Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 1, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME XVI. NO. 127 ’ GRADE SCHOOL ~‘BOYS CALLED _ FOR SPECIAL| Toward Mlhtary Policy of Government. ‘RECRUITS MAY ENTER x Will Be Practically On ; " Wheatless Basis._ (By United Press) Washington, June step in the policy toward military training was revealed today .when the war department issued a call for '24 174 grammar school graduates to qualiiy for general military service. and schools June 15 for special mili- ‘' tary itraining. Voluntary’ recruits will ceived up to Junpe 7. Practically 'Wheatless Basis. ‘Washington, June.l.—For the next 10 weeks. the, nation will be Q placed on prak:ttqally la- wheatless basis. . It is now squeezed -down to \.’0 per cent of the normal wheat con- % sumption and will be until August: .15, when the new crop will be avail- - “able. Fraternal societies, churches and Sunday schools and religious orga- nizations will be asked to get mem- < bers to pledge abstinance from wheat ‘nntil'the new crop is available. Labor organizations are not. asked +i‘to abandon. wheaf ‘but greatly cur- tail its use. be re- ~ WAR TRAINING, Another Step is Takbn 'l'odny FOR TRAINING ‘TOJUNE 7 For Next Ten Weeks Nation They will enter the various colleges|” 1.—Another|* FOUR MORE LEAVE Four more young men left Be- midji today to join the colors, hav- ing been enlisted by Corporal Bass, U. S. A, in charge of the local re- cruiting station. Those who left were: Albert S. Grover, Bemidji. ~ Verney M. Lanman, lery, McIntosh. Harold R. Tangjerd, coast artil- lery, Bagley. Napoleon R. Varin, coast artillery, Brooks. —Help the Red Cross— coast artillery, coast artil- TODAY: JOIN ARTILLERY 2zembers of the United States Marine corps in France sending lhéssa; 10 comrades, A heart, over exerted by strenuous] athletic competition a few years ago, has raised the ban against Sergeant; Clarence - Foucault entering the fourth officers training camp, he having been selected by Major John D. Yost, head of Minnesota’s recruit- ing activities, and he will return home, arriving tomorrow accompas nied by Major Yost in the lalter’s special car ‘“Soudan.” And at 10 o'clock thereswill be & _Foucault when he learned that stren- uous effort” in sprinting races had overplayed a good stout heart that had ‘brought him recognition as an ‘athlete, and his friends also are re- gretful over his' loss of opportunity, but his services to recruiting have been of much value to the govern- ment and he will be continued in that capacity. .All young men who have become 21 .years since last June 6 should large number of fresh reserves are plenty to check the hox{e of ‘halding the enemy to a French armies, the enemy has ens and Paris. the German reserves. Paris, June 1.—(Official) teau Thierry and Verneul any point. river. EFFORTS BEING MADM By WILLI/ "I (United Pi_ss armies are thrusting across th FOR'l'Y-F IVE CENTS PER MONTH SlTUATlONSERlOUS OWING TO NUMBER R ZoniESERVES; EUTONSATMARNE .t S ‘ - - By ED L. KEEN . . (United Press Correspondent) London, June 1.—There is no disguising the fact that the situation is very serious, not only on account of the Germans having advanced 28 miles -in five days, but they still have a . And until it is known where these reserves will be used, the situation is anxious. Transport: of allied reserves is working smoothly, and German advance, with every little more progress. Besxdes the general-objective of erushing the British and three objectives, separating the rench and British armies, channel ports and capturing Ami- It is impossible to tell which of these will use GERMANS OCCUPY BANK ON THE MARNE —The Germans occupy a thir- teen-mile front on the north bank of the Marne between Cha- but failed in crossing the river at The British and French are still holding Rheims. In violent fighting last night on the left flank southeast of Soissons, the French hurled the Germans back upon the Oise There the French rces »tured Chaudin and Viezy and took several hundred prisoacrs. along the road from Dormans to Rheims on the right flank. Sharp fighting is progressing E TO DECEIVE ALLIES P IILLIP SIMMS Correspondent) With the British afield, June 1.—While the Prussian e country traversed in 1914, drunk with success on the first phase of battle, the German commanders are making every effort to déceive the allies re- garding further turnings of the offensive, Some prisoners claim one thing, some another, all probably primed to deceive be at this meeting. In fact they are .commanded to be there as it will he \flie Iast day they, will have to choose 'the branch .of service for their en- 28 NAMES IN CASUALTY LIST FAIRDAITKS CONDITION GRAVE (By United Press) Indianapclis, Ind., June "ho;ne coming greeting at -the Com- mercial club rooms at which (By United Press) 1.——T1‘l8 dition . of former Vice President| Washington, June 1.—General|be present, as well as friends of Sercilistment. They must register June their captors. . g E nw lgairbanks {8 Asaintiis tri?al to- Pershing’s. casualty report today con-|geant Foucault. 