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

ADI;)RHEGE NFA(;'I;S Loan Mounts, NORAFTCALL " SAepor Minneapolis, April 18.—The Thir : i 2 Liberty Loan headquarters for thel| & e 4 =2 ..’:P-- 2 e \ Mobilize In. Ninth = Federal reserve district to- SR 1) =3 == 3 i _ B ; > enrixe N day reports: $90,000,000- subscribed, : = e : 3 Of April outside: of’ St. Paul, Minneapolis and: : b : Wi | VY o ¥ e B } e : 2 1. : Confidence is. expressed > S _ elelyel (s T ? 5 4 pr il o) - = 7 LD k) &l % “BEMIDJ HOWLS I ' DERISION AT GOING ‘ -{an m:e_uuhscflptlon in -the district. ',4fihilve estimates placed Be- Lat’s Liberty Loan at $135,000 yes- ierday ‘afternoon, the quota assigned it venmion,th'uoxL‘ Waslfllgton, April 1%.—- fter offi- cial reports showed 'a billion dollar subscription, Secretary of the Treas- " il O — e 1iFy McAdoo, today announced a new) : . = ‘ : 2 AN @™ = | by the Ninth Federal district being . 1 'Who Respond,” However, | minimum of $5,000,000,000, instead) - % 5 ! Ny & $120,000. Tuesday afternoon it had v Will Be Sent When Con- gfmfla%oox"lgiual,mlnimum 0£-$3,000,- i 4 1 - b B ASE \“d reachéd $110,000 and the goal was 90:000: 3 & o in Bight, yesterday’s purchasers send- tingent Leave: g 8, ing up the figures with frequent re- ports of sales. - The remafnder of the week will also<see additional sales recorded and when the finals. are totaled, Bemidji will have dem- onstrated her ability and her willing- ness to go over the top for the gov- ernment. “ ) Uncle Sam’ made the last lap of > & his nine blocks long journey last Every Inch of Germail Positions | evening ait 8. 0'clock, heing escorted % from the intersection of Third street Is . Covered; All and Beltrami avenue to .the Union depot ‘mid cheers, the crash of mar- tial music from the Fourteenth bat- talion band ‘and the martial cadence of the G. A. R. .drum corps. The The thirty-eight men from Bel- AM ‘tFami county, who have been called i : 1 : A by > ] FIRE 0F . DRIVE by a war department order, will mo- - 2 \ i & A 7 (sbilizeadnaRemidil at 10 o'clock the e : ; \ ek - ‘morning of April 26 for entrainment (BY: United Press) . ! B ’ 5 : }y at. 8:15 o’clock the morning of April V mericans afield, April o .18.—American artillery reduced Ger- 27 to Camp Dodge. ..The contingent| i,y artilfery by two-thirds and si- .will leave over the M. & I. railroad. lenced enemy batteries after only a - The list called coptains names over | few minutes bombardment, s “the designated quota, but this is al- The French are amazed at-the ac- = : = e - ways done in cage of failure to re-|Sorocy, otdthe. Yaniee gunnors, o In, ; — e : Expectant. o £ e s fens demonstrating this,. an aimed shell . port or other discrepancies. 'If the|hit a German rolling kitchen and quota ‘reporting “exceeds that called |spilled the Fritzes' soup. Spfied . | WASHINGTON BELIEVES : the’ extra: men will entrain ‘with the - Home Guarg, under command of Can- o B others. - in z DEVEI*OPMENTS NEAR tain Bwinag;t,' also participated Eir:x ; Ttl;ebna;&es :l tttml))ae called in this MlN‘NBoT A s’l' ANDS i ¢ the jollification. A N quota by the draft board-are: - \ J Kaiser is Lynched. During the wait of the start, a lad bearing a stuffed likeness of the Themselves In. kaiser, attired in uniform and hel- met, scurrieq toward the depot. When, Uncle Sam and the crowd reached i the depot, willing’ hands tied a rope ‘ around the neck ‘of the kaiser, an centrating the greatest artillery fire|electric -lamp on a convenient pole was' lowered, the rope-fastened and since the German drive started, on _ ) / ; America’s arch- enemy holsted into a: 66-mile front extending from|ypgee. 