Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 20, 1918, Page 1

Intelligent and Well Trained - Men and Women. " At the meetmg of the State Edit- fal association: ‘which" was: heldiin inueenolis, the following resolu- tion was unanimously adopted: “Resolved, that’ the ~ Minnesota _ ‘Editorial association - recognizes 'in ¥oherErowing seareity of teachers due prove a serious and that we. re- gard lt as our patriotic ,pnvilege and duty to lend assistance ina pub- liclty campaign- to ‘urge desirable young persons: to. attend the teacher stits 5 snppqrtad ‘by the state \#}n Commi John: director, se, chairman, resident Mankato. Maxwell, President W 'mal school. H. Cooper, President Ma‘ rmal school. J. C.> Brown, President St. Cloud Normal -sohool; Frank A. Weld, President Moox- head 'Normal school. E. W.-Bohannon, President Duiuth Normal. school. . _.— 5 Shortage - Alarming. All )ports indicate that the short- age of teachers is'alarming and that unless something {s done to relieve the condition- the ‘schools will' face The unusual scarcity 9t teache) ¢ superintendents to close their schools or to hire teachers yhose tmining ‘is_yery deficient. al;sh " ing have volunteered or have been drafted for military service. ramunerative posinons in other cail- ings: ‘Many men _teachers “have ieft the schoois to take the place of men in the home, in business, in industry and.on the farm. - Woinan -teacherg have volunteered for: Red' Cross work and for. other war activitles. Demand is Heavy. The: Normal ‘schools are not able to meet the demand made upon them for trained teachers. Within the last “few months: the schools have been asked to furnish a number of -teach- ers’far-in excess of the supply. Thé situation is- serious. We, as a ‘na- ‘tion, are ‘devoting rouselves loyally to ‘the stupendous tagk of winning gard this ‘as our first duty but'we must remember that our country has’a future as well as a present. and that it is of the ut- most important ‘that skill and in- telligence be conserved ‘and aug- mented. The’nation must have edu- cated men’ ‘and ‘Wemen to solve the problems of tomorrow whether in the continuance of’ theé war ‘or in the reconstruction that will follow the war. The conservation and increase of the intelligence of the rising gen- -eration “is one of ' the Dbiggest prob- lems ‘of the nation. Never in the world’s hiatory has added knowledge On Tuscama * (Special Correspondent) Turtle Lake, March 20.—William D. Lawrence, better known as Dud- ley, was one of ‘the survivors of the transport where she was torpedoed. He was a resident of Turtle Lake when he enlisted in Wiseonsin and a letter just received, dated in Eng- land and written February 11, nar- rates an interesting account of his experiences ~on the ill-fated vessel. It is as follows: “Just & few lines to let you know that -I'am safe here. Crossed from Ireland day before yesterday. 1 suppose you have heard by this time that we were on the Tuscania when she went down, but most of us got off. - I got off in an English -de- stroyer and we sure can’t thank ‘the English navy enough for the chances they took that night. “They risked their ship and took nearly as great chances as ours in getting us off. ‘One was missed by a torpedo only a few feet as she “swung off. And they sure took good care of us when we got ashore. We were bunked in an English barracks and they couldn’t do enough for us. They ‘treated us-all like brothers. “1 don’t know where we will go from hére or How long we will stay here, but ‘I am well as usual and don’t care much about it. Pretty ‘'The decrease in enrollment of young ‘cent and the enroHment of young of - teachers are leaving ‘the' schools for service inother activities the ' WlLL REORGANIZE AUT Thousands of men who were. teach- Many teachers have accepted more}. " Turtle Lake Soldier, Saved % midji, Minn,, member - of 616th “aero suppl squadron,’ * Kelly Field, Texas, has heen pro- moted’to. the rank: of' corporal orporal Cutter is’acting ‘as as- ‘sistant in' the 'supply depart- -~ ment.’ RS S ATy : _“TOM” POE, : R.. Gy c S 16tter to. the Pioneer, . Liei teum Poe states that a news bure: {'to: keep the families and friends of “{the men at Kelly, Field informed as to their ‘progress, and ithe above is a news item’ sent to the Pioneer in the line of work, the sbureau: | war attitude of given ‘more added power than it does | Femains. doubtful today. ' President Wilson, the sec- ‘retary of war, the Council of Nation- al Defense, the Unjted States com- missioner of education and many oth- ers -have:taken the position that it is ‘the 'patriotic duty of young men and of young women to remain in sch?ioii ux;til }tlhey are * specifically needed elsewhere. If they a x Y. graato and Thompson 57,783. remain in_ schooi, trained te‘achere £ should: be provided. T -cm":““:"Wt iendanru “’7“&‘“‘ “:rthe}'fi Sz i s " are umnrepor nd. W Bie Decrease Shown. xive them the lead. Thompson men Reports from thé normal ‘school Iwaukee county:is not-report presidents ‘of .the- country ' indicate| e [fi will give them the lead. that the decreage in' enrollment ‘due ‘certain of the Democratic to the war averages-is-16.9-per cent. Slig] itly more than half are cou ed with Lenroot, pro-war candidat and Thompson, LaFollette candida waging a desperate toe to.toe battle; Incomplete returns available ' a heaviest vote ever poll ‘a Wisconsin primary. - Lenroot ‘and the two men i§ 33 per cent and the decrease ‘of young -women..is 13.6 per cent. The enrollment in the Normal sé¢hools of Minnesota is 11 per cent less this year tham-sast year.. The enrollment of young men ‘has decreased 37.3 per: 1 uqd by Thompson and Berger. in’s ‘soldier vote will not ‘be counted in the primary. women 9.7 per.cent. When one re-|: 7 calls that the Normal schools ; Returns Long Delaved. ki ools. Wore | Milwaukee, Wis., March 20.—The not. ablé before the war to suppl an adequate number of trained tefi},’,fi ‘result of the Republican senatorial primaries’ will not be known until ers for.the state and that thousands tonight or even later, ‘Scattered returns showed that the race between ‘Lenroot, loyalist, and Thompson, La = Follette candidate, was close, with indications favoring Lenroot. geriougness. of the.: situation is ap- :parent. B B Wilson ‘Will Support D-vis - ‘Washington, March 20.—Indica- CLUB FR”)AY NIGHT tions that Joseph E. Davis had won the Democratic ~nomination - for United States senator from Wiscon- sin brought an announcement from the National Democratic committee that President: Wilson would throw his-support behind Mr. Davis. Loy- ajty 'to the government’s war pro- gram, the committee announcement said, would be the issue in the cam- paign. ; Committee reports here in- dicated’ that James Thompson, La- Follette candidate for the Republi- can.‘nomination, was leading Irvin L. Lenroot. The committee also an- nounced that a list of speakers in- cluding house and senate members who will stump the state in Mr. Da- vis’ behalf will be made public to- day, There will - be a meetmg of the Jefferson. Highway “Auto club_in the Commercia}; club rooms Friday eve- ning for the purpose of forming a permanent organization. Already 60 members have joined 'this organiza- tion .and indications are that the numpber. will ‘reach - 100. ~All auto owners are expected to become mem- Major Lynch of the Fourteenth battalion, Minnesota Home Guards, made an inspection of = Company “D,” Bemidji, and the. Fourteenth battalion band, Bemidji, last. eve- ning. There was a large turnout of the company and band and a large number of spectators saw the work. WGARRY WILL TALK A’ COMMERCIAL CLUB TONIGI{T Senator -Patrick -H, McGarry of Walker will be here this evening and will speak at the Commercial club at 8 o’clock. His talk will be on the Ten Thousand. Lakes associa- tion, and all members of the Com- mercial club, as ‘well as all others interested in the movement, arg urged to be present. A A M e D-vis Resigns Post. ‘Washington, = March 20.—Presi- dent Wilson has accepted the resig- nation of Joseph Davis from the fed- eral trade commission. Mayoralty Race. Milwaukee, Wis., March ~ 20.— Mayor Hoan, Socialist, and Percy Braman, Republican, - apparently mayoralty primary. By the Non- Partisan system the two leading can- didates oppose at the regular elec- tion. Evervbody at Polls. Milwaukee, march 20.—Citizens of Wisconsin poured from factories, shops, stores and offices, or plodded from pastures and lumber camps over muddy roads, to register their views at the speclal senatorial primary .élection yesterday.... i - Republican Toyalists, hf‘wr S Gor demned ~ Senator- IyaFollette- in “the [~ legislature two weeks ago; set ouf-to combat his candidate-for senator, James Thompson of LaCrosse. They chose as their champion Congress- man Irvine L. Lenroot of Superior. Former IGovernor McGovern with+ drew to add his strength to the loy- alty cause. Lenroot, in a speaking campaign, declared that a vote for him was a vote to support the fed- eral administration in the vigorous prosecutwn of the war unhampered by political considerations, and that a vote for Thompson was a vote of confidence in LaFollette and the acts for which ‘sie legislature censured him and the United States senate put him on trial. AMBASSADORS SAFE (By United Press) Pekin, March 20.—Chinese and Japanese ambassadors, accompanied by several American diplomats, have arrived at Manchuria from Petrograd under safe conduct. ARE YOU TAX SLACKER? (By United Press) Washington, March 20.