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

“Peuecutlon ; Warns Him. _ NAMES OFF BALLOT. “The name of James A. Pet. son, capdidate for the- United States’ senate from Minnesota. L will excluded from the bal Tot for the - 1918 ‘elections, Secretary of State Julius = A. - Schmahl -announced, ‘after Mr. years. in the federal prison at: Leavenworth; Kan;, for viola- * tion of the espionage law.. of .J. 0. 'Bentall, the socialist Abu\e is the Co\'ot» glm-ng du\\n nor, also will be excluded, Mr. Schmahl safd, if he files. :Ben- tall was sentenced-to five years- for, violation‘q the same. law. PROTESTS POUR IN- AGAINST BOXING M nneapolls, April 20 : MATCH ON JULY 4 sentences of ‘Jacon O. Bentall, can- didate for governor of Minnesota on the Socialist ticket, and James A. Pe- St, . Paul, -April 20.—Protests ::;%&‘;} ‘i:;g‘fi:fini‘;zt;’n;a%d es;fl:e: against permitting the Willard-Ful- orris,: fedaral judge, gl"auteg a. stgy ton championship heavyweight box- of sertence’ of 42 days in -each case ing ‘contest in the Twin Cities on and held the defendants in bonds of | July 4, all based.on patriote- pleas, 3 10;000-each Peterson: was able to have hegun to arrive at the offices “ furnish bond - immediately,’ while of: Governor Burnquist and the State Bentall wigs -remanded to. the -county | Public: Safety-commission-at-the.cap g his attempts to secure itol.~ ", ) e z 3 in’ person and an ‘the- telephone to * 3 = P“““h“d" s““ Bfl“fi“' register . their protests with Secre= : Bentall, when asked if ‘he had|tary H. W. Libby .of the commission nnything to.say, told the court thefand others addressed the governor’s Ju rejudiced. ‘office. - Mr. Libby said that all com- ‘““'! e orris said in passing Sen- | muncations opposed the proposed nee: fight in Minnesota and added that nis Ac o‘;‘:&y‘“ &‘;E:ri:m'n‘;" argn?:lgi; the. names of local persons protest- 4 n 111 not be made blic 2 round. :In ‘Mr. Bentall’s speech. at fng. v P Jutchinson I- find -nothing to. en- el S e e ANOTHER GREAT STORM LOOKED FOR ON WEST * The courtroom was crowded to ¢a- pacity during the sentencing of the two - me Many = were sociaust Jentall. - . (By United Press) as the first sentenced. Washington, April 20.—I¢ ‘is “re- L siezl:vtgltoluth“e ?:g;:?:e&xéstibn garded here that the comparative . dsking it ‘he cared to state any rea- quiet on the western front is merely :son’ Why senterice should not be pass-|2 temporary. lull before another ed, Bentall replied that ‘he had, and | great storm. Both sides are under- made -an address to- the ‘court in|going adjustments. The battle has which he told of his high ideals: from{been so severe a letdown is now an- noyhood and said .he had been fight-| ticipated. The battle is not ended. ing for humanity from youth. The British are holding firmly and “I shall be vindicated some day|it is believed they will' -continue and I want to stand as a man today| checking the Boche. Italian aid on ~leading for my fellow man,” he|the right wing will relieve seasoned ~aid, troops of that wing for fighting fur- ‘When Bentall said the jury which|ther north. ..found him guilty was prejudiced and that he was a victim of persecution, i * the judge cautioned him on. the na-|2 patriotic duty, then that man is ture of his remarks. an enemy of his country. Strong pleas asking the Hour of Discussion Past. - “War should be gone into only after careful deliberation. Those to whom .our fathers committed the powersfto.declare war, had declared war before you made that speech at or that declaration the.hour || Hutchinson. It seeined to me that .cf discussion passed. It is an every effort had been done to avert hour-of action and everyone war. Upon the president’s reeom- -t must:do his patriotic duty or mendation congress declared a state the country may suffer a dis- of war in April last year. After that . ' astrotis humiliation. . It is the declaration the “hour of discussion | duty of every citizen to give passed.” It is an hour .of action and 1~ his all, to give his every effort, everyone must do his patriotic duty every- throb of his heart and or the country may suffered disas- every fiber of his being to the trous humiliation, It is the duty of c¥use of his country. The die every citizen to give his all, to give his every effort, every throb of his heart and every fiber of his being to the cause of his‘country. The die is cast, the hour of discussion is over., “Speech Il Timed.” “To me our one absorbing business at hand is the prosecution of the war. “Your socialistic speech at Hutch- court’s “Upon the president’s recom- ... -mendation, congress declared “Vwar in April of last year. Af- is‘-over.”