Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 4, 1918, Page 1

i 3 r ; ] b Bebeei”. £ 8T e e R g B SRS 0. e el lod \ ( VOLUME XVIL NO. 128. "BEMIDJ1I DAILY PIO BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY E\WENING, JUNE 4, 1918. e G. -RMAN “SUBS”T0 BLO rew ‘of ‘Edna Pr:soners Ior Week RVIVORS BEING BRONCHLTSPORTS; BELIEVED VICTIMS . ‘BURNQUIST. IS | - SLOGAN URGED BY PATRIOTIC ~ BEMIDJI MEN olitical - Factions Laid Aside 25 lq Unity to Insure: Loyalty In Executive Chair. LEAblNG MEN QUICKLY RALLY TO SPECIAL CALL ~}ard ‘Cammpaign to Be W;gcd in County; Treason Must Be Ground Down. BELTRAMI CO. BURNQUIST LOYALTY RESOLUTION We hereby agree to give our « loyal support and our:best ef- - forts to secure the ‘nmomination of Honorable J. A. A. Burn- quist for the office of governor . of this state at the primary " election to be held June 17, 1918, and to that end sub- scribe our names as members ;of the BURNQUIST LOYALTY CLUB ‘We .s0 band ourselves to- gether, not as a political body, but as loyal American citizens, giving our fullest measure -of support to our governor who ‘has proven, by his every act and deed, his loyalty and pa- | triotism to our government in the syccessful prosecution of the war, and to the end that true loyalty and unselfish serv- ice to our - country’s . cause shall ever be the first require- ment ‘of 'a candidate who seeks - ¥o' represent the people ot the ‘state “of*Minnesota. At a meeting or about fifty loyal Bemidji citizens, held in the Com- mercial club rooms Monday morn- Governor Burnquist ing, a Burnquist Loyalty club was or- ganized and W. Z. Robinson was chosen its president. J. P. Lahr was named secretary, To organize the county quickly, a committee was appointed to select ward and township chairmen, who will be asked to circulate a petition endorsing Governor Burnquist for- - (Continued on page four) e A A A {Cape’ Maine and Fire Island, patrol- BULLETINS NEW YORK ORDERED DARK % "By United Press) ; ork, June 4.—The have ordered = darkness throughout New York, fearing air- plane raids or bombardment. police .. 100 SURVIVORS LANDED Atlantic ‘City, June 4.—Ome hun-| dred survivors of .the liner Caroline were landed here today. 200 MORE ARE SAVED New York, June 4.—The schooner Edward Douglas is with 250 survivors of the liner Car- oline. This accounts for practically all passengers and crew. CATCH FLOATING MINE _ ‘Washington, June 4.—The navy department announced today that a mine sweeper has picked Up a mine off the Deleware coast. THREE LWERS OVT""T)""E An Atlantic Port, June 4.—Three fimportant Atlantic liners are over- ue, and one in the coast trade ineluded. They carried over 300 passengers. On accourit of submarine activity|. some apprehension is felt for their|: safety. Gains Germany- Nothing. ‘Washington, June 4.—Germany | failed to gain any military advantage from the submarine raid off the At-| lantic coast. If she expected to ter- rorize the American mind she fail- ed. Submarines have been working since May 25 off the coast but failed to qet any cargo or troop ships. Aerovlanes Sweep Sea. New York, Sune 4.—Forty aero- planes are-sweeping the sea between ling 60 miles out, searching for Ger- man submarine victims. Hospital Ships Ready. New York, June 4.—More hos- pital ships are anchored off quaran- tine with the fleet patrolling vessels ready to dash out in case airplanés or submarine chasers report sighting boats with survivors of torpedoed vessels. Renort U-Boat Cautur' New York, June 4. —Reports con- tinue persistent that a German sub- marine has been captured and taken to Stapleton, L. I, and the crew to the Brooklyn navy yard. PORT OF NEW YORK - WAS REOPENED TODAY (By United Press) New York, June 4.—The port of New York was reopened today. STOCK MARKET HOLDS STEADY ON SINKINGS (By United Press) New York, June 4.—Wall street, the great financial center, took little cognizance of the submarine sink- ings. There was little fluctuation on the stock market. MINNESOTA AGAIN BETTERS Tor the fifth successive month the Minnesota recruiting district has bettered. its record for. the previous month. Gradually climbing from an obscure position near the bottom of the list of sixty-four recruiting dis- tricts in the country in April, the Minnesota district bettered the rec- ord of the San Francisco district, which has been leading the country for the last two years. In April, 1,103 recruits were procured in the state, which is believed to be the highest record in the country. When the final count was made for May, however, it was found that 1,240 recruits had entered the service. A rush ¢f men during the last few days of the month netted 175 men May 31, which was the banner day for the month. The rush was largely of men 21 years of age, who would be compelled to register June 5. Tour Preductive. A recruiting and loyalty tour of the state conducted by Major John D. Yost, recruiting officer for the Minnesota district, Corporal Harry A, Welcome,” one of the fifty men recently returned to this country by