Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 30, 1918, Page 1

BETTER 10 HAVE LIBERTY BONDS IN YOUR HOUSE THAN THE KA WHO SAYS BELTRAMI IS NOT PATRIOTIC! The ‘following- ~Beltrami - county towns have equalléd or exceeded their allotment on the ' Third " Liberty Loan: ! | WATER WORKS . BEING SGLVED; GERMANS HALTED; ENEMY EXHAUSTED N WILD ATTEMPT .'TO'CRUSHfiFPENf HAVE YOU— ) l\ @é.d ‘d}(' United Press) Liberty ......; 500 1,250 : 1,750 : Nebi;h o 000 2,403 2,900 ; By 20 b oo | Northern :: 7 0 7600 1,600} - Board of Health Says|opiey™ "2 8700 50 250} ‘Water Not All That - uger Busfi _100- 150 " 250 3 : % Turtle Lake.. 500 760 1,250 It Should Be. : Redby .. 500 1,750 2,250 : Turtle Kiver.. = 500 - 450 -- .950 FRIEND OF WELLS SAYS |W0R -0 100 109 1300 ¥ USERS EXTRAVAGANT ) A 3 ol The towns .of Frohn and .Grant . Stat ae defeat administered in \P‘\ ilanders by the French has ; .Valley have not‘yet completed their An 3 iley, 5 S i y old rubbers—any old sho: ’ Legal Opinion City Has Right| c21¥ass and have not yet ‘reached i = Any old bottless—empty of b compelled the Germans to re- theamount ‘of their allotment. 4 —— .- | Any old papers—any old sackh, P sort to &nother breathing spell. The enemy opened the battle ¢ yesterday with an intense bom- ) bardment. All day and last ; night the Germans hacked and 4 buffeted at the allied positions but failed to gain anywhere. Today, General Haig report- ed the front comparatively quiet. . s | The other towns and villages of 3 \ 4 { the county- will make their report : ¢ AA:; g%‘; lclgll-}:a———:nny °;;1d ‘]‘:‘3\“-' through ' the banks outside of Be- 1 . Any old clothes—a}x'xy od ?-gsg,s midji. . - A 3 * Any old iron—any old tin, y To Clean Up Lake Shore_ Police Report. : . wu+The. water works problem™ of the city “of ‘Bemidji is being rapidly solved »and when the council adj) journed last evening it was tc meet again Thursday ‘night, when F. L. _Apders of Fargo will be present. ~TTo-gatisty himself concerning the »watersiof Bemidji, A. L. Molander Any old boxes to put the stuff in. Any old copper—any old brass, SALVAGE DRIVE TODAY Any old carpet—any old bed, Any old silver—any old . gold, Will bl?‘l melted up and afterward sold. . Any old dishes—any old jars, - ‘sent samples ot water. from the v_vells( This afterioon the trucl;s of ‘the hed and from three points in the river!Red Cross salvage.drive started out Any old tins—any old cars, This is . the ‘310“ desperate and Lake Irvine to the state board|on kt»he t;fillecttl]:m of ;alw;gteh a;:d fifig ?)ll:-l] ‘;’;fi‘::fi;’;’!o‘;ldd 010]:31(!. German attack in several days i3 of health and the report of the board| junk, making the rounds, o e city == socks, . B . . was to the effect that the water from|by routes. - 3 .| The things that have value aro past and .It fallt.ad. -The. allies retain | the -wells was not what it should be| One of the most notable features - —— Thay :llld zg‘;fl:ings iy ol Fedth the initiative in Picardy. : - R e [ eeth. N A A AN s i tm ' —— Germans Are Halted. Any old neckties—any old gloves, KEN ‘Any old thing the junk dealer loves— For I am Juakina, the queen of alll pondon. April 30.—The Germans My j?xui:;pl'mats the junkers, are completely halted in their des- I'll change the world’s map. perate attack on a wide front in Red Cross salvage drive headquar-| Flanders, designing to force the eva- ters, next to George Baker’s jewelry| cyation of Ypres. w store on Third street. General Haig reported today that Bemidji were busily engaged in help-. Z o v , & the northern battle front is com- says nispat ing ‘the government in its war ac- BENTALLS F“.JNG ls ] paratively quiet, following the heavy ch DRomoting. the. Thirh. Liberes toan, 'UP TO COURT’S RULE as regards purity, which would again of the salvage drive is the interest v _indicate that Bemidji needs a filter |being taken by the boys of the school . system and a guaranteed supply of | grades, who have started to cover the pure water. routes, nz;tir}):ing householders ofl the ' coming of -the truck -the day follow- Th Wetl‘h Habve Advocateis. ta ing and to have all junk ready and There have been rare instances|; “pon: of the house, where advocates of the present well Headquarters in the store next s%stgm'have g“g;'“g:eg t°h51t‘°¥ thf to George Baker’s jewelry store on i advantages of the wells, but Presi-{qyirq gtreet have been equipped with dent Clark of the council and Mayor| . "cisve” and wood and made com- Vandersluis -take the opposite view,|i, aple, . The headquarters:are open citing the thousands of dollars al- throughout the day until 6 o’clock ready spent in maintaining the wells in the evening. ek Wh;"h are cqnstalnt.l_y O“tt Ogi water| " pr press coffee cans and bottles are and needing replaging at big eX-|,j5, degired in’the list of junk and JAIL RELEASE ON BONDS While the people: of the city of repulse inflicted upon the enemy yes- b terday and last night, which showed pense to the taxpayers.. The idea is 'ar Savings Stamps sale, Red Cross the enemy exhausted hy the terrific to obtain an"adequate supply of wa-| m’{,wf)l:.h:gnfg::o:: n.!g: i})}:"ll‘;gg‘g? tf:s' and other loyalty projects, Andy An- ; pace and enormous. gasualties. ter and-.make it pure and solve the|,. d the i £ hi ; derson was busy selling booze illicit-| = St.Paul, April 30.—A positive an- g A3 > kindly loaned the service of his.mo-, By:JOSEPH SHAPLEN ly. in Bemid#i i 2. 4 ’ * General Hhig also reported the vexatious problem definitely, .and| "l ok to the ohapte it ) ! y.in Bemidji in violation :of the gov-| nouncement that J. O. Bentall, re- : y pter, and 5 g 4 " Tt erntent. 1a’ 4 the Taws.of & 5 gy, s 3 French successfully counter attacke .- they have.the-support of the “eity| o, o_winhe s follows, comnréhel TRt orresporden 3 aws and- the +of-the} cently convicted under-the espionage}oq noear I tort 11 thel ~council, and it’s.a certainfy that the 'at 1.0'clock and continuing uhtil’ 3‘ Potrograd, ‘April - 30.——April® 24 ‘State of Mjnnesota. L Jact-ang. sentenced to five years in ed near Locre, restoring al eir s 3 4 Anderson was arrested about four|Leavenworth prison will be permit- people of Bemidji want water suit- o'cldck: Beltrami-and-Minnesota av positi®ns. . a 4 -| Delaye ssia is preparing in the | ! In Picardy, the British ushed able for every purpose and plenty of P days ago by Indian Agent Willlam - 3 A & o » :l;::ieaflfl cross streets to America |y ost serious manner. to re-enter the | Johnson apd. held in bond of $1,000. c],;lu;? fifiefl"ong‘?eé;‘,’,’t ‘;",d:’,‘e “?:s the Germans back slightly east of ; . war. Trotsky: ‘splan for universal | In default of the bonds he was con-| made made Julius A, Schmahl, sec- " Yesterday afternoon two citizens i . accepted. ‘went on Anderson’s bonds and he was fi?xke;;fi]gl'et;:&;&g ;g 3,"5;2‘2{,‘,'}: ) given his freedom. That was at 2|jgt party in Minnesota: TO SOAR- NEARING GOAL quired to train and be ready when ¥ J needed. - Other classes have been call- bhA'iq‘:i,i 4 o'clock Chief Brandt of|planks to file socialist candidates for ed already > e Indian agents caught Anderson| office, said he was advised that Ben- 2 ‘again violgting the law in open de-|ta]) can file because his conviction is ‘Washington; April 30.