Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1918, Page 1

voLUME XVI, NO. 133 NELSON GIVES GOVERNOR HIS ENDORSEMENT - FOR ELECTION aneaota’ Senior - Senator Says Defeat of Burnquist Would Block Loyalty. OPEN LETTER STRONGLY URGES HIS RE-ELECTION Dr. Cyrus Ncirthrop Also Pays High Tribute to Champion of Government. ' Senator Knuté Nelson believes that Governor J. A. A. Burnquist should be renominated aad re-elected. He be- lleves that any other course would be ~g«packward step in the path of pa- triotism and loyalty. Minnesota’s senior senator says that Governor Burnquist has proved’ him- self -a “veritable Rock of Gibraltar, in maintaining law and order and sus- taining the spirit ot ioyuity and - pa- triotism.” Senator Nelson’s vri oy tained in a letter writtén by him to Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president emer- itus of the University of Minnesota. -Dr. Northrop has added his lndorge« ment of Governor Burnquist to that given by Senator Nelson. Dr. Northrop’s statement follows: “Some weeks ago I addressed a letter to Senator Knute Nelson urg- ing him to become a candidate for re- election, because just now his ser- vices to the. Nation were more great- 1y needed than at any other time dur- ing his career. “In reply, I received a lqtter which i o characteristic of his unselfish- ness and patriotism that it seems that the people of the State should |’ have it to guide their decision at the coming primary election on June 17th next. i, =R ™ . “I cordially. approve the sentiments as to Governor Burnquist, as express- ed in’the letter of Senator Nelson, and commend’ them to the good judg- ment of the loyal people of this State. - “Senator Nelson is recognized by all public men throughout the country as one of the most influential and use- ful of the Senators, and the people can testify their appreciation of his. Loyalty and Statesmanship by giving him an overwhelming majority at the primary.” This is Senator Nelson's letter to Dr. Northrop: Washington, D. C,, . May 31, 1918. Dr. Cyrus Northrep, Minneapolis, ‘Minn, Dear Friend: 5. % I heartily thank you for your favor of recent date. I regret that the strenuous work entailed upon me here, will prevent my active participation <a~ ia~-the Primary Campaign in Mia- - nesota. I am a member of two important Committees that have much to do in connection with legislation pertain- ing to the prosecution of the war. My correspondence is extensive, averag- ing a hundred letters a day; much of it involving calls and errands in the various Bureaus, Divisions and Departments of the Government, now + scattered all over the City, and I cannot, in the present emergency, neglect aay of this work. My battle line and trench duty is here. But the exigency of this great war makes me especially interested in the (Continued on Page Four) FIGHT GET A JOB TOJAL What seemed like an excursion was in vogue Sunday and last night and also today, for it is estimated between 35 and 40 idlers shook the dust off their feet in Bemidji and hiked out to get a job, under the or- der of the Minnesota Public Safety commission to “work, fight or go to jail,”” and from this time forth there will be no loafing in Bemidji on the part of those able to work and con- trihute something for the govern- ment toward winning the war. The general exodus left the pick- ings rather light for the Home Guard men, on duty in the round up, but at that several were brought in and questioned and ordered to get a job, if they were idlers, under penalty of being arrested if found loafing after the warning. Those brought in either declared their intention of go- ing to work or had already secured a job which they were to take. Many of those rounded up were young men BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1918. J N T ROBINSON'S CIRCUS SHOWS HERE JUNE 24 The Yankee Robinson circus, ad- vertised as-having a new and dif- ferent program. will show in Be- midji Monday, June 24. The:'circus is the most democratic amusement institution in the world today. There is less social division, less effort to cater to any class than is.to be found in any other organi- zation or movement. * The circus is one of the greatest dispensers of knowledge ever organ- ized. ' Compare the circus menagerie, with its thousands of daily patrons, to a city zoo in point of numbers; who are benefited by both.' What i the result? The circus has flrsf, place as @ public benefactor. If a'Z60is a good thing for a city, and is 8o recognized, why should not such a big wild animal show like the Yankee Robinson be of great benefit to the public, pay- ing for the privilege of |- Spines e 0 Flowers dipon one which the state and gov- ernment -is waging a vigorous war of extermination. Mr. Aamodt in- ‘tends to thoroughly cover Bemidji in his quest of the poisonous’ variety and if there are any who are in doubt of whqt they are growing in AMERICAN LABOR - TALKS OF WINNING " WARAT CONVENTION (By United Press) St. Pau!, Minn., June 10.