Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 9, 1918, Page 1

! 2 VY- *;/ WOMAN' DEFENSE COUNCLL BEMIDJ I D COMMITTEE ON WATER PLANT - INSPECTIONTO MAKE REPORT Returns After Visiting Six Cities, Flve of Them With Y o Filter Plants. TWO BEMIDJI SAILORS STATES NAVAL ACADEMY | | e 21 L OB GONERNIMENT WiTW MY LITTLG 35D ! BEsSIDes, ™M - ND STHAT TAKEL VP ALL HY TIME o Two Bemidji boys haye been se- lected by the government as specially fitted: for entrance to the United States naval academy at.Annapolis, ‘the signal honor going to Ed Simons :and John Hedges, both- members of the Fifth Minnesobs, naval division, Bemidji. These two young saimrs have been studying and have ~made marked proficiency since having answered ‘the call’ to “the Atlantic fleet, and their’ work has attracted the atten- tion of their superiors. Their gradu- ‘ation. from'the naval academy means they will have' obtained the rank of ensign. v ~—MAKE W.5.S. PLEDGES— TY CANINES AWAITING EXECUTION AT THE POUND Anyona who has lost a dog l»a: better get busy immediately and no- tify Chief Ripple for the .clmnces are good: the dog is in the’pound and will die tomorrow morning There Mayor Vandersluis, City Engineer|are twenty canines now in the pound.j | Swinson and Alderman Garlock are| . g??thf;atsuggesfilogomggv?Jeby '5,1:: 3 1 s several dog r's W home ' from an inspection of water are keeping their dogs at home with systems of six-cities, they having|the idea of escaping, paying the tax been delegated as a special commit- | will find their dog caught and-killed tee by the city council to make in-|if gguntfl Olluct;l: stre%tstat any time without a ge and tag. spections and !nvestlgatlons with Complaints. are coming in about reference to a solution of, the water| owners of chickens allowing tliem to works problem in Bemidji. run. at large over qeighbors’ yards The party left Bemidji last Fri-|and gardens. ' This is also a viola- day afterncon and visited Grand tion and will be dealt with if.the chickens” are not kept penned. Forks, East Grand Forks, Minot, -—iwnxr;wss rpl.mlt’:zs—- Fargo, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and |, the only well system they encoun- CLEAN UP DAY' FOR K tered was at Minot. SHELL- FALL 0N © - MYNR&WNNW SEES ME COME WD 2 w\mmum\\v.'. N “THESE. BUI S BEMIDJI MUST WAIT - ITS FILTER SYSTEM Government Commandeers Allj Filter Equipment For Use In Military Camps. “Clean” up day” in Bemidji ims' been-eet for Saturday, May 11, fixed lons, which is being doubled and}as a general cleaning up day in the which will make it the second larg-|city. A captain has been appointed 34 est filter plant in the country. for each block who has been comm‘ls- : sioned by Dr. E.. Al Shannon, city Duringuoef:tt)otntfgptli‘;gggs.sions of| health ofticer... He Will invite the the water problem at a session of the a;:tlvehcgl-op;r:.tlfi? of tl?e ':fs'de“ti Bemidji city council, it was asserted loteac i (;c i“ aetziwo{i :“ vacan by one not & member of the council o’;h:lboy:fi? Zl(:e seve:ntg énd eighth i that Minneapolis was obliged to use rades and the high school wllgl he water for drinking purposes other & d to eb-operate in th k. The than from its filter’ system, This urgg 0.00:9% Bx'xtel t elvlwife. iled statement was exploded to shreds by garbago .on. ¥acw 0} W2 plid the alley or street and removed the investigation of the Bemidji city near. representatives. at city expense. The Sunday school convention in June and the inereased FEIEOB’SDM d Plant. number:-of summer: visitors to the Fargo has a splepdid, filter system, city mékes it extremely desirable according to the inyestigators. This| that this work be done thoroughly is the plant of which F. L. Anders largest in'the United States: - a daily capaclty of 69,000,000 gal- THE F0llRTH3 0P T0 PEOPLE now, on the battleship Kansas, ad- tion of a patriotic nature Fourth of | dressed the business men and told July was held at the .Commercial|of some experiences on the battle- club meeting Wednesday noon and | ship. sentiment favoring such & move. was His talk was interesting and con- expressed by many. President W. Z.