—With four| Russia will be ready to strike with}of whisky: The arrest was made at|pno citizenship unti the conviction is days to go, the Third Liberty Loan|new fresh. millions, - sealing ', Ger- finfiz"sfi’:? h:naeboi‘io;l;hs";et and gustained. today reached -$2,413,442,000, ac-|many's doom. - Russia’s ‘slogan now 4 pnded behin e bars. Stating that he will refuse Ben- ° . \ said that he wishes the question de- $30,000,000 since last night. possible. i 19 BELTRAMI Co. BOYS termined by the courts. o g A similar law question is involved der the espionage act and sentenced to Leavenworth prison for four years . Bemidji was the center of interest|after he had filed as a candidate for reported to the draft board, hav- Secretary Schmahl said that in this{ . .. = Sy ing been called to entrain tomorrow [ instance it was expected that the ’["?":fi:lhflkr{;"‘fl; fi‘lfi}‘;‘PS’g‘t“‘{églvffil,‘:' noon for Columbus barracks, Colum-| court in which the conviction was| Gl Tu g he war is won. h’I‘hhei quota‘ tols lea:;e tomorrow | ing Peterson’s name from the ballot. should comprise , and 18 have re- —_—_— | ported. If there is any one of draft VIOLENT ARTILLERY PLAY HEAVY ARMY INCREASES age who desires to go with-the quota — immediately notify the draft board (By United Press) PROPOSED lN SENATE Peonle Own System. One of the advocates of the well system said in a communication that the people of Bemidjt were extrava- gant in the use of water. ~To this Mayor Vandersluis expressed himself that the people of Bemidji were en- - titled to all the water they desired to use and pay for, and that he didn’t think it was up to the city to tell the taxpayers how much water they could use. Store Owner Own Boss. An interesting feature of the meet- ing was a legal opinion by City At- torney Fisk anent a petition of some of the barber shops of the city rela- tive to setting a closing hour. It was several weeks ago that some of the master barbers signed an agreement to" close their places of business, at 6:30 o'clock and at the last meet- Enemv Attack Americans. With the Amercans in Lorraine, April 30.—Recently renewed Ger- man artillery activity here is taken to mean the Germans are seeking to force concentratiop on the American front. A violest artillery duel raged Sunday. * Americans Are Praised. With the Americans in Lorraine, April 30.—National army men ar- riving from America are bringing high spirits and additional numerical strength. They are clean cut, strong, healthy, unboastful, confident and anxious to get at the Germans.- The men are enraptured with France and . there is much fraternizing with resi- dents. . Some of the' men are already en- / BASEBAT7. TONIGHT * - Counter Revolution Brews. . Stockholm, April 30.—A newspa~ [} The baseball game which was|per dispatch reports today that a scheduled for last Friday evening|counter revolution in Petrograd is ¢ and postponed, will be played tonight | becoming pronounced, the . Brest ‘.o~ -ing of the council one of the barbers|at 6:30 o’clock.. The high school|Litovsk peace conference not being appeared with a petition that the|team meets the All Stars at Athletic|acceptable and a new treaty is .de- council “pass an ordinance regulat-|partk. Fifty per cent.goes to the| manded to leave Esthonia under the ing*the 'closing of shops at certain|Red Cross. . Russian control. ' . 11‘?11:‘15.it Thtet matter vgnas referred htio - 4 the city attorney, who gave s g n TOMORROW THRIFT DAY; | T MORE LOIS OFFERED TAKE STAMPS IN CHANGE| satc ¢ tno et Gross sution'to be opinion that as there was nothing in the city charter regulating the hours of any business in the city, %xcept bath ervance, an as D e held Saturday in Lake Front park. Two of the“lots*are situated in Ny- more and onesat the head of Lake Bemidji. There will also be other of- there, was no state law regulating the hours.of business houses, the ferings that should prove advan- tageous to the buyer. Villers-Bretonneaux. ¥ \ ONTI ES rilitary training has been officially | ined in the county jail, retary of state, on his return to St. THIRD LOA C [' Peasants and workers wll'l be re- o'elock. x = Secretary Sugarman, applying for (By United Press) If the allies. hold until spripg, | flance and jn possession of two quarts| peing appealed and he will have lost cording to reports, an increase of|is to return to the war as soon as tall filing, if presented, Mr. Schmahl 'l'o ENTRMN TOMORROW in the case of James A. Peterson of ‘| Minneapolis, who was convicted un- today for all of the 18 young men|United States senator. bus, O., for training in the military. | obtained would issue an order strik-{ ~—~ ~ at the court house. The one miss- Paris, April 20.