Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1918, Page 1

. OPENDEADLYFIRE | . bed back bone, thoroughly broke and| sanatorium or not. -’ cian, and Cyril Dickenson, who en-|near Butte Dumesni, where American ; | FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN WHEN GERMANS | perporr ive comes F glll(llfl(iNRlIg %’;N ~ CANADIAN FORCES SERVICES NEEDED i, imesi. Sess, v ¥ E man' assumed his duties today and All Applicants Need to Do Is Enroll |the “first shot.out of the box" en- Bemidji basketball fans will be given a real treat Friday evening ibecause arrangements have been 3 completed for a game between the local high school quintet-.and the fast Detroit five to be played at the armory on- that date. Surprise -AWk Comes at Early Dy : e Detroit hds the best record of all s 3. listed George B. Dixon of Bagley and Hour This Morning After An ;ems in her district and Bemidji N‘amesse for United- States seft him ‘tlodl)ixluth. whglncol he wl:l -Night Rain. . as the best record for this district rvice Reserve. beg forwarded -to-the medical depart- All-Nig] m; .| hence, the game Friday evening 5 nt of the Canadian forces. ;' Magaurn lost the first two fingers ; — CHARLES CARTER APPOINTED onfone of his hands, but otherwige g is a splendid specimen of young man- COUNTY ENROLLING -AGENT hood, and 'he has been rejected from enlisting four:times with the United States force: soon as a suitable location can he Secured he will open an office and will work in conjunc- tion with Recruiting Officer Fou- catlt, U. 8. A should prove mighty interesting anc will also give a'line on the strength of the two teams in case they are both selected for the trip to the] Carleton- tournament from their re spective districts. This is the last game to be playec on the local floor until the Wadena aggregation comes here for its re- turn game on Friday, March .16. CLOUDS PART AND’ MOON LIGHTS AMERICAN TRENCHES Men Will'Be Called for Work When Jobs. Open;“No Time Need Be Lost. Five Sammies Die and Fifty Battle for Lives; Are Rushed to the ,field Hospltfll. : - The reason for scheduling thir [ Y 9 | game with Detroit is to give the 4 - (BULLETIN) local high school team an opportu- (Special to Pioneer) FAVORABLE REP(’RT (By United Press) " nity to try conclusions with one of | 5St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Enrollment of P y the best teams in the state and alsc . 8. Shipyards Volunteers” started ON BEMIDJI GUARD \ “ With the American armies afield, | to furnish ‘the local fans with some Feb. 27.—Sixty-one American sol4 lx;eal basketball. The last tv;o fiames diers, gas victims, are in hospitals, [ have been too one-sided to be nter- : esting but the game Friday evening following a night of horror. The promises to be a close, fast game number of killed remains at five. and it is hoped that the armory wil {be filled to capacity. Game calles at 8:15° o’clock. z 2} a rush in Minnesota on the first w0 days of the special week 'set de for that purpose. Hence the| ‘St. Paul, Feb, 27.—Major W. A. sutlook for getting Minnesota’s full| Curtis, chief of Adjutant (General uota of 6,500 men seems bright. :figofl; “ism?fi rt:h:rgeid t;’ St.HPaul The purpose of the enrollment is| Gyqrg ot panted. in Northern Min- 0 .get an army of 250,000 men en-fnegota. Designations of the new !1 isted—so to speak; they do not en-|companies have not been made. list in reality—who may be called Buhl has-an organization of 109 : men in command of Captain A. L, when the government needs -them in Smith; Cass Lake, a lompany of the shipyards. And regarding the|gighty-four men under Captain G. L. (By -United™ Press) With the American army afield, Reb. 27.—Five American soldiers were killed and 50 are suffering ter- rible agonies as'the result of the ’ YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ TH BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 27, 1918. . , “ONYOUPEOPLE OF LITTLE HEARTS AND BIG STOMACHS” SAYS DR LINCOLN do” line of discussion. freshing relief. that heard him understood. Team “B” consists of Dr. Lincoln, Dr. Thomas E. Greene and Mrs. Wil- liam Ogden Wade. in the afternoon at the BElko to a large number, and Dr. Lincoln spoke about 15 minutes, Both afternoon and evening, pic- tures of the battle scarred country were shown and described, lending interest to the narrative of the ob- servation by Dr. Lincoln. 