| tained considerable humor. He spoke Robinson was of the opinion that y. of the Bemidji boys and stated ‘this year, above alt years;should Be- aH.had a rating-and were mak- midji celebrate. He declared that|ing rapid strides ‘for advancentent: we owe it to our neighboring com-|‘ Corporals Lowery of Duluth and munity as well as those employed in| Simmonds of Brainerd were intro- the mills. duced and made short addresses, The fact that the home guard and ~—MAKE W.8.5. PLEDGES— band was expected to join the Four- teenth bottalion at Park Rapids was B also mentioned and discussed by H. Z. Mitehell. He stated flmt a.cele- ¥ bration here would tend‘to keep the band boys at home and should be M c II d I considered before deciding upon a lo. No men will be called from Bel- cal celebration. 1 trami county for the draft to entrain A committee consisting of E. H betwéen May 25 and 30, for the rea- Denu, A. P. Ritchie and H. Z. Mitch- ell was appointed to canvass the city son' Sheriff Johnson has been advised Beltrami county has sent enough men and ascertain whether the Fourth of to allow the passing of the next call, July should’ be fittingly :celebrated. | The committee will*Feport next Wed- HAD THE RlGHT IDEA By ;{o:vz/er tlllle rest of the state will BUT IT WAS “CENSORED” | “n ciis nesday noon. 5 William Laliberte, one of the pro- prietors of the City Drug store and In this connection, Beltrami coun- ty now has credit for 35 men to be . applied on.the call whenever made In the assembly room this morn-| and that will affect this county. .ing the Junior high school heard —MAKE W.8.8. PLEDGES— the four-minute spceches of the win- ners of the recent contest in writing HUGE WAGE INCREASE on the topic of the Liberty Loan. The seventh and eighth grades were st P;lfiy nl}:ite% zli\{ezflhwestern i the contest and the winners are:| ... 4 heads. 3 ti th Eighth grade—Lily Baker, Joe GHzoan Neacs, commenting upon tua Cushner, Ira Batchelder, Victor Jahr. average 15 per cent wage increase to Seven;.h rade—Lue'lla Backus. all railroad- employes getting under Rose, Gondor Tneodore. Cushmer,| $250 monthly, said today that it is Viola Degerman and Alma Elmquist. ::‘L“’p“;g Secret:u.irg' MMfiAggohhgfml:g Superintendent Boleom presented [ i, is.loglca‘lu- ':ogeglm raise ratés. each with a certiflc‘atehtr;n:htge‘ gov- Raffronds fn the Northwest will ernment for having hat best written speeches in the contest. pay-$1,725,000 increase, on ah aver- There was a slight change in that | 25¢ of $11,500,000 monthly payroll of Master “Joe” Cushner, but to over 104,000 employes. wasn't any fault of ‘‘Joe’s.” - —MAKE W.5.5. PLEDGES— lad is an ardent patriot’and it can REPORTS GROUNDLESS be, truthfully said without any re- flections on the youth that he' is (By United Press) quite set in some of his views and Washington, May 9.—The state has no hesitancy in “exploding” at|department at Washington has in- When he appedred | formed American Ambassador Fran- A discussion regarding the celebra- that“visitors may be impressed by is superintendent, Mr. Anders having|the general cleanliness of their sur- _heen sent for by the city council ‘of|roundings. It will also add to the Bemidji to go over the local situa-{health and sanitation of the city. tion, make a report and suggestions. ~—MAKE W.8.5. PLEDGES— ‘With the exception of Minot, N. D., . every city visited had filter systems, GERMAN RAID REPULSED everyone flrst class and glving the| paris, May 9.—(Official)—Artil- 8¢ 0! g2 ¥ lery fighting north and south of Avre e Bemidii Faces Problem. . -jcontinued last night. A German' However, Bemidji- will have to do|raid was repulsed at LaChapelle something to take care of its water| Saignanan. supply outside a ]flllter system for at —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— least two ‘years;:the :government tak- g ing every'filter pump-and equipment WI"LTONMORE THAN . for army’‘cantonments. and ..other s g . work. And has even -sent: special A officers on the trail\ of pump ship- DoUBLEs LOAN OUOTA ments and commandeered the pumps y % enrouf.