—(Official)-— Vio- h’xrg is reported to have cut his fingers|lent artillerying on both sides of the off. . The squad will leave at noon to- morrow and will be escorted to the depot by the Home Guard and bat- talion band ARCHBISHOP IMPROVES today. Avrestoday (By United Préss) Whashington, April 30.—Bills were VERNA BARKER HEADS |Viiiv"%or urse mereases ia” "the army. The Poindexter bill provides H. S. HONOR STUDENTS | ror 1.500.000 additional men for the National army. Tomorrow is thrift Stamp day and all stores in Bemidji will have a supply of Thrift Stamps, same as stores in other cities throughout the state will have. Patrons are supposed to accept gfl;;egfi:lhgll‘flrglf]tal"l‘gherllfnt gltaa‘g,;)g. pu.r- GREAT PATRloTlc LBSON Av AGE y provides increasing the army by 3,- ‘ AT REX THEATER TONIGHT: -~ - 55, "0 -~ .. INAVERAGE STANDING) o oL . By United Press) 4 e v -8t. Paul, April_30.—Archbisliop GERMAN SOCIALIST OF PEACE i fu 4 " Honor " roll students maintaining 5 FOR BENEHT RED CROSS Ireland’is better today. an average of 90 or above in each of IDEAS ELECTED IN BERLIN § the subjects for the past six weeks S { Ins';ehe| high]vx-;cl‘\)o?l':\ A e (By United Press) niors-—Mabel Aubolee, 94; Pearl i g B Amsterdam, April 30.—Herr Bar- Brownlee, 93; Edythe Schmitt, 92. 1 ),on_a socialist and pacifist. has been Juniors—Esther McGhee, 93. ic n- Sophomores—Alice Dyer, 94; Car- s};-,‘med to the Berlin municipal coun-f§ city council could not attempt to dic- ; ~tate to a business man what "time he could open and close his store or ‘other place of businéss, and that if the owner of a barber shop wanted to observe hours to suit himself that was his business. And-the council accepted the report and filed it. Can Clean Lake Shore. City Attorney Fisk also returned an opinion asked for by the council concerning the power of the city tof 5 . control the lake shore in the removal (By United Press) of ramshackle boat houses, remnants Washingt: April 30.—The cas- I? 99 of such and other unsightly objects ualt;sllsrfeg:iy‘vedp{oda:; éon’{ai;scthse Like a voice from the grave cones ‘VON HIN HAS BAD built by private persoms. The at-|y.pmes of 58 Americans. the talented Florence La Badie' to SlER DAY: LINES STILL HOLD CASUALTY LIST 58 torney holds that the city can clean teach an important lesson in ‘patriot- up the lake shore, or order it done ism to\ the people of Bemidji to- by those responsible, and failure to night, when she appears in ‘“The olyn Campbell, 93. obey the order to remove the un- POLES RIOT AND SMY Man Without a Country” at the Rex, E yrreshmgn—-vgmg Barker, 99; S sightly objects carry a penalty. The . under the auspices of the Red Cross, (By United Press) Thelma Bowers, 94; Martha inders] STRONGER UNION URGED city can also remove the obstructions OVER FooD SHORTAGE the proceeds of the film going to the| With the British armies in Flan-|gon, 93; Carolyn Groves, 93; Mary = if the one responsible fails. and re- ! Red Cross chapter. ' Miss La Bgdie|ders, April 30.—General von Hin- Ke,.'scmjaum' 91. 3 i (By United Press) was one of the most promising scrgen | denburg has had one of the worst| The two highest averages for this| Tome, April 30.—German antf: (By United Press) - stars and had become a freat fayor-|days since the commencement of the|giy.week period are held by Fresh-|Slav demonstrations in Vienna, fa- Copenhagen, April 30.