—Labor’s part in winning tlie war is the chief topic of discussion at the annual na- tional convention of the American F‘g,s).eration of Labor, which opened in the municipal auditorium here to- day, to remain in session until June 22, For the first time in the history of the federation, it is said, the fed- cration convention was not addressed by the governor of the state in which it met. J. A. A. Burnquist, governor of Minnesota, was not in- vited to welcome the delegates, as a result of long standing ill feeling be- tween him and the Minnesota Fed- eration of Labor. J. M. Clancy, president, St. Paul Trades and Labor assembly; E. G. Hall, president, Minnesota Trades and Labor assembiy, and L. C. Hodg- son, mayor-elect of St. Paul, wel- comed the delegates. Samuel Gomp- ers responded. Representatives of the British and Canadian labor assemblies will -talk during the convention. A represen- tative .of the federal government is expected today. Carl Van Dyke, congressman from this district, came back from Washington to talk. The only importants convention fights, it was predicted today, will be those to oust Frank Morrison, 1 save instructing and entertaining the| masses? The showman puts nine parts of his efforts into showmanship and one part into service. Of the domestic features the Bu- chanan Blue Ribbon horses are alone worth the price of admission. The THE GOMMON -BARBERRY. trained pigs, a seemingly impossible 1. Bush large (410 feet high). ] act, attract much attention, likewise 3. Spines mostly three or five branched. Bessie Harvey and her flock of pi- 8. Stems grey or greyish green. geons, and an entirely new novelty, 4. Leaves purple or green, large, and with a trained zebra. There are over 50 spines-about edge. wild and domestic animal acts in the 6. Flowers and red berries in long currant-lile three rings during a praiseworthy clusters. program over two hours long. The Common barberr: . y/ must every where be Flodge W5 Year, destroyed at once according to die Public Safety MRS D s MITCHELL w]Ns Commission’s Order No. 28. County Agricultural Agent A. W. BA‘"! CASTING HONORS Aainodt hag discovered some of the b . )| poisonous and crop destroying bar- % s barry in Bemidji and for the infor- Bemidji furnished a surprise at mation of the general public has a the meeting of the Northern Minne-|display at the Netzer drug store. sota Development association, -held| There are two varieties of this bush, at Walker,” a feature of which was c : a bait casting contest which attract- ed’'a large number of experts from NO MORE HCTURE BOOKS cities and towns seveml miles dis- tant: (By United Press) The»eurprise part of this closely Washington, June . 10. —R_ailroad contested and exciting event was the| time tables are going into uniform. - free-for-all casting event, mo one| , Uniform size, style of type and barred. One of the entries was Mrs. | Style of-makeup for all time tables D. S. Witchell of Bemidji and she|have been decided upon by the rail- tied for first place. In the cast off | W2y administration. The only dis- she won second and received a fine| tinctive mark permitted is a small Heddon rod. trade mark, of the individual road. It is planned to have a casting G.raudy colors a.nd beautiful illustra- event on the program for the big|tions will be eliminated. - July Fourth celebration in Bemidji. m:}:;e t‘fig:fg[fispgif"g;ir:’m T et R, Tear —_Plédge W.S5. Year- (By United Press) Rock Hill,*S. C., June 10.