Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 1

'Lum: XV, NO. 88. $67 950 FlRSTD - FOURTH WARD LADlES HON OR EXTRA! BRIDGE BONDS BE SOLD; BOAT HOUSES ARE EYESORE Ramshackle Structures Will Go If Law Will Allow City " to Act. COUNCIL VOTES $50 TO HELP G. A. R. DECORATE City 'Helps Widow; -Big Son Appears on Scene; Now They’ll Pay Own Rent. By the action of the city council last night, R. H. Schumaker will dis- pose of the..$25,000 bonds for the new concrete bridge. A resolution to that effect was passed by the council, “An opinion from the at- torney gemneral’s office as to the le- gality of the city: paying for the sale of the bonds to a broker, held that under the present war _crisis, with the money market as it is, it was not believed “any exception would be taken and the city will now be able to dispose of the bonds and pay for the Jbridge. The opinion ‘wWas Wr ti;’sn by -Assistant Attorney General M. J. Brown. The clegning up of the lake front of the city is_another matter that will “be-taken by the council.’ The shore line is lined with ramshackle| boat hbuses and other unsightly construction and it is to ascertain the jurisdiction in such a question that the council asked City Attorney Fisk to cite the law in an opinion, which will he presented later. - House Rent Ceases. In the allowing of bills and dis- cussion of some, a matter cropped out that. evoked some caustic com- ment. It had to do with the case of a widow with a family who, it was called to the attention of the coun- cil some time ago, was in need of assistance, and to prevent her from . being obliged to go to the poor house the council voted $16 to pay her house rent of two months. About a week ago a big husky son from out of the city appeared and is mak- ing his home with his mother. Re- sult, good bye house rent paid by the city. The mayor’s annual contingent fee fund of $200 was allowed. Eight property owners residing in the vicinity of -the intersection of Tenth street and Morris avenue ask- ed for an electric light. Referred. Carter Expresses Self. Charles S. Carter, in a communi- cation to the city council, created no end of amusement and smiles. Mr. Carfer resides on the west side of Mississippi avenue, near Seventh street. Across from his residence is vacant property onto which has been dumped considerable old build- ing material and a miscellaneous col- lection of junk, not at all pleasing to Mr. Carter, who claims it to be in- sanitary, unsightly and a damage to property values. v The' communication was lengthy and in it Mr. Carter handled the best collection of words and grammatical construction in captivity, and in the most artistic manner tore the crust off that offending dump pile, having the aldermen hanging on the ropes (Continued on Page Six) FLY THE STARS AND STRIPES; (By United Press) General von Hindenburg has won the most important victory in his Flanders drive through the capture of Bailleul. ; i As the Hindenburg wedge drove westward between Ypres, Cominés and La Basse canals, Bailleul became the key to Messines ridge. a strong defensive position. Hindenburg seeks to work around behind this ridge and attack the British from the rear. If Messines falls, only a miracle will save ¥pres. Storm Troops Hurled. With the British ‘afield, April 16. —Seventeen divisions swept against Bailleul before it fell. Von Stettin's fresh troops attacked from the south. Von Carlowitz hurled = his storm troops past the city on the east. Hin- denburg is rushing reinforcements and is attacking from near Merville. St. Gloud Goes Over The Top In Its Quota (By United Press) St. Cloud, Minn., April 16.—This is the first large city of the Ninth Federal reserve = district reporting oversubscribing its Liberty Loan quota of $250,000. Passed First Billion. Washington, April 16.—Liberty Loan subscriptions are passing the first billion dollar mark. The cotal officially reported today was over $806.000,000. Work is still pro- gressing in all districts. Minneap- olis district has not reported. MRS. M'CREADY “CLEANS UP” THIRD ST. CAFE: SELLS EM ALL BONDS There doesn’t appear to be any slackers around the Third Street cafe, Cushner & Dunn, proprietors, for in the Liberty Loan campaign yesterday the place was cleaned up completely by Mrs. McCready .of the Fourth ward women’s committee. Mrs. McCready sold bonds to ev- ery one of the twelve employes ex- cept the night cook, not on duty at the time, but he will “come in’ when seen. Then to polish up the platter a little Mrs. McCready separated the proprietors from $500 worth of Lib- erty bonds. “I guess she didn’t overloqk any- thing,” reflected Mr. Dunn in com- menting on Mrs. McCready’'s visit while Liberty Loaning. “THE PIONEER" WILL HELP YOU That the homes and business houses of Bemidji may be suitably decorated with a display of