Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 6, 1918, Page 1

ANYHOW, THE OUTING WAS GREAT; ALL HAD 1 The next tlme Superintendent Bol- 8 4 com of the Bemidji public schools 4 accepts an invitatien of the teachers . 2 to be_their guest at an outing, he’s going ta. provide himself with- a cork S i life preserver, a bathing suit and a 7 g A few other:little odds and ends handy} > in a shipwreck and ‘being castaway v ¢~ "lon a desert island. i ® And the hostesses are also going s to do a little extra precautioning in Endorsed for Next Off ’| case they, too, might be called upon to spend a little spare time not in _ Trainin C‘“‘P' Bem'd»‘ - | the- feast: comfortable on ‘the ‘high : [TALIAN FRONT FOR IMMENSE DRIVE FO - VENETIAN PLAINS LOSE YOUR DOG? MAYBE | T.,e‘,fiy..”’.‘.:iii.f:.i”l....;o.." HE’LL DlE TOMORROW under enemy artille.ry fire in the mountainous region of nor- thern Italy, which the Italians are holding since their retreat LY All persons who have missed their household canine from its usual haunts around the place mi%ht 1o- |of last November. cate its whereabouts at the city dog . . op ope pound by notifying the chief of po- It is a Po.‘“b'l'ty that the lice, for l;thera wore 15t dogs minus Hun drive will be commenced tags in the pound this forenoon, an R unless called for by early tomorrow within the next .few days. For moTr;:ins wlill the sh%tl. ; weeks the Austrians have been e work of rounding up strays is =t s ] T going merrily on and will continue concentrating their tr?opa with- until unlicensed dogs roaming the|drawn from the Russian fronts streets and over other’s property are 4 rounded up and the city rid of them. and would probably ' seek to A on: Saturdmy, the eachers sough' : PEOPLE. AND OFFIGER To to do ‘the honors for-the new supe an outing at Rocky Point was ar- e ranged and it was a_most joyous out- Yost Hopes for Continuance of a8 by, lagnoh, The return was by launch—partly. Rec““h!‘g Campaign, The start homeward in the launch at 6 o’clock and everybody happy: i 21f _| A rowboat carried superintendenti by Bemidji’s citizens in behalt of re and others aShore in quest of assist- " tary forces, Trecognition for the| Progress. ' Motor again acts' up. splendid results obtained by Sergeant | Hours lengthen. ~ Lake becomes launch. impressed into service . for tation, 5 gl;fggg: 1°nte tggwsrig‘:i:i;u}%oms ;/Ia(j):r pulling the heavily laden launch. BE lGHLY COMMENDED intendent and ' wife. Accordingly, ing with Hoover forgdotten. The-trip Splendid Co-operation in Thusly: Recognition of the good work done| A piece of machinery gone wrong. cruiting for-the United States mili-| zp0e." The motor once more at work: Clarence K. Foucault, of Bemidji, in rough. The boats attached to thef - f Poor progress. Oars tried out on John D. Yost, U. 8. A., head of the : : : - Minnesota recruiting service, _that :Bv‘;m;‘"&kgafij’i‘l‘:gtoa::"dfii,—g‘um? —MAKE W.5.5. PLEDGES— break the allied lines and reach Sergeant Foucault has been Tecom-| . .. .° or" Second point above Dia-] Soldiers of the valiant Itallan army. that checked the German onrush at TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST the Venitian plains. mended by him for the next officers’ training camp. Highly Recommended.” “Never saw such recommendations| body had a good time.” for @ man in my lif?.”BBaU:d;\{I&iO‘li‘ ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— Yost today. He was in Bem any was in- the Pioneer office: -“Forthef :-- . RUSS MAKE PB.OTEST officers’ -camp- a-new-order has.beeni. .~ issued and those in my position have| (By- Unlte(L Press) the privilege of making recommenda- Washmgton, May 6.—The ~ state tions. Foucault is a man away out|department jfoday received a protest of the ordinary.. He is an.unusual|from the soviet republic of Russia man and the work he has done proves| against the American consul at Vla- it. I don’t like very much to take|divostok improperly encouraging the him away but he deserves better and| establishment of an autonomous Si- I am going to do all I possibly can| perian government. for him and for patriotic Beinidji.” _ —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— New Recruiters Coming. MASONS TO BUILD WAR HUTS Major Yost will soon send three recruiting, officials to Bemidji 10| Washington, May 6.—Huts, club work. with Sergeant Foucault and|pouses and rest stations for Masons the civilian recruiting committee and| serving in France are planned by Dis- the people of Bemidji. The recfuit-|trjct of Columbia members of the or- ing squad will familiarize themselves| gor gnd support to the movement has with the work Sergeant Foucault has|peen” promised trom _other Masonic been doing and get acquainted with Jurisdlctions the people-of-the city.. One of them} KR g b LADGES will be eft “here -to continue ' the Yoot urcer shat Uhe boople, co-ope: GERMANS OCCUPYING - _~ et than ave. wiih Sergoun: #ouc| SEBASTAPHOL IN CRIMEA cault. | the Piave line received decorations at an impressive ceremony held in Milan. et The photograph shows a ‘mutilated. officer honored with a war medal that had been awarded to his brother who was killed in action. (By, illulted ‘Bress) . f Washington, May 6.