—Judge Page Morris, | [t R | -1is -cast, the hour of discussion | ! in sentencing Bentall. ~niency in passing sentence on Mr. Peterson were made by Attorney Frank D. Larrabee and Frank - M. Nye, who appeared as a friend for 30 years of the defendant. inson was very ill timed. When it Leniency for Peterson Urged. came to that part which related to In passing sentence, Judge Morris|the war I do not remember anything conceded that Mr. Peterson’s offense|that would strengthen the hearts of against the government, based on|the young men who were being call- two articles appearing in the Min-|ed to the colors. On the contrary neapolis and St. Paul American in|you said that if the conscription law which the United States senate’s|is not repealed you men will have war aims were criticised, was not as|to .go to war. What a pitiful stand flagrant as that of Bentall. to take! Appealing for Peterson, Mr. Lar- “Your speech could not help ex- rabee asked the court to ‘‘divorce|citing disloyalty and probably the this case from the preceding one,”{contempt of the young men who were and asked the court to consider the|to be called into the military service. newness of the espionage act, which| You have said things about the jury has “not as yet been thoroughly in-| which tried your case which I re- terpreted.” gard as most unbecoming at this “A man is either for his country|time. The jury has found you guil- or against it,” said Judge Morris, ad-| ty after a tair trial, and now comes dressing Bentall. ‘““There is no mid-' my. duty to impose a penalty that dle ground. If a man says or does| will show to men that they cannot anything that would discourage|encourage disloyalty to their coun- young men upon whom the country|try. At this time I do think an of- is relying, from enlisting or (lomg]rense of this sort is very serious.” A ‘dozen citizens and women called| A I.AUNGHING MERCHANT VESS the:ways nt the ¥ ers building: under the Emergency Fleet corporation’s. wootlen largest concrete ship in. the»\\mld at Redwood City, Cal. FORTY-TWO AMERICANS ARE | CITED BY THE FRENCH (By United Press) ~Washington, Copenhagen, vent civil war. HUNGER STRIKE PLAN FOR RELEASE OF WOBBLIES . April Spokane, Wash., noisy demonstration began Wednes- day_ by twenty-seven Federal pris- oners in-the.county jail here, de- clared to be members of the Indus- trial Workers of the World, contin- but with decreased ued , yesterday, volume. The demonstration was April mented by a hunger strike on part of seventeen of the men. prisoners declared they could con- tinue their remonstrance until they are released. The tobacco of the demonstrators was. withheld yesterday by and they were placed on a bread and water diet. The shoes of part of the priconers, who were kicking against the steel oflor of their cells, also were moved. ] G0OD OFFICIAL SEEKS RE-ELECTION FRED W. PUTNAM RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER Was born in Red Wing, Goodhue County, He is a candidate on the Re- publican Ticket to succeed himself as Railroad and Warchouse Commissioner. He was appointed November 15th, 1917, for the unexpired term ending December 31st, 1918. Heis a graduate of the Uni- ity of Minnesota, and has practiced Minnesota. law for nine years. SIS & SRS 0N BOTH C0A hip program. She 1§ 320 feet Iong and her gross burden is 7,000 tons. 20.—Forty- two- Americans of the United States ambulance service, with the French army, have been cited by the French for bravery. General Pershing’s re- port said some were wounded in ac- tion, some exhibited unusual bravery and all attended wounded men un- der-the most trying clrcumstances SOCIALISTS PROTEST DEA'IE -~ --0F ‘RED GUARD PRISONERS (By . United Press) April 20.—Swedish, Danish, Norwegian socialists protest- ed to the Vasa against the execution of Red.Guard prisoners and asked that. the White .Guard government adopt a concilatory attitude to pre- 20.—A supple- jailers STs B JAPAN WONT ALLOW GERMANY T0 OBTAIN " FOOTHOLD IN ORIENT (By United Press) New York, April 20.—Declaring that Germany would never be allow- ed ‘to secure a foothold in the Orient and Pacific, Count Yoshli, in an in- terview -with the United Press, stated that Japan would never con- sent to restoration of Kiao Chao af- ter the, war SUPPOSED GERMAN AGENTS EAL SAILING ORDERS "7 (By United Press) Minneapolls, April 20.