Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 25, 1918, Page 1

ki ar Sovir | BEMIDJI SOLDIER || HERO HONOREDIN .man peace terms by 'a vote of 126 to 85, six not voting. % ! Goman War Parfi | . Buriglés'fihq Jib| 4 apts Paace Traaly . (By ‘William . Simms) United Press Correspondent * With: the British armies afie Feb. 25.-—The '-German’ |~ ‘party propagandlsts have g_'led the job and oyercooke ©.pudding. The stupendous Ger- ‘One Dollar Puxc X ; ) Lahr, Cushner & SR 3 ney Co., Pfeifer, Laqua, S | DI v. ‘| Crothers, Leighton, Brinkmean, Har- k i 5 - ['¥is, Reynolds,’ Duncalf, Vail, Winter,| 7N LA e Willits, Johnson, Chisholm, Brooks,| <" . @ ‘Rode, :Jarchow, Knutson, Burquist,{ STATE 3 ARCI‘“SI‘EC Holm, Frost, McKinnon, Ballou, S.| - $ 8 £ A z Ko : K. Uhmley, Abe Grossman, Fisk, San- : Short, ‘Trask, Jones, Brown, Schu-|Structure:145z55 Feet, Three Stories, bern, Palmer, Schwandt, Hoganson, 4 : ; Bemidji Turns Out'to Pay Homage maker, Ritchie, Larson, Bagley, Ba- 3 i, By Yy k_?,’ %""?i‘"“%; ,f"“g"s"“' (thh"'De;‘ Red Brick, Trimmed With man propaganda 1s a total fail- | . (Bd L. Keen) to First to Die in Actual nis, “Battles, orn, Stanton, Buck- : Kasota Stoni Wl ure, . S % IR United Press Correspondent . 4 woael e g*;'g;g‘eg;,,‘;{wagg,; e ] L The Germans had planned | = London, Feb. 25— Russia’s Service. s ro-'v'{k; Dain. Steens Daran ALY RN @ e .IK & (boasting of their west front of- acceptance of Germany’s peace e Goodman, French, Watson, |° ROUPING IS fensive to terrorize the allies by ferms changes the face of Eur- |EDWIN R, BERKEY DEEPLY McCurdy, Hennigan, Larson,| OF BEAUTY AND DIG! *creating terror and nerve straim, ‘ope. It cuts from' Russia 381,- ' MOURNED BY HUNDREDS 9 ! , Kreatz,| ° Rt : ; . ‘but, instead, they have created 000square miles of territory and | : 4 .~ Dahl,; Hanson, ® “Stanton,| - St R ET < a cold sweat among their own 50,000,000 - - populati & Smith; Krueger, Denu, Martin, Pet-|(Corridors, Wide,’ Stairs = Fireproof;| = troops. i S seant Russiaphl;ulj ;m 'nc:d Rev. L, P. Warford: Delivers Mem- 3 % cl 'rom e e S 2 h 3 erson; .. Ao Plans Drawn For Enlargement ! L i i : i Baltic and makes 1 orial; Home . Two Dollar Purchasers. S i Sohears (R..J. Bender ) and makes her helplessly e Guard and Band ‘ United Press Correspondént in ‘Germany's: power, ~economic- Turn Out in Tri o Washington, Feb. 25.—Ger- ally and physically. B Tflb“'_ig G. D. Backus, G E. Carson, M. E. S s e - Ibertson, K. Morris, Col: Reeves,.Sl;a- g T i i has 1 hdaiaidetermined Rece Sitro “ +»| viteh Bros., ' Gill _ Bros., Charles| | muo i 2 = many has launched a determine! 8 bR AHIRS ‘“anil:fie’:q’io 'f::tl;:) 90 W Dihis| Neasle, Fronch Bakery. otlvr;elli‘;itrgfifm:: :léiogil'“"tm; o oata wadwing King Alfon: Strect Fighting Continues SJesusi gave His, Lo td a8ve Lo AAmonn feb i) "Five Dollar Purchasers. e A Ronor falie limin Spain. and. swlngs Sing. > Petrograd, Feb, -25.—Street |World? What can man . give :::l‘c::;e lls!wiéenb.fll,“venfie' leaving| . W. Jewett, Charles-Carter, F. . :f;fctfid i Be.gflffi'mt_hi;i - summer, |50's army to the elde of fie Teu fighting continues in Rostof, o= | more?” VPR : o ex. e.;“ o *thé S e I/,yoan, : : . appeare; 1:1 ¢ Pioneer Sat- With the Russians, eliminated cupied by Bolsheviki' troops. “One and all shall be called.”* , ’ D y U Priges Awarded. - {urday, caused, widespread cpx.nme‘nt from' the back door,.the kaiser 8 % “When Edwin R, Berkey wént to” and a great deal of satisfaction was| would like nothing bétter than Austria for Peace. his death in the uniform of a United the visitors at the ‘city hall by the - L The following prizes have been Parls, Feb. 2b.