'Then ‘he was lowered, ofl south of ‘the Somme and east of Ami-{ ppured over the .cjothing, a match MR PROTEBISHARE |- S Tt MULLIONS OUT OF WAR: |-~ - POCKETS ARE PICKED : (By U—ll—l;;a_Press) Clyde Hagadene, ‘Tenstrike. haying ‘given 556 men to the army, z : e Frank Chase, Pitt. . .| from"a’ population based on-the dist 8 3 | samg |~ WashinZton, April 18.—The spe- Oscar M. Sletten,’ Grygla. trict, of 2,780,000 peeple, or in other l i y r e[ cial ;federal trade commission's re- Thomasg S.° Mullin, Minneapolis.. 2 Edward J.. Williams, ‘Graceton. | Minneapolis, April 18.—For tha| Albert J. Federspiel, Little Falls. month of February, the Minnesota re- H ? ¥ p 4 George Green, Morson, Ont,|cruiting district, under the leader-| - f Canada. ship of Major John D. Yost, climbed| - John Thybgrg.- Sutton, N. D. into fifth place in the list of states, (By United Press) The. French are undoubtedly con- Ole Jacobson, Albert 3 | words give one man for ‘every 5,000 4 £ ¥ Arthur.T. Soi ‘m‘ ex;“::e;‘t. Dodge, populntglon, iy vp ort tofhe pr”lden'f t°déy says-thit ens to the Oise, in the vicinity of|apMied and the flaming. figure again ' H Towa. In actual recruits furnished dur-| although flour mills’ and: middlemen | o oy hoisted to the accompaniment - of P elzer, Little Falls. |ing.the month of February:te the 3 vhave made. millions in swollen pro-|" mhis. bombardment covers every ye!llls snt'i cheers; -rt‘BlIowed gy three h ‘Ernest ' D. Falls, Bemidji. -regular army, Minnesota takes fourth:|... .. (By United Press) fits ‘since ‘the :war. opened, yet the|inch of the German positions and for l‘-'lo ”"G "’“& af ‘;}8 5‘::‘“ of the £ i\’;p%.Weber, Bemidil. ; pla(;e bafiipng,:‘;{. t(;:'al gi 855((;111 Iilel’l as| © Washington,® April 18.—Secretary; ernme{é supervision is gradually{miles’ back of their lines. AtPoaLts otOT:e v:'l::l d"aso!:nstenrx crll;; l;‘:}ll}&na . Fored againe w. York's 813,Chicago’s|or the Treasury MecAdoo;:who is inxf 3iting, the upper hand. . Prides. are) furthest German. penetrat d : ter cr ; - UBL QW % 7 5 7 2 - price ;regulation will resul n..flour rdment. ) 48 fiid S o A E 1 ri”" | . progressing can be ascertained from | clip; a:million ‘miles ‘monthly from|peing severaldollars: " per barrel|:.‘A few hours will'tell whether this Glowing Renorts. ‘Welford- Haakenson, Spoone: the fact. that” in. November, 1917;|the mileage of passenger-trains west!cheaper to the consumer. ig preparatory to a- major ‘counter Clark, chairman of the Lib- P C. W, James ‘W. Harmon) Marthisburg, Mingesota district: stood in- - thirty-|of:Mississippi travel. The cominisgion’s report shows net|offensive by the allies, erty Loan drive in’ Durand, reported W. Va. . 3 e ‘third place in the list of: sixty-four| The fiew schedules are about com-|profits jumped from 11°cents'per bar-| On the Flanders front, General|$1,660 subscribed, = while Bemdji :James E. Johnson, Blackduck. districts of the country.. In January,|Dplete. ~Service changes release loco-rel for the 1912-13 crop to 53 cents| Halg claims to be holding his own.| township shoved: its subscription up John’B. Palmer, Bankton. 1918, Minnesota took ‘- thirteenth | motives for war work. One passen- Axel Borenson, Baudette: - place and in February, stood fourth.