—Supposed German agents entered the home of Mrs. Mable Fountain, Red Cross nurse, and stole the sailing orders |she received yesterday. She had the order hidden in the.bottom of her traveling bag. The .orders told the nurse when she could sail and that when the W'GEE ASSERTS L. W. V. NOT HALF AS BAD AS |1, sl s o s THE NONPARTISANS |25t et i sebrs o s trace of them has been founa. ALL EXCESS FLOUR * She is the first of fhe eargo-steam- Below is the launching of the Faith, ‘Washington, April 20—Judge John F: McGee of Minneapolis, a member of ‘the powerful safety com- mission organized by -citizens of that state to aid the government in the prosecution of the war, declared be- fore the Senate military, commi!tee yesterday - that- the department of justice efforts have been a ghastly failure in Minnesota and that the I. W. W. is not one-half as dangerous as the Non Partisan league members, | to the dealer from whom it was pur- who he characterized as “traitors.” | chased, or report his supply to the He also termed Socialists traitors, | county food administrator. and said that they should be intern-| This announcement by the state ed. Judge McGee advocated organ-|food administration is made in an izing of firing squads and “working effort to take from the group of them overtime in order to make up food hoarders every ounce of flour lost time.” that does not belong to them under Immediate enactment of legisla- | national food regulations. tion to permit the military author- Making State Survey. ities to deal directly with spies and| The state food ndmlnlstratlon now German propagandists was urged as|is making a survey of the flour sup- the only way to éurb lynch law|Ply of the entire state, and it.is be- against disloyalty and enemy agita- -lieved that the interval between now tion. Representatives of the army and May will be sufficient time for and naval intelligence departments|all persons to report voluntarily, The and other witnesses told the Senate|time may be extended in some cases military committee that the situa-|a few days, however. tion is serious and cannot be handled These returns from the household- under existing laws. ers will be_checked, and those who Al D T fail to respond will be sent a blank ST. PAUL’S LIBERTY LOAN IS by mail asking information as to their flour supply. Following this, OVER QUOTA BY $112.500 (By United Press) those who fail to respond to the di- St, Paul, April 20.—8t. Paul Lib- rect request will have their. food stocks Investigated by the state ad- ministration. erty Loan quota of $12,500,000 is oversubscribed by $112,500. There are 50,000 subscribers. Chairman Rogers of the Ninth Federal reserve says the district is assured an over- subscrlptlon of $125 000,000. IRISH NATIONALISTS TO STATE THEIR POSITION (By United Press) Dublin, April 20.—Irish Nation- alists are planning a public state- ment of their objections to conscrip- tion;:and are planning; to sepd:a- tative to ;Washington. : —————v“—’r“ ‘HAIG PRAISES TROOPS (By Unijted Press) London, April 20.—General Haig has issued an order congratulating the success of the First corps in re- pulsing the enemy yesterday. GERMAN RAID REPULSED (By United Press) Paris, April' 20.—(Official) —A German raid below Amiens was re- pulsed. Artillery fire is progressing between Lassigny and Noyon. NEW RETAIL BEEF RISE ANNOUNCED St. Paul, April 20.—An unusual jump in the price of butchers’ beef has sent the retail prices of round steak, rib roasts and pot roasts soar- ing. There have been two raises in price in the past ten days. Retailers say that cattle which could be bought for 16 cents a short time ago now cost them 20 cents a pound. Round steaks have jumped up to a range of prices from 28 cents a pound to 35 cents a pound, which is almost a record in St. Paul, and rib roasts are selling at from 20 MUST BE REPORTED St. Paul, April 20.—Every person in Minnesota who has more than thirty days’ supply of wheat flour on hand must return the flour at once M’ADOO URGES LOAN ‘Washington, April 20.—Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has called upon Americans to answer German threats by placing 20,000,000 indi- vidual subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan. Germany boasted the wide distribution of her loans as evi- derice of pro-unity. ARTILLERY RUMBLES SUTLLENLY ALONG THE BATTLE LINES With the Britfsh in Flanders, April 20.—Artillery rumbled sullenly throughout the night, last night, on the Lys and Somme fronts. The British at Beauraine, two miles south of Af¥ras, advanced a short distance. Gerfgan counter attacks were re- pulsed during the night. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ORGANIZE BALL TEAM For the first time in four years, the Bemidji high school is to have a baseball team this spring, and it is asserted that the outlook for a fast nine is quite flattering. Practically all the squad called for training has had no experience in high school baseball in Bemidji, but some of them have played on other school teams. Pierre Gray is manager of the team and R. M. Smith, a former Pur- due man, agricultural director, is coach. Dr, Diedrich will also assist when he has spare time. Doran has been named as cap- tain. He has had considerable ex- perience behind the plate and caught two years for the International Falls high school. Other high schoolers trying out for positions are: Pitch- ers, Kittleson, Washburn; catchers, Doran and Jones: infield and out- field, Whitney, Knapp. Gray, Op- sahl, Simons, Morris, Tennstrum, Stechman, McDougal. The boys are practicinz nightly at the ball park and expect to play the first game one week from today with some team out of the city. Blackduck has written for a game. cents a pound to 35 cents. (By Umteq !m-) The German Juggérnéut, which von’ Hindenburg built “for *his - west "~ front drive, may-prove & Franken-- stein that will destroy itself as well as its creatois. ° The’ lmge enemy" machine is~ encountering ‘tesistance that is battering ‘it to_pieces,. yet. Hindenburg dares not stop ‘it. Its progress is blocked before Ami- ens and Hazebrouck, byt Hindenbiirg' is only able to change its course, al- though its human and meohnmul parts are being destroyed undcr its own impetus, : In Picardy, the Germms are pow- erless to advance and have been pushed back from the, nearest ap- pronoh to Amiens, near. Caste. Germans Thrown Back. London, April 20.—General Haig reported today that the British suc- cessfully counter attacked at Feus-; ter, Bert and Givenchy on the south- ern edge of the Flanders battle line, throwing the Germans from the po- sitions they gained from the British two days ago. Germans B,unlunz Troovs, With the French afleld, April 20. ---The Germans are steadily transfer- ring fresh divisions from the Russian to..the -French fropt,..Several, for- merly known to havesbeen in Rus- sia, have been seen hebe. Maurice May Command. London, -April 20.—The London Chronicle reports that General Maur- ice, director of military operations, will probably take up field duties. Major Whigman, in the war office, will prabahly be asalgned to France. STUB RAIRROAD LINES WILL.SUFFER TRAFFIC (By United Press St. Paul, April 20.—Stub railroad lines will encounter drastic curtail- ment of passenger traffic in the war traffic curtailment in the northwest. Many trains now originating on spurs, thence running over main lines to terminus terminals, will be eliminated, main line trnlns carry- ing this traffic. St. Paul to Chicago traflic is due for drastic curtailment. WILSON'S STAND BEATS WHEAT PRICE INCREASE Washington, April 20.—Congress will not increase the guaranteed price of wheat for the 1918 crops. It is useless to hold the 1917 crops longer for more money, This was made clear when by a vote of 167 to 198 the, House rejected the Mc- Laughlin amendment to the agricul- tural appropriation bill for a mini- mum of $2.50 a bushel at Chicago. The measure was ordered back to conference. The decisive stand of the House means the Senate will be compelled to yield to the wishes of the owler body. It is expected that an agreement will be reached soon. An unwritten rule requires Senate conferees to recede from their posi- tion if the House rejects extraneous matter inserted in appropriation bills by the Senate. An attempt may be made to block final action in the Senate, but this cannot last long, for the department of agriculture must have money July 1. President Wilson’s known opposi- tion to the Gore $2.50 rider also will bears considerable weight with the Senate now that the House hag sus- tained him. GONVICK WINS HER LIBERTY LOAN FLAG (Special to Pioneer) Gonvick, April 20.—Gonvick has again proved to the world that it is loyal and patriotic to the core. In the Third Liberty Loan drive this week, the village bounded ‘‘over the top” with a subscription of $10,700 or 35 per cent more than its appor- tioned quota which was $7,900 and is one town in Clearwater county to win a service flag. Every person called upon by the bond salesmen came through with their full allotment and several vol- untarily doubled their subscriptions