Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 18, 1918, Page 1

%, P STILLWATER; LAST ~ CHAPTER OF TERM Disposal of Embezzlement Case Ends Business Session of the District Court’s Session. ¥ ONLY ONE ACQUITTAL IN GRIST; ONE LIFE TERM . Booke Violators All Plead Guilty; Pwo _Convictions on Charges iof Statutory Offense. 3 Gearge Kirk, former superintend: nt of the water works system, this morning appeared in district court and was sentenced to.two years in the atate,peni_ten-tiary at Stillwater on a plea of guilty to embezzlement <gronicipal funds. The amount of the shortage is $2,085. Kirk was . taken to the county jail following ‘his sentence. 3 The discrepancies in the acdeounts . of Kirk were discovered by the.state public examiner when the oity’s books were examined last summer, and a report made to the city coun- cil, Mr. Kirk appeared before the council and acknowledged his errors - and asked for eanother opportunity to repay the city what he had a propriated. He was suspended pend- ing investigation and later ‘the su pension was made permanent. He was indicted by the grand jury. < Admits His Guilt. Kirk engaged a lawyer to fig}}t the charges, but two weeks ago in district couPt before Judge Stanton changed his plea of ‘“not guilty” to “guilty.” Sentence was deferred for two weeks with the consent of Coun- ty. Attorney Torrance, the date set peing today. No offer was made by the accused to:make restitition for age to the cit; : t Term Ends. The calendar of the, term of.court _.not- heayy..t > ‘fegture ithe . murder case of Rolamd Henrionnet,” who was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. embezzlement charge on the slate. tory offenses. Two of these pleaded guilty and one was acquitted. Five were up for violations of the liquor laws and every one pleaded guilty. - Four of them are doing jail ed_guilty, Clarence Ferguson, was given an opportunity to enlist in tne Canadian forces and get out -of Be- midji. The _penalty still holds in his case, ‘pending his making him- /self scarce. YOUTHFUL FORGER IS A, F. Syles of Fargo, the youthful naval cadet at Great Lakes, up at the Markham hotel and pro- ceeded to have a good time, forging checks about the cify and skipping ou& Friday night, was brought back to ‘Bemidji today by Deputy Sheriff Cahill, who was in Fergus Falls and to whom a wire was sent to stop at Crookston- and bring the young sail- or back with him. Cahilll did so. The boy said he is not quite 17 years old and that he was a member County of the Great Lakes band. Attorney Torrance has wired to his commanding officer at Great Lakes to -ascertain what should be done, ~and whether the commander wants him. If not wanted at Great Lalkes, “the county authorities will take a = hand and it will be a case of reform “gchool for the festive youth. Bemidji Five Disbarred: Charges M: .~ BE what he had taken and his bonding company must -make good the short- cloged today. The crilinal list was is. term, but-had ag-a -~ George Kirk’s case was the only Three cases were on call for statu~ sentences, and the other, who plead- BROUGHT TO BEMIDJI who landed in Bemidji last week and put YOU CANT GET TODAY'S NEWS « SURE—THEY KNOW | | © Today there arrived at the | Pioneer a letter addressed to the. | “Memidja - Pioneer,” Memidja, | Minn.” The letter was mailed | at: Akron, .. Ohio, ./ and = came I through to the Bemidji Pioneer. ‘Which ‘shows that Bemidji~ fy’ | well known afar and also . the ’ Pioneer. FIVE DESERTERS SENT T0ST. PAUL; TAKEN | . BV BENIDJ s tant general’s . department ~of - the state,, Captain Thomas Swinson of), the Bemidji Home. Guard sent a squad of five deserters from_ Bemidji to the army authorities at” St. Paul at midnight, Sunday.. . . . The men: were’ placed in. custody: tachment, headquarters in Bemidji. Two 'of ‘the - deserters were from Minnesota, ‘two from Montana and by the Bemidji Home Guard, and there are about eight more being held for investigation, being -unable to no papers of registry. / 4 It is this work on.the part of the Bemidji guard that has attracted the attention of the rest of the state. ; \ MARKET ALL WHEAT (By' United “Press) St. Paul, March 18.—State Food Administrator A. D, Wilson has re- ceived from Herbert Hoover an urg- ent appeal that. northwestern farm- ers market all available wheat be- fofe April 15. He says the wheat is badly needed. TEACHERS URGED TO ADVOCATE ~WAR GARDENS AFTER -SCHOOL (By United Press) Washington, March 18.