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

VOLUME XVL. NO. 117 \. 56 KNOWNDEADIN BIG CHEMICAL BLAST TO. ANSWER COLORS (By United Press) - * Eleven more Beltrami county men Pittsburgh, Pa.,. May 20.—Fifty- left this noon for Jefferson barracks six known.dead and 94 known in- X : | via:Duluth- in answer. to the call of ‘jured, is today’s flguras of the toll ‘| the colors, having been recruited by of the T. N. T. explosion Saturday Corporal Bass, in charge or the local in ‘the Aetna Chemical company & recruiting station. plant > i .4 2'The list was as follows: =—MAKE W.5.S. PLEDGES— % 4 4 AC?arlgs R.- Runyan, engineers R. z P S .,ncaro,Bemdl f CROSS UOTA LATEST ’I!PE»REFRJ GERATING £ |- Thomas A % Johngojn, engineers R. PLANT ARRIVES AT NETZER’S iy - |'Ai, Nymore. - 3 i p + :Harl D, Sawyer, engineera, R. A, 4 One'of the latest type refrigerating 7 4 £ Bemidji. plants arrived today .at Netzer’s and L i |" Louis E. Olson; ineers, A, Mllmewta s Share, $3, 623»800 is being set up. It is of marble, ten : L g,mgici B.7Qlsom; cugireers, R Believed Oversubscription feet in length, known as an iceless % fountain. It replaces the old foun- WI“ .Be Result. : tain and is a great improvement ‘to -} the store equipment. v COUNTIES OF STATE ‘Harry E/ Hammen, coast artillery, omldjl ver Nelson coast artillery, Bag- = —MAKE .55, PLEDGES— : B HAVE BEEN ORGAN[ZED ' MEETING HQUR CHANGED On account of the lecture tomor-| . . v g rious‘Commpmt;ea Alundy row evening given under the aus- R:m;'m Head, coast’ artillery, Red I ey pices of s St h eporting Optimism; Four |JF & 3}‘;;1",?31"3‘*,';;,,?9;‘3;‘;"' the ter: 1. MoCllan, cosst_ artil- States In District. instead of 8 o’clock. ; "t g skl 3 Elvert L. Fuller, medical depart- ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— ment, Puposky. % 5 (By United Press) IMPORTANT MEETING ’ (s ‘3|77 Corporal Bass will - immediately . St.”Paul; Minn., May 20.—A drive 2 - : i It to secure another delegs.tion’m 0 raise $3;623,800 in . Minnesota,| ~ AR important meeting of - chair- leave May 30. | . Montana, North -Dakota and ~South|men of the State Sunday School As- ' MAKE W.S.S. p,_mg,__ Dakota for the Red Cross, that its séciation conveuti_on committees will : ; Work of humanity. may contifiue was be held tomorrow s;t the Commercial “ ” _-opened officially in the' Northwest cluh roomsiat; 100 clock i remler ce - today. ~ —MAKE W.3.. PLEDGES— This:‘répresents the = Northwest’s| (By United Press) With the Americans in Lorraine, -~ -share of $100,000,000 to be raised in ., --the nation. Sta/ce quotas are: Min- v S “ 3 nesota, $2,664,5660; Montana, $303,- s i May 20.—Major Raoul Laufberry, 5003 North Dakota, $407, 500, and American, ‘has been killed over the Snuth Dakota, $250,000. American battle lines. Machine gun Because- of ‘the excellent showlng 1 made by these states in the.. Third Liberty Loan, there is not-the least| - y A bullets struck him during a running doubt of the ability of these states to ‘oversubseribe their - Red Cross fight. The body tell behind the Am- erican lines I‘rank A. Mason. coast _artillery, Lieut. Cyril J. White, a nineteen- year-old . veteran, who has had. nine months’ service with the Royal Field artillery on the fighting front, returns to the fray. Lieutenant White recent- 1y has been acting as A. D. C. to his father, Briz. Gen, W. A. White of the Canadian-British recruiting mission in America; at his own request he has been’ el.le\ed of his recrumng duties.: quotas: > d John Leslie of Minneapolis, who di- rected the. : Christmas ~membership drive, is in charge of the work for -'the entire division: 'State:leaders-are for South Dakota; Judge N. C. Young John Erickson, working here, former- To FEDERAL COURT tive secretary of the state organiza- % - Organizations ‘for every county in The pits are said to be 50 feet deep | Chief Brandt of the Indian agents|the annals of the war. He was one their work. : Each county in the four session, were arraigned. before Judge sibilities of each city and township,| when needed. bonds of $1,000 each to the Novem- subscriptions. : ‘Various communities were early-in LITTLE TO REPORT TODAY It is alleged the accused had 109 WOULD MENACE THE U' s‘ of the brightest reports came from " (By.United Press) rested, the liquor and car being con- ; said that the quota of Goodhue coun- | @side from aerial activity the day - discovered for the Sinn Fein uprising PRESIDENT WILSON SIGNS wherein there are 13 thriving Red | Planes,” says the report. to- Europe, say newspapers. Washington, M 20.