—Food fam- ite. Her death occurred after ghe offensive. men, Verna Barker, 99, and Thelma | voring stricter union with Germany, {ne 1 Cratow . Poland. i to b had starred in the ibig Jewel Pro-| After repeated assaults yesterday|pBowers, 94. are continuing. 2 p :xl:;stn serious '-rlgts ,Rixf:r‘i: ngflmg ductlons plcmr‘e. S Man, With- mind o n's:]ttthte g :me‘s, tween The two Senlors holding the high- D i 3 t a Country.’ Y where are intact, excep etween for their f s i 4 Jews are hoarding food caused mobs ouThere are seven reels in this gfip-| Mounts Rouge and ~Scherpenberg O il fare Patl Browmee Rt to pluder stores and kill several. ping and intensely absorbing pgfli,-l;. where the situation is somewhat ];:E.]h &cglt:)(;l K';lehggzflse%;zzmw first BEC[DA SCHOOL HOLDS hded - | ob: i . S rasy of the. Ametonn | partment reseives nonorama mon:| GRADUATION EXERCISES cover the cost at law. This is to be made the subject of an ordinance to cover the lake shore from Fourth to Fifteenth street and carries a pen- alty of a fine of $100 or 30 days in jail. The city attorney stated the .laws of the state were ample to gov- ern the point at issue. Water Service Estimate. An estimate of extending the wa- ter service to the house of Fred Pet-| COMMERCIAL CLUB T0 officer who cursed his country and ] tion for maintaining an average of rie where the city poor are taken was placed aboard a vessel and sent SMITH CGLLEGE G]R[s 90. during the one year she has at- % to the high seas where the shipping $ tended here. Graduation exercises were hel¢ care of, gave $3,185.95. It was laid over for consideration until Thurs- day evéning. Fred LaRoux of Duluth, represent- ing the Standard Oil “company, and world kept transferring him, pre- venting him from seeing or hearing of the land he blasphemed. The end tells the story. MEET TOMORROW: MENU tthée regular business meeting of A e Commercial club will follow the In addition, there will be one of G'idl‘j: Ba}‘{‘“&l- l\;emdent ‘rlrmfn‘ager, Be- | jyncheon at the club rooms tomor-|the splendid Drew comedies shown midji, asked t El counc Or'Pe(‘i'm‘SE row noon. Russell Brooks, of the|to round out a fine evening’s enter- > sion to moveltle compan};vs €Pot| pifth Minnesota Naval division, will | tainment. Be there early, get seats 3 - and supply holders from their pres-|pe the-guest of the club. early. It’s for the benefit of the Red ent location to the Soo right of way| "The menu is as follows: Beef| Cross, which will be in charge. The near the Soo depot. Referred to aljoaf mashed potatoes, peas, bread|Rex management has turned the committee for investigation as to fire| 35,4 butter, pumpkin pie, coffee and | theater over to the chapter for the (Cortinued on Page Four) cream, ) day. HEROINFS OF BAmE The following high school stu-| Monday at the Becida school, whost dents have given four-minute speech- | teacher is Miss Eliza Boobar. The es on the Third Liberty Loan before | class motto is “America First.” Thr the high school assembly. One of | class colors are red, white and blue (By United Press) their number will be selected as ju- J. C. MecGhee, assistant superin A city in France, April 30.—Six-| njor four-minute speaker. One will| tendent of Beltrami county, address teen American girls of Smith college | receive a ¢ertificate from the nation-|ed the school. Songs and recitation are a unit of heroines of the recent|al director of four-minute men. completed the program, which wa Somme fighting. The girls were un- The names are: Verna Barker, | good. | der shell fire and were bombed sev-| Theodore Willits, Alice Elmquist, The graduates were Olga Maltrud eral times. They remained in towns| Agnes Skinvik, Olgo Stephenson, Car-| Mable Maltrud, Lee Petrie, Nathas of evacuated areas as long as pos-|olyn Campbell, Stanley Wilcox, Ber-| Petrie, Matilda’ Wilander, Mildrec sible to assist the helpless, tha Webster. Lunde and Eva Talles.