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

| Gh;n'g'ed' W:Lth 'iqéuifioxdina _ ONE RECEIVES 20 YEARS; . i (OTHERS: GET 25 YEARS| *'W. Johnson, Axel W, Carlson, Gun- _ come_ citizens' of the United "States. :tle: lady appropriating her donation Sentendes Range From 20 to Sedae ' St’“Paul, Mérch 14.—The eight St. Paul, Soclalists who were: taken . to Fort Snelling ‘under ‘guard and sent to. Camp. Dodge where they Tefused to obey orders after being-placed: in the National army were sefitenced to long terms of imprisonment, follow: ing cour¢ martial, according to word Teceived from the cantonment. The sentences were from twenty to.twen- ty-five years. The-men will. be sent to the Federal prison at Leavenworth: The men and ‘théir terms follow: Allan S, Broms, 20 years at hard lahor. i ‘W. H, Treseler, R. A. Carlson, Carl ard Johnson, Morris: Kamman and Nicholas Ungar, 25 wears each ' at, hard labor, . ¢ o Battle With Officers. When the men were. about to be tranqurted from the county . jail to Fort Snelling by United ‘States: dep- uty marshals, "Mrs. Broms insisted on; beting taken to the fort with her husband. She with other women bat- tled with the officers: who finally let them go as far ag the fort with their husbands, The women returned on the street car.. s ‘When 8St. Paul relatives and friends learned that the eight Socialists were facing long terms of imprisonment for refusal to obey: their officers at|’ Camp Dogge;\aapa'lls were’' made to Secretaryiof War Baker and Presi- §ent ‘Wilson for leniency. . Trials Brief. 22 = -Fhe menwere-tried- and: convicted ity-four thours, “f wag stated. ' Broms and Treseler are the only native Americans. _The rest are natives of Sweden, but had declared their intention to be- ~Broms is no. stranger in some pla- ces in’ this vicinity. ~He has spoken at several meetings north of Bemidji and “in - other localities- hereabouts: WILL RATIFY PEACE - AND THEN BATILE ;.- {(By 'United" Press) -Petrograd, - March 14.—Ratifica: tion. of.‘the German dictated press with “immediate - preparations for a revolutionary war is a foregone con- clusion when the Pan Soviet confer- ence convenes in Moscow tomorrow. The' conference will also decide up- on a permanent change of the cap- ital from Petrograd. Three thousand delegates, includ- ing “women, peasants, soldiers and cossacks will attend. 5 CHECK FOR $6 SENT RED CROSS 259 E2 FROM BUENA VISTA The Red Cross chapter was enrich- ed $6 today by a check received from Mrs. .P.. P. Malterud; Buena Vista, who' writes that she enclosed™ the heck, of which $5 was her contri- pution. % The other $1 was from her seven- ¥ear-old daughter," the patriotic lit- from: herr savings bank. This was announced by the state ard: of: contrel following, a. confer ience with the* St. Paul T 4 | The “dry Diockade’swill:be usher- ed into St. Louis.county.tonight, be- In ‘keepin, issued by th sion, -following;tue adoption of Iocal option .in ‘counties in_the ‘state of Minnefota, jndividuals whi to the’alcoholic oasis atross the bay from Duluth, will.; ble to tote back ‘the eternal ypen - out-defying the machinations of the 1aw, R . 7 % ~‘While an extensfon has been mad: to ' allow breweries in-dry counties until- Apri] 1 in which to clean up their stocks on hand, traffic in ‘red- eye” and other distillery products so 'far “gp the public is: concerned, is absolutely and- positively . banned. The leniency. applies only. to beer. AMERICANS TAKEN ON NEUTRAL VESSEL (By United Press) ARTH Stockholm, March. 14.—Germans captured a number of American cit- izens on a ‘neutral vessel from Fin- land. Those of military age will be interned in Germany for the remain- der of the war. 1 W. W. TEETH ARE PULLED "IN NORTHWEST. 15 BELIEF Helena; Mont., .March. 14.