Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 1

GARELESS OONTBAC'I’OR LEAVIS CONCRETE WALK UNSUFPORTED| | ‘In front of the new{goverhment building on Beltrami avenue, where| the thoroughfare has jbeen piled high with sand and rubbish during the epntire winter,’ and the storm gewer choked ‘with ice owing(‘'to pure in- ‘Sloppy and. clogged with dirt, a bore| walk to allow ‘the running of a pipe and left wide open. , Two heavy con- ¢rete -walk slabs extend over -this bore without -the slightest support and, they are sagging. The attentionzof Alderman Backus was called ‘to the astonishingcondi- tion and today he made’ complaint, expressing . himself in mo uncertain manner to the danger from' broken legs or other serious injury to pede- strains along the principal thorough- tare of the city. Lewis Hart, State Agent For Life Insurance Company . Pays Bemidji Call. WILL RECOMMEND BIG ANNUAL OUTING HERE Lamson 'Aéain Chosen As Sec- ' retary of C. C.; Salary Increased For Year. ASSESSORS TO MEET. An assessors! meeting will be held Short talks by Sergeant Major A. ‘B.! Feir of the aviatiom section, U. 8. A., Lewis Hart, state agent for the Lincoln National life insurance company, and L. P. Young of Iowa at \::e npon day luncheon of the Com- 5 ercial club, were enjoyed by about - fifty business and professional men ‘Wednesday. 7 Sergeant: Feir told of ‘his camp ex- periences since leaving Bemidji, hav- ing been stationed at several of the southern camps before going to Gar- ‘ den City, N.'J.,-and his love for: the work in the - avia.tion sectlon of the service. will be an all day sesaion, and ‘all pected to attend. ent ‘war conditlons would bring this about. Charles Carter expressed a desire for action on the part of the club to take up the fuel situation: with ‘the whether it is the desire of the gov- ernment to burn no coal in wood pro- ducing sections of the couniry. He ‘stated, also, that-the government, z according to reports, is short fifty 4T am glad that I Iu.ve Joined the|million tons of coal and that wood colors. and would do the same thing prod icing sections should burn ‘wood over nga@n", saild Mr. Feir: My ' as.is possible. - y as relen‘ed ‘to "“Beaten a Mile”, v Lewis Hart ‘came “to “Bemidji to man of the local fuel board. look over the fleld for a summer out- Draft Depletes Guard, - ing for his company’s agents and H. B. Reynolds made an appeal for stated that Bemidji had all cities in|new recruits for the Home Guard; this section beaten a mile, calling attention to the many vacan- ~“I was very much surprised to find| cies caused by men enisting, and men such a spléndid, up-to-date city| who answered the .draft call. The here”, said Mr. Hart{ “I expected|committee on war matters vyl-ll take to find it a ‘‘fifty-fifty’’” town. That|up the work of filling the ranks of is, half Indians and half lumberjacks. the local guard.” It is understood /nstead, I find @ -modern city of live; that from thirty to forty men can be w ide-awake business men, minus both | used-at this time. the other elements. I °will strongly|. Lamson Again Elected.- urge my company to decide upon Be-| The directors voted to engage the ‘midji for its. néxt summer’s outing|services of F. B. Lamson for another irip”. year as secretary of the club, with Sees Fuel Waste. an increase in salary to $150. They Mr. Young,-who owns considerable| also decided to install gas ‘in the land ‘in this section; and who has vis-!'kitchen and arrange for short order ited Bemidji many times before, was|lunches on occasions when required. -‘called upon by President Robinson,| The use of the club rooms, together referred to the great waste of fuel|with the services of the secretary, in this section of the country. He|was turned over to the Liberty Loan believed that much of the waste|committee during the present cam- could be prevented and that the pres-| paign. 5 BENTELL FOUND GUILTY OF . -+ INTERFERING WITH ARMY (By United Press). an attempt -as charged, even though Minneapolis, April 11.—Jacob O.|unsuccessful in its effect, must be Bentell, socialist candidate for gov-| considered in the light of a violation ernor of Minnesota, was today found|of the law. guilty in federal court of attempting Attorney Stedman filed exception - to create insubordination in United|to Judge Morris’ interpretation that States military forces. He was held|the military forces of the -United not-guilty of obstructing enlistments. | States included men registereéd under the selective service act but not yet FLAYED BY PROSECUTION. actually in the service. b Weigh Facts, Judge Said. Minneapolis, April 11.—Dangers “I confess that at a time like this of possible failure of duty at some|I do have intense feeling”, Judge critical period of battle attributable| Morris said to the jury. “It is nat- [ ~<to statements inculcated in the minds|ural for one whose ancestors gave of registered men at the Hutchinson | their life blood on the battlefields of “ ‘meeting which led to the prosecution | the Revolutionary war to have such of Jacob O. Bentall, socialist candid-| feelings. And while I have endeav- ate for governor, under the espionage| ered not to display any leaning or act, were cited by United States Dis-|ibias, if T have done so unconsciously trict Attorney Alfred Jaques in his|I charge you to disregard it and _closing argument to the jury in Fed-| base your judgment solely on the eral court. 