—Presid e ] i34 plgent connection with a vessel carrying 73 SB OWNL (By United Press) empowering bill. Mls R EE ls ‘Washington, May 20.—President This will make General,Bliss brevet HUGE RED CROSS FEATURE (By Uhited P ess) Fargo, state dlrector for the Red|ly employed on building defenses of tion, for No Dakota, and E. C pits 125 feet apert, in two circles George Beg_——_sley and. Rudolph Editor’s note: Lufberry was one the four states have been perfected.|and’covered with a layer of earth|and Indian Agent W. A. Johnson on i ot noted 'aces™ In thie ens states is given a’certain quota.: This|&uns: are electrically controlled and| gymong Saturday afternoon. They *" “—MAKE W.5.3. PLEDGES— this being the plan that was used in AKE.W.S.8. PLEDGES— . .. ber ‘term of yne Federal court.at.Fer: {7 reporting their optlmism today. . One gallons of liquor in a car when ar- Red Wing, Minn., where Chairman| With the Americans afield, May 20.] fiscated. (By United Press) ty would be oversubscribed in-.two | Was quiet on all fronts. “Our avia- in Ireland would directly menace OVERMAN EMPOWERING BILL Cross chapters, also reported opti- ~—MAKE W.8.S. PLEDGES— John Dillon, Nationalist leader in P Wilson today signed the O 35 BOd 19 Ve, prisoners from the uprising, left Wilson will name General Payton| Bditor’s note: This measure gives| Without demonstration. k . general.! March's elevation will give|far as conduct “of war-is concerned,, K.}/ The excéllent average of 92 for | him additional powers and remoye re- | 8nd is an out and out Wilson meas- OF PARADE DECORATIONS A4 Bemdiji’s business district was Guiovs i e ey 30| KLLEGED BOOTLEGGERS Cross, and Harry C. Wilbur, execu-| Berlin, says huge guns-are buried in Day, Helena, for Montana. about the city. Koepp, arrested Friday night by|of the greatest premier aviators in Regiments of solicitors today started two feet deep for camouflage. These|? charge of- having booze in their pos- tike cofps of allied fliers, is again subdivided to meet the pos-|can be elevated to range for action|waived examination and were held'in lR}SH UPR[SING PLOT Liberty doan s gus Falls.” Fotte of the-local committee there|—(Official)—Today’s statement says| __MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— ‘Washington, May 20.—The plot days. ‘Washburn, N. D., in a county | tors brought down 20 hostile air- American troops being transported (By United Press) mism. Parliament, arrested for activities in 05 S PR GEN. MARCH -PROMOTED Kingstown, Ireland, amid cheers Cmss vmcleAN March full general and chief of staft. | to” President Wilson practica]ly un- —MNAKE W.5.8, PLEDGES— o limited power to. do. as, he pleases 50 y he four years’ course in the high|strictions formerly encountered on |ure. school _has .earned for Miss Pearl|account of other officers outranking —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— i i the day Brownlee of Mill Park the honor of [ him. y saudily decorated Saturday, valedictorian of the graduation class —-MAKE W.S.S, PLEDGES— MADOO APPROVES NEW DEPOT |of the big Red Cross parade, one of the most striking instances being (By United Press) that of the Markham hotel. St. Paul, May 20.—Secretary Mc-| The broad white Beltrami avenue Adoo, it is definitely known, approves|side of the hotel held a single Red the building of the new depot at St.| Cross 24 feet in height, being aul. brought out strongly in relief by its ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— spotless white backing. The emblem was made of bunting. Joseph]l”eck', O(l;e of Bemidji’g pio- CHEERS FOR AMER[CA Sording to 5 tolggram roooivea ‘in ‘RESOUND IN PRAGUE of the Bemidji High school this year. = Miss Mable Aubolee, with an av- WILL LIVE IN SWITZERLAND erage of 87 9-10 for the entire four (By United Press) years will be the salutatorian. Zurich, May 20.—Arrangements Commencement exercises will" be » held at-the Grand theater Tuesday ?:;l;.’l:,)ef: Ililivzdfnmsrv:il;:eg;::r ceare night, May "28. The Baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. L. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— P. Warford, Sunday evening, May 26, in the Methodist church. PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME - (By United Press) The honor won by Miss Brownlee earns for a her a scholarship from Washington, May 20.—President Carleton college and also a similar| Wilson returned home today from a honor from Macalester college, Miss| trip-to New York. He was greatly | Bemidji today by M. E. Ibertson, un- Aubolee receives a scholarship from | refreshed and says he will make more | dertaker. The body will be brought St. '01af’s college. week-end -trips, to Bemidji tomorrow and the funeral A A AN~ A will- be held Wednesday afternoon, Zurich, May 20.—A state of siege services at 2 o’clock at the Preshy-| has been _declared in Prague, follow- SAYS PROHlBlTION INEVITABLE -sent by his son, Glen. Peck. Czechs and Jugoslavs paraded For several years Mr. Peck was|ghouting “Long live Americans. Long connected with the Crookston Lum-!jive King George.” Minneapolis, May 20.—Fred B.]manity, because the use of alcoholic Lynch, Democratic leader in Minne-|liquor is an' economic waste. Those sota for some years, has come to the of us who have used it moderately ber company and was widely known. —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— He was counted one of Bemidji's MET DEATH B conclusion that prohibition s in- | tE"SE hEE we Wi have to glve it most prominent citizens during his|C LER ACCIDENT ON MOTORCYCLE evitable, and he has written to the|agide from our personal pleasure .in residence here. MAKE W.8:5. PLEDCES It was reported here today that New York Tribune a conu:ibur.ion the use of it, why .we should be al- to that newspaper’s symposium on|jowed to use it, as opposed to the the subject of the liquor traffic. fact that its use is injurious to very “If the liquor dealers had agreed|many people, and we must give up to beer and light wines and had not|our pleasant practices for what the insisted on the corner saloon taleing|majority believe to be the common the place of-the red schoolhouse—if| good. T they had not insisted in pandering 4 to the worst and most degraded elem- “PTOtCCt Weak by Brute Force. ents-in our social life—we would not Those of depraved tastes and in- be facing prohibition today,” is the clinations who will be addicted to way he prefaces the following letter: tl}e use of dr_ugs because liquor is de- ¥ IR . e nied them will suffer most from pro- Prohibition Inevitable. hibition, but even such habits will “Prohibition is here, and whether| be broken in time by the prohibition we believe in it or mot it is an ac-|of the manufacture of these drugs, complished fact, requiring only the even as the use of liquor will be official action of a few states to put| gradually.done away with by mak- it into effect. There is no question|ing it illegal to manufacture it. that such action will be tnlgen in a “Laws do not prevent entirely any short time, and no discussion ‘will| bad practices—they only tend to prevent it. It's like the old ques-|make thef unpopular, and until the tion of a man who is in jail, and|millennium -comes it will always be while he cannot be put there he is}necessary to protect by restrictive /here. : legislation, which is brute force, the “Prohibition is accomplished be-|weak from the strong and the man ¢ cause of two facts. First, the greed|against himself.- of the liquor dealers in extending “And I have wasted some more of » their business, their -callous disre-|your good white paper in discussing gard of the law and their inhu-fan historical fact.” (By United Press) cyele which ran “into a manhole. BEM[DH BAND CONERT. Howard Palmer received a letter which was written before the acci- dent. The Fourteenth battalion Home —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— Guard band, accompanied by several citizens, went by auto to Park Rap- SIXTH DISTRICT CLUBS ids Sunday and.gavie Ehcm}l\ce(lllitt of lt:lvl’;)l, };)z‘fl;:e (;uf::Ig%nau‘(;iéncee. ult vx; WILL MEET TOMURROW a splendid concert and was warmly received. 