—Judge G. Y. Harry, Federal labor concilia-] tor, from Portland, in Montana to Yook over some labor troubles, thinks the teeth of the “Wobbles” i@ the orthwest have.beén dra: 25 _““The: government’s _order for eight-hour day in camp and mill lias had good effect,” said Judge Harty. “Marked improvement in living con- ditions in lumber ‘camps also has been a - factor. Saditary - sleeping quarters are being installed, and fare at the boarding house is excellent.” ST, CHFIELD INSTILLS SPIRIT ° F SAVING: BUY WAR STAMPS % War ~Savings Stamps’” was - the theme of an address last evening at the city hall by F. H. Stinchfield of Minneapolis, and the necessity and value of saving by this -method was foreibly :impressed upon his hearers. It means saving for ‘one’s self and also aids the government. . In the aftermoon, Mr. Stipchfield $pokg to the school children: and the schools -have started “Thrift Stamp” clubs. ‘ - Uy BEMIDJI CO-EDS DEFEAT BLACKDUCK: SCORE 18-9 Last evening the Bemidji ~high school basketball girls. played the Blackduck girls' on the Blackduck floor, Bemidji winning by a score of 18 ‘to 9. . Mr. Roese of Blackduck refereed the first half of the game and Frank Phibbs of Bemidji the last half, Several Bemidji people ac- companied - ithe home players. The lineup was as follows: Josephine Parker, center; Madge Trafton; right forward; Lucile- Young; left forward; Pearl Phibbs, right guard; Lorraine Kreatz, left "guard, and Avis Cameron, sub. - * - The Bemidji girls will play Bag- ley Friday evening and the boys will play Wadena. 8 A~ Prize Alien Enemy Awaits _Action Of Federal Officers; ‘. Chief .of Police Ripple lost his “star boarder’” yesterday when” Au- 'gugth‘Wetler was taken from the city jail ‘to the county bastile, and the .thief didn’t shed any tears when his -unwelcome - guest made fracks with the heels toward the police sta- tion. This Wetler person. has been a problem and the first impulse is to take him out and stretch the end of 2 stout rope with' him on one end, for he is an enmemy alien and a rabid mouthed subject of Kaiser Bill. Wetler had been working in tbhe woods near Nebish and registered as an. enemy alien with the postmaster . there under the order of the govern- ment. He is about 25 years of age and has been in the United States about three years. He got to shooting off his mouth in that locality and to one of the fellows, named Berger Anderson, he asserted that he hoped the German soldiers would shoot the - Was Ripple’s Star Boarder o He is also asserted to have said that if he had to go into the American army he wouldn’t shoot at the Germans and if he was drafted he would fight on the German side. He made these treasonable utter- ances so frequently that the auth- orities weré notified and when Wet- ler came to Bemidji he was arrested by Chief Ripple and taken to the city jail. Wetler thought the proper thing would be to go on a ‘“hunger strike” and the chief thought he had the prize Hooverite, but Wetler wilt- ed after the first fastless day. Re- peated questioning on the part of the chief evoked no answer and the fed- eral authorities were notified. Yesterday, Joel Dickey, an assist- ant United States district attorney, arrived, but was called to Duluth and will return in a couple of days. Then he will "attend to Wetler’s case. It is said he will be interned for the rest of the war on charges of sedition. ‘Americans .down knee -deep: »., Mills Three Months; Se < Favors-Shooting Them ate military: comntittee heard gation ¢f *lumbermen who posing a war aepariment bill- & orizing ‘the, président’to commande lumber and timber .for the 1 navy and shipping board; . = - . Representative Fordney of Mi gan,’a Jumberman and thé delegation, declared” the bill :wt:; a “menace-to the industry’’-and said the -lumber “interests are doing their best to furnish government require- ments. - 5 3 4 “There’s nothing ganized labor proposition from . top| to bottom,” said’ Mr.. Fordney,” - to}: direct the number of hours and wa-}/ ges."” Ry 4 L-W. W. Blamed. — * ° The eight-hour day was forced on ‘Western lumbermen Fordney: said, and puts them at a disadvantage with competitors-on a ten-hour basis. Also, he said, the I. W. W. tied up Western. mills for three months. and ‘shoot them,” Senator Thomas: of Colorado interjected. 