Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 23, 1918, Page 1

CROSS NURSE (By Unlted Press) Soielcs Washington, May 23.—The United DlSCLosED BY daily cost is $65,000,000. g % These figures became known today i during a discussion of new taxation, B | which Secretary McAdoo and the & 3 . 2 president favcr. 000,000,000 more into the war dur- ing the present month. Thus far there © have been -$13,000,000,000 spent and - another $1,000,000,000 HUGE EXPLOSIVES An HAIG’S DAILY REPORT - (By: United. Press) 3 London, May 23.—General Haig 3 v : L — today. reported. German bombiard~ RANGE IN SIZE FROM ment of po_rtions of . Picardy and 16 S‘Q FT. TO 16 ACRES Flanders fronts and raiding opera- tions continue. —Help the Red Cross— Loafers and Gamblers To | _. HelpWin War Total «Acreage 1s. 308, Increase of 80 Acres ~ “Over:Last Year. - ~ - Raising of Poultry Shows Big Increase; 56 Cows Are Listed In Survey. Just -about the most interesting survey ever made in Bemidji is that} just completed by the Housewives’| - league, of which Mrs. H. C. Baer is the president. . It' is the survey of the gardens of the.city, the average sizes, acreage, number of head of :pigs, cows, calves, geese, chickens, and comparative figures of the plant- ing shows. that Bemidji. is - taking| . more of an interest in solving the| Jood question for having itseii money, 4 and incidentally helping the govern- (By United Press) ment feed the Sammies “‘over there.”| ‘Washington, May 23.—Provost Gardens ‘Total 890. | Marshal General Crowder today an- In_an estimated 1,000 homes in nounced a plan of putting loafers to| Bemidji, there were found 890 gar-| work. He will order seized at once deng. Eighty-fivte t:mmes ll:iadl nojall ‘race track attendants, bartend- igta;oegz'sl:‘];:ny Soix vf]au?;jlltegourereli‘;t ers and persons engaged in’ sports me and two families ‘were out|and amusements. .Exceptions will be “In all 981 question=|domestic servants, sales a clerksof department stores cantile ‘establishments. (United Press Staff Correspondent) i With the British in France, May 23.—Over 100 women Inursel, patients and attendants were killed by a German aer- ; i By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS : i { ial raid on a large hospital. : { All hospitals are in the general area and a score of large i German machines circled over the objectives where the red cross was plainly visible and dropped an enormous number of ! bombs to smash the buildings. P4 A still greater number of small shrapnel bombs, designed ! to kill and wound, were showered upon the defenseless hos- A pital, killing nurses and wounded soldiers. The shrapnel was timed to burst at the level of the ground, insuring the greatest destruction of life. British 'afrcraft guns brought down the machine of the enemy commander, the Boche officer speaking English well. He denied seeing the red cross. Duripg the raid; Red Cross nurses refused to tlegve :their mg]y walkmg from one patient to another, giving 'J i TEACHER OF MANAL |BRiTISi ARMENRAD | | * TRAINING ENLISTS| - ENEMY STRONGHOLDS T | 5\ MR e S A midji, .and in to co-op rate orkers; giving them a| plain the usefulness, of : L oiT. evup tions. T dicatmg that - must' {rfilfi”{o 7IRaks “satisfac > " ilies are doing. their bit alon; | tion” they - will &3 b ¥ ¢ line. In live sfq@ WWt§W§ dependbfl i ! — 56 milkers on ‘¢Re-1iébabt e’ tetting them % R A A A A AR AN AR AN AN R habitants of thé community, Hogs The order whl practically break up K : B R ' “come mnext with 54.. Three calves professional baseball. gy ;i are listed and five geese. The plan is to shift - women-to the & B 2 In ehickens, Bemidji is -taking a|jobs of non-essential workers.and the { ’ decided advance.-. Old stock_number-{ plan goes into effect July 1. ed 4,629 while the increase is’ esti- The. order will include gamblers mated at the remarkable - figure -of [ of all types, clairvoyants, persons en- 8,699., gaged in serving food and drinks, Bemidji'schools lost their manual 5 training instructor when A. D. Bafley| | (Byfidl,lnitczd Press) resigned, having enlisted in the avia- ondon, May 23. — (Offictal)— I tion section of the army. He leaves|Brritish airmen on ‘Tuebday night | elther tomorrow or Saturday for|dropped several tons of hombs upon Camp Sevier, Greenville, 8. C. enemy strongholds -im- Belgium and AR Mr. Bailey is an expert mechanic|Germany. Railway yards at Leige Increase Over 1917, »~Gardens planted- in fpring totaled an acreage of the coporate limits. . tion of the league to have a ning demonstration in Bemidji, demonstrations: also be procured. the Housewives’ league. feed 100 men one month. declined to raise gardens on ground “it doesn’t pay.” clined for “lack of room.” \we have a garden-or not.” et sy i by Mrs. Peter Olesen of by club members and which the clubs were formed. The address was one of the the speaker continued and at 0sing. midji, Dinner was served at Bemidji last while the acreage this spring is / ~acres, an increase of 80 acres thhm At the oroner time it is the inten- housewives may take