Gen. Pershing, and A. A. Farrington of Duluth, a speak- er for the bureau of public informa- tion at Washington, D. C., was pro- ductive of excellent results and help- ed materially to swell the total en- listments for the month of May. The tour included all the range towns: Virginia, Hibbing, Eveleth and Chis- holm. En route to Bemidji, meet- ings were held from the rear end of the recruiting car ‘“‘Soudan” at Deer River and Grand Rapids. Bemidji, Faribault and Mankato. Final meet- ings were held at Winona and Wa- basha. In commenting on his tour, Major Yost said: “In all my experience I have never seen such war enthusiasm. The en- tire trip was a triumphal tour, with overflow meetings at all places. Our reception throughout the state, and the number of men getting into the service from this state, shows con- clusively that Minnesota is back of the boys at the front, and can be tonight |; off Barnegatt}; two big trans-Atlantic linersj: More than 40 schools haye been : the merchant marine. . “shooting the sun” with the sextant. " the instructor. GERMAN AEROPLANE AND CREW CAPTURED wid By United-=Press) - 2 Washington June 4——Lieut. Sew- ell shot down an enemy plane yes- terday, and the German pilot and ob- gerver were taken prisoneds, the of- ficial statement today says. ST. PAUL MAN NAMED WAR BOARD MEMBER (By United 'Press) Washington, June 4.—D. R. Cot- ton of St. Paul was today appointed to represent the war industries board in the Ninth Federal reserve bank district. . HOW. WHERE BOYS _—’ OF 21 MUST REGISTER WHO MUST REGISTER--All male persons (citizens or ali- ens) born between June 6, 1896 and June 5, 1897, inclu- sive, except officers and enlist- ed men of the Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the National Guard and Naval Militia, while in Federal ser- vice, and officers in Officers’ Reserve Corps and enlisted men in Enlisted Reserve Corps while in active service. WHEN--Wednesday, June 5, 1918, between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. | WHERE—At office of - local board having jurisdiction where the person to be regis- tered permanently resides, or other place designated by that Tocal board. HOW—Go in person to reg- istration place. If you expect to be absent from home June 5 go at once to the office of the local board where you happen to be. Have your registration card filled out and certified. Mail it to the local board hav- | ing jurisdiction where you re- side. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your registration card, for the re- | turn of your registration cer- - | tificate. Failure to get this certificate may cause you se- | rious inconvenience. You must mail registration card in time to reach your home lo- cal board June 5. If you are ill June'5 and unable’ to pre- sent yourself in person, send some competent friend. The clerk may deputize him to pre- pare your card. INFORMATION—If you are in doubt as to what to do or | where to register consult your | local board. PENALTY—Failure to reg- | ister is a misdemeanor punish- | able by imprisonment for one year. It may result in loss of valuable rights and privileges | and immediate induction into The photograph} \schoul at Tampa, Fla., after a .cruise In the right foreground is D. L. Dr, Palmer Is - Ordered Over SeasForDuty Dr. G. M. Palmer this morning re- ceived a telegram, ordering him to report at New York June 17 pre- pared to leave for France for im- portant duty with the Y. M. C. A. in war work in thc battle zone. And he immediately commenced pre- parations to answer the call. Several days ago, Dr. Palmer was recommended by the Y. M. C. A. au- thorities of the state for the work to be assigned him. He says he be- lieveg: he can be of more service to the government in “Y’ work'' over there” than in Bemidji, although he has taken an especial interest in war activities for the government and for the state. He will be absent gbroad at least a year, and if hos- tilities continue will remain longer. DEFILER OF UNIFORM SENTENCED TO JAIL ‘Walter Garrety, an itinerent tour- ist, who happened to land in Be- knows now that he cannot sordid opinion of a khaki uniform when worn by a man in the service of the state of Minnesota, for Judge Gib- bons yesterday afternoon sent him to midji, with impunity express his spend 60 days at hard labor in the county jail. This is the fellow who accosted an officer of the Fourth Minnesota in- fantry and after applying vile epi- thets, told him American soldlers were ‘“no good” and all had “yel- streaks.” cCarty Gets His. John McCarty,q] who couldn’t help selling booze illegally, drew a sentence of 90 days in the county jail for the reason he didn’t have the necessary change about him to pay a fine of $100. He had been out of jail on a bootlegging charge about 30 days after serving a month and Chief Ripple caught him in the game again. AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP SAILS IMMUNE (By United Press) London, June 4.