7 facts of the case”. b Seymour-Stedman, chief counsel for Judge Morris further cautioned the the defense, had said the government| jury the finding should be based had failed to produce a specific in-|solely upon the defendant’s guilt or stance in which the Bentall speech|innocence under the charges of the ad resulted in obstructing the op-|indictment. eration of the draft, insubordination, The shield of the Constitutional S or refusal of duty in the military|ameéndment that insured the freedom \ige service of the United tSates. of speech and the freedom of the Attempt Would Violate. press cannot be invoked in any-case Judge Page Morris, charging the| where the language used in’ itself is jury, called attention to the fact that| a violation of the law, he said. competency, as stated in’ the city| council, of contractor and the walks|’ has been: made -underthe concrete} at the court ‘house April 16. This|. assessors from the_ county “dre ex-| local administration, to ascertain| MRS. DOUG. FAIRBANKS DENIES DIVORCE SUIT CONTEMPLATED actm‘ 0 her ‘husband ~ means says. it is a]l:'trlendly. YOUNGDAHL OUJ.‘ FOR GONGBJ:‘SS MlnneapoHs,»-Minn., Peter J. Youngdahl, former superin- tendent of: the:Anti-Saloon league, has filed for the republican nomina- tion: for congress in the Fifth dis- trict, to succeed Youngdahl s the second man to file for the place, Senator W. A, Campbell ving already .flled. . 8. 5. EFFICIENCY CONGEESS. Under the auspices of the Beltrami County Sunday School association an effeciency conference will be held in the M. E. church Friday afternoon . This conference will be in charge of a team of special Sun- composed of and evening. (By United Press). New York, April 11.—Mrs. Doug Fairhanks, wits of.th ‘Ernie” day school workers Richard W. Bdwden, St. Paul; James C. Garrison, North Dakota, and Miss Maud Hage, Minneapolis. noon. session beginning at 1:30 will be a. general conference on Sunday school methods and work. The evening session, beginning at 8 o’clock, will be divided into three special conferences as follows mentary, secondary, trative. the Envoy Jeffries, Army -eyengelist, ‘will ? musical (neeting in the city hall Monday evening. OPSAHL COMES OUT FOR STATE LEGISLATURE The flrsf. candldate to file for the nomination as a member of the state house of representatives from Bel- trami. county is J. J. Opsahl of Be- midji, who filed this afternoon. On account of Mr. Opsahl being a member “of the Home Guard and at a funeral this afternoon he could not be 'interviewed as to his platform, and his announcement is expected to be made later. T, 95 —be divorce. " ‘She 11.— Lundeen, The after- adult-adminis- These will be led by one of the special workers. A special feature of the conference will be a banquet at 6:30 o’clock in basement of the church. Sunday school people of the city and county are especially requested to be present. It is ecpecially urged that all the Sunday school workers of the city and county attend the sessions. EVANGELIST TO SPEAK. blind Salvation conduct tor L. Berger, Benjamin, 283. SHERIFF BEATS MOB; PREVENTS “TAR” PARTY Ironwood, Mich., April 11—Prompt action by Sheriff Kellett of Gogebic county | yesterday probably saved| Charles Gerlinger of Spur, a form-| The battle is continuing along the er Bemidji boy and a graduate of the| whole front, Labasse canal to the local high school, who is now in the| Ypres canal. There is severe fight- cervice, has been promoted to Lieu-|ing in the neighborhood of the Lawe LENROOT IS ELECTED BY 15267 PLURALITY Henry Foch, no relation to the Allied supreme commander, employed at the Plymouth mine, east of here, from lynching, or at least tarred and feathered because of his disloyal statements. ‘ed to have said that all American ships on the high seas, whether they carried munitions or not, should be sunk. mer. and costs. ‘“get” Foch, but Sheriff Kellett beat them to their covey by going out in a machine, arresting Foch and tak- ing him to the county jail at Besse- He was later Judge Duda's court, found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $50.76 It"is understood that he paid the fine and when last seen was putting in effect an injunction to “beat it” out of this county and not .and feathered. A A AAAAAAAAAAAAANANAPIAAAL HUNG For three years America has | two died of wounds, five died of ac- fought starvu:lon in Belgium Will you Eat Jess~ wheat melt—f‘tt and mgu that we may. mll foad in ship loads UniTaD $YATES 7OOB Wis,, April Lenrdot_was elected . United Btates] senn.tor by a plurality of 15,267. These results will be certified by the state cancassing board, which meets to {issue certificates of election of Lenroot for United tSates senator and for Justijce M. B. Rosenberry for supreme court judge: The total yote for Lenroot is 163,- 980; Jostph B. Davies, 148,713; Vic- 110,487, and A, J. 000,000, partment. racks. from being|tenant. He is stationed at Omaha, Neb., but expects to leave soon for tieres there is little change. He was report-| France. ‘COMEONAME AMERICA’, 1S CRY OF ALLIES LIKELIONSAT BAY BULLETINS (By United Press). Washington, April 11.