—Today's cas- i ualty list contains 89 names and in- cludes the names of Americans be-|front. 2 = nraft&d M&n lieved captured or missing in the re- 5 L UNIVERSAL PHONE SERVICE FOR MINNESOTA ASSURED|cent Seichprey battle. Fifteen are N » reporteq; mising, Wltmezugg;finfefio nsr:‘rance : —M .8.5. PLEDGES— i , Stikaul, May: 6. Tniversal :tolo- S May 6.—In the past three days Am- (By United Press) Emperor Charles and staff and the German and Austrian o officers are reported here at the mond Point. Hour 4:30 A. M. Sunday morn- ing. The walk home. ‘“And every- ¢ Temporary connections between the exchanges of the two companies will be installed by July 1 or soon after. At the expiration of about two years the state-wide unification of telephone systems will have been completed | —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— 14 PASSENGERS OUIZZED - ON FATE OF CYCLOPS (By United Press) ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— An Atlantic port, May 6.—Four- teen persons arriving on a British T American’Guns Active, DO s T bston” today HOME GARDENS. WIIAL With the Amnicun54west of Mt. yors rrotai oy wwesiones | BE TOPIC OF MEETING ot ion it Gl o sinking of the U. S. S. collier Cy- clops. . It is said a continuous search has failed to reveal the whereabouts of the Cyclops, which was officially | Home Garden committee in the court reported missing. An advertise-| room at ithe court house tomorrow ment in a Portuguese paper an-|afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, when the subject of home gardens will be dis- i cussed and also’ the campaign for the Germans Are Apathetic. promotion of .gardening throughout| _ With the British afield, May 6.— the city. County Agricultural Agent| Enemy prisoners are betraying _— FRESH FRENCH AND BRITISH Aamodt will give a talk and which|@pathy. Captured letters show the should be of interest and value at|Boche less cocksure. They write de- RESERVES ARE YET AVAILABLE this time. spondently that peace is distant when The Housewives' League cordially [ they had been led to believe that invites everyone interested to be|Peace was near. present. phone service throughout Minnesota 5 ! is assured by an order issued by the NO NEw PEACE DRIVE’ erican artillery in the Luneville sec- Railroad and Warehouse commission, tor chased the Germans completely ' Washington, May 6.—The Su- preme court in a -decision handed giving state sanction to property from the positions first and second : — transfers between the Northwestern ANNOUNCES VATICAN lines in the same condition as No and Tri-State Telephone companies Man's Land A A necessary to the unification of sys- BILE Lpud, AMGXCANE WI6 (MOW tems. (By United Press) working here with more freedom. ‘down today ruled that the men rais- ed by dratt for tlxe _United Sta;igs army “¢an’ be sént’ anywhere in the world to'fight, for the United States. The draft lavg was upheld in every Rome, May 6.—The ‘Vatican de-| This sector is within six miles of | particular. nies its intention of launching a new | the German border. . —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— Merit is Rewarded. (By United Press) peace drive. He takes the view that Poucault| .o, 1 ¢inople, May 6.—(Official) | B. E .TWETEN ANNOUNCES HIS —MAKE W.5.5.[PLEDGES— New Gas Being Used. With the Americans .on the has earned recognition and that it is —The Germans are occupying Se-| CANDIDACY FOR COMMISSIONER the result of what the people have bastopol in the Crimean peninsula. MRS. PALMER DEAD 5 French front, May 6.—Germans are (By Pnited Press) Z":;“:g usltm.;i Wli'f“ is probably a Chicago, May 6—Mrs, Potter Pal-| o[0T, of, N4 £0s It is pro- mer died today at her summer home at Sarasota, Fla. She was & woman of immense wealth ‘and a society gfs':)e hiiI; g(:;gpz?;:&g :g:ihulg? bfi:‘)‘:g In the harbor is most of the Russian should. feel elated 0,’,&‘. thie achieve-|Black Sea fleet, including cruisers,|sionership of the Third district an- ments and its latest result. destroyers, torpedo boats, submar-|nounced himself today, B. E. Tweten, Sergeant Foucault today sent away ines and mgrchnnt ships.