‘(; ter Practicall Bemidji has heard -from Wilton. - ater ctically Same. Beltrami: county has heard from Wil- The state board of health depart-!ton. The state of Minnesota will hear MASTER JOE CUSHNER ment in St. Paul was also visited and | from Wilton. Uncle Sam will hear the visitors were informed that the|from Wilton. water from the wells now in use in Fromr an unenviable reputation as Bemidji, the lakes and the river was|a festering spot upon the patriotic|, practically the same. It was also|body politic of Beltrami county, Wil- stated that Bemidji was most fortu-|ton made her. answer in the Third nate in its water sources, the only| Liberty Loan. bond campaign in an thing being the getting of a sufficient | unmistakable manner. - Detailed” re- supply into the mains. a: turns were received yesterday after- # A report is to be made of, the in-| noon. vestigation. It will be written out The quota of Wilton was $1,500. ')md signed. .It will be presented to Wilton patriots went over the top , the city council for disposition, and twice their quota and. then -added ‘a copy will be published in the Pio-| $200 more te show where they stand. neer for the information of the water | In other words, Wilton beat its quota i users and laxpuyers of the city. by $1,700. R N OUTLINES PROGRAM OF WORK Red Cross talks were given by Mrs. E. E. McDonald, Mrs. A. E. Arnold, Mrs. C. R. Sanborn and Mrs. J. T. Tuomy, the latter speaking on the The Woman’s National Council of Defense met in the court room of the court house yesterday afternoon and the meeting proved to be one of great e PRI, 1 { | i | ANOTHER SPECIAL SOUAD LEAVES BEMIDJI MAY 20: .CAN SELECT BRANCH NOW ; Sergeant Foucawt of the Bemidji reeruiting station is preparing to send anothel special delegation to the mllltary arm on May 20, and any- one desiring to enlist may do so and be “on the ground floor” for the big draft' is soon to be called. Charles Runyon has enlis:ed in the coast artillery and is makirg an en- deavor to secure several of the Be- midji boys to accompany ‘him for service when he leaves Mcy 20. All young men who have become 21 years of age since June 5, last year; and who will be obliged to reg- ister for dre#ft call June 5 this year, will have the opportunity to enlist now and choose their branch of serv- ice, otherwise they will have to take a chance to what branch.they may be sent. Today, George A. Haggard of Ait- kin enlisted for the coast artillery at the local office. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— TODAY’S CASUALTY LIST (By United Press) London, May 9.—The casualty list today contains- 72 names and in- cludes that of Private John Borow- ski, Bessemer, Mich., slightly wound- ed; Private Melvin Johnson, Hawley, Minn., killed in action. —MAKE W.8.S. PLEDGES— ENGLISH GOVERNMENT HEADS MAY RESIGN (By United Press) London, May 9.—The Evening News predicts that General Maurice will be court-martialed on account of his accusations against Bonar Law and Premier Lloyd George. A record breaking crowd gathered in the House of Commons when the debate on the situation started. Un- less the government is able-to make a satisfactory reply to the letter written by Maurice, it is admitted it will mean the fall of the Lloyd (eorge government, following the resignation of the ministers. Her- bert Asquith, the ‘first speaker this afternoon, denied ‘any. : cdnnection with the publigation of the letter. —MAKEW.5.S. PLEDGES— B. A. C. CLUB T0 HIKE All members of the B. A. C. club will meet at the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening at 6:30 o’clock. A hike will be enjoyed and all mem- bers are requested to be at the ap- pointed pl-ace on time. 0 (By United Press) The Germans are again striv- ing