the proper care of what' they raise in their gardens. The date will be set later and an ex- pert will come and _give lectures and A drying outfit may “Every home should have a war garden this year,” is the slogan of - It feels that if every inhabitant of Bemidji raised]|students. just enough for one meal there would be about 8,000 meals which would In the canvass, some householders Others de- Others _declined because of the lucid expres- sion ‘‘it’s no.eme’s ‘business. -whether It is also urged that garden crops be rotated as the season pregresses i+ and it is also suggested that a record of what the garden does be kept to SIXTH DISTRICT WOMENS CLUBS CLOSE THEIR ANNUAL “.., Women’s study clubs and kindred | Markham to the delegates. j organizations should continue their work, was the keynote of an address| reality was a splendid turkey spread, Cloquet, state -‘vice president of the Sixth dis-|interior of the dining room was at- trict women’s federated clubs, in the|tractively decorated in patriotic col- * Presbyterian church yesterday after-|ors and emblems. noon, the closing session of the thir- teenth annual meeting. The speak- er cited the war work being done admonished them not to neglect the purposes for ever delivered by one of the fair sex in Bemidji and her audience spon- taneously burst forth in applause as A feature of the mofning was an :mtn ride around the lake and the visitors were much impressed by the beauty of the surroundings of Be- elevator operators, domestic. = serv- ants, sales clerks. The plen is the most drasm‘ ever undertaken and will soon extend in scope, adding other non-essentizcl oc- cupations to the list. ] All Bemidji should turn out' this evening at 7:30° o’clock and be in Library park wherc Major John Dix- —Help the Red Cross— on Yost, U. 8. A., head of the gov- ernment’s recruiting for Minnesota, amd Corporal Welcome, one of the TICKETS ARE ON SALE 50 returned Pershing heroes, will FOR THE SENIOR PLAY |2 Serica tinbrary of the state. Corporal - Welcome is one of the ' fifty select Americans sent to the Tickets are on sale for ‘“Green|United States to take part in the Stockings,” the Senior class play, to|great Third Liberty Loan and Red be given at the Grand theater, Fri-|Cross drive. Every one of the Sam- day, May 24. The tickets are 50| mies who so returned are medal men, cents for adults and 35 cents for|and every one has been wounded. They were decorated for valor and The performance will be given at|are the flower of the first Americans 8 o’clock sharp. - There will be a mat-| to go into the trenches. Corporal inee for children at 4 o’clock. Ad-{Welcome was six months in the mission 25 cents. trenches on the western front when the 2 he was wounded. He is one of two ground they “should consult County men of the returned contingent as- g signed to Minnesota to make a tour Agent Aamodt, whose office is at the , Fntr, o court house, and all possible co-op- of the principal cities and carry the k message he has, his tour being under .eration will be extended: % The result of the recent food show m%,gz;da&? o’fflMaJ;:ivzgstm New was highly satisfactory. parly The ladies are specialy grateful to Mr. Battles York it was met: by- the officials. of for the use of the Challenge hotel, |~~~ me of stoeteieat apperatus and o 51| GOVERNMENT ASKS can- that Bemidji and Beltrami county have received another distinction, the government department of ag- riculture having written George Mil- ler, the “potato king,” asking him if he could furnish 200 bushels of po- tatoes of two varieties to be planted on an experiment plot, somewhhere in this vicinity. Mr. Miller says he will gladly donate the number of bushels de- sired and it is expected the expegl- ment will attract the attention “of a large number of farmers in north- ern Minnesota as well as potato growers in other states. —Help the Red Cross— FAIRBANKS FEELS BETTER (By United Press) ' Indianapolis, May 23.—Charles It was announced as a luncheon but in served in ‘the Markham style. The From far away Seattle, Wash., Mrs .Annie B. Teeple, a visitor in Bemidji, brought the message of what the women of Washington are doing along lines of war activities, best ceedingly patriotic. The opening was a prayer by Rev. B. D. Hanscom, followed by a piano Mrs. ing better today. —Help the Red Cross—= ARTILLERY FIRE DECREASES (By United Press) her | solo by Miss Arvilla Kenfield. C. G. Johnson sang, Election of officers closed the busi- ness session. Mrs. Christy of Long Prairie was elected president and With the! corresponding secretary, Americans, Nothing is new, VETERAN, GUEST OF BEMIDJI ciation for the hearty co-operation accorded him and also his regret at leaving. and she showed her hearers that the! warren Fairbanks, former vice presi-| solely to press of business. women of the far northwest are ex-| dent, spent a good night and is feel-| has held his position he has devoted practically every minute of his time evidenced his enthusiasm and earn- estness by business becoming second- ary. He feels that he must now de- vote needed attention to his personal the Americans afield, May|affairs, not being able to combine 23.