—On: ac- count of the food shortage;. the gov+ ernment is ufging every schiool child’ to raise war gardens after . school hours.” Superintendent Claxton. has asked the teachers and prinecipals to help the children plant proper vege- tables, COMMERCIAL CLUB ' MEMBERSHIPDRIVE UARD)| uporzavr vaaz asman or Upon instructions’ from ‘the adju-{ ' of a sergeant and three privates of| Today. the Fourth Minnesota infantry: de-{the" 5 will continue all week, and the busi- one from North DaRota. This squad|thoroughly, combed’ for members to makes a total of 12 deserters sent|give Bemidii a better representation from Bemidji to' the war authorities|jn her leading civic body. give satisfactery accounts of th.eir cm}tinue.tb be, and it is to augment duty to the government and having|its” already splendid work for the MRS, MOLLER OPENS - “SUFF” HEADQUARTERS (Special to Pioneer) Washington, March 18. — Mrs. Charles Moller of Bemidji, who is in Washington in the interests of the federal suffrage amendment, has opened a campaign among the labor unions in the capital. From re- ports received at the Minnesota Branch of the National’'s Woman's party, of which Mrs. Moller is ex- ecutive secretary, her efforts have met with overwhelming success. “Washington js unanimous in its support of th federal suffrage amendment,” declared Mrs. Moller, “and especially the labor element. Six meetings'a night, on an average, are adopting resolutions to be sent to the president a(nd congress, urg- ing immediate favorable action on the Susan B. Anthony amendment.” ChaAeu Bt VD The bsttieship Massachusetts, who had been in Be- midji since Thursday, lefit this morning for Fort Ripley, where he will spend a year with his parents, having received an honorable dis- charge on account of the ill health of his father. Mr. Paul was a mem- ber of the naval band on the Massa- chusetts and played the clarinet. He was also a member of the Bemidji band before -entering the navy. OUT OF YESTER " BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING. MARC - BEGINS; LIVE WIRE Committees of Leading Citizens in the Van to Secure Co-operation of Fellow' Men. * - BEMYDJI; EVERYBODY BOOST Eefsénnel of Corgmittees Show Qual- ity of Organization; Help Them Help Your Home Town. Gommereial ciiib was begun 4 ness interésts of the city are to be The club has been the greatest factor in Bemidji’s progress and will betterment of Bemidji that the cam- paign for increased membership - is being made. - Bemidji has much ahead of it that requires intelligent co-operation on the part of every live wire citizen. .| There is the war work of the gov- BY- APRIL 15,” HOOVER| ernment for the coming year, and the other interests of the city need the heartiest co-operation on the part of all. : Business Men Boosting, oday, committees consisting of two men each started out on the roundup. . The members of the eom- mittees are leading citizens™of the community, men who have given their time and financial support for what is best for- Bemidji, and by so doing have advanced the city from which everybody has benefitted. They are asking the support of others of the city to advance their home town. A perusal of the personnel of the men interested in this will show the highcalibre ofthe- membership Of the organization and they want every enterprising citizen to join them. e . Leadin~ Citizens, The committees: G. D, Backus and H. C. Baer. A. L. Barker and Dr. G. M. Palmer. Eugene Berman and G. E. Carson. A. T. Carlson and J. P. Lahr. R. L. Given and F. G. Troppman. G. Halgren and Frank Koors. . W. Jewett and LaG. Worthing- o to: =] C. J. Larson and D. S.*Mitchell. J. L. George and W. F. Marcum. M. C. Longballa’ and W. G. Schroeder. “ E. H. Winter and L. P. Wilson. The following committees were named to solicit firms and corpora- tions for the purpose of securing sub- scriptions for additional member- MEMBERS ACTIVER tne drive for increase of} ships to be taken out in the names of their employes: F. S. Lycan and T. J. Burke. C. W. Vandersluis and R. H. Schu- maker. ' A. P. White and B. W. Lakin. PERSHING DISPLEASED; , PROMISES-NO MACHINES (By United Press) \ Washington, March 18.