-Austria fs create a dangerous situation.at _ Red Croes Iadies was at ' least com-|awarded by the committee in charge: | expressed. - - pensated for y the supper sorved| . For Longest Houl | A% e time the pisture appearaa | {ho rear of-the allied forces in | Y fo coheluteiscoarate pence, | SR PSR B TRV ST ‘ the evenin; e all by ey 3 : y : 5 . I , us, ¢ i the Red: Crbfl‘l. Ebout Qfiyo' boing | leI'; -Ei’;lyzn;?fies,s in trade at Nan-|the general' details were not:avail- Authorities ' have revealed the - Czernin' wired' Trotsky today. Excerpts from Rev. L. P. War- e e £ - -gle s, 3 % | able, but a letter received today from propaganda, a-letter being cir- ford’s i k11 A ! 7 ; A. H. Peters—$3 in trade = ai e 4 lated b i th Ge: Ad . ord’s memorial ‘address, e | ey Bower Co, cdistante 1 Gldrencs B Woumpipel eeslies i | UL PG e At Berlin, Fom. . 36 (Ofticial) Ghion not bee e sudden j St Paq 3 i 1026, urn o' watm day, there would|'lS o ¢ Winter—$2 in trade fhie stuts Bosll of Mgidole B0 G|~ -lio 15 dadbd cua aelalls of | The Gersiend hve seached Jito: Packed to seating capacity, a deep %iava been several more farmers in OYRO7A nter—$2 in trado|contained much of interest conceri-| -German efforts to bring about a mir, the' principal city of Vol- |silence permeated the Grand theater * z 3 7 ing the first Structure to:be erected. revolution in Ireland and India. hynia, 100 miles east of Rovno. Sunday, afternoon when' Bemidji paid (Continued on Page Four) 5 tribute to the memory of Edwin R. BRerkey, the first Bemidji soldier to die in 'actual service o." his country -~ in the world wide conflict. It was the outpouring.of a pgople to whom the victim of the Tuscania torpedo- ing was little known. ‘He had been a resident of Bemidji but a few brief months, but to Bemidji he'is & hero and claimed as one. of her bravest sons. the “Wood Day” ‘line in Bemidji Sat- _urday, and there were- seyeral dis- appointed farmers. - The reason for ‘a - their disappointment was that owing 3 to the rise in femperature the snow - on: the roads became soft and they o _-were, unahble tg make the drive over It is as-follows; Is Beeifinine Only. . % | S0CIALISTS NOMINATE BEfiGER { 9 : The proposed new. Normalischodlf ~FOR WISCONSIN SENATORSHIP : ] building at Bemidii contemplates 3 . : modern fireproof structure - adapted, 'Mllwa.l(fl!ge ‘g’:fi?%gfi?fle Soctal- S deep in ‘snow, soft, drifts and g > & ; to -Normal school work and:is u “ sledding too soft to prevent heavy{ - signed as the beginning only ofia istt cenltra.] committete today nomin-| . gme loads’ breaking through and getting group of buildings:to. be erectad. [2ted Victor Berger, former consmoss stalled.” - i i Sketchplans have heen prepared for|Jam for' the Ué‘ueh Slt'.ates sSena ?"' : Sty . | future enlargement with thé purpose i}‘;gfi;‘é succeed the late Senator One stalwart jintriut tipped over J[in mind that when fully completed N . Nonvartisan Candidate. i Chicago, Feb.. 25.—Jdeph Davis, fo,fir times coming in but he stuck| ° 2 = ' to it and ‘finally made it. Another & the entire group will form a harmo- . started with a huge load of thgubesé esse ¢ rl e nious whole. SRR ) & ‘Was ol ed| - : i ok soli fud o ¥ — Nucleus' of Central Groun. - ' |federal trade commission member, to- 7 5 day announced his candidacy on the /;:tu%iq;:j ol’i! dhe top.of the load to Tllxe present building forms the ; g it nucleus of the central gfoup and| Nonpartisan ticket for United State: # to Finish. 