- The sul-|a farmer of Solway. another recruit, Oliver Bailey of Ten- tan has arrived there. Mr. Tweten is an extensive land strike, who went to the engineers’ ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— owner and carries the endorsement i 4 of the farmers’ clubs of Jones and ‘leader in the United States and in Europe. COTDSy ¢ MIAKE W.5:5. PLEDGES— CITED FOR CONTEMET - Lammers. townships. -He says he e (By United Press) will make a hard campaign, t.o be COUNTY BALLOTS “WET”: - i Y e oty | cleotadi FINDS SELF “BONE DRY” | Attorney Scherf was today cited for —*MAKE W.5.5. PLEDGES— Sote ot ihe Noupartisan Teague for AMERICANS CAPTURE OUTPOST; FOUR KILLED the state legislature. It is alleged that Scherf visited the home of B. Rand, a juror in tRe trial of Lecturer Randall, convicted e of disloyalty and sentenced tomor- (By United Press) TOW. With the Americans in Lorraine, b May 6.—American patrols penetra- ted the German lines in the vicinity of the Ancre Viller to a depth of 300 yards, overcame an observation post, took four prisoners and killed three. Elsewhere all is quiet. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— DUTIES TENSION ENDS into the American lines in glass bottles which birst. The gas given off is in white fumes. These cause nasuau and coughing, Other- S EE o wise it does not seem to hurt the Americans. Another candidate for the commis- . St. -Georges and other towns and roads in this vicinity, which the Ger- e mans recently captured, Mont Di- dier, seen from observation points, {g badly knocked out, but the churgh is still standing. There will be a meeting of the nounced that the Cyclops was lost at sea. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— St. Paul, May 6.—Crow Wing county finds itself ‘“bon edry” in spite of.having voted wet nearly three years ago, says County Attor- _ney S. F. Alderman of Brainerd, who investigated the county’s statusi at the state capitol. Jackson county also voted wet in a county option election, - but is dry because all its villages voted dry. The “bone dry” order of the Minnesota Public Safety commission covers Crow Wing county as well as the federal law against in- troduction of liquor into “Indian country.” e et o e A A (By United Press) Washington, May 6.—The British war mission today announced that French and British reserves are yet available. The situation i nFrance is considerably improved, although there will be anxiety for some time yet to come. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF GAS C0. AUGMENTED M. N. Maschka, for the past three years with the business department of the Winona Gas company, has come to Bemidji to take.a position with the Bemidji Gas company: as —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES-— i Germans Sh:ll Amiens. o ith the French afield, May 6.— WAR STAMPS LEGAL TENDER The (Germans have begun the de- — AS PREMIUM AT FAIR |struction of Amiens, the'same as they destroyed Rheims by hurling hun- St. Paul, May 6.—War Savin dreds of shells into the city. On Sat- stamps may be ])égally used by coun%\; urday and Sunday the Teutons fired fair associations to pay premiums, shells into the city, also aerial tor- Attorney General Clifford L. Hilton ' bedoes, causing heavy property dam- age. . | —MAKE W.5.5. PLEDGES— PRESIDENT ORDERS PROBE ‘Washington, May 6.—President Wilson today ordered an official probe” into the charges made by Gutzon Borglum against the air pro- duction board. has ruled. The stamps have a fixed value and may be readily converted, the opin-| U, §, JTURY FAVORS AW T0 ion by Rollin L. Smith, assistant at- ERM. ALE torney general, states, and therefore BAR G AN PAPER 8 may be used under the law, although Chicago, May 6.—The Federal watches, medals or other prizes are|grand jury, which reported, recom- bar";gd i ; g o i mended in resolutions that the sale { e ruling was given Secretary of newspapers printed in German be :lleflgl }?f t‘*:)e dcof’m;ftlgfaflel dde‘}:;g“:*:e';:t W. Higgins of Fergus Falls, who in-| prohibited by law, and further that | hat has W 3 P! dicated the Otfer Tafl county fair| English language newspapers refrain RS of the service. & “ i Mr. Maschka came to”Bemidji a association wilf¥pay premium win-|from “unduly agitating the public few days ago when offered the posi- tion to ascertain what sort of a city Bemidji was. He says when he re- turned to his home he told his friends that it was a case of Bemidji for him, as it was the livest and most progressive city of ‘its size he ever saw and that he fell in love with it from the moment he left the train. NEARLY S50 IS TAKENIN -~ HODGSON LOOKS LIKE NEXT MAYOR OF ST. PAUL St. Paul, May 6.