—The in- ternal revenue is planning the pla- ‘cing of tax dodgers in the same class as draft slackers and will prosecute ertes L.etter short on clothes, though “and dead | broke. “This is a very pretty country, al- though it rains most of the time. It’s’ real warm and. every thing is nice and: green. "Can’s go around much- and.I haven’t seen much ex- cept from the train, but it certainly is interesting. Have a great lot of storiés to tell if ever I get home. “The rest of our*company came in this morning and there is only one man migsing. Pretty lucky for us. “But our fellows ‘behaved fine and there was no panic at all. I went down in the last boat on our davit and it got pinched between the ship and destroyer and was smashed to pieces. We all made it into the de- stroyer, though. “I got seasick for the first time that night coming in on the little boat, They had about 300 on board, where there-is only supposed to be about fifty and, say, how she did pitch. "We were packed in like sardines and it.was- darn close and stuffy, and’ this along with the roll- ing of the boat made me very sick for awhile. “But my worst trouble is I lost my sweater and razor. ‘“Well, it’s nearly dinner time and I must go, or go without so I have to close. So long for this time. “DUD.” noon’ today showed 'Lenroot 60,692 . poorer. section of Pavis, have safe leads in the Non-Partisan|’ +|-elected .pr “Prather; se€ equally severe. The upper plmlogmph shows a view of several of the housvs which were wreciied by the: hombs.dropped: by the: Germans. These places of “military importance” . fo the- Germans were the homes of the people who live in the The lower photograph. shows the results of bombs dropped on the dolmltmy of a children's hospital, which fortunately had been vacated in time ing is a mass of \ucckz\ge. the 200 children, and none were injured there. If the children had not been removed doubtless every one of them would have been killed, HODGSON WINS ST. PAUL [SPLENDID SUCCESS IN CLUB CAMPAIGN PRIMARY; SOCIALISTS ' A(By St. Paul; son, -better known: a newspaper man .and ‘guthor,’ and J. United Press) ballot returns show today. Hodgson received the largest vote ever cast for a mayoralty candidate in a St. Paul primary. Both-he and 9y} JoAU Spwe] 038 POAIS0SL BUWIUIL other candidates, Den E. Lane an Gilbert Gutterson who ran third .and: fourth, respectively: Hodgson - secured . nearly votes, over .4,000 more than those cast for tne socialist candidafe. Lane ran a poor third with Tess than 4,- 000, while Gutterson. was . a-, bad fourth, o s 430 REGISTERED MEN ARE BEING EXAMINED The Beltrami county draft board is busier than a horse with two tails in fly time for there are about 300 registered men to be examined to- day and tomorrow in Bemidji, and at Baudette there are about 150 to go through the same grist. Up to noon today there had been about 80 examined and this after- noon the rush continued. The second call will come in April, it is understood at present. WAR SAVING SOCIETY IS NIZED AT LAVINIA G. W. Harnwell went to Lavinia last evening where he organized a war saying society. Mr. Harnwell stated that without a doubt every resident in that district was in 'at- tendance. Twenty-one joined the so- ciety, of which D. E. Lesiter was Mrs. . H. % FLAMAS SWPUP CITY. Lethbridge, Alta.,, March- 20.— Flames today swept the Arcadia block and also destroyed offices and stores. Loss $150,000. FARMERS SHOULD FILE (By United Press) Washington, March 20. — The United States: employment bureau ALSO HAVE CANDIDATE March 20.—L. C. Hodg- “Larry . Ho,"" F. Emme, socialist, were the mayor- alty nominees at the city primaries, 11,0001 FOR WILSON Washington, not last long. inary surgeon, The build- NEW MEMBERS The Commercial club membership drive, which is now on, is meeting with splendid success, cations were voted on at the noon luncheon and accepted. Committees at work report members securéd and are urged by President W. Z. Robinson to continue the work throughout the week. It is hoped that at least 50 new mem- bers will be added to the present Commercial club roster. MORE POWER RECOMMENDED new IN OVERMAN B'"L (By United Press) March. 20.—By a vote of 11 to 7, the senate judiciary committee this afternoon reported -favorably to the senate the Overman empowering bill. grant to the president an extension of his power in the war program. TWO CARLOADS UPLAND HAY ARRIVE: FOR FARMERS, ONLY The measure will The stock feed comimittee of the Beltrami County Public Safety com- mission has just received two car- loads of upland hay which will be sold for $12.50 per ton, and it is said to be excellent. The decision is to sell this hay those farmers who are in mneed of hay get busy immediately as it will It ean be seen at the barn of Dr. W. K. Denison, veter- Bemidji . HERO OF BAT'%LE FRONT ELATIVES HERE Tuesday’s St. Paul Dispatch shows a photograph of Raymond Quinlan, who was awarded war crosses by the French government for his bravery, although, he is but 22-years old. He i{s now among the wounded in France. ‘Mr.*Quinlan & 4 ‘nephew of Mr. and .a,o"’ | the hospital, stood at his cot Three appli- Mrs, M.. LaFontisee of this city. If German Aliens Move RAIDS BREAKING RECORDS;-BRITISH .,0 43 St. Patrick’s Day; - Reduped to Kindling; Night . Flying. Unpreoedonted SECRETARY BAKEB'ON VISIT TO FRONT LINE TRENCHES Calls on. Archie Roosevelt; Huge Shell Bursts Within 40 Yards of Baket's” Auto. (William Phillip Simms) United Press Correspondent With the British armies afield, March 20.