5 s . (BULLETIN) : congists''of a three-story structure|senator from Wisconsin to succeed | = Bemidji was the Mecca today for rossing the ice on a ... . (By /United Press) 145 feet long and 56 feet wide, faced| the late Paul Husting. “ | the drafted men who will leave this difficult time get-| . gt Johns, N. F., Feb. 25— with red color texture brick, trim city to answer the call of the draft Home Guard Out. A large section to the left was reserved for the Home Guard and | the men turned out in full’uniform, under the command of = Captain Thomas Swinson.- To the right, in a specially reserved section, was sta- tioned the:Beémidjl band, directed by P. R, Peterson. Upon. the stage was a table covered with the American § at_all. One’driver’s|- : : ¢ meéd with ‘Kasota stone. ¥ e ¥ Wt over three times. But Forty-four survivors have been front_is distinguished by a Ew CQUN‘TY FEDER_A.L & :x%fi?lri‘:l‘vi}:xgefl: ‘surPo ?S being en-| g v Tt was <) simplesSebtingand. .-« i ok it out until they-arcived, jaken off jlie Plorizel ;] n- | tive..sroupiags ol iplors a o] Qe LB M Bemidjl is scheduled. to send 120|0ne that deeply impressed the/huge aiitdn’t.get throwgh-at| ol “Mérin openifigs of Ereat dignity and archi- men to thé colors and Baudette wil | 2udience. Lttty B R G first ‘ofticer. Indications are that | tectural beauty, i 5 AGENT lS APPOINTED have a quota of 46, making approxi-| . Ir“ rfife"‘;fig ]““‘:“: “’t""”m L'l“‘ f.‘"’“é e However, there were 67 fine loads ¢ Arrangement of Floors. “ - : mately 166 men to leave Beltrami|ere the meu ers of the bereave ] family, surrounded by personal 2 friends. 4 county tomorrow in answer to the ; Prior to the opening, the bhand stove wood up to pole. wood, : artments. of -Manual:-Aris. Ho call of the colors, It is babl 700 : ; f A use- : A probable : ;’W{l for lg:n!m,and ‘wood for sdw& 2 Intrigue Suspected. Eo]fl Science, Physics and 'tchemjstry, Arne W. Aamot, now assistant| there will he a few more leave Be-| . oq" covarnl selectl - dnbrod ing ‘and - splitting for oookints tmlll St. Johns, N.-F., Feb. 25.~-Twenty-| with two accessory class rooms and county agen% of ‘Hennepin ‘county, | midji. g:ys: geveral selections of - sacre heating stoves, and the line strelcl) soven wore rescued from the wrecked | toilet rooms. s tochBRtlflad B L Tetovelle - Bandatias delegation will” ledve onge. ed from the Markham hote ) ed Cross. liner Florizel, which is|, The first or main floor 15 devoted | county. agent for Beltrami county.]that city direct for Duluth, thence Warford Introduced. — at Second street mearly to the court) nie X ) 3] 4o the business offices of ‘the insti-]2Rd W{J{‘ c%minence his new duties|t, Minneapolis. Bemidji's goes over| K. B, McDonald presided, his open- | house at Bixth street. - pounding to pieces on a ridge .atfi;tion the gymnasium, four class flbli"llrt ’Am;;ot R the M. & I tomorrow morning at|ing being decidedly brief, he intro- ! | Kaplan Starts It. . | Bridge Cove which she ran onto yes-|rooms and the teachers’ rest rooms.} s jjoge : Agrlcultui of-this state 81:18 "dndi ond :"mt-‘;}[;‘ the "lei“‘ d;‘“‘;‘E ?"“t L. Piy W“i‘"‘“‘“v pastor i apial i ) ; ; " e ¥ : J p e ot mei up, g b intey, e e S S e A el el o ooty et Mitoespainof e B EpdiTien |Gyl : |° O oce bélng . in o . the The liner’s. officers report’ 1361 ‘The second floor'is devoted to the| work in this section, being familiar|well spread will be given the quota|tures, followed' With a prayer "nn_ l{(‘l dhoss “bohig extremely. for- aboard the vessel, including 77 pas-|library, a large assembly and study| with soil and climatic . conditions|ty leave here in the city hall, after Ml'ss Doroth Torrance ‘sung tunate. 