Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1918, Page 1

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1918. 3 i, ~ , . [MEN FOLKS HELPING . "I Recrviting Company | ] R et i 3 ‘| HANDLE HEAVY JUNK ‘To Full Strength. 3 Bos i L RIGHT MATERIAL ANTED AS RECRUITS {By United Press) The Germans continue to emphasize the victory gained by the allies in the hills south- | east of the Ypres early last week by refusing to renew hos- tilities' there. General Haig’s wAdt tI:ie Commercial club meeting report shows that sector re- .Wednesday noon, the matter of| g i 1 i P i bringing {he local Home Guard up : 4 * v E2mant o ! VY lth?;flg l;fgllg?tfl;ti];ewjélel;f lgc;ggl dl:‘tl);i ma"“. as qu!et a8, the Braves to a standard of 120 was referred| [ ; E: = . i 4 : : iare also helping ag the task became|yard into which the deadly fire to the War Activities committee| B} . ] . ; Gl i hgfli@mfigg&%fi& Jnd literally. | of the allies literally turned it. which consists of B. H. Denu, chair- the collecting vesterday afternoon| Staff correspondents fore- cast a resumption of Hinden- man; Rev. L. P. Warford; Dr. G. M. {and was manned by Ray Olson Palmer, A. G. Wedge, Alec Doran and D. S. Mitchell. The truck : . \was in charge of Harry Cole and b“\'ll efforts to seize the the ladies' certainly appreciate his heighu but declare it will re- and Andrew: Johnson. This committee met .this afternoon courtesy. In fact, when one of the B Red Cross ladies remarked that it|quire days and perhaps weeks and outlined a plan of procedure. A list of eligible men was gone r seemed almost an imposition to ex- rm e sios and the nnfies distributed agmon Ozl?e pect him to work in the manner i ka ll.la.tter-ed Sivitioms & he did, Mr. Cole replied, “The Red|German activity is worthy of members of the committee for solici- Cross .and the Y. M. C. A. can have i H tation.- any of my time whenever they want comment only is "7‘”""" m - The Home Guard can use men be- it.” I have brothers in the service|two sectors. " and they need all the help we can i tween the ages of 18 and 45 years, possibly give them.” German Attack Fails. Ycept tbose of draft age. ‘The.com- The work of sorting the junk is| Paris, May 2.— (Official)—The ittee requests men.who are eligible, going on daily and one of the big-|Gorman attack failed in the region to report to members of the commit- gest tasks is sorting and tieing the & tee and be present at the “rookie” magazines. Up to last evening about | 0f the Thannes on the south bank drill in the city hall on Tuesday eve- four tons of magazines had been|of the Lucre river, midway between ning. This is regular drill night and tied. All having magazines for the| Hangard-Ensanntere and Hailles, those who wish to place their names salvage should tie them in bundles.| pers Americans are reported bri- e before the Home Guard for considera- ‘It would relieve much of the work tion are urged to do so then. gaded with the French. Other Ger- at the headquarters. The present mempbership of the|increasing. 4 35 TR Tomorrow the Smith-Robinson|man attempts near Chavignon and = i s mercial club yesterday it was. voted S Home Guard will be materially re: to have a big celebration at the lay= NINTH DISTRICT LIBERTY truck will do the collecting. It will| Rheims failed. duced when all-men of dratt age and | v g0 s ype 0N CASTALTY ing of the cornerstone -of the new| .. LOAN MAY BE U.S. RECORD 4 : ‘ ; W $ b % " The men folks are.coming to. the ‘rescue of the ladies in the Red Cross salvage drive, - volunteering to help 1—German Gotha bombing plane brought down by British aviator'behin: ghe>lines n- France. 2—British ux;t.l- afrcraft gun in action In Flanders. 