30 Men Are Believed Lost It was a re: And the huge crowd POINTED EXTRACTS IN DR, LINCOLN'S ADDRESS “The ultimate outcome of this great conflict will be, must be, the bringing of all natiops, all peoples and all creeds to a closer underciand- ing of the one great ideal—Iliberty. The hyphen must and will become a thing of the past, and why shouldn’t it? - What's it for, anyway? “We are called the great melting pot of all nations. and Swedish blood have been #spilt for this great and glorious country on French soil under the Stars and Stripes, and as Americans.” The latter spoke “When this war is over and our session of welcome greeting has tak- en place between mother and son and father and son, and brother and sister, husband and wife, how proud we will feel over that hero, On Naval Tug g o Otlthih(l}ermansi i need, Edward N. Hurley, chairman |Marshall; Akeley, seventy-eight men |boys come home, and after the first the Americans early s morning, of the United States Shipping Board, | under Captain Charles Scheers, and after an all-night rain. telegraphed the. following to the Nevis, fifty-four men commanded by The clouds parted and the moon Public Safet: issl Captain Fred Giese. shone brightly in the American Paul: ety commission in St.| Major Curtis also inspected _the aul: Home Guard companies at Park Rapids and Bemidji and made favor- able reports on both organizations. Thanks Minnesota. “Permit me to extend to you and through you to all your enrollment trenches, Suddenly there came-a [] huge blare from the German trench- es as the German guns discharged. ’ ’ g h agents the thanks of the TUnited Huge chests neaved as the victims States Shipping Board for your of- SUGAR RULING WH_L fought for hrea‘mth following the wave ) p forts in conducting the work of en- | of deadly fumes. . The suffering were (George Martin) rolling shipyard volunteers of the AT rushed to the field hospitals where United Press Correspondent United States Service Reserve which g GIVE “0MES PLENTY the doctors gavé.oxygen through rub-| Washington, Feb. 27.—Congress is| has beengput in your charge. Nof . ber tubes, which ‘caused sighs for worried about money, ang wants | more important patriotic service can : €l ) what legislators call ‘criminal { be performed than that with which| 'Fhe average household in Bemidji the temporary relief. waste” eliminated from the war de-| you are entrusted. Upon the thor-|will not be handicapped by the new Every American is aroused by this paf‘tment‘ oughness. of your canvass of your|state sugar ruling which went into attack, while the victims are deeply ‘Millions foxj"vlctory. but not one| communities for men skilled in trades|.effget. Monday, -according.. to. .the stirred-against thie-Boches. - "|-cent.for waste;’'.is:the. slogan Sena-luseful in-shipbuilding and“ willing|{opinion of officials of the state food tor. King -wants adopted. to enroll as ‘shipyard volunteers will| administration, _ King proposes a bill standardizing | deperid in large measure the success| The average household of Bemidji Russians Resist Germans. government salaries. He asserts that | of the whole military and industrial|does not use in excess of three (By Joseph Shaplen) many men are receiving $6,000 an-| program of your country- for the|pounds per capita a month, it is said. United Press Correspondent nually who couldn’t earn $1,500 any- } coming year. Other industry must|In many homes there is an excessive v where else. wait upon the production of ships. I|use of sugar through the making of Petrograd, Felb. 27.—The Germans ;rutst you willll not relax in your ef-|candies and other sweets. have been hurled back at Vitebsk orts until the full quota of your The new regulation will stop this and eighteen miles from Orsha. Af- STATE RED CROSS SEAL state is reached.” - |practice to a great extent. The ter fortifying Borishoff, the Germans - Carter Named Here. g;“fl'f,fi“'fii{m{;‘ et'i)?s] Seairsleet;pg(;ti’gutig r sha. nder the direction of Mr. Cotton, g ad;izc;‘n;:l::sdm%: ?1 sortie, beat- SALE REAC“ED - 583)000 enrolling agents have been named.in ;:?:;res a large amount of sweet- ing back the Germans, then retired gfi::;\reco&l;tyy ]?ivgh%eeitatt’isfl;flveg: The state food administration is upon the city, blowing up the bridge (Special to Pioneer) gaged in getting men to give the|Lelying on the loyalty of all Minne- over the Berezina, where Napoleon| gt payl, Feb. 27.