15 securing fuel at & reason-|sengers. and reports are that 44 are -room and _S,ig‘ clags rooms. ey ?ere. g{e Witu 8990‘5:“191:11005 dtag“y" which: the men will be furnished|‘Crossing the Ba®’ the accompani- S oo Mhis. aidn’t last long,| known to be alive, leaving 92 lost The) corridors are generously wide| ing an potato growing lines as these| theater tickets. est being Miss Jame Hayner. ; {s Kaplan and Al- 3 and light, with fireproof stairways|are the . two commodities which, it For the sendoff tomorrow morn- R g - however, 48 siapa - if none others are rescued. near either end, » The heating plant,|is believed, will ultimately lead in Brief Life Sketch. derman flrfl fe t tangled up on a % g D ) q ¥y ing, the Home Gunard and the band bfr Noad o oosohrought in-a dis: Treachery is believed sent the ship|coal bunkers and mechanical equip-!this section. will turn out, and all Bemidji should At the introduction, Rev. r. big on the rocks. It is believed German|ment gre located in the sub-base-] He has had from four to siX years|prepare to be at the depot in the fare- ]‘;‘;zrg‘t”gflg‘,‘;‘;z ge:‘)l:l(;f sl;?;cxa:fhg;s 200 have perished. ° e of ‘all varieties of wood, various sizes The ground floor ‘contains the de- tanice of tmplyel l:;'i by Wes Wright|qgents tampered with the compass.|ment. experience in this work. ' The se-|ye]] ::5,.1{;36:,?” obmn tl’;.e load and be- } lection was made by the executive G itx]; Bfa%lleyt. 1-];.614“&1")’ 8(,l lsigls,ltlmd in ot UESTS. FLEE BURNIN( board-of the Farm Bureau of Bel- he fall ol moved with his, par- 110.¢ T8 B ¢ ents to Alida, coming to Bemidji with fore they: got through with.the deal Mr. Wright was out the load, Mr. HOTEL IN EDMONTON. ALTA. Kaplan wa:d in posges:l_on; of )tlh; lg;g and the Red Cross chapter ha s (By United Press) of Mr. Kaplan's ‘momey ‘for thel ' gy onion Alta, Feb. '25.—The BOLCON WILL TAKE |S5FESfy WL M5 S jupoRS ACCEPTED [ibssdlit® bl vl UP DUTIES APRIL I|suveNiE <uysERs: ARRIVE IN - HENRIONNET CASE| Srenttett ot maan: summaring e AFTER 35-MILE DOG TRIP ruary 5, while on his way to France on the transport Tuscania. treasury. B g 5 Thig seemed to start the ball roll-| New Maryland hotel burned here last s ; : Patterning after Fred Hartman, ] ing. night. The guests, numbering 110,] W. G. Bolcom, thé newly chosen|yohn Whelai, age 13, and his step- heaTr!lih;v‘::;};u 0;1’ ,;:g;:xrxilgg}l:mj'l“ur:n:f He leaves his parents, Mr, and Mrs. | P, W. Berkey, and three sisters, Mrs. \ ‘ fled to safety down fire ladders. The|superintendent of the Bemidji|gister, Olivia Roy, age 14, drove a ) : Drake garage also burned and -46 |schools, will take active charge of|qog team from Ialangcl Lake to Be- g]hexggsd i:l,;l;ax%}‘:g '2‘;;?:1"“%“‘0““ Robert 'W. Farley of San Diego, autos went up in flames, besides 56 | the work here April 1, according to|midji Saturday. They left at 8 It ‘was necessary to call several | Cal- Miss Hazel Berkey and Miss nezv Fords. —The loss is over $300,-|Dr. J. T. Tuomy, clerk of the school | grclock in “the worning and,arrived | more men from-which to make a se- Laura Berkey, Bemidji. 000. i-1.!| board. here at 2:40 o’clock in the after-|jection. Up to 3:30 o’clock this af- Sailors Sing Anthem. The board at Staplies, where MTr.