3—Miss Catherine Hughes, daughter.of ex-Justice-Charles E. Hughes, drafted for. work on the farm to be operated by Wellesley college this summer. 4 50 14D 70 FEARN o aratnn GERINANS ARE EATI e (GOTNBISTONG (e iey Honses partment’s ability to equip and| . ] [] -transport men is theé only limit H placed upon.the American army in| - 218 1 (BRy United Press) 1918, Secretary of War-Baker told g - With the French afield, May 2.— «tit;; misltlag;l;{afyflalis?kecrmgfinfifi p::g- H 8 | The Germans are unable to get ‘food sent any definite figures on the num-| . - BHE ‘| on pecount of the terrific bombard- for -the ment. They are eating French ber he intended sending, | double reason any number implies horses killed on the battle field, let- terg found on prisoners indicate. the limit and facilities for equipping and transporting men are constantly At the noon luncheon of the Com- cover Mississippi and Park avenues and cross streets. All salvage to be T ey J collected should be out in front for Death Toll Terrible. those over :45. ar geded out. The K A age limit:are weeded out. The age ?fl’;‘é‘ 0?“’,“3}?1 school some time Inj . ;) yeapolis, May 2.—Hvery one PO et oo limit, however, ‘does not affect com- (By United Press) ’i‘he committee nained o ke all of thesix states in the Ninth Fed- removal. London, May 2,—The Daily Gra- Reserve district, every county phic quotes a high English authority i o missioned officers. Men between-18{ _Washington, May 2.—The casualty and 21 are particularly desired, but| list received _todayi--contains :the ; tlie Tanks should-alse have -added tof{names of 96 Americans. t new’metnbers of more mature age. : NEED ANYTHING? THEN -arrangemeénts” is. H. B, Reynolds, -chatrman; A.“P. Ritehie; A. ‘P White, niflfly G'N"l!: Wflzh(pv-h;»—the'di!: - .-DEATH: RATE. DECREASES ag 8dying that the German casualties ] - acHh ct' has won honor flags for over- = i566 i e ‘,’,V,'ycih?'c‘;:’;g- 15| subscribing their quotas in the Third (By United Press) sl Mareh 21 to be at legst 900, Liberty Loan campaign, according to| _ Washington, May 2.—Tho death . rate at cantonments decreased last e — the result:of a talk by Jesse Med- figures given out by A. R. Rogers, lam, superintendent of construction, week, The toll last week was 251 B district chairman, Orders for 5,000 . Enormous German Casua]ties. who was present with blue prints of |} 0 g, 0 sor the distriet have been |and the week prior 278. (By Junius B. Wood)- United Press Correspondent o the building and explained in detail LA as to the construction. aex‘:‘twt: x?fx:gttl?:i the record we & With t French- ie: A l‘“"Y HOVEY ls BEST 'Mny 2.—-1?though th:n;er:lux;flsel:- BREAD BAKER oF THE gaged 2,500,000 men: in the present offensive. to date it hmlculuted they : have made beats anything im the CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT United States,” said Mr. Rogers. EIGHTH GR ADE MlssEs are still capable-of dupiicating this offensive. However, the allies with doce fresh reserves hold the trump card. .TO DISCUSS WATER PROBLEM Nine hundred and twenty-three Minnesota towns have been awarded flags. The school bread making contest wia?esoe()ngf)‘})yn:):ngz‘; :E: f‘_g::"fi;v: = conducted in the eighth grade dur- Since th;;L time they have bee: ob. ing the past two months closed this lged to engage & e’;lme the n N week and the prizes were presented hg i ?ll "5 g8, V! Iy 8 that "".