—Conserva-|canal to the Ypres-Comines oanal. tive estimates: indicate the Liberty| Armentiers is only a pile of bricks Loan aubacrlption has reached 3400 - y <ol Stone Im roved Report ‘Washington, (By United Press). Crown Princt Ruprécht is oon- uing the northern offensive on the entlre 20-m11e front from Labasse s ? and stones and of no stragetic con- sequence and was abandoned on ac- count of its position at the apex of Aprll 11, —-Senawr' a dangerous salient. Italian Front Abl v Rome, April 1 1.’2(05?:&1)_“_ followed by a determined raid on the tillery fighting along the ..whole| American gector, which was com- Italian tront. Demands Ships Strip ‘Washington, April 11. —Germany ‘With the British afield, April 11.— has demanded that the Russians|The allies are fighting like lions and strip their fleet. Germans Are Repulsed Paris, April 11.—(Official)—Ger-|Pare to show them wuhln the next man attacks against Franco-Amer-|few months. General von Hinden- 11,1 1.]iean sectors in the Champaigne and|burg plans fast action and is ap- raine gectors repulsed today. Oan’t See Disapproval London, April 11,—Lord Cecil, minister of blockade, today sald he|&gainst the other, according to con- had no reason to think America dis-|dition. This s shown by the ehift- approves the landing of armed forces | Ing of offensive areas, Arras-to-Ar- in Vladivostok. THREE MORE ENLIST. Stone's condition {is reported im-| A terrific bombardment of the proved, this afternoon. Franco-American sector from the vicinity of Verdun to St. Michel, was pletely repulsed. (By United Press). crying “COME ON AMERICA". Whatever cards the United States may have up her sleeve she must pre- parently preparing to annihilate the British and = French).and plans.to . concentrate against either, shifting drives flrst against one and then mentieres-to-Messenes-to-Vimy. New arrivals for the German army on the front makes a: tatal of 2,400,- 000 men with more coming.~ Hin- Glen Porter and Floyd Porter,|denburg’s force is the greatest in the brothers, of Nebish, have enlisted in|history of the world." He has the the coast artillery at the Bemidji re-|8reatest netwodk of railways and cruiting office, and Floyd Knott of|highways. Spur has enlisted in the medical de- N They left this noon for| HAIG REPORTS RETIREMENT. evening from pneumonia. Duluth, enroute to Jefferson bar- NOW LIEUT. GERLINGER. DIES IN HOSPITAL. Perry Bailey of Leonard, age 26, A crowd started for the mine to|died at St. Anthony’s hospital last|Lysaa in Vienna and Budapest re- He was|garding the possibilities of separate brought to that institution at about|Deace between . Austria and the 10 o'clock in the morning. HislUnited States, says a dispatch to the mother, Mrs. M. E. Patterson, ac-|Berlin Tagblatt. arraigned in|companied him to Bemidji. SPEAKS ON LOAN. 'Rev. Kelley of Red Lake Falls is|erous persons of international con- in Bemidji and will speak at the|nection. theatres tonight on the Liberty Loan return unless he wanted to be tarred| He will speak to the Liberty Loan committees at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the Commercial club. This noon he talked at Crookston plant No. 1 and will speak this evening when the night turn goes on at mill No. 2. Tomorrow he speaks at Hines. HEAVIER CASUALTIES MUST BE EXPECTD (By United Press). ‘Washington, American casualty list contained 124 names. One was killed in action, April 11.—Today's cident, 13 .died from disease, 69 se- verely wounded, 30 slightly wounded, four missing. On account of General Pershing’s participation in the western offen- sive, the United States must prepare avsmsrnarion | foT heavier casualty lists. London, April 11.—General Haig this morning announced the with- drawl of the British from Admen- tieres, full of gas. ~ and Lys rivers. North of Armen- AUSTRIA NEGOTIATING. Copenhagen, April 11.—Professor Anderson of Washington negotiated with Count Andrassy and Count tI is also stated that Austria initi- ated the voices over peace negotia- tions. Many of the negotiations were conducted by Emperor Karl and num- PAN MOTOR C0. CAR ON DISPLAY HERE Bemidji is also having an auto show in the. room. formerly occupied by the Antlers’ cigar store in the Elk temple. To be sure, it not an affair of any magnitude but is prov- ing a magnet from auto enthusiasts nevertheless. It is a demonstration of the Pan automobile, manufactured by the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud, and to get the car into the store it was necessary to remove one of the large plate windows. A. Robinson, representative of the company, is in charge of the display and much interest is being manifest, several Bemidji business men being stockholders in the Pan Motor Co. It is the intention to have a car and representative here throughout the summer.