| noon, having traveled a distance of | ternoon eleven had been accepted. Rev. Mr. Warford recited biiefly Bolcom is now superintendent, has|gs miles., the scenes surrounding the sinking Load Brings $50. - ‘Mayor Vandersluis and LaGrange Worthington, manager. of the elec- tric light and power company, sort of got into & mix over a load brought in by ‘Mike Kerschbaum and they went at it as if one held a royal i ¢ flush and the other four aces. They FOUR MORE HOME issued his release to permit him tc|”“oOpe @og was a shepherd mamed the scine surounding the-siuking scr\a*ed it out and when Mr. Worth- |} begin his new duties here at that|«gyack” and the other a collie called “KNEES ARE AT OUR o D T = newera "‘““."ked i ond '?he : 1 N o “Buck.” . Jack was -broken f? ha!“»' told of how the Americans on.the & mn‘%?r ]:mgba:g; ‘axl: ; éouwl;'vl?;:%ett GUARDS 0RGANIZED MAPLE SUGAR INCREASES :gsss :l}:)illllz gw;% lyse:vrisnggl? g;ldmf"l:; THR 0 ATS " S AYS LENINE ;wotégdegttrmaspart]r%isgd their";'lolcéxis 1 'y N. . W, S 5 j - ner, heard S was another pair that entered idto - \ ter, They have traveled between y 01:1 b:srdn{hepzsngviyin:nsfiips ihnt % 400 and 500 miles this winter, mak- stood by. How the words of the na-. St. “Pa(u?,y fiflftegsff%fl Home| St. Pa&EYF‘eIlI)'.n;?—?stt?tsg Forester é“g trips ltl?t ;a’;"t““ tt(;;(v)nsén Er}l‘g (By United Press) tional anthem of America were ‘Guard companies have been organ- Cox today said the production of ma- tl?gs ;‘;‘;} erc r?)deonfi t;)le fiy ftrom Petrograd, Feb. 25.—“When the heard from throats of the dying sail- ple-sugar would be increased = 50 0! gers world’s poletariat comes to our aid|ors and men struggling for their ized at Buhl, Nevis, Cass Lake and| i .o thig year. The maple trees are Island Lake to Bemidji. While here| co" i) ‘renew the fight,” Premier|lives, and how an officer aboard. a Akeley, Major W. A. Curtls an-|not damaged and he urged the con- they werelthe‘izluleists DtS‘IhZElZ slst]er, Lenine said, urging the executive|British convoy remarked that.he be- nounced toflay. servation of the sugar. Mrs. Mamie Billedeau, marica | ;o nitteo of the pan soviet to ac-|lieved they sang their anthem be- A X avenue. cept Germany's-peace. neath’ the waves. - a diseussion on the wood problem, as to who .was to have a certain.load| and ‘Mr. Bowser dug up $25 for the privilege of having it hauled to his residence. - ) . Last Load Nears $179. Sales rah- along .in this. manner until it came to thé last load brought in by Chris Hanson, who came gix | v P4 2 “Our position is hopeless. Their “Don’t Worrv.” Last Word. miles and was the last to arrive. It| o«vw . . . %Esfiln(}l%gls ’%‘g{,l' %%‘E’b‘,?fl;m- knees are at our throats,”” he as-| rpe last letter sent by the boy to was a load of four-foot ozk and et Guardsmen Meetlng rains erican vas killed and two injured by gotted. his parents asked them not to worry tracted a large crowd, as it was the g : : = Mexican bandits robbing the pay boat|” about him. i " Joii The speaker referred to esus last. W. L. Brooks, H. C. Baer, G. E Carson, H. M. Stanton and C.. W. _ Jewett took a hand and the fun started. Everybody dropped out ex- to investigate. . ; P BRUSH WITH ENEMY |cf, he, American, mother &0e omd one by one received the report of ToCheck Misunderstanding i e et oimvs SAMMIES IN BRISK ° &t th b it e ase cept Mr. Brooks and Mr. Baer and & s ; 3 2 “Brook lumberjacks have left Minnesota to|meant. Adso toascertain their status With tho Americans afield, Feb,|feport came, the moticr - Mr. ‘Brooks reaf:hed $61 and took Ji | as to having registered in the draft, SHORT TURN TRACTOR 95— Americans with a French raid- fi']l;l:l h}:-rbg;s)d;itgd x}glc-l t{xl:;iil;“::fign?:; go into Canada or Wisconsin to-es: 5 and whether they were in possession ing party on the Chemin des Dames cape registration of aliens, State|of the proper cgedenuals.p ! aecgtopr Sxylmrday captured two