‘lm' today by Supt. Bolcolm. Each con- ?ré neica 'f‘r“ xan on. consumption testant made bread six times and al- o Tlermcan eftec veness‘d so wrote a theme entitled “How I he Germans engaged 140 divi- Helped Uncle Sam By Making sions of the available 242 divisions, Bread.” Considerable interest in some engaged several times, making making war bread with different a total value of 186 divisions en- o kinds of flour was created. Much of gaged. This leaves 66 divisions not the enthusiasm concerning the work en;z;ngedr. and 110 of -tl‘x{ese are inca- was due to the co-operation of the m”le of offensive wnr“. r Beltrami Elevator & Milling Co.,| , The most conservative es imates place the German losses at 350,000 If you feel you ought to join, don’t wait for the committee to call. Save ‘them this work by Tl;ealli‘ng upuax_;g member at once. e city wi . combed thoroughly for the best ma- ATrEND AUCT“)N SALE terial. The committee was also in- formed that all'names must be pass- ed upon before they are even-exam- G]VEN BY RED CROSS ined or taking in for training. Lt 7 G, The Red Cross auction sale, which | The city council will meet .in ad- FUYAT Tg%f%xgofinin takes place Saturday, May 4, is as- journed session tonight, when F. L. iy suming larger proportions daily. A I;Adfld:?;sd of ‘Ffiigo Wg]le be Drfggnth President Wilson’s call - to the|house to house canvass in the busi-| Mr. Anders is the engineer secul 0 pgople of the nation to “‘buy another| ness district is being made for con- :“Sne‘“t and ‘;;gol"‘ Ogoiem‘d;:‘; :vvfli ClTY HEALTH CLEAN'UP 4ond” for.$50 will be sounded to-|tributions which may be put up at|ter system. has done so - night at the various theaters by|auction and bring good returns. meet with the council ‘tonight. wn.l. BEGIN 0N MAY 9 Four-Minute-Men, who have been W. E. Dean, chairman of this com- Jt-there are any citizens who de- asked to speak on the failure of the|mittee, reports that the variety of sire any special or general informa- Liberty Loan to reach its quota of|articles includes everything from a tion_they should be at the meeting.| pis jssue of the Pioneer contains $3,000,000,000. ; })ullF;:alfdto a g)rty—acre tract oftlséx‘:d e a notice by the city board of health It is up to the “common people” fn orida. ere are some O e to “clean up.” of the country to win the war. The| things which will go under the auc- MILITARY OFFICERS ARE on' May %' Dr. Shannon, city health- officer, and the health com- statement is.made that weqlthidfall- ;iloxlleter's ll;afinmerlé One Jiull blm])td ed miserably. Match the president.| Holstein bull calf, one Jersey cal mittee of the city council will make He has bought another bond on pay-| 10 acres of land in Hubbard county: EXTENDED CLUB FAV()RS the rounds of ufe city to ascertain ments to set the example. 15 miles from Bemidji; two gaso- what is unhealthful and unsanitary, line engines, forty acres in Florida, of which note will be made. Then Captain Thomas Swinson of the BRICK WORK COMMENCES ON two settings of high priced chick-f ., =" "n o G anq Sergeant Clarence|OWners of property that is in a con-|and the Crookston Milling Co., who 2 % regular- army, were honored at the|ll¢ he 1 prizes. g 3 The bflckDW{Jtl'k fll’)r itrl:essig;ao;‘al;i :;ité';r;x::;s;“acfiitxeggtzx;séam:lgt:re:: Commercial club meeting yesterday | the .condition and failure to do so| (ash prizes awarded were: German Artillerv Active. s of the now Dalton B eind street and| tors, lawn mowers, etc P when it was voted to extend these|Will meet legal attention. First—Lily Hovey, $5. London, May 2.