|ger train -will do the work of two The gross ‘profits of carlot dis- Forrest : Donaldgon, -Bemidji. Major. Yost, who approved these|and transcontinental trains will not|tributers jumped:from 22 cents to 50 Charles P. Crawford, Williams. figures, sald, that March would even‘{be permitted to carry. half filled|cents’pér- barrel during the -same Albert Han%on, Louis. i give llmnnesute. a better stllndlng, mtm;he:' Mahyuloca:slwitll ?e el&n}m- “périod. Olaf Anflngon, - McGinnis- Cr« and aléo that April would, if there|ated, transcontinental trains being he government criticised the food tion of the coumty: ne to $65&,-.. Ont. 3 B ’| was no! slackening up, set a record irequired to make local stops. ad?mlnls'traflon for limiting the mil- Wnahingtmin, Atprlt d}a\srT;Mnl]‘::t? 000, kol $ Peter 'J. Gordon, Kelliher. and bring the state close to first] Officials say the route from Chi-|lers to fixed profits over costs, claim-| MR "”‘Pe"th m"""l‘ml, . F?regch e $5.000 is Wired samuel T. Bonwell, Lebarion, Ind, | place in ihe sixty-four districts of |eago to St. Paul to the Pacifc ccust|ing the method would induce some I i nlandors, T8 res|, T wan Tate i o ana i ons that ohn, St. Paul. 5 - ave the most superfluous ' trains,| - 3 -] ) Grover Bohn, St. Paul the country. 3 D! to pad the costs, called that General Haig said the|a wire was received announcing that Gerhardt ‘N. Bergh, Montevideo, hence will recefve drastic curtail- 2 i : French were coming rapidly and iu|the Minnesota Light and Power com- )% RAKO”ENTERS RACE Official reports from General Halg|to the $2,800 mark. show the situation generally un- J. A. Kennedy of Baudette, chair- - changed. A man of the North Beltrgsmi county _| drive, sent word that!with an allot- = Important Developments. ment of $35,000, theinarthern por- per _barrel for the 1916-17 crop. Vast Artillerv Fire: ] German Infantrv Attacks. London, April 18.—General Haig reported today: ‘German infantry, ALIL .| ment. 3&’1'[2;’31 I;‘{ulcheli:xglr::,fl&ofilger. 3 V,IES CONTRACT MOTORS e great ' force and the statement may{pamy had subscribed $5,000 to the Henry E. k, Warroad. (By -United Press) . 30k have meant this concentration. Bemidji drive and the Soo Line sent Charles: E." Shoars, Bemidji. . Washington, April 18.—The allies CLEARWATER COUNTY $1,500 to be apportioned along the . William - Hutson, International{ have contracted for all Liberty mo- ; . A FOR LEGBLATURE 8 route in the county. T " Falls. tors over what.America needs. { 1 g 2 With the French armies afleld, It was a tired bunch of workers Jasper L. Cronk, International , — SOARS OVER ITSQUOTA 82 — ! April 18.—The most vast artillery that saw tl:le finish of th? drive but “Falls. : 2 ; A..E. Rako, chairman of the coun-| concentration yet attained by the ai-| it. yas 6 0a00s “flll‘iffil on Bffl 80 Jos Jeanudil, Winter, Wie. ot BAGLEY TURNS OUT lN ‘ 4 ¢ ty board of commissioners, today de-|lies is the hammering of the 5G-mile was all Bemidjl, igrl lled“E‘“' was Haakon 1. Brekke, Roosevelt. . (Special to ‘Pioneer) olared his intention to file as a can-|German line from the Oise to the sent out tahat. Bemidji had more than “JohaThels, Gracotan. Bagley, April 18. — Ciearwater | didate for the state legialature from | Somme. -The cannonading is causing| made good. fi’l’;l ?.GAd;mson, Pl mel‘:l‘;:d- FAREWELL To MAYOR soared above its ullote? Liberity Loan | Beltrami county. Mr. Rako is being tremendoustlhoslsesd jto lt.he ienemy and 3 ert G. Rasmussen, . - quota last evening. Its assignmient|yurged to maks the.run by friends in| preventing their digging in. Lih Mike Kardach, St. Thomas, N. D. cALLED FOR SER“CE was for $76,000 and she went over|hoth the city.and country and will GOVERNMENT PLANS Virden Stratton, Norden. it by $3,000. , doubtless have a '~rge following of Rl O e Every -village in the county over-|ioyal supporters. - STANDARD CLOTH[NG o 1 n 3 (Special to Pioneer) subseribed ‘its allotment and_ Clear-| "«gd,” as he is generally called, - U WATER REPORT TONIGHT. Bagley, April 18.