Ger-|8nd with -their passing ".E“Sle]‘l '";‘; Auditor Preus estimated today. He| The guardsmen commenced to| John Dahl'of the Short Turn Trac-| man officers, 20 men and one ma- i\l:lxle'éy dOf tbc;dmtotl,:leer.flfizr ok; (t!he?n . thinks the movement is due to the|meet the trains Saturday night and|tor company is still in the city and | chine gun. El‘t;ne oclo;?uwas fl.l p:triotic ey the load. g Then Mr. Brooks turned over the 2 wood for resale, the Red Cross chap- ter already having $61 .of his coin. Mrs. l(él)_omd “Gets On.” same I W. W. forces that opposed | discovered several who had not reg- | will remain for several days longer.| In another emgagement the Ger-| . “HE G128, B Perhaps as good a-booster for the|ithe registration. istered at all, some who had regis-| Tonight he will be in session with|mans got the range of an American | tion by the band. tered but whose credentials were at|a representative of . another city|village and commenced shelling the sale of the loads was Mrs: E. E. Mc- ? Donald. She went with the crowd - and was always in the bidding, at The order for all aliens to register | their homes in other cities, some|which is desirous of “securing the|streets filled with officers and men. 3 with the city elerk, beginning today, | who didn’t know what the question-|Short Turn company there. They vanished, The American artil- TIMBER OPERATORS 2 one time getting a load for $8.50|and also for the next two days, has naires were. Some who had not seen S. W.-Kuhnley, also a member of | lery replied and the Germans stop- whioh —she turned back, the load|been misunderstood by many, spe-|a questionnaire were anxious to en-|the company, was called to the Twin|ped. Perfect American action was ET’I‘LE wn‘“ STA’I‘E again bringing $8.50, making $17]cially in the lumbering camps of|list and some hiked out for their| Cities to consult with parties who are| prevented by the communication wire S f(fi; load. And when Mr. Brooks| this territory and several of the men|homes to see where they were “at.”{also interested in locating the com-| getting out of service and couriers . tul [ back his’ expensive load for|are leaving their work, thus inter-| Whenever a man was discovered who|pany. In speaking of the possible| were used to carry messages. Ty ! . . ~resale, Mrs. McDonald seized a heavy| fering with logging operations. was doubtful he was taken to the|change, Mr, Dahl said: J (By United Press) stick and offered it for sale at $1. To stem the tide of this movement. | sherifi’s office and guestioned. “We have had good encourage- ARTILLERY ACTIVE St. Paul, Feb. 25.—Hoffren i&' She started off to sell the stick and|Adjutant General Rhinow of St. Paul| One chap who had not registered|ment in Bemidjl at the start and 1| Paris, Feb. 25.— (Official) —Ar-| Heisker, timber operators at . Biggg was followed by several business|on Saturday called up Captain Thom-| carried an I W. W. .membership|expect to remain here.a few days|tillery is active around Tahure where Falls, who were accused of ll(llegally men, each armed with sticks of wood|as Swinson of the Home Guard and| card. But the young fellow had|longer in order to learn defipitely|the Americans aro aiding the French, | cutting timber on state lan s.ttg- and an impromptu procession filed | asked that the guard members meet|nearly $10 worth of war savings|whether the emall stock required will {in the Champagne region and in the dfi;ef-?;?:gd?x::ho?s:?;nfi\e‘;neis::':fioe 8 'y B ‘down Beltrami avenue. And 8.118 all trains day or night and explain|stamps. be taken.” Dolder region of Upper Alsace.