—(Official) —Artillery fire has|both and do justice to either, and Mrs. Lee of the same city was chosen | decreased in the sectors occupied by|the sacrifices he has made are highly commendsble, the city and representatives of the war department and other notables and thousands upon thousands lined the walks as the veteran Sammies marched to the city hall in review, the demonstration being one contin- uous tumultuous riot of patriotisin Major Yost, Corporal Welcome and A. A. Farrington of Duluth, repre- senting:'the American Publicity bu- reau, arrived in Bemidji at 3:156 o'clock this afternoon and were met atsthe depot by the war activities committee of the various war bodies of Bemidji. They were then taken for an auto ride around the city, and will be guests at a dinner at the Markham this evening. At 7 o'clock the Fourteenth bat- talion band and the Home Guard will parade the streets and assemble at the Markham to escort the distin- guished ' visitors to Library park, where they will be introduced and speak. It is the desire to have everyone in Bemidji present. In case of rain the meeting will be held in the city hall. N P OV REYNOLDS RESIGNS Two notable incidents happened at the meeting of the Commercial club yesterday mnoon, during the weekly luncheon, one being the vale- dictory of the retiring secretary, Frank B. Lamson, and the announce- ment of the resignation of H. E. Reynolds as federal food administra- tor of Béltrami county. Mr. Lamson leaves the latter part of this week for Marshfield, Wis., to assume the secretaryship of the Chamber of Commerce in that city and the meeting yesterday was the last he will attend as an official of the organization. He made a brief talk in which he expressed his appre- Mr. Reynolds’ resignation is.due Since he to the duties of the government and Forks has been asked for 20 cars of autoists. ceived the blanks for the outing. ————— e - e e e A e - 3 5 and will do special work on aero- plane construction. He has been a member of the Bemidji Home Guard and considered one of its best drill- ed men. For some time he has had the “bug” to enlist and finally the idea became too strong to resist. —Help the Red Cross— $821.28 TOTAL AMOUNT OF RED CROSS AUCTION The Red Cross auction committee makes the following report: The entire amouynt of sales was $821.28, with but small expense to be deducted. The hearty co-opera- tion of the mayor, chief of police, the auctioneers, the city papers, the Elks lodge, the theaters, the band, and an army of ladies, was greatly appreciated. We had thought to publish a list of those who contrib- uted to this noble cause, but feel assured that tneir sense of duty done is sufficient without special men- tion, Something like a 100 pairs of shoes wilt be given to the Salvation Army, together with several other small articles left unsold, and 150 crente mz:n::ltter;sltifi Helo o U _appen 0. to. books will be sent to the canton- If there are any whoew.iéh more geni:xsxstr;aofisstlieesucges?aitlVfas . FOR 200 BU. POTATOB As FOOD DlREcToR meg:vsing to the stormy weather there were but few bidders and hence the lands and lots were not offered. The deeds are with the Red Cross secretary and will be sold at private sale. The fine hard coal base burner was not sold and can be seen at the Be- midji Hardware company's room. Heartily thanking all who assisted us, we remain yours, AUCTION COMMITTEE. —Help the Red Cross— BEMIDJI AUTOISTS ARE ASKED TO JOIN TOUR The big Glacier National park highway tour begins at Port Arthur June 15 and terminates at the park June 28, according to notice received by E. H. Jerrard, secretary of the Jefferson Highway Auto club, Be- midji. Bemidji is asked to have 10 cars in the.run, the Bemidjiitis to join the tourists at the start. Grand Secretary Jerrard has re- necessary application Here's a were attacked, amd two tons of bombs were dropped u'on the chemical plant at Mannheim, starting thres fires there, The*ratlway station-at Metz was bombed. —Help the Red Cross— WO00D T0 GO ABROAD (By United Press) Washington, May 23.—Major Gen- eral Leonard Wood, senior major gen- eral of the U. 8. army, will soon en- ter foreign service. i TRAINED LEADER OF | TERN AGE METHODS | store- chance for Bemidji hoosters to take a fine tour, R. A. Waite of Chicago, associate superintendent, secondary division of the International Sunday School as- sociation, is an outstanding trained leader of boys and girls in the 'teen age. Several years ago he was se- lected as one of the leaders of boys’ work on the continent in the Men and Religion Forward movement. Mr. Waite has had expert training and wide experience in his relation- ship to the boys and girls of America. He will deliver a number of strong addresses in the general sessions of the convention and will be the ex- pert in the 'teen age school of meth- ods which meets on Friday and Sat- urday afternoons of the state con- vention, Bemidji, June 13 to 16, P ——