desperately to reach Ypres from the southwest. The fight- ing which commenced yester- day is still continuing with varying success. Although the assault was made on a narrow front of three miles between Voormezee and LaClytte, of- ficial and staff dispatches say it was extremely desperate. British and French were car- ried back slightly - under the impetus of the initial rush of the enemy yesterday, but they reestablisheq their lines by a counter attack last night. Today the British were again obliged to retire slightly near LaClytte. ) The Australians continue to improve positions between the Somme and Ancre. British Fight Desperately. By WILLIAM P. SIMMS United Press Correspondent With the British afield, May 9.— Counter attacking stubbornly last night, the British reeaptured orig- inal positions southwest of Dickebusk lake. Todyy at the extreme right of this small front we are forced to re- tire on accoun{ of heavy machine gun fire. Fighting continues at this small pocket which the Germans oc- cupy .northeast of La Clytte, The French. withstood the Germun attack troops on the east bank of the Vive- beek, which the enemy was unable to cross on account: of ficld gunnery. The French lime is intact and the (;'ermann fajled to renew the strug- gle. At 3 o'clgek this orning the Ger- mans barrgged a or near Amiens. At 4 o'clock+the barrage was stop- ped without attacking. Teuton Guns Silenced. With the Americans in Picardy, May 9.—American artillery contin- ues .pounding German positions. One Gérmah battery is known to have been blown ‘up and another near Framincourt that was heavily shell- ing the American positions was stop- ped by tne Sammies retailiatory fire. While speculation is rife whence the next German attack is coming the Franco-American staff, responsi- ble for barring the way to Paris, s alert. Indications are the Boches (Condnued on Page Six) MERCHANT MARINE INNEED OF MEN; GOOD PAY; SEE BARKER Tired of waiting for the call to the colors .in the draft? . Want to get ‘ifito ‘the service of thc government and at gooJ pay and see the world? If so, consult A. L. Barker at Bar- ker's drug and jewelry store. He's the boy who can fix you out. Mr. Barker has been appointed by the federal government as enrolling agent for the new United States merchant marine. Registered men between the ages of 21 and 30 years are eligible for enlistment in the service, and they are the only men 3 Fait the proper time, o interest to every patriotic person at-| Junior Red Cross. i i un- | Who can enlist. Any man within tending. The meeting was opened Mrs. L. P. Warford was appointed {\;a;}t]:r ngée;,t ézts?fictvg:n;“:;e;t (l;l:“i‘:]n }};-ss;t?eté]:\fletril;zi::sr;%aftu the | the draft ages herein mentioned who . by singing “America,” Miss Olive| chairman of the speakers’ bureau,| o Liberty Loan and the’war and he| American consul at Vladivostok is desires to enlist in the merchant Whaley leading and Mrs. C. R. San-{ members of which will be ready at| opemently declared: overfriendly to the counter revolu- marine will be exempted from the born playing the violin. Twenty|any time to answer a call to talk on “Did the mothers in 1776 .tell| tion. drafr. women’s organizations were repre-| war work at patriotic meetings,|iy0ir boys not to go outrand fight? —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— Here are the various classes of _sented at this gathering and many|church meetings and any place where | 5g » (strong accent on®the “No”). 5 men desired and the rate of pay for interesting talks were given. they may be asked. “What we've got to do“‘s lick | the STEPHENS IN RACE . their services: Miss Westhoff, county nurse, spoke Mrs. E. H. Denu and Mrs. H.*Z. tar out of the kaiser.” Pay. Bonus on *“Child’s Welfare Work” in the| Mitchell were appointed on the pub- s i . oo 2 county. Mrs. Smith of Minneapolis,| licity committee. “JoTelz’ateg::ttll;nb?lft thfiis@ef:;‘"fl;ttfi AS BURNOU[ST A“)E i Rdf‘k I;T}I’ IFOL “;['2“%“0' a sister of Mrs. Henry Miller of this Miss Olive Whaley was appointed |4 ouoht he could express himself in Carpenter ... 