5 ““Senator Kirby of Arkansas said the government, -even if the bill ' was passed, would not interfere ' with concerns getting out lumber satis- factorily. e LAST- RASKETBALL OF The Bemidji high school quintet will play its last game of the season on the armory floor here Friday .eve- uing. » ‘Wadena won from Bemidji at Wa- dena’early in the season ‘and> think they can duplicate the trick here to- morrow evening. - They state that a large number of Tooters will accom- pany the team and it is also probable hat the Wadena city band will be with- them. A great deal is at stake in this game, for if “Bemidji should lose, while it would not put them out of the rinning for' the district cham- pionship, yet it -would make ' the champion8hip, if won, less decisive. But judging from'the way every man is *going” in the workouts the last few weeks it will take -some very strong opposition to breéak up the fast teamwork of the Bemidji ma- chine and there is not a quitter in the- bunch. Every one is in condi- tion and Has the “stuff”” to stay to the finish. Without doubt the game Friday night promises to_be the very best game of the season. A record crowd is a certainty.- The Bemidji and Bagley high school girl teams will play the cur- tain raiser which will be called at 8:15 o’clock. The big game will be called imme- diately afterward and when the whistle sounds_Bemidji will line up as follows: Frank Phibbs (captain) and Achenbach, forwards; Fred Phibbs, center; Tennstrom and Op- sahl, guards; Simons, sub. Dr, J. W. Diedrich will officiate. AIRPLANES OVER LONDON (By United Press) London, March 13.—Three Zep- pelines ventured over:London last night, Lord French announced today. Two of them ventured into the de- fended district. BACK TO- CAMP “Dick” Fenton, who has been home on a short furlough, will return to Camp Zachary “Taylor in Kentucky this evening, where he is a member of the Forty-sixth United , States infantry band. JOHN SMITH BECOMES "MOTION PICTURE STAR Grand Rapids, Minn., March 14.— Capt. John Smitn, aged Chippewa Indian, reputed to be considerably over 100, although active for his great age, has gone into t-e movies. He was here visiting- his grand- daughter, Mrs. M.ke Jordan, while on his way back to his stamping ground from Chicago, where, with his son, Thomas, he attended the Chi- cago auto show, and it hecame known that while in the Windy City he was filmed in full Indian regalia by a mo- tion picture concern depicting the early Indian massacres in Minnesota. ; 'i/[artln, age 32 years; of Long Island, *Representative “Sos far_as I_am concerned, T'd| 'stand the.I. W. W. up against a wall THE SEASON TOMORROW | Wine is an barrels of wine are then sent forward GERMAN AIRPLANES KILLING CHILDREN (By United Press) : Paris,. March 14—Miss Winga . 8. A, was one of the six persons -killed when a hospital was:bombed ‘during ‘Monday night’s enemy air raid here. Two other Americans, Mrs. W..B. Phillips and Mr. Salzer, ‘were wounded. ' ; The total casualties were 100 kill- ed and 79 wounded. . . Three Children Killed. London, March 14.—One man, one woman and three children were kill- ed and. nine persons injured in last night’s air raid over northern Eng- land. ~ Six ‘houses were totally de- mallllshed and 30 other houses dam- aged. 4 .o - Enemw-Raid Renulded. =~ . London, March 14.-——An enemy-air raid north of the Ypres-Staden ‘rail- way was repulsed, -General Haig re- ported today. “TROTSKY TALKS OF RAJSING AN ARMY {By United Press) ‘Washington,. March 14. — Leon Trotsky, former foreign' minister of the Bolsheviki regime, is talking of organizing an army “under iron dis- ‘cipline” to fight, the Germans, Am- erican Ambassador Francis at Vol- ogda reported to the state department today. He said that Trotsky was re- ported to ‘be curious over the 8i- berian situation and 'sensitive over the report that the allies intend en- tering Siberia. DEPUTY ABSOLVED FROM \ KILLING OF BOOTLEGGER ‘Wallace, Idaho, March 14.—A cor- oner’s jury has found that John Hen- drickson died as the result of a gun- shot wound fired by Special Deputy George Bell when he attempted to place Hendrickson under arrest as a bootlegger on the divide between Ida- ho and Montana early Monday, and that the shot was firred while the ocicer was discharging his duty. d’l‘he deputy was released from cus- tody. MINNESOTA TOWNS MAY FORM RED CROSS LOOP Brainerd, Minp., March 14.