—It wasn’t a|water is proud of her record. has declared himself by his actions|hctacking In threo waves west of| i ; b ° | Fourth of July celebration that call-| R e many times as a patriotic, loyal Am-| gammell hill pressed us back slight- (By United Press) MAYOR URGB CI'“ZENS &4 out=Bagley, this: aftefnoon, put v . erican citizen. He has lived in this||jy"™ At one point a counter attack| Washington, April 18.—The gov- Wi - | the departure of Dr. P. C. Bjorneby T“REE MORELEAVE 22 section for the past twenty years and| ‘ectored the situation. ernment is contemplating manufac- i to answer a government summons to has watched the community. grow| “«jn the Bailleul sector three en-|turing Liberty shoes and war suits. To A"END MEHING report to Fort Sheridan for duty with BEM[DJ[ FoR coLoRs trom a wild and wooly woodland to| o,y attacks were completely re-| These will be uniform, of few shapes ; a hospital train. 2 - a rapid developing farming- district.| pyjged. Local attacks in the Morris|and styles. Standardization is neces- sary to cut prices and protect civilian consumers.. * T i 4 1 ! Paris, April 18.—Standing before by Bolo except for instructions to a firing squad in the forest of Vin- the chaplain to take from his body cennes early yesterday, Paul Bolo}a silk lace handkerchief which he Pasha, condemned traitor, lost en-|placed on.his chest and give it to tirely his attitude of indifference. his brother, Monsignor Bolo. When the order to fire was given the The. condemned man went to his rifles spoke and Bolo “crumpled up execution in ‘a new suit of clothes with several bullets in his head. brought to the prison by his brother, Escorted by guards, Bolo left the|and wearing white gloves. } Sante prison 45 minutes before his Paul Bolo, who received his “title execution. After leaving the auto-{of pasha from Abbas Hilmi, former . mobile at Vincennes, he listened to| khedive of Egypt, was arrested Sept. the exhortation of a prison chaplain.| 29, 1917, charged with receiving g Not only was it Dr. P. C. Bjorneb He mot only has watched, but has a.r Tonight at-an adjourned meeting of | who went, but Mayor P. C. Bjorneby hélped in developing it.’ sector were repulse nders, superintendent of the Fargo|men in Clearwater county. The city | recruiting station this noon sent|bition amendment, Mr, Rako de- CH REPULSE E system and an engineer of 15| cpuncil turned out, the school board, | three more to the military arm of[clared himself as-being heartily ia APPOINTED FOR ENGLAND| FRENCH REPULSE ENEMY 3 2 By Uniteq " Press)” ; (By United Press) yor Vandersluis desires that Be-|valued member, turned out; the Chester-Treadwell- of“Bemidji went |'Minnesota ought be ‘on_the right {gji° business men and all others| Home Guard turned out, the school | to the-coast artillery,~Clay”Gibert side ‘of“the fen i nor has been appointed British sec-|“Strong enemy attacks in the region ; retary of war, gucceeding Lord Derby, | of Corbe in the Chimens des Dames ‘port, that they may be informed as|didn’t turn out it was because they| artillery, and Harry Rosaker of the ‘to actual conditions and suggestions| were sick abed or unable to walk. Fifth ward joined the signal corps. France. and dispersed.” water supply in Bemidji. this aftérnoon for station. . < < R~ AAAAAS S A A FROM CHURCH: WAS (By United Press) ’ - Ll UOR CAUSB MUCH CR]M ¥ orocsing of thi ’menger stern roud: By~ U (By United Press) crossing of the North Western road. 4 —During the enemy advance south (Special to Pioneer) mittal, but only one or two show a|of ypres yesterday the Germans were judges of Minnesota have been called|liquor- on crime. Those who figure | mous virgin. leaning from the church as witnesses in the case of “‘State vs.