—It is un- derstood that General Pershing is far from pleased with results obtained by the signal corps in the aeroplane program. Practically no Americans are fly- ing over the front, and those that do must rely upon the French-for pro- tection. General Pershing has been promised several hunderd machines but only a few have arrived. By District Board Of Athletic Control Little Falls, Minn., March 18.— Bemidji, the strongest contender for the Sixth ‘district basketball cham- pionship, has been disqualified by the State Athletic association and Little Falls certified as the logical team to represent the district in the - *~~in the state tournament at Carleton college. Protest was-filed¢ to the effect that the Beraidji team was_not observing the rules of the association. The protest was investigated and the State Athletic association disquali- fied the Bemidji five. Little Falls and Bemidji were tied for the title in the district, and the tie was to have becn played off en a neutral floor, but the action of the state board has made the playing of the game unnécessary. Bemidji and Little Falls have not met this| season, and M. W. Zippy, local man- ;fer of high school athletics, de- Alared his school had nothing to do Ve with ‘the filing of the protest. Northfield, Minn., March 18.— Fourteen high school basketball teams, winners in their respective districts, will be on the Carleton col- lege gymnasium floor here Thursday and Friday in the last lap of the race for the state championship. Keen rivalry has been shown in all the elimination contests and the teams have been so evenly matched that it is difficult to pick a probable win- ner. 7 Lake City Strone. Lake City is expected to be in the running right from tne start. Roch- ester, last season’s champions, who had played a sure game until they| encountered the Lake City team, met defeat and the winning of the game has boosted Lake City’s stock until they are perhaps the most feared team in the race for first honors. Buffalo, which is represent- ed by the same players as last year, is one of the favaorites, while Albert Lea, which went into the semi-finals last year with a green team, is look- /ed upon by some as a sure stumb- ling block for other contenders. This five is working smoothly and give promise of being one of the heavy scoring machines. Litchfield is also listed as one of the contenders. Unstates Dark Horses. The upstate teams have been play- ing good basketball, but little is known of their relative strength. The report received here that the strong Bemidji team has been protested, per- haps throws -one of the strongest nothern contenders out of the run- ning if the protest holds. Most of the teams are expected to arrive here Wednesday - night and drawing for the tournament will be made following an entertainment at the Carleton gymnasium. ‘" How They Will Play. Four games will be played Thurs- day morning, four in the affernoon and two in the evening. Friday mornigg the surviving teams will start in the semi-finals and at 8 p. m. Friday the clash for the cham-| pionship will be staged. Lynch of the St. Cloud Normal will referee and Lee of the University of Minne- sota will umpire. SRS The first steel éhlp ever built south of Newport News is shown here just It is the Mexoll, a vessel of 8,000 tons, built by the Ala- bama-New Orleans Transportation company for the Mexican Petroleum corpo after the launching. ration and was launched at Violet, La. s Much Interest The summer meeting of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion is to be held at Walker Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8 and much interest centers in the coming outing and gathering of prominent| Northern Minnesota boosters. A conference was held recently at Walker b®tween Secretary Fred T. Lincoln of'the -Northern Minnesota Development association and the Commercial club at Walker at which time plans for the meeting were gone over and discussed. ', - More of An Outing. The executive committee has de- cided to make the summer meeting more of an outing than has previous- I,y been the case and the attractions 6t Northern Minnesota as a Mecca for tourists will be emphasized at this meeting. Mr. Lincoln is an ex- perienced publicity man and will ad- vertise the gathering, not only in this state and the joining states, but in the south and from such .erri- tory as one can naturally expect summer tourists. He has