4 gn 10600 city, who has charge of the Red|to interest the business girls and|, slightly different manner and the Boatswain s 2 ;_0 60.00 Cross work at the Y. M. M. C. of|other young girls in surgical dress- climagx was modified somewhatly, the St. Paul, May 9.—In filing for the Seamasn’ 20 go 90-00 Minneapolis, gave a very interesting| ing work. “we've got to lick the tar out 0" the Republican nomination for lieutenant A;;le eaman . it go .97.00 talk on the work the business girls| Miss Ida Virginia Brown and MTS. | ajcor” being the phrase “censored.” governor yesterday, A. D. Stephens|Oiler .... o (‘: 2 o7 o0 and other young women, rcached|C. R. Sanborn will have charge of 5 pLEDGES- * |of Crookston, former state senator, Walcr Tender . r'(; ;0 9060 through the Y. W. €. A., are doing.| directing sings and encourdging en- == WALK ol set the pace for all loyalist candi- Fireman ... . 5’0 go 7500 Mrs. J. T. Tuomy gave a report on| thusiasm in patriotic songs. WEATHER T00 COLD: BAND dates on the Republican ticket. C‘oal P:\‘ssel: . .. -75 o0 12-2.50 the food conservation work done by The delegates of each organiza- CONCERT IS POSTPONED “My reason for filing is to get an fvlnicf Cook . T ;0 LSk the Housewives’' league. Mrs, W. Z.| tion will report to its members the opportunitv to appeal to all my 2nd Cook . é i" .50 67.50 Robinson spoke on the necessity of| business done at the meeting and at Owing to the chill of the weather, friends in Minnesota to go to the pri- "”‘ f””““ . ° o4 using more potatoes, and also an-{the next war council will make a| Director Peterson of the band has| maries anfl renominate lgovernor Engineers 45 B0 67.50 / nounced that a food show will be|report of the war work of their or-| decided not to give the open ajr band Burnquist,” he said said. “I regard| man ....... T 67. / held in Bemidji under the auspices|ganization. The next council will| concert scheduled for the business|the renomination and re-elcction of | Sailors’ and Fire- i cilos of the Housewives’ league, May 17| be held June 9. district this evening. Instead, the|Mr. Burnquist a sthe most important men’s Messman. Ag .50 60400 and 18, the place to he designated The meeting was closed by singing | concert will be postponed until next question be'fore the people of the|Mess Boy ....... :0 2 “.00 later. the /‘Star Spangled Banner,” Thursday evening. state today.” Deck Boy ....... E 5 5. The bonus is when the boat is in the war zone and brings up the pay of the men to a high figure. The length of the course of train- ing for an apprentice on a United States shipping board training ship may vary, according to circumstan- ces, from a minimum of not less than » month to probably not more than three month. The training is inten- sive, with a wholesome system of instruction and exercise lasting eight hours a day, and proper intervals for rest and receration. Particular attention is paid to the routine of life on shipboard, to boat drill and to fire drill. The appren- tices who are to become sailors are drilled also in seamanship, lookout, knowledge of the compass and the handling and splicing of ropes. Fire- men are drilled under trained men in the art of handling fuel and making steam. Cooks and messmen are giv- en actual instruction in galley and messroom under experienced in- structors. Each instructor, so far as practicable, is in charge of only 10 men, which insures individual at- tention to each of the apprentices in his charge. The inexperienced man trained by the course of instruction thus pro- vided will become qualified in the shortest possible time to serve his country in its merchant fleets. WILLING WORKERS T0 MEET The Willing Workers of the Salva- tion Army will meet tomorrow after- noon at 2:30 o’clock at the Nymore hall, All are cordially invited, e Y almost completely, stopping the storm = { | | | ) — —— ,