—Minnesota|government their names and their sota_housewives to carry out the new suffered heavy losses in November,| rajseq $83,000 during the recent Red | qualifications for shipbuilding work, | Fuling. I it is found that the order 1812. 5 Cross Seal sale. The final report of | and to sign pledges to be ready for) 1S being violated it is probable that The Germans_are seeking to oc-|the Minnesota Public Health asso-|government service when they are|? card system will be inaugurated. cupy Viteosk where the first stand| iation, state manager, to Red Cross| wanted. The enrolling agent for|. _— for the defense of Petrograd Was)yeadquarters, rendered February 25,| Beltrami: county is Charles S. Car- made and were thrown back. gives a sale of 8,300,000 seals, ter of Bemidji. BEMIDJI AT“LETES The German forces, advancing up-(® mhis fund, except 10 per cent re- on Petrograd informed the Russians|isineq by the American Red -Cross. Enroll Only. they had accepted peace and asked | wil) be spent in this state for the| It is made particularly plain by TO ENTER STATE“U" the German high command for in-| foht against tuberculosis and other | the government that no men should structions. . preventable diseases. Many of the|gO to shipyards now, looking for im- The reply came back, “the ad-|)oca] committees are raising addi-|mediate jobs. ~The men are asked (Minneapolis Journal) vance must continue.” The Germans| yona1 funds in various ways. This| to enroll only, not to give up present| pierre Gray and Carl Tennstrum, are apparently determined to 0CCUDY| vear voluntary contributions for|employment until they are called. | gtars on the Bemidji, Minn., 1917 Petrograd. - health work will total over $150,-|And the government is asking all|goothall team, will enter the Univer- Enthusiasm for defense grows|ggo. With a view to having the|those who are skilled in the use of| ity of Minnesota and be available hourly among the Russians. -A con-|yoct urgent work done first, the Am- | tools—almost any kind of tools from | tor the 1919 Gopher eleven. Joe stant stream of armed men is rush-| gioon Red Cross requires the state|® Daint brush to a pneumatic riveter| pjedrich, former Gopher football and ing to the front. The battle for the| oo ooirion to see that local ex-|-—to join the reserve and be ready,|pageball star, recor.mends both play- possession of Pskoff was won by the| pondjtures are for approved work. | Dbecause the quarter of a million 18| erg highly. Russians. . Expenditures of local committees and | to be needed soon. ) . Gray, right tackle and captain of _ of the state association are reported| Anyone who wishes to serve his|iye jeven, is considered one of the to headquarters on blanks furnished | cOURtry, and is qualified for the Work| pest linemen ever developed at Be- for that purpose. . should seek out the enrolling agent|mi4ji, while Tennstrum was a star Wanted—One juror man who is Draft examinations have revealed | il his county and put his name down. | iy the backfield. Tennstrum, in ad- such an alarming number of cases ) dition, is a good baseball and basket- absolutely neutral, guaranteed im- munpe from bias and with a rock rib- of tuberculosis that it is deemed wise ball player. to use at least 50 per cent of the TOMORROW LAST DAY - flo:fill:ll(lietgzg?y,vffi{mg:togéltl:rlz‘}ng entire fund for county public health TO PAY PERSONAL TAX | snitsca “a” the “snstncerins corvs: more dispensaries for tuberculosie cases will be established in each county whether the county has a nursing and free clinics. One or Bailey led the team to the undisputed championship of Northwestern Min- Tomorrow is the last day to pay|nesota high school and the eleven guaranteed to stand without hitch- personal property taxes at the county| was only scored on once during the ing, to act as a juror in the case of| NO RESTRICTIONS REMOVED treasurer’s office before the 10 per|season. the State vs. Henrionnet. Apply to ON HARD COAL PURCHASES|cent penalty is added. Anyone wish- ing to avoid this additional expense 'ENERA Judge C. W. Stanton. St. Paul, Feb. 27.—No restrictions | should pay their personal property Aq%l%%]?