5 The delegation left Bemidji early The thirteenth annual meeting of nday foremoon and was home in|the Sixth District Federation of Wo- ?iume ggr supper. Captain Swinson men’s Clubs will be held in Bemidji of the Bemidji company accompanied | tomorrow and Wednesday. A the band. The delegates arriving today will —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— go to the Presbyterian church for registration. SOLWAY LADIES RAISE 1, e semmoon 3™ 3:36 $416 FOR RED CROSS|* X metiing ot tre sscentive ‘o and reading of reports will be given Wednesday morning at the Presby- The big Red Cross auction sale at| terian church. Solway last Friday was a decided The delegates will also be taken success. An excellent dinner was|around the lake Wednesday in cars, also served by the ladies of the Red|after which they will be served a Cross. In the evening a large dance|luncheon at the Markham hotel at was given. The entire proceeds of|1:30 o’clock. the sale, dinner and dance amoynt- 'I"he last session will be held at the ed to the sum .of $416.75, Presbyterfan church at 8 p. m, GREATEST PARK RAPIDS ENJOYS :‘Egnc(é?,:vnai‘%:l'll:dh:'h‘i‘;:sovll(l:x]?:llot;: ~~ MINNESOTA EATING POTATOES, surplus from spoiling {s having ex- INCOUNT | AUNCHE RED CROSS - DRIVE IN BENIDII Bemidji and southern Beltrami% in line. They were attired in county joined Saturday afternoon in one of the most spectacular parades ever staged in the county. It was the, prelude to the opening of the nation-wide campaign of the Amer- ican Red Cross drive for a war fund of $200,000,000 and a conservative estimate places the number of par- ticipants in the line at 2,000, while humanity packed thewalks and autos| ‘held “hundréds mors: Bemidji “furned-‘gut, towns and ‘villages turnmed out.” The people of the farm turned out, and all joined in the spirit of the occasion. * Parade Was Faultless. The parade was put together in faultless ‘manner, a decidedly un- usual feature of parade formations of magnitude. E. H. Denu was in charge of this part of the program and he chose as Iiis grand marshal Chief Ripple of the police depart- ment. The latter in turn selected his block captains. Grouping of units were on cross streets, the units facing Beltrami avenue. The head of the long line started on Eighth street and as the end of the line passed other streets to the south, the units grouped thereon swung in- to line and paraded the husiness dis- trict, and to Library park where it disbanded. A speaker was scheduled to be present from Minneapolis but failed to come as assured by wire, and that part of the program was omitted. Colorful Pageant. Heading down Beltrami avenue, the long procession presented an anl- mated riot of color as it stepped to cadance of martial music from the bands and drum corps. Chief Ripple led the calvacade mounted on a horse bearing on its breast a huge red cross, backed by a white shield. The ically’ decorated. Band Heads Line. The head of the line was the Four- teenth battalion, Home Guard, band. In two detachments came the Home Guard, under command of Captain Swinson, the sanitary corps of the Fourteenth battalion accompanying. The Fourth Minnesotans command- ed by Captain Franklin, were next and made a splendid showing. Fol- lowing them came Carr post, G. A. R., and the Ladies Circle of the G. A. R., and the veterans, proudly car- rying the flag they fought for, re- ceived applause all along the route traversed. Sureical Dressing' Class. The Red Cross surgical dressing class made a fine showing also. The ranks of this organization were de- pleted, as many members are also members of other organizations, and the juniors also marched with the adult organization. Wilton’s Red Cross was splendidly represented by its Red Cross ladies, several of them in the uniform of the surgical department. The Swedish Lutheran Unity club also turned out its membership, be- ing well represented, a patriotically decorated pony cart filled with-chil- dren in gala attire being an accom- panying float. 65 Stars in Flag. St. Philip’s Red Cross circle was another unit that made a splendid showing, American and British flags being much in evidence, while the service banner with its 65 stars oc cupied a conspicuous position of honor. The Methodist Ladies Aid, in ad- dition to its patriotic flags and na- tional coloring, also proudly flung its service flag to the sunlight. The Baptist church was likewisé repre- sented and the Lutheran ladies flaunted a well starred service flag, as did the Presbyterian church la- dies. The trim Bemidji Y’'s girls were al- bridle and reins were_also .patriot- Irenw. % ym” suits. 