the Stars and Stripes, the Pioneer has, by spe- cial arrangement, been able to se- cure a special lot of splendid Am- erican flags that will be sacrificed as long as the supply lasts, for the small sum of only 98 cents each. The flags are beautiful, 4x6 feet, cotton bunting, strongly sewn, fast colors to sun or rain and will last a long time. The flags are on display at the O’Leary-Bowser store and at the Pio- neer office. All you need to do is to clip six coupons consecutively from the Pioneer, which appears on another page of this issue, and pre- sent them to this office, together with 98 cents in cash, and the flag is yours. Ten cents extra for mail- ing will be charged is the flag is not called for. A seven-foot jointed pole with ball, rope and ladder, all packed complete, may be had for 85 cents additional. Here is an opportunity for every home in Bemidji to float the Stars and, Stripes from the house top, day after day, and especially on Decora- tion Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July, all of which will soon be here. When you pass by the O'Leary- Bowser store, just take a look at the flag display. See them also at the Pioneer office. If you do not wish to clip the coupons you may pur- chase a flag outright for the regular price of $2.50. This is|| THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Third /Liberty’ Loan Bonds will bear date of May 9, 1918, and mature in 1928. : Interest—4% % .per annum, begins to run May 9, 1918, payable September 15 and March 15. y Payment Dates—All cash by May 4, or 5% by May 4, 20% by May 28, 36% by July 18, 40% by August 15. - Denominations—$50, $100, $500, $1,000,-$5,000 and $10,- 000 either coupon or regis- tered. Exemptien—Same emption as bonds of loan. Convertibility—44 % bonds will _not be convertible ‘into subsequeént issues. First and Second - Liberty Loan Bonds are into 4% bonds of the issue. All banks have with complete details. tax ex- second Third circulars LAVINIA COMES ALONG WITH $1.100 AS BIT e Little Lavinia across Lake Bemidji is sort of patting herself on the back, also, in the Third Liberty Loan. That summer cottage center re- ports $1,100 worth of bonds sold, subscribed as follows: Mrs. E. BE. MecDonald, -E. E McDunald and-Carl €-“Gowran. It was™a spofitaneous subscription by this patriotic trio. Lavinia is in the town of Ndrthern. NO SPECIAL SESSION St. Paul, April 16.—Governor Burnquist has issued a formal state- ment, saying he will not call a spe- cial session of the Minnesota legis- lature now. 20 GERMAN U-BOAT PRISONERS ARE LANDED (By United Press) An Atlantic port, April 16.—The first German prisoners of war ar-|; rived in the United States today. They are members of the crew of the submarine U-58, which an American destroyer sunk. The number of prisoners is not announced, but ap- proaches 20. Baker With Prisoners, An Atlantic port, April 16.—Secre- tary Baker was on the same ship as the U-boat prisoners. The vessel that brought the secretary home was a confiscated North German Lloyd liner, taken over by the United States at the declaration of hos- convertible | “SEE WHAT BE- ‘ MIDJI IS DOING TO HELP ME? AND 3P WELL SEE IT : THROUGH” tilities. LIBERTY LOAN - THERMOMETER 9th St. BAKER ARRIVES AT AN ATLANTIC PORT (By Unitd Press) Washington, April 16.—Secretary of War Baker returned safely to the country this morning, landing at an Atlantic port. He telephoned offi- cials. here and said he would hurry|. to ‘Washington immediately. Confidence in Army. An Atlantic port, April 16.—*I have a feeling of pride and confi- dence in the American army,” said Secretary Baker on arrival. He highly regarded the American mor- ale. FOREST FIRE QUENCHED (By United Press) Grand Rapids, Minn., April 16.— Rain this morning extinguished for- est fire in this vicinity. T0O0 ENTHUSIASTIC The enthusiasm of the ladies | of the First ward caused them to secure Liberty Loan sub- scriptions outside the boun- daries of their ward, which, if all credited to their account, would have given them the lead in the city. Mrs. H. C. Baer is chairman 1 of this committee and her | force of solicitors did some | splendid work. There is no | | question but gthat this commit- tee will have to be reckoned with before the campaign is | closed. . e — ROOKS RIPPLE AND MILLE BIGGEST INDIVIDUA TEAM. WINNERS, 34: N ELATEI) GERMAN PRISONERS ORDERED TO WORK: COMPLAINTS HEARD (By United Press) ‘Washington, April 16.