—A Red Crosg baseball league with Little Falls, Brainerd, Crosby, Ironton, Sta- ples and Walker represented, all players home talent and donating ser- vices, all receipts to Red .Cross, all traveling by automobiles donated, is the plan bvroached by Fred C. Cook, veteran baseball player, and support- ed by Ed Hall, Frank Little and Bert Kyllo of Brainerd. Twenty-game schedule would pro- vide clean sport. It is believed Be- midji, Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud and Royalton would also join the league. Organization steps are under way. FOUCAULT _TO KELLIHER SEEKING NEW RECRUITS Corporal Clarence Foucault left this afternoon for Kelliher, where he will spend the night looking for vol- unteers. The corporal says that they are not coming in fast enough, so it is necessary to go out after ‘em. Emil Swanson was the only vol- unteer secured Wednesday and he was sent to Duluth on the noon train. Mr. Swanson will take up his new duties in the infantry branch of the service. Friday afternoon, Corporal Fou- cault and Sergeant McDe Henry will go to Okiee, where they wil hold a lmeeting in an effort to encourage enlisting. ’uolqle,rs. The above photograph shdyvs‘ soldiers filling, car which has just arrived from the wine reglons in southern France. The d th the French tions~se ¢ barrels from the tank to the men In the trenches. ARMY IS BUYING HORSES FOR ARTILLERY; CHANCE FOR FARMERS (Special to Pioneer) St. Paul, March. 14.—Lieut.-Col. Winterburn of the quartermaster’s corps, is making arrangements ,to purchase 12 carloads of giege artil- future. He held a conference with-Dr. Carl W. Gay, J. S. Montgomery and others of the animal husbandry group at University farm, and was - asspred that he would have the co-operation of the State Stallion Registration board .in finding available horses. Dr. Gay says that this offers an op- portunity to try. out the direct meth- ers which the stalljon registration ‘board ‘has supported and’ he’ls very dankious to see the method a complete success. : The animals will be purchased at certain inspection points, to hbe an- nounced later, and $200 will be paid for each. The animals must be geld- ings, though 15 per cent will be ac- cepted in mares, between the ages of 5 and 10 years, sorrels, bays, blacks and, bays with white mark- ings. All must weigh betweer 1,400 and 1,700 pounds and be between 16 and 17 hands ip height. All ani- mals must be soupd, gentle and broke to harness. No apimal with material defect or blemlnx’ will’ be accepted. No animals will ‘be branded for the army until they have passed the mal- lein test for™ glanders. OBLIGING AUTOIST IS VICTIM OF BANDITS (By United Press) Minneapolis, March 13.—Carl Pet- erson of Wayzata, ran an automobile race with bandits last night dnd lost. Peterson was enroute to Minneap- olis from Wayzata. A high powered car coming back of him signaled for room to pass. Peterson obligingly drew out. The oncoming car stop- ped, revolvers were flashed and Pe- terson was ordéred to throw up his hands. Instead, he opened his car and dashed ahead followed by the bandits who fired at him. One of the bullets struck a tire and Peter- gon was out of the running. He halted and the bandits relieved him of $25 he happened to have, and made their escape. MORE MILLIONS LOAN. ED (By United Press) Washington, March 12.—An addi- tional credit of $200,000,000 to Eng- land was announced today, making England’s indebtedness to the United States $2,520,000,000. The total indebtedness of the allies to the United States is $4,949,400,- 000. X ALL_FARM PRICES O® o NONE. SAYS PUBLISHER Washington, March 14.—The gov- ernment should do one of two things, either abandon price fixing al- together or fix the price on everything the farmer has to buy or sell, H. N. Owen, publisher of Farm, Stock and Home, Minneapolis, told the Senate committee on agriculture. To do this, Mr. Owen said, would mean that the government would have to take absolute control of all production. SAVE YOUR BEER BARRELS Missoula, Mont., March 14.