5 and take their chance of being as- Some say the Rheims blow is the real thing, others say . casualties.. . A It Wase.a. keen. disannowtment 45 .5 o o the main-blow is yet to come, while-others-say-the Ypres offen- THOUGHT INEVITABL London, June 1.—The abandon- s fhent of Rheims seéms inevitable. The Germans are-nearing the Marne and- the Paris Chalons railway, which is the main communication ‘ween Paris and Verdun. Although the pace of the: German 7 advance has been slackened owing o the arrival of the Allied reserves, it is recognized that the Allies have a difficult task to prevent further de- velopment of the menacing enemy success. Telp thé Red Cro. R NEW TEXTILE DIRECTOR (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 1.—John Scott). of Chicago has been appointed tex- tile administrator. This may mean the.commandeering .of -all’ cotton, woolen and silk goods and fixing prices on alt clothes. —Help the Red Cross— BEMIDJI BABY WEEK WILL OPEN MONDAY “Baby Week” begins Monday and all babies under six years of age will .be weighed and measured by the Child Welfare committee. Monday and Tuesday, beginning at 9 o’clock a. m., the Child Welfare committee is to meet the children at the high school building, and on Wednesday will meet them at the Lincoln school in the Fifth ward. The buildings will be open until 5 o’clock after- noons. 4 Any mother that wishes the aid of a car to take her and the baby to the school building, call the high school. Several Bemidji women have donated their cars for the spe- cial use of mothers and their babies during baby week, All mothers are urged to assist the committee by tak- ing their children on the day set. THlS WONDERFULCHARACTER WILL ATTEND CONVENTION About thirty-five years ago the cashier of a bank in Brooklyn, New York, organized a little Sunday school consisting of eight . boys picked up from the streets of that city, and held the session in a tene- + ment house: _.~ “Today that Sunday school has grown until the church which houses this school covers over a half block in that city and it is the best or- ganized school on- the continent. Tt has an enrollment of over three thousand students. This same cashier of the bank has been the superintendent from its organization (until - the present. About ten years ago he resigned his position in the business world and is now glving his life to Sunday school work. No denomination was big enough for a man of this caliber and experience; Therdfore he is em- ployed by the World’s Sunday school ociation as its general’ superin- “zendent with headquprters in the Tower building, New York City. This man is Frank L. Brown who will be one of the speakers at the state convention in Bemidji this year. He has written a number of FRANK L. BROWN books and is authority on organized Sunday school work, AmericaToGalI‘ 280,000 More (Fightersindune Washington, June 1.—Qfficial an- nouncement is made that. 280,000 men will be called to the colors in June, They will ‘be ordered to report June 24, but it has not yet been de- termined to what camps they can be assigned so the list of apportion- ments for the present is being with- held. The. quota is based on estimates of the space available for the men in camps and cantonments. If the rate of shipment of troops across again is raised, still more men may be called. In any event, the probabilities are that enough men will be called for special service to round the number out to 300,- 000. g —Help the Red Cross— SERVICE RESERVE ENROLLING (By United- P.ess) Washington, June 1.—England has been in the war almost three years longer than the United States, but this country already is stepping ahead in enrolling and placing men in skilled war jobs. Four months after its organiza- tion England’s National Service Vol- unteers reported it had enrolled 350,- 000 men and placed 13,000 in serv- ice at a cost of $577,000. Three months after organization the United States Public Service Re- serve had enrolled 315,000 men and placed 13,000 at a cost of $22,238 to the government. —Help the Red Cross—, HANSCOM IS CHOSEN 0DD FELLOWS’ GRAND At the regular meeting of the Odd Fellows last night, J. M. Phillippi was elected to be the representative of this body in the Grand Lodge which meets fn St. Paul, June 12. The following officers were un- animously elected: N. G.—B. D. Hanscom, V. G.—J. C. McGhee. Ree. Secy.