—The air war on the west front is breaking records. So far this month the Britfsh have downed 167 German planes, ‘{ncluding 23 on St. Patrick's day. ‘Of ‘this number, 102 were reduced ‘t6. kindling, * The night flying is unprecedented. Baker Visits ‘Trenches. With the Americans afield, March 20.—S8ecretary -of ‘War Baker, stand- ing in one of the front line trenches exclaimed, “Now 1 am at the fron- tier of freedom.” He was in a listen- ing post and scanned No Man's Land. Returning. from the trenches, a 106 calibre shell barst within 40 yards of the secretary’s automobile. The secretary saw and conversed with many men he knew from Ohio. He called on Captain Archie Roose- velt, son of Colonel Roosevelt, in and chatted and praised Roosevelt's gal- lantry, - He also conversed with other ‘wounded officers. A formal review of the battalion was held by Baker. British Decorated. With the Americans afield, March 20.—The first men receiving the Am- erican war decoration for extraor- dinary:herolsm-way Lteutenant Greon of the field ‘artillery, Sergeant Wil- liam. Norton and Patrick Walsh. Cheering Message. - With the Americans afleld,” March 20.—Secretary Baker addressed the members of the Rainbow division and promised to carry to the folks back home a message- of their clean living.. and good fighting. SHIP SEIZURE AWAITS HOLLAND'S ACTION (By United Press) Washington, March 20.—Govern- mental requisitioning of Dutch ship- ping remained delayed today. -Seiz- ure of the Dutch vessels in American ports awaits the president's procla- mation which in turn awaits Hol- land’s action. The government wfi' seize the shipping anyhow, but is giving Hoi- land a chance to agree. ANOTHER WAR DRIVE Rev. M. A. Soper has been ap- pointed chairman of the Salvation Army drive in Bemidji and vicinity. The purpose of the drive is to raise funds for carrying on war work by the Salvation Army. An effort will be made to raise 10 cents per capita in this locality. Rev. Soper will choose his assistants and will com- mence the campaign in a few days. All business mén are urged to co-op- erate. Adjutant Talbot addressed the members of the Commercial club at ‘the noon luncheon today in con- nection with this work, and outlined the details of the work done by the Salvation Army in connection with the war. A~~~ | They Must Notify Chief Chief of Police Ripple, who has urges farmers to flle affidavits ask-|charge of the registry of all German ing deferred classification for farm|galiens in Bemidji and this district, hands. The .bureau says that if | has received notification that in case farmers fail to follow this advieelof a registered alien changing his address within the district he must report such change immediately to they should not complain if the men are taken in the new draft. WOMAN'S “UNDERALLS” FILLED WITH WHISKEY Newport, Ky; March 20.—Officers here discovered a new ‘booze trans- port” when.they arrested a woman who had several aliases as she step- ped off a train from Popular Bluffs, Mo. She wore a peculiarly con- trived pair of “‘underalls” which con- tained many pockets, and in each pocket was a pint of Missouri whisky. Lacking money to pay the imposed fine of $300, tne women is now in jail. him. The order is issued to the chief by Joseph A. Wessel, United States mar- shal, St. Paul, and is as follows: “A German alien enemy changing his place of residence to another place within the same registration district shall immedidtely report such change to the registration officer of the registration district and present to such registration officer his reg- istration card for the purpose of hav- ing endorsed thereon by such regls- tration officer dence. the change of resi- “A German alien enemy who de- sires to change his place of residence to a place of residence within an- other registration district must ob- tain a permit. Such German alienl enemy must present himself to the registration officer of the district in which he then resides and make ap- plication for the permit on a form supplied by the registration officer, and present his registration card to the registration officer for the pur- pose of having the permit of change of residence, if granted, endorsed on the application card. If the registra- tion officer denies the application there may be an appeal under certain circumstances set forth in Article XIII, Paragraph 3, of the General Regulations, to the United States marshal of the judicial district for final action. “A change of residence in viola- tion of the regulations subjects an alien enemy, among other penalties, to arrest and detention for the period of the war. “The registration officers who act- ed in the registration will continue to act as registration officers for the purposes stated in respect to permits for change of residence.” »