already been corresponding with prominent publishers and invited them to at- tend the meeting and plans to have at least three papers by prominent newspaper men on the program. Wool Growers Invited. An invitation will be extended the Northern Minnesota Wool Growers’ association to meet with the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion this summer and they will be invited to have a speaker on the program. The agricultural interests of Noithern Minnesota will not be overlooked and at least one or two god strong addresses on this sub- ject are suggested by the committee. Mr. Lincoln recently said: “This is a day of specialists and I believe in specializing at our summer meet- ing with the outing features of Northern Minnesota as a feature, just as we did at the winter meet- ing, when we made plain to the world what we can do in-growing pota- toes and the advantages we offer as a dairying counti;.” The idea seems to have met with general favor and it is an easy pic- ture to imagine hundreds of auto- mobiles with parties of gay tourists A A A A A A A A AN AP TROTSKY HAS WEIRD DREAM: SEES JAPANESE-GERMAN PACT (By United Press) Petrograd, March 18.—Leon Trot- sky, deposed foreign minister of the Bolsheviki, said in an. interview. that agreements exist between Germany and Japan to divide Russia on a ba- sig of mutual interests. He stated that it was a great error on the part of the allies in assisting Japan in Siberia, and that the United States will be the first to regret the action. STILL THEY ENLIST Late this forenoon, Corporal Fou- cault enlisted two more recruits and sent them at poon to Jefferson bar- racks. They were Joseph Le Blanc and Harry W. Bureaugard. GERMANY MOVES IN FINLAND _(By United Press) Copenhagen, March 18.—Dispatch- es from Vasa today say the German army has started a general offen- sive in southern Finland. General Mannerheim captured the town of Heineta. RECRUITING OFFICERS SPEAK AT RED LAKE FALLS the Sergeant McDe Henry of Canadian recruiting office and Cor-/} poral Clarence Foucault of the local recruiting office, returned this morn- ing via the Soo Line from Red Lake Falls where they spoke yesterday. Corporal Foucault spoke in the af- ternoon and Sergeant McDe Henry in the evening. There were between 1800 and 1,000 people present, FIRST STEEL SHIP LAUNCHED IN SOUTH Summer Meet of N.M.D. A. ’ Centers In from considerable distance coming over the beautiful scenic highway tc Walker this summer to attend the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation meeting. It is hoped that Northern Minne sota people gemerally will partici- pate in this gathering and will spread the news among their friends outside of the state inviting them fc be present, for the reputation of ‘Walker people as entertainers needs no comment and the fact that thc committee has begun early to make tentative plans should insure a cer- tain success. MAJOR YOST MAKES BEMIDJI BRIEF CALL Major John D. Yost of Minneap- olis, head of the United States re- cruiting service for Minnesota, and Captain E, L. Bonner of Duluth, dis- trict chief for the Canadian recruit- ing in Northern Minnesota, North- ern Michigan and Northern Wiscon- sin, ‘arrived in Bemidji at an early hour this morning. They came in Major Yost's private car and ‘left for Duluth at noon. Major Yost is on an inspection tour of the state and he was greatly pleased. to find Bemidji continuing to hit in the .300 class. Minnesota, in the month of*Jan- uary, set a record of 21 per thousand in recruiting, in February jump d to 24 per thousand and thus far this month has gone to over 32 per thou- sand,. a record that is astonishing No wonder Major Yost is highly gratified over the showing of the state, and he has the highest praise for Bemidji. TEUTON ATROCITIES IN WAKE OF ADVANCE (By United Press) Moscow, March 18.—Austro-Ger- man forces are moving upon Wer- oshba, aiming to occupy Kharkoff, 420 miles southwest of Moscow. The Russians occupied both places. Tales of atrocities rivalling Bel- gium have reached here. STENOGRAPHER ILL Miss Frances McManus, stenogra- pher for the St. Hilaire Lumber com- pany, is {11 at her home on Dewey avenue. DAY'S PAPERS--READ TR IDJ1 DAILY PION W BE SEIZED BY UNITEDSTATES; - ADDSMILLIONTONS Dutch, Nation 'Between Devil and Deep Sea; Situation is More Complicated. SWEDEN AND NORWAY ARE ROILED MORE THAN EVER - Two Bolsheviki and Four .Soeiill = Revolutionists Resign From Russ * Cabinet; Action Surprise. (By United Press) Washington, - March 18.