—L. B. Grandy. The lodge decided to confer the first degree on five candidates next Friday evening, June 7, finishing the degree work during June. No other degree work will he done after this until September, WOMEN" “LUMBERJACKS” of the shortage of men as laborers, Austrian and Italian women are be- ing employed by the Virginia & | Rainy Lake Lumber Co., as lumber jacks, and laborers. They work ten hours a day. In some cases they get the same wages that men get for the same Jabor. The only depart- -ure from the usual is the absence of a beard, which movie scenario direct- ors always depict lumber jacks having. —Help the Red Cross— CMON SKINNY! BIG . CIRCUS HERE JUNE 24 # Bemidji is going to take a day's recreation from war activities on Monday, June 24, and instead of the patriots staging a parade, they will stand on the walks and watch the elephant pass in review, for Yankee Robinson’s circus is coming to re- lieve the strain of what Bemidji peo- ple have been going through. Robinson’s circus is a real one, one of the best known for years and one of the most successful. It has appeared in Bemidji and always gave great satisfaction. It will arrive on Sunday, June 23, and stay over Monday. —Help the Red Cross— GUARD MAY ACCOMPANY BATTALION BAND FRIDAY Next Friday will be one of the biggest days in the annals of Walker for there will be a huge loyalty par- ade on the occasion of the presence of Governor Burnquist, and an elah- orate program has been arranged. The - Fourteenth Battalion Home Guard band of Bemidji has accepted an invitation to be present and the Home Guard will meet Tuesday night to decide whether the guard will take part. The companies from Park Rapids Cass Lake and Pine River will attend. On that day there will be a bat- talion drill at 1:30 o’clock, a prize of $20 being offered for the best ap- pearing and drilled company. The big parade will be held at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. It is the intention of the guard to secure autos if possible and make the trip, together with as many Be- midji people as will accompany them. —Help the Red Cross— ENEMY OUTNUMBERS ALLIES FOUR TO ONE (By United Press) With the British afield, June 1.— A general just returned from the firing line says the enemy is four to one numerically superior to the Allies, \;irginla, Minn,, June 1.—Because ‘murder of sive is the chief. of German plans and will act a SOLDIER KILLED ON FRENCH BATTLE LINE HAS RELATIVES HERE (By United Press) St. Paul, June 1.—General Persh- ing’'s casualty list today contains the name of ‘“Gustave Hillert, Bemidji, Minn., killed in action.” The Gustave Hillert referred to in the above dispatch is a brother of Mrs. F. 8. King of the town of Frohn, and Mrs. A. W, Stott of Be- midji is a niece of the dead fighter. He had visited in Bemidji several times but enlisted from Bismarck, N. D. _Ed Hillert, who worked in Bemidji at the time of the call, is a brother of the slain Sammy. —Help the Red Cross— GAMBLING HOUSE KEEPER AT REDBY IS ARRESTED Before- Court Commissioner D. H. Fisk yesterday, Abner Bonness of Redby was held in bonds of $500 to the grand jury for running a gamb- ling joint in a restaurant at Redby. The charge was ‘“maintaining a gambling house, poker table, cards and chips designed to be used in gambling on May 18.” Bonness, it is alleged, was getting the. monhey out of the Indians by gambling and the “kitty” was grow- ing fat on the rakeoff from the hands _It.is likely the allied commanders have general knowledge ccordingly. AMERICANS HOLD FAST TO CANTIGNY (By United Press) With the Americans in Picardy, June 1.—Americans are tenaciously holding Cantigny in the face of des- perate attempts to retake it. They have proved they are as good at holding territory as taking it, and the French are showering praise up- on the Sammies. —Help the Red Cross— TRAINS LOSE IDENTITY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., June 1.—The North Dakota Coast limiter of the Northern Pacific and the Oriental Limited of the Great Northern, mon- aiglfs of Northwestern trails, lost their names today, under railway ad- ministration orders. ', Henceforth thti:y will be designated by numbers only. IET POTATOES I-'IGHT played. ATTORNEYS ASK U.S. FOOD _ADMINISTAATION NEW TRIAL FOR MURDERER OF NELSON Attorneys for Roland Henrionnet, convicted and sentenced for life lo the Stillwater penitentiary for the Oscar Nelson, today brought the case into district court before Judge Stanton to argue for a new trial. The argument was made this morning before Judge Stanton in the court house. An entirely new change has been made in the attorneys for the con- victed young man, the personnel now being Henry Funkley pf Bemidji, M. J. Daly of Perham and the firm of Douglas, Kennedy & Kennedy of St. Paul, County Attorney G. M. Torrance, who secured the convietion of Hen- The case is still fresh in the minds of the people. Henrionnetl shot Nel- son three times while the pair was in the Northern National bank stair- way and oy he walk, the shooting growing ouf of an alleged “triangle’” in which Henrionnet alleged Nelson was too attentive to his wife. The chief point of the defense was that while in the stairway Nelson shoved Henrionnet against the wall bumping Henrionnet’s head, after which he didn’t remember anything until he was in the police station. Testimony as to statements and ac- tions of Henrionnet before the shoot- ing and immediately afterwards failed to convince the jury and the rionnet, is again representing the people of the state, | verdict was rendered in less than two | hours, | i { -l g