—General Haig re- the mtei“ec l?m’i"l cofnms(enced e restauvants’ in the city are|tWo sentlemen an invitation to be| With the coming of the big Sun-| Second—Hazel Slough, $4. ported today that German artillery Beltram nvenfue an. l50 in po-| preparing for a large crowd { . | guests of the club at all future lunch- day school convention the city should| Third—Lucile Von Dervort, $3. |is active in the Villers-Bretonneaux Z(i)tr?:n oF ’i‘}tfi ;gilgl?s ;ree : s«fark ll‘)ed gf tl:)wn fgolk and ingicatl;gns s.ge ?l‘:a; eons. present its best front, also. Fourth—Mary Warfield, $2. saokor ’i“ P‘car{z‘iv aml'll"}: G 2 2 _ PRI Fifth—Pearl Rafferty, $1. sector in Flanders. ere is con- and will add greatly to the attrac-| hundreds will be present to make the HEAVENS! HERE’S FIS GE NS MAKE CAPTURES Lily Hovey will represent the club, siderable cannonading in the sector in the county bread making contest|connecting Picardy and the Flanders Red Cross auction sale a decided suc 'AND PRIZE HHS%RgITA(le AR”[M}A{ELSINGFOBS AND VIBORG cess. ae It “wat 1. t (By United Press) was (an oarly hour-yesterday Copenhagen, May 2.—It is report- o that we met Manager Whaley of the s\ | Elko “and Grand. gHe was )lv)obhing ed here that the Germans took:11,- & 3 along like a toy balloon—the first| 000 prisoners at Helsingfors and.5,- v day of the pike season. -; .| 000 at=Viborg;- including theZRed h We met him today—honest man, | Gard premiers - HOLDING UP AIRCRAFT REPORT ;s e, 5 urme ms opsiun, tiveness of the design of the struc- ture. which will be held soon. The win-| fronts. ner of the county contest takes part in a district contest and this winner \represents ’t_he district at the state DEMOCRATS OF STATE ad = "TWO AVIATORS ARE KILLED AT INDORSE KNUTE NELSON HICKS FLYING FIELD. T (By United Press) St. Paul, May 2.—The Democratic Fort Worth, Tex., May 2.—Lieut.| state executive committee unanim- James Ennis of New York and Ca-|ougly indorsed United States Senator det Paul Harriott, Oakland, Cal.| Knute Nelson for re-election, named were killed at Hicks flying field when| 5§ Jacobson as the party candi- unable to right their machine dur-| qate for railroad and warehouse com- ing a nose drive. missioner and heard L. L. Brown of Winona. chairman of the resolutions M’ADO0 SWINGS THE AX committee in March. explain how and went after pike. I hooked one s L w E measly sucker under the gills. That's 0 VES AR PROBL M s iti- 5 _|all. Yesterday I tried it again,- and Washington, May 2.—Severe criti-| was a potential aircraft manufac darn my buttons if I don’t believe cism of delay in the aircraft program | turer. 4 was made in the Senate in connec- Qualifications Asked. zugg' that same sucker. Yes, that's| ..o v vera Opsahl, seven- tion with discussion of an aircraft Senator Phelan of California, Dem- 4 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. report made to President Wilson by |ocrat, asked if Mr. Borglum had any REPORT WOMAN AND _CHII,DREN J. 7. Opsahl, ‘has the war problem gutz%n Borgll;mv Cs::llll;tc'fi'butse“?:g; g::;lt““ qualifications to judge air-| “prpNyn 'm0 DEATH AT GRYGLA|®!! fisured out, and it seems a very the resolution indorsing state prohi randegee;. . ¢ “I don’ " A report reached Bemidji this| Simple matter. (By United Press) iti : ¥ 4 - brought up thei su:)ject,fref:;:ed o . :10; ) lflmw' Seniator Brandegee morning that a woman and t;‘wo chil- On a table in the Opsahl home Washington, May 2.—Secretary of :‘;'rimnn was omitted from the plat- ‘ ggxs;%afl)el;epl:l‘]’; Z:&l‘:’l}a;’,s x’?ort‘;‘;fi; ;‘Sf:rme‘d. the;-lt;lf]srep;etsh?:fitheE:llgc:?)% dren had been burned to death near {;sted 1? pa%kL&f tcafitilcsh;%v%rt;alns the Treasury McAdoo does not intend| Mr. Tacoheon ancented the nomina- | o % » Grygla. e coming ol ut. nd Pear-| to give financial support to railway o . ’ > ~_%uggestefl tha'g President Wilson had hage al:y snfihcquagiflcatfiolu\rs‘ Xi attempt to get telephonic serv-|son Hobson, hero of Merrimac fame, | agsociations organized for the g;::nenver the long-distance tele g pg_chketeg 1“" bject, he said, should kot:n;e?rubli%azmsaeifi tohe sgrAtoho%a- ice to that point failed. Thie North-| Who is to speak in Bemidjl during| good of the system. The