- FEA.RSL ESX}FRTESSED —_— on the purchase of hard coal are re-|taxes tomorrow. Anybody who can answer to.that|moved in Minnesota by the advice of ——————— St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Lyndon A. description can get a job in short|Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield SPIRITUALISTS OF THE STATE Smith, attorney general of Minne- order for the judge and lawyers, the|that all householders should buy nor- MEET IN ST PAUL THURSDAY | sota since 1912, is near death at his sheriff’s office and everybody in gen-| mal coal supplies for next winter as home in St. Paul today, as the re- eral are just about ready to jump in|soon as possible. St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Spiritualists|sult of a stroke of apoplexy late Mon- the laKe. “This advice means that people|of Minnesota will gather in St. Paul|day. He is 64 years old and phys- After the venire of jurors had been |should buy next winter's supply in|tomorrow for the twentieth annual|icians fear for his recovery. exhausted, a call whs sent out and|normal amounts as soon as naviga- mid-winter mass meeting of the another 'aggregation summoned ‘and | tion on the lakes will allow the ship- State Spiritualists’ association, which now they have runm the gauntlet and | ping of coal,’”said J. F. McGee, state ffl:{‘;’:;fissounndt:;t day and continues “ERE’S OFFICIAL LIST the jury is still one shy. That one fllelT]adm(nllsltrgtor‘ " " h i hesd irit is badly wanted and has been for th “That will be some time in_ the I8 /anpounced. SpIEIt IMeEBAZOS = % will be received from the dead and FLOUR SUBST'TUTES communicated to relatives present by past couple of days. 4 spring when the ice breaks up. Pur- 4~ That's why the case was adjourn-|chase of coal should be made from ed at noon today to summon a third|that time on in normal amounts so mediums. . quota. railroad traffic will not be blocked next winter by the shipping of great amounts of coal- that they should & 'I‘wo MORE ENLIS’I‘ ] :;:a;]x;};fihased previously in norrna‘ AT BEMIDII STATION 585, BB o (By United Press) Two more men left this noon for Paris. Feb. 27.—(Official)—Two Duluth, enroute to Jefferson bar-|strong German raids were repulsed racks,. .-having enlisted at the local|in the Chemin des Dames region recruiting office in charge of Cor-| where the American troops are aid- poral Clarence Foucault. ing the French. In the Champagne They were Clarence Lee, who en-|region the Germans twice attempted listed in the signal corps as electri-| raids after violent bombardments _— . - - - — e s Harry E. Reynolds, federal food administrator for Beltrami county, repeated by traveling salesmen and i TEUTONS,CLOSESTONIGHT others regarding the substitutes to midif : be sold with white wheat flour. There have been no changes from Tonight closes the registry for all|the original list, which is as follows: aliens, excepting Germans, who have| Corn meal, edible corn starch, corn had their registration day, and City| flour, hominy, corn grites, barley Clerk Stein will be in waiting until| flour, rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled 8 o’clock at his office in the city|oats, buckwheat flour, potato flour, building. sweet potato flour, soya bean flour, All aliens above the age of 14|feterita flours and meals. years, no matter of what allegiance, “If any changes are made,. the have to register, by order of the|public will be promptly notified. government, and up to noon today|Please insist on strict adherence to between 400 and 500 had been reg-|the above substitutes,” states Mr. istered by City Clerk Stein. Reynolds. listed in the aviation section of the|artillerymen are located, but were signal corps as carpenter. lthrown back. a wonderful feeling of satisfaction Will that boy ‘have a right to feel proud of you? “Supposing then, after this greet- ing is over, and that boy of yours learns that someone. in the family (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—Thirty men were prabably lost when the United States naval tug Cherokee foundered off the Atlantic coast yesterday. Sec- retary of the Navy Daniels today announced that the bodies of four had reached Philadelphia. 