—The war department has ordered every Ger- man prisoner of war in this country put to work. Hundreds will be lIhC(l for building roads. ‘Whether General Pershing’'s pris- oners will be brought back here is not yet determined. Complaints come from American prisoners in Germany of the food and camp conditions. International law requires that prisoners be given the same food and treatment as the nation’s soldiers. Germany is not doing this, although the United States is scrupulously obeying. The United States is now follow- ing the British custom of sending food - and glothing to:her prisoners in “Gérmany thtough -Switzerland, but it.ip believed Germany is seizing them and substituting her poorer quality of supplies. |{BEMIDJI TOWNSHIP REPORTS $1.800 BONDS The first Liberty Loan report from the country district is from Bemidji township, twenty-two subscribers taking $1,800 worth of Third Lib- erty Loan bonds. E. K. Anderson, chairman of the committee, came to the city Monday with these glad tidings and added that nearly everyone approached in- vested in a bond. GETCHELL TIE PLANT BEGINS OPERATIONS The Getchell Tie and Timber com- pany commenced operations today, the company having purchased the tie plant from the Clark Pole & Tie company several weeks ago. The manager of the plant is Wil- liam Chichester; J. E. McGinnis, foreman; John Foley, head sawyer. The plant is located on the east bank of Lake Irving and has orders for 60,000 ties to be delivered. Ties and timbers will be the product of the plant COUNT CZERNIN lS BRIGADE COMMANDER (By United Press) Copenhagen, April 16. Czernin, who resigned as Austrian foreign minister, has been assigned to the command_of an Austrian brig- ade on the Malian front. LITTLE FALLS SOLDIER WOUNDED IN ACTION Ottawa, Ont., April 16.—Among the list of casualties in today’s report is “W. Hamilton, Little Falls, Minn., wounded.” KAISER PREPARED TO WASTE MILLION LIVES (By United Press) Washington, April 16.—Germany is prepared .to waste over a million lives on the west front offensive. Tt is learned here that before the of- fensive commenced, militarists and Socialists conferred and reached an agreement that the Socialists would not object if the losses were held down. to 1,500,000 men. N ’I WARD TOTALS ! | First ward .... 89 §11,050 | | Second ward .. 92 10,3560 | | Third ward ... 64 6,750 | Fourth ward.... 106 37,300 | Fifth ward..... 111 8,000 | P A l! Totall s s mesir e $67,950 I | Uncle Sam walked $67,950 worth toward Berlin the first day of his journey, and to the accompaniment of the Fourteenth battalion band was escorted from the intersection of Bel- trami avenue and Ninth street well on his way toward the Union depot. At the start the band played sev- eral selections, Willing hands then grasped the ropes that pulled the sled upon whigh stood the traditional old hero and the march began. The ladies of the Fourth ward were awarded the lronor of participating, for having secured the largest amount of dollars for the initial day. Chief Ripple and Rube Miller were also on the ropes for having garnered the largest number of individual sub- scriptions, thirty-four. Mayor Vandersluis lent a hand in the motive power and a horde of youngsters were also on the job help- ing the grownups. After considerable consideration. the executive committee concluded that it was proper to give the indi- vidual teami"securing the greatest number of subscriptions, regardless of amount in dollars the honor of pull- ing Uncle Sam, than to award it to any one ward. Credit for Subscrintions. It was decided that subscriptions should be credited to the ward in which individuals resided and busi- ness firms in wards in which they did business. It was therefore found necessary to make certain transfers from the committee of one ward to the committee of another. This was decided by the executive committee before the work was started. Although rivalry was keen the best of sportsmanship was displayed. even though large amounts were trans- ferred, all realizing that it was for one great cause—the winning of the war. Reports of Liberty loan canvass by wards for first day of campaign: FIRST WAR]') Sub- Committees— scribers Amounts Swedback-Mclver 11§ 950 Larson-Diedrich e A 1,550 Dean-Warfield o 13 1,600 Laher-Mitchell 11 1,100 Olson-Mitchell 5 800 Garlock-Denu P | 1) 2,800 Chairman, G. Torrance 3 600 Ladles iu.wmis svenins 9 1,650 69 $11,050 SECOND WARD Smith-French ........ $ 3,000 Erickson-Hoganson ... G 350 Campbell-Daily ...... 11 650 Backus-Ritchie 13 2, 000 Rhoda-Lord . 14 1,.: A. T. Carlson, ‘chairman 1 500 Ladies . .coviecivwans 19 2,300 92 $10,350 THIRD WAR)D Ripple-Miller . ....... 34 $ 1,900 Jackson-Parker 10 2,350 Dicaire-Johnson . 8 900 Phillippi-Carver 6 300 Brandborg-Wheelock .. 6 300 Ladies .............. 6 500 70 $ 6,250 FOURTH WARD Ascham-Shaviteh .... 13 § 1,200 Brinkman-Troppman .. 15 1.200 Iycan-Osburn ........ 20 7,650 Berman-Vandersluis ... 20 2,450 LATER % 1oroi -t 5405 20 19,900 104 $32,300 FIFTH WARD Morken, Blackburn and PIUS i an e 66 $ 4,750 Jones-Mosen-Hayward.. 17 1,350 Akre-Nygaard . ... 3 200 Berg-Krog . . L7 450 Joanis-Kutchera-Harris 3 150 Chairman LeRoy Elwell 12 800 Ladies S, 0 300 111§ 8,000 { 1