1 s,,,. —tell Painting Tableau. e ileg&tlon staged a uniq 2 ing a motor truck, premly decu. " ad, upon which was seated a white robed Red Cross member holding a stretcher and babe, a tableau of the famous paint- ing; “The Greatest Mother.” A gaily comparisoned float carry- ing the Woman's Study club, one of the banners reading “We Sew for Belgium.” Frohn township was also well rep- resented, a banner bearing the slo- gan “Promotion of Agriculture.” Town of Northern was also rep- resented in the line, a pony cart, prettily decorated being a feature. A big car bearing the slogan “On to Berlin” containing a khaki clad soldier. a blue garbed sailor, Red Cross nurses and a large figure of Uncle Sam. E Veteran, Drummers Avvlauded. The G. A. R. drum corps, escort- ing the flag, rattled the old time war cadence and the veterans received a hearty reception as they passed in review. The corps preceded the unit of -the Order of Eastern _Star, the members being attired in_ _white, with turbans, on the front of which appared the mystic five points. Following them came a large turn- out of Bemidji lodge of Odd Fellows and they carried the service flag of the lodge. The Rebekahs accompa- nied the Odd Fellows, a feature be- ing a float filled with children and bearing the caption “IL. 0. 0. F. Home.” Striking Unit. The M. B. A. unit was attired in long green gowns, rred:turbans and red sashes presenting-a striking ap- pearance. The L. 0. O. M. unit fol- lowed this. = Moosehart,” the huge “home " for Moose lodge orphaned children and aged relatives of lodge members, was which a huge Moose head was a con- spiquous feature. The ladies of Mooseheart Legion were attired in pretty costumes, colors symbolic of the order being dominant. e’s Got It ine, A rln}v{le 'of lnughtegog;l Elong the T (Continued” on-mext page.) FOUR AIRPLANES ARE (By Unitcd Press) London, May 20.—A large squad- ron of German airplanes crossed the Kentish and Essex coast at 11 o’clock last night, headed toward London. Four were shot down. —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— YOUNG BEMIDJI SAILOR SEES WAR LASTING OVER A YEAR Secretary Lamson of the Commer- clal club received a letter from his son, Verne, this morning, the letter being dated at London He is in the navy and &4 member of a gun crew ahoard a transport. The letter says the trip over was not without inci- dent. The young sailor says he believes the war will last at least another year, but that the allied navies are getting control of the seas in great shape. He cites the recent feat of the British navy in blocking two en- emy naval bases and praised the ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— SINN FEINERS ARRESTED (By United Press) London, May 20.—It is estimated that 500 Sinn Feiners are under ar- rest in Ireland. REPORTS FOOD COMPTROLLER (Special to Pioneer) St. Paul, May 20.—Reports to the state food administration from throughout the state indicate that the campaign for greater consump- tion of old potatoes to save the large cellent results. Late in March, pros- pects indicated that in the absence of a special effort to secure large consumption of potatoes, farmers would have more than 10,000,000 bushels which they could not sell. This condition resulted from the small movement. of potatoes from farm to market last fall, car short- age and the unusually severe winter which further interfered with ship- ments. As soon as weather conditions moderated so that it was possible to ship potatogs in bhox cars without danger of deterioration an education- al campaign was put on. The press, libraries, retail and wholesale stores, the movies—all urged the free use of the old potato as a patriotic measure. Results now being reported to the food administration show that dur- ing April the farmer’s price for pota- toes increased materially and at the same time the retail prices have been kept down very well The spread between the amounts received by the farmers and paid by consu- mers for potatoes was less early in May than at any time last winter. The food administration continues to uge the wide use of potatoes every day and every meal, as a vegetable, as an ingredient in bread and camou- flaged in varlous ways to tempt the appetite, represented by a pretty float of ° BAGGED" BY BRITISH A