—With the city election tomorrow, the success of the mayoralty candidacy of L. C. Hodg- son, or Larry Ho, seems assured and the only question is relative to the size of his majority. Enthusiastic friends predict he will run 10.000 votes ahead of J. F. Em- me, socialist, but others think the majority will be nearer 5,000. Hodgson made a clean, patriotic ~—MAKE W.5.8. PLEDGES— ners with orders for thrift stamps. mind by alarming headlines.” The time was far too short to sellybe put up. There is an endless va- at the Red Cross auction Saturday rie‘ty of articles for sale and at the price one chooses to pay, and it all that had been contributed for sale| would pay one to be present and se- and it has veen decided to continue| cyre what is desired at a fair price. the auction until next Saturday The auction is directed by W. E. night at 7 o'clock, when the remain-{ Dean and he has met hearty support der of the articles will be put up to| in the affair. The truck of W. G. the highest bidder. If there is any-|Schroeder has been in use all week one who has anything to offer for|and without one cent of expense to sale, it will be called for if notice is|the Red Cross, and has been used in given by phone 654. the work of collecting, being driven campaign, during which he did not The auctioneers were F. G. Tropp-| by Miss Velma Dean. engage in mud slinging, criticism or|man, P. R. Peterson and August Jar- 1t should bg borne in mind that condemnation. He consistently advo-| chow and they taiked the crowd out| the auction will again be held next of nearly $500. It is hoped to at| Saturday evening and an added feat- least clean up $1,000 and there arefure will be music by the Fourteenth' vet several of the best offerings to| battalion band, (By United Press) The Hague, May 6.—Johnkeer Loudon, duties minister of foreign affairs, announces officially that the German duties tension has ended. 3 : i —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— ' . 5 \ BRITISH MAKE ADVANCE ) U With the British in France, May 6.—The British have advanced 1,200 . i yards on a front of more than a mile ¢ between Ancre and the Somme. The - Australians advanced 700 yards on t ~ a 1,5600-mile front and.then added Saturday night saw the close of ymaking back calls, and he, too, is ?rosnot(.) yz;{;lh?i\s/a;x:le"sg :nfi'ot%léa’;g the Red Cross salvage drive, which glve]rll a big share ofhappreciauon. " shelling at intervals. was held throughout the week and th;r df-lvset,o::asn;ggll;rede:gq;{z;teflcg —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— when the stuff collected is sorted and | Goldberg for the Red Cross, she ob- FORMER BEMIDJ[ AERO sold it is hoped there will be a satis-| taining permission to use the vacant factory sum for the Red Cross chap-[room from the 6wner, who resides Sy s < outside. Bemidji, with whom she is terxtreas.ury. Whatever is- received well acquainted. Mr. -Goldberg, and SOLDIER ls DBERTER for the junk collected will be prac-|in %act the entire family, lent all — i tically getting money out of nothing,{ possible assistance in a patriotic The glamour of an injured shoul- for the stuff is practicalty that which [spirit. Two of the hardest workers|der keeping Raymond Mattison of had been thrown away as worthless were D. S .Mitchell, district manager | Bemidji from going ‘“over seas” with L of the New York Life Insurance com-| his aero squadron has faded. Chief and of no use. pany, and Ray Olson, commercial| Ripple of the police department car- The close Saturday saw the motor | traveler, who practically quit busi-|ries an order for the arrest of Mat- truck of the St. Hilaire Lumber com- | ness to lend a hand and they donned | tison on a charge of desertion from pany in service, doing the collection | overalls and worked like dockwallop-| Chanute aero field, Rantoul, III for the ladies. The truck was in|ers throughout the week at headquar- Mattison appeared in Bemidji sev- charge of Ed Jewett and he certainly | ters and on trucks. The ladies who|eral weeks ago and asserted that rendered good service. When the|assisted also worked hard ‘“rassling” | when about to go across his shoulder routes were covered, Mr. Jewett vol-|the junk; scrap iron, bottles, bundles| was injured and that he was dis- unteered to take a big load of refuse|of magazines, old tires, shoes and|charged. Not long ago the young sout to the dump ground and his in-| what not and it was a heavy, dirty fman and his mother moved from 210 terested co-operation is greatly ap-|job. but they were game to the last.| Sixth street to Walker and the auth- preciated. Another truck was also The committee in char wishes | orities there have been notified to ar- offered, that of Doran’s plumbing and | to express its appreclatlon f all who|rest and hold the young deserter. ’ heating shop, and it was driven by|in any way aided it in the week’s| He enlisted January 12 in the avia: Ollie Doran, the young man and some | drive for it wasn’t any pink tea affair | tion section and made his gataway of his pals doing yeoman service in|by any manner of means. March 20, cated loyalty to the American gov- ernment and kept this issue at _the | front from start to finish, | 4 | | | | ¢ | i + S KRS & | — ) | oo |