—W. M. Garran, a Northern Pacific engi- neer, thinks he has discovered a plan to circumvent the subs. He would line ships with empty beer barrels. Since America is slowly going dry he says these may be had for a song and if made airtight, he thinks, they would hold up a ship. lery horses in Minnesota in the near od purchase of horses from the farm- MONDAY TOSWELL COMMERCIALCLUB Everybody Should Join 'to- ‘Help Center War Activities and Work for-Bemidji, ORGANIZATION, HAS LED IN PROMOTING CITY’S WELFARE You Are Asked to, I{ei_p m the Up- building ef Your Home City; * Will You? The biggest membership drive ever launched in° Bemidji- in' cofinection with the Commercial club, will” be- gin Monday, March ‘18. Practically every member of the club‘ will' " 'he asked to contribute a:portion of his time and services to- effect d most successful campaign. The desire of the committee in charge of this work is to double the present membership of the cluo, e niy Wilke Svurs Movemer’ The address given by William Wilke of Gray- Eagle to the club members and guests-at the Odd Fel- lows hall, Tuesday nigth, i5, in a large meagure, responsible for this action. He brought out the fact that it becomes the patriotic duty of every business and professional man, - who possibly can, to join the Commercial club. Its activities in the war work have heen too great for any citizen to shirk responsibility of added duties as a member of the Commercial club. Al Get Together. “You help win the war by join- ing the Commercial club as much as you do by working single-handed at some particular branch in the war service,” said Mr. Wilke. Continu- ing, he-said: ‘You do more to help win the war by. co-operating with the Commerctal ‘club, and joining its ranks than ypu can. accomplish- in any other way. It is your patriotic duty. The, war_ cannot_he won un- less every committee keeps up the proper spirit and the work necessary, as outlined by the government.” Will Benefit You. If you are not now a member of the Commercial club and think you should be, do not wait to be called upon, but turn in your application to the secretary, This campaign is going to be thorough and no de- sirable applicant will be overlooked. The city will be combed with a fine toothed comb and when the com- mittee calls on you, do not hesitate. Have your mindimade up. The work 'the club is doing'is as much to. your benefit as to thesbhenefit of its mem- bers. The entire city profite- by its efforts. There is.not a selfish thing about the Commtrcial club. Its pur- pose is @ bigger and better Bemidji. The development and things accom- plished, in addition to its war ser- vices given thé“past year, are briefly outlined elsewhere in this issue. The plan of canvass will include a large number of committees, who will be given certain names and instructions are not to take for an answer. Svecial Inducements. Special inducements are being of- fered during this membership drive. The membership fee is $10. The con- stitution provides that this fee must be paid. New members will be re- quired to pay no dues for the first four months. They will, however, be required to pay the membership fee, and where they cannot conven- fently pay the entire fee, they will be given the privilege to pay it in monthly installments. Business concerns who have been contributing to the secretary’s funds will be given memberships for each $2.50 paid monthly. These member- ships may be given to some one in their employ and entitles them to every right and makes them a full- fledged member. 200 is' Goal Sought. A membership of 200 is the goal the committee has set. In order that it reach this figure, it will be neces- sary that each member do his -duty. Talk the Commercial club, boost (he Commercial club and live ‘the Commercial club for that entire week. The drive will open Monday, March 18. - The business section will liter- ally ‘swarn with men seeking new members. You cannot dodge the. is- sue longer, They will gearch you out wherever you are. Don't hide, but come out in the open, ready to your “bit” for your country, your city and your club. CANADA PURCHASES 355 MILES OF RAILS (By, United Press) Winnipeg, March 14—The Cana- dian government has purchased 355 miles of 67-pound rails rolled in the United States. They were origin- ally made for Russian railways. This will relieve the rail shortage . in Canada. ILLSTART et 4 [——