| generally -estimate 75 per cent or|tower at Albert, was destroyed. REOUIRED To TEACH —— animous voice have declared the|caused by liquor. Several put the;virgin, holding the infant Jesus, was liquor traffic responsible . for the|percentage at a little more than half. knocked over on the church at Al- St. Paul, April 18.—American citi- her in Minnesota poverty, divorce and ‘other ills. gone dry, invariably say that crime|the Huns in 1914. The figure was ployment as 2 teac The Minnesota Dry federation re-!has decreased with the disappearance|on the front of the edifice and when public schools beginning with the i der was trict judge in the state, asking his| Most of the judges show a decided |its base. There it remained until A proposal for such an or o o and he| money from Germany for spreading views as to the percenta’ge of crimes|and frank hostility to the saloons.|yesterday. The figure in its uncanny | referred by the State Public Safety 3;2:[: :iistheoyne's :V:{:"zi?eflt% his place | propaganda in France. His arrest f pub- g Ofies from 21 judges, representing 15| intimate that men brought to book|tion to hecome widespread among Schulz, state superintendent o fo I delighted,” | the United States regarding his ac- Bf the 19 judicial districts of the|for crimes are prone to blamé liquor | the inhabitants of the city of Albert | lic instruction. It was suggested Bo]osoe:-:;g?m‘::ittg‘l;flelna:‘“’flie‘fie‘d by | tivities here in 1916. He is alleged . - have declared their [ the commandant, who told him that|to majority state positively that most|in order to have a convenient excuse,{and the infant Jesus fell from the | erican citizens or > tved | posited by the Deutsche Bank of Bers of tHe crime committeed are trace-|This is_not the prevailing opinion,|church to the ground, peace would | intention of being naturalized be eli-| the hour of expiation had arrived.| p y o thie city council, the report of F. L.|and one of the best and most beloved | ' Sergeant Foucault of the Bemidji| ~In discussing .the national prohi-| wpo RORETARY OF WAR IS xperience, will be read. of whieh Dr. Bjorneby has been .a|the government. - * favor-of it and ght the.state of 3 L’éndé’n.".Api‘fl" [8:~—Viscount Mil- Paris, April 18, — Official)— oo ested be present to hear this re-|children- turned out, and if anyone|of Turtle River enlisted in the coast e ] \ made ambassador extraordinary to|sector were caught under our fire £ for remedying the condition of the Bagley distinguished citizen 1left MO.THER AND SMALL DISTRICT JUMES DECLARE Mankato, Minn., April 18.:—Mrs. : FORECASTER OF PEACE Frank A. Sammt and her six-year- i i F old son were .instantly killed this 4 With the British afield, April 18. Minneapolis, April 18.—District | tendency to minimize the influence of | shot. down at short range. The fa- - John Barleycorn,” and by almost un-| more as the proportion of crimes Editor's note: The figure of the large majority of crimes, also the| -Judges in territory which has|bert when the city was shelled by zenship may. be a requisite to em- cently sent out a letter to each dis-|of saloons. it toppled leaned straight out from|new school year. capsed by the liquor traffic. ~Re-!In some cases, however, the letters|position was the cause of a supersti- | commission late yesterday to C. G. AT iok cquad; Dan brought about by disclosures in P state, have been received: A large|and sometimes do so without cause,|and elsewhere that when the Virgin|that only instructors who are Am- to have obtained $2,000,000 here, de- able-to liquor. Several are non-com- | however. follow. gible to positions in the schools. These were the only words spoken|lin.