—The American hospital ship Comfort is being used, unconveyed, between the United States and the American naval base abroad. Germany is notified each time the ship makes a trip. C. C. LUNCH TOMORROW Regular noon day luncheon at the Commercial club rooms tomorrow. rted by the shipping board, as well a8 eight free marine englneering schools,: to train deck officers and engineers for merchant ships, and 5000° Americpns have beca-licensed as officers in hows students of the free navigation the Gulf of Mexico, (aklng tests in . Brown, To the left, looking .Into the sextant’s telescope, is Prof. Alfred E. Burton, dean of the:Masbachusetts School of Technology, who is educational director of the shipping board navigation schools. ADE U.S.P0 gistorio®t & i ( BULLETl N) ican. Jacob Haskell. New York, June 4.—It is now known that cleven ships have been sunk by five German submarines off the Atlantic coast. Of the eleven, nine were Amer- (BULLETIN) Boston, Mass., June 4.—The liner Grecian to- day brought to port the survivors of the schooner ONLY ADVANCE CF HUGE FLEET (By United Press) New York, June 4.—Germany will establish a permanent blockade of American ports within a very short time with a fleet of submarines capable of operating against every import- ant Atlantic port, the German mate of German submarine No. 151 told Boatswain Rocker of the American sunken schooner a week. miliarity. Edna, just landed from the lost vessel. Rocker and others were imprisoned in the submarine for The German mate said he used to live in New York, lived there eight years and was engaged to a Philadelphia glrl He also stated that Germany preferred officers for submarines who had had United States expenence, on account of their fa- He said the submarine fleet left Kiél seven weeks ago and carries six months’ supplles, but expects to stay over here one year by taking provisions and supplies from ships sunk. The voyage here, declared the mate, was made via the West Indies, within sight of the Bahamas, near the point where the American collier Cyclops mysteriously disappeared, thence up the coast near Cape Hatteras. The submarines are 320 feet in length, carry five-inch guns, larger than formerly. The number 151 indicates that recently are operating, only the advance guard of | nun ing over here. The crews for each number 35 men. uilt submarines rous others be- g, TROOP SHIPS ARE PREY OF GERMAN SUBMAkINES New York, June 4.—“I won’t waste a torpedo on anything less than a troop ship. Torpedoes are too expensive,” said the commander of the submarine which sunk the schooner Edna, to Captain Gilmore of the vessel, who was !pld prisoner on the submarine for a week. WALLS OF HANDSOME BUSINESS BLOCK FINISHED The walls of the handsome new two-story brick business block, in course of construction at the inter- section of Third street and Beltrami avenue, being erected by “Jack” Dal- ton, have been completed and the lathing of the interior is also near- ing completion. of a solid wall. GERMANS CROSS The sidewalls are of an unusually attractive dark red brick, panels on the east side to break the monotony The top of the structure is also finished attractive- ly, while on the front of the build- ing is a stone upon which is carved the name of the building ‘““DALTON.” BEMIDJI TO BECOME HEAD OF BATTALION It will be good news to Bemidji to learn that this city is to become the headquarters of the Fourteenth Home Guard battalion, and all af- fairs pertaining to the battalion will be directed from this point. This announcement is made au- thoratively and is the result of co- operation on the part of Bemidji with the military heads of the state. Further information will come later. THE MARNE: 'AMERICANS STRIKE AND HURL FOEBACK; TAKE 200 PRISONERS (By United Press) Paris, June 4.—(Official)—The Germans crossed the Marne south of Jaulgonne, midway between Chateau Thierrey. Then the Franco-Amer- icans attacked and took 200 prison- ers, hurled the Germans back and then destroyed the bridge. The Americans also stopped the German advance before Neuville Wood and hurled the Huns back with a magnificent attack. Americans Strike First. Paris, June 4.—(Official)—Amer- icans struck the first blow in the new battle of the Marne. Fighting side by side. with the French, the Americans hurled back the first time the enemy had crossed the river since early in the war. The new battle of the Marne is raging with great violence on the entire sector. Todav’s Casualty List. Washington, June 4.—Today's casualty list containes the names of forty. Haig Revorts Artillerving. London, June 4.—General Haig today reported considerable artillery- ing between Albert and the Serre river. Destrov Plane: Lose One. With the American army, June 4. —(Official)—Active patrolling in Picardy and Lorraine. Artillery fiiring in Lorraine and Woevre sec- accompanied by|counted on for whole-hearted sup-|! military service. All members are requested to bela German force which reached the|tors. One enemy plane downed, one port at all times.” ! ; present. southern bank of the Marne. It waslof ours missing 4+ - 5 & —t- e & » 4 — e R S O T ]