—Holland is between the devil and the deep sea and the international complications are more compiicated than .ever. Dutch shipping In American ports will be seized tomorrow by the United States government. The navy department did ‘the formal requisi--_ tioning and naval guards were placed aboard the vessels. ¢ The insignia of Holland will be taken from ships and the vessels then turned over to the shipping board. One million tons of Dut h ship- ping will thus be addgi to the avail- able tonnage to fight Germany. Holland’s position is becoming more of a problem daily. Sweden and Norway are becoming roiled by the Finnish situation and the sub- marining of Norwegian merchant- men by the German submarines. Bolsheviki Muit Cabinet. Petrograd, March 18.—Two Bol- sheviki and four Social Revolution- ists have quit the Russian cabinet, following the Moscow Soviet’s rati- fication of the German dictated peace treaty, The action of the Bolshe- viki is called a surprise. The ratification of the peace terms was a typical steam roller process. M. Lartiff, one of those resigning, snid the treaty was not _publicty known. He also stated that the in- demnity demanded by Germany, is 9,000,000 rubles instead of 3,000,000 as Germany announced. Believe Offensive Bluff: Washington, March 18.—Veering from the constantly expressed view, the war department for the first time -today expressed its belief officially that the Germans do not- intend a major west front offensive this spring. WILSON CONTROL (By United Press) Washingfon, March 18.~~The rail- way administration will soon ask for bids on railway equipment totalling $100,000,000. LEADING PUBLICATION ™ SHOWS NEW NORMAL In the March issue of the Im- provement Bulletin, one of the lead- ing journals of engineering, archi- tectural and construction news in the country, published at Minneap- olis, appears a large cut of Bemidji’'s new normal school, together with a brief description. The illustration and - description comprises nearly a half page and bears the notation “‘printed by cour- tesy of the Bemidji Pioneer.” CHEERS GREET BAKER (By United Press) With Secretary Baker in France, March 18.—=The portion of France through which Secretary Baker is passing is seething with patriotism and cheering crowds are everywhere. The Inland artillery school here has been inspected and during the day the great storage station was vis- ited. It is nine miles square. Gen- eral Pershing said Baker’'s coming was at his request. Former Minneapolis Junk Men Receive Big Salaries . Washington, March 18.—A gen- eral defense of the work at the Hog Island shipyard by Walter Gooden- ough, general manager of the plant, featured the hearing of the Senate ship investigating committee. Mr. Goodenough, whose $25,000 a year salary frequently has been un- der fire before the committee, told the senators he did not believe his salary was excessive if his services were accepted as satisfactory. He also defended salaries of other em- ployes and in that connection Sena-! tor Nelson of Minnesota asserted that two high-priced officials at Hog Island formerly were in the junk business at Minneapolis at low pay. Minneanolitan Gets $625 a Month. To support his assertion the sena-| tor read letters from persons in Min- neapolis. One, written by F. T. Ab-| bott, a civil engineer, said that Leo} Harris, now receiving $625 a month at Hog Island “could not go back to Minneapolis and earn $100 a month.” Harris, the letter said, was formerly employed by his father in the junk business. A Another letter asserted that George Gillette, who receives $15,- 000 a year at Hog Island and who fortherly lived in Minneapolis, “knows very little about any busi- ness,” and that Bernard W. Harris, who receives $1,000 a month at Hog Island, was associated with his fa- ther and brother in the junk busi- ness before going to the shipyard. That Dvnamite “Plant.” Mr. Kennedy defended the work done at Hog Island and it was in | connection with the difficulties en- countered in building the plant that he told of finding the dynamite. , The committee will continue to- morrow to hear officials of the Hog Island plant and the international corporation. e : T | | s o