, state superintend- DRAFTEES, IS RULING sary and that attendan e ot o' year | GUARANTEED DIVIDEND : ¢ p T0 PACKERS PROTESTED — formed sufficient entertainment. ent, and Dr. Joseph Nicholson, vice president of the association, will be U‘ S' SURGEONS WORK present and address the club. They will outline the work necessary to insure the proper care of our visit- ors on that occasion. James K. Given, Arthur Flatner and Carroll Hill, who are home on Minneapolis, Feb. 20.— Public Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19.—J. H. Mer- cer, secretary of the Kansas Live- AS BOMBS DROP| sk mus meomernmant even io| [ENRIONNET GOES e o e running into debt to provideA spe- P. Cotton, head of the meat divi:ion cial courses for drafted men, Attor- of the federal food- administration, (By United Press) ner General Lyndon A. Smith ruled 0N TRIAL TOMORROW declared Kansas stock raisers are FEDERALRESERVE AGENT A letter received today from D. R. Cotton, federal state director, de- part of labor, U. S. Public Service Reserve, St. Paul, contains the. no- violently opposed to the guarantee- tice that E. L. Benner has been ap-{a furlough from the batileship Kan- With the Americans afield, Feb.|in an opinion given F. F. Pierce, pointed - chief enroliment agent for|sas, will be the guests of the club|19.—A Michigan boy and six others,| clerk of the Faribault public schools. ing of dividends to the packers. s the reserve in Bemidji and responsi-| tomorrow moon. recently wounded soldiers, are-do-{ 1In the same opinion he held that| It is expected that the case of Rol-; ““We are willing to make any sac- ble for carrying out the membership ing well in a field hospital, thanks|the school district can not increase | and Henrionnet will start tomorrow |rifice for the country’s cause,’” the in district court. He is . charged|letter declared. ‘‘But we do not pro- TO KISS FLAG to the cool nerve of surgeons. teachers’ salaries if such action will A German aeroplane flew over the| mean expenditures in excess of the|with the murder of Oscar Nelson by|pose to sacrifice our interests, that campaign, To assist him will be A. shooting at the corner of Third street | the government may guarantee pack- T. Wheelock and through Mr. Ben- ner will be conducted the correspond- ence with the reserve. The letter also speaks of the offer of hearty co-operation of the Com- mercial club and appreciation for the kindly offer of President G. W. Harnwell. FORCED Springfiela, Tll., Feb. 19.—Because John Martini, superintendent of the|hospital last night when the wound-|school funds voted. Citizens Coal mines here, refused to|ed were just brought in. Five sur- “«You may disregard the limita-|and Beltrami avenue last November. | ers 9 per cent dividends. If this re- re-employ a miner who had been re-|geons were at work on the wounded| tion usually, placed upon school dis-| Henrionnet has been in the county | ported guarantee is true, is it a fair jected for military service, 400 mi-|men when the Germans bombed the| tricts by which it is not permitted | jail, held without bail, since the|proposition to guarantee a net earn- ners mobbed Martini, marched him|vicinity. The surgeons cooly con-|to incur indebtedness in excess of | tragedy. It is expected the case will|ing to one line of business and let - and-his two sons to the county court|tinued. Among the six wounded was| money on hand,” wrote the attorney| not bhe ready for trial until along/the feeders to t ° business go un- house and made them kiss the flag. a boy from Ashland, Wis, general. about noon. rewarded?” SLRCEOBRSRIC - 3 on ~ AT SRS st e 2