order is-| (hairman Fred E. Whenton read b 1e w“o:t:;% the Senate mili-| 000 a go riation for aireraft h'& western line goes to Thief River|the campaign for the passage of the| sued amounts virtually to instruc-i, renort regarding the heln the Y s Tarelta’s Yegorti/as| b et and $400,00 000 was o | Falls but from that pont to Grygla dry -amendment. . The little flady| tions to dissolve the Texas Mana-| tjcket will receive from the national tary committee, Borglum's tebore, eon. spen’dan ,000, was re-| oy State Ine s in service. Or|took the cards and enlisted the help| gers’ association. McAdoo says the|agministration. i of another little friend, Dorothy Rhea. This precocious pair then association must get revenue from other sources. outlined in the newspaper publica-| quested, and said the people demand tion, was critical of Major General | to know “Just what we have got.” Squier, chief of the signal corps, and “I should say we got it in the of others. neck,” Senator Brandegee replied. Borglum_ Not Disinterested. Senator Brandegee said that Mr. Senators Hitckcock of Nebraska| Borglum, although possessing a let- and Thomas of Colorado, Democratic| ter from President Wilson authoriz- members of the military committee,|ing him to procure aviation informa- said the entire situation had been|tion from the war department, had discussed with Mr. Borglum and that| been *“very much obstructed” - by the sculptor had little new unpub-|army officials. Referring to his re- lished information. port, said to have been given Presi- »The committee, Senator Thomas | dent Wilson, the Connecticut sena- <aid, had declined to call Mr. Borg-| tor said: “If it is anything like #1um before it because he was not| what is Gescribed in those blistering entirely a disinterested witness; as| words, it is time the legislative de- he-wag reported to have connections| partment of the government should with an aeronautical association he take action.” rather when it is working. It was not useable today and hence no de- tails could be secured. Prahihition Nmiesian made the rounds and distributed the L. L. Brown and W. J. Quinn. sec- sy cards, obtaining the names of all to retary, each l'nok M:}Imni for omitting whom they presented the cards. ‘”R the orohihition resolution. DRAFI' EVADERS WILL As){edowhpit] t};‘e ldex‘; was,] thg MOB ECKS SUPPOSED IT:‘E ;\rn‘hlthfll:()n :loso'h:‘fir;‘n 'wfi: one voung psal opefu explaine o he last to be adonted. hut it was somewhat thusly: . PRO.GERMAN LODGE decided by the committee that it BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT “Mr Hobson sank that boat and should be placed near the top. he's coming here and tell about it. —~ Secretarv Quinn read the resolun- = He's going to end the war and then (By United Press) tions and did not notice the change. (By United Press) Roy will come home and play with Sioux City, Ia., May 2.—The build- | he said. Washington, May 2. — Provost|me.” ing occupied by the Sons of Herman Minneapolis friends of Thomas Marshal Crowder has ordered a ma-| Roy is a big brother with the At-|lodge at Dakota City. Neb., was|Dwver. gubernatorial eandidate two tion-wide roundup of draft regis-|lantic fleet-on a battleship, hence the wrecked with dvnamite early this| vears ago, sav he intends to file again trants escaping the call through im-| lonesomeness on the part of the| morning. Tt is believed the men who| this year. and the anti-organization proper clagsification. Every unfair|small sister, and the solution of the|did the job thought the lodge was| faction also talks of puttine a guber- case found will be reclassified. war problem, a pro-German organization, natorial candidate in the field, | | \ i [ | —— | = | e | | |