36 men were What excuse could gou give? would you say? " Ten officers &n known to have been on the vessel. Ten known survivors “Don’t worry over that boy in the He is well fed and well Do you know, he is ac- tually worrying over, you at _home here. " Well, hasn't’'le a right to There he is over - TPhere ~are-no-detalis“availuble as" INDIAN TREATY ON LIQUOR HELD YALID St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Validity of the Indian treaty of 1855 and is appli- cation to keep liquor out of north- . ern Minnesota has again been up- held in the courts, in a decision by the United States i appeals at St. convictiop of etor of & hotel'at Kelliher. Harris had been convicted in fed- - eral court at Duluth of introducing liquor into dry territory, and his at- torney attacked the validity of the act of congress giving the treaty pro- visions on liguor the force of law. This attacked the new angle, but the case will be ap- pealed to the United States supreme court, which has once decided in fa- vor of the validity of the treaty. U. S. DESTROYER SAVES HOSPITAL SHIP CREW (By United Press) London, Feb. 27.—An destroyer today brought in the sur- Julius Lincoln, representing the fed-| vivors of thg hospital ship Glenart eral government, spoke on his obser-| Castle, sunk in Bristol channel yes- vations in France and England. Lincoln is a Swedish Lutheran min-|pounced today. ister of Jamestown, N. Y., and was gent to these countries by President food - representa- tive. to make an investigation, and he has returned to the United States. He made his report and it proved so that it was, decided to ple of the United anxiously waiting to go ‘over the top’ and you're holding him back—ac- tually holding him back. He is there What does he waiting—for what? “Send us guns. Send us men. Get busy and Get stuff to us. you know that war has been We're waiting here to go ‘over the top.’ Why do you hold us “Which one has the more right to worry, you or that boy?” circuit court of puis, affirming the "¥0. Harris propri- “The first law of a soldier is obe- The first thing a child is The law of the taught is obedience. Now ¢hen, is obedience. when the government requests you to observe wheatless, heatless days, why do you hesitate? Do you suppose President Wilson and his men make these requests to get back at us Republicans? - I'm a Re- Do you think it is done No, friends, this is all figured out and done for a purpose, a big purpose—to win the war.” “TEXT” OF “SERMON” i You people of little hearts and big stomachs. Don’t be so selfish.”—Hoover’s psalms, Chapter 476, verse XIV. The Elko theater should have had rubber walls last night, when Dr. meatless and “lid” from a the British admiralty The Glenart was out bound with all lights burning and had no pa- tients aboard. BARTHOLDT ASKED TO APPEAR TO EXPLAIN HIS LOYALTY (By United Press) Washington, send him to the peo: States that they might learn first hand what was actually being faced. _Dr. Lincoln is the chief speaker of one of the groups engaged in this work, and what he had to say and the manner in which he presented his mission was the best in this line ever heard in Bemidji. truthfully be said that his talk was all too mrief.’ Packed to Streets. Announced to open at 8 o'clock, the Elkp was packed to seating ca- pacity at 7:30 o'clock. fident of being ‘“on time"” even a few minutes before were packed like gardines in the lobby of the theater, packed behind the seat section and down the aisles, while scores turned away unable to even get mear the AL'EN REGISTRY’ EXCEPT says that much confusion has arisen entrance. 27.—Former Representative Bartholdt of Missouri was today asked to appear before the Senate sub-committee investigating the German-American alliance. is reported Bartholdt speech urging the election of candi- dates favoring Germanism. AN EYE ON OF GERMANS (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 27.—The Japan- ese embassy here says Japan is ready to act if German activities spread there and to the far east. WILSON IS WAITING REPLY OF CZERNIN Y (Carl D. Groat) United Press Correspondent Feb. 27.—President Wilson is waiting upon Count Czer- nin's expected reply to Wilson's last peace message hefore again address- If Czernin is concilia- tory, the president may again address congress, but it is generally believed JAPAN KEEPING MOVEMENTS Sections of the theater were re- throughout the state through reports served for the members of the Be- band and the Home Guard. H. E. Reynolds, chairman of the Bel- administration, trami county food presided. Dr. Lincoln has an unusually ac- He possesses a ceptable presence. strong, well modulated voice and his manner of driving in a telling point was quietly done, though in a force- ful manner. It Was Refreshing. There was no harrange on There was no intri- ing congress. speech is likely for rejection. food question. o that Hertling is not sin- cate statistics to bore the auditors. There was no “what you ought to