—Plans are being made here for a community HOLDS lTS MEMORIAL cannery to take care of surplus from war gardens, so there may be no . Tk 2 waste of food. An expert from Clem- Members of the fire department son college has commended the city|heard a splendid sermon Sunday, it on its fine showing of home vegeta-| being the department’s annual mem- ble plots, which have been daided by |orial. Services were held in the fine growing weather, " Presbyterian church, the sermen be- F. Marie Fewell, acting secretary|ing by Rev. L. P. Warford, suitable of the Chamber of Commerce, has|to the day. been supplies with a lot of free gar- The fire department has 31 mem- den and canning manuals from the|bers and of these 28 were present, National War Garden commission to|two*being out of the city. The ‘“‘boys” help the ‘‘city farmers.” A series met at headquarters and marched in of home demonstrations are to be|a body to the church. given throughout the summer so Pledge W.S.5. Year— pantry shelves may be filled With 8ar-| 1,033 AMERICANS KILLED IN — Pledge W.S.S. Year ACTION. TOTAL UP TO DATE i ‘Washington, June 10. — Total _WAR COUNCIL MEETING United States casualties to date are The Bemidji Woman’s War Coun- 7, 315k 1Of this nuimber, 1,033 have i i i heen killed in action, cil is holding its regular meeting in Pleage W.S.S. Year. the Presbyterian church this after- noon. Reports of all war work are TODAY’S CASUALTY LIST secretary, and J. F. Valentine, third being given. Mrs. H. C. Baer is — vice president of the executive coun- chairman. (By United Press) cil. Washington, June 10.—The cas- ualty list report today contained 74 names. - —Ple_dge W.S.S. Year- GAINEY ATTAINS PROMINENCE HIS FIRST YEAR AT HAMLINE Daniel Gainey has arrived home from Haline university to spend his vacation, and he came in -on the same train bearing Howard Palmer of Carleton college. Mr. Gainey went to Hamline with a scholarship and has done exceed- ingly well the first year of his course. He has taken a prominent pam in athletics, being a member of the uni- versity basketball team and was un- animously elected edicor of the Ham- dine student paper. Next year he will receive $150 for his editorship, the first time in the history of the university that the editor of the stu- dent publication ever received a cent. He also wrote for the St. Paul Dis- patch and Pioneer Press. ——Pledge W.S.S. Year—— FIFTY MILLION TON FUEL. “ LACK SEEN BY GARFIELD Washington, June 10.—Renewed warning of a coal shortage next win- ter is given by Fuel Administrator Garfield. He announced that even a weekly average of 11,700,000 tons of bitumi- nous coal production during May would not meet war requirements and that the national shortage might be as much as 50,000,000 tons. Lightless nights, which were sus- pended under the daylight savings plan until September 1, may be re- sumed. Fuel Administrator Garfield said he had learned that many eclec- tric signs were turned on in daylight and if such abuses continued he would have to again put the ban on signs, probably with restrictions even more stringent than they were be- fore. Pledge W.S.S. Year—— BATTLES WILL BUILD ENTIRE STRUCTURE When C. E. Battles, the hardware dealer, came to removing the “tin stone” exterior of the Challenge ho- tel, preparatory to remodeling the structure into a handsome and mod- ern business house, he encountered merely a shell of what a proper structure is supposed to be, and in- stead of merely remodeling the building it is being torn down to allow a new one to be erected in its stead. ——Dledge W.S.S. Year LONDON PAPERS SAY SEVEN SUBMARINES OFF U. S S. COAST London, June 10.—London news- papers say there are seven German submarines now operating off the United States coast. —Pledge W.S.8. Year— WILL NOW SELL SCHOOL The old Nymore school building will now be sold and bids are being advertised for. At a recent election the selling of the building was auth- orized by ballot. ——Pledge W.S.S. Year LAST OF “SUB” VICTIM CREW SAFE AT PORT (By United Press) An atlantic port, June 10.—The captain and seventeen members of the crew of the steamer Piner del Rio, submarined off the American coast Saturday, arrived here this morning aboard a fruit steamer, ac- counting all hands safe. The lifeboat and its occupants had beep reported missing. LABOR WILL BATTLE TEUTON AUTOCRACY (By United Press) St. Paul, June 10.—Organized ls- bor is to put up a fight on German autocracy, according to Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration in convention here today. “We will go on,” he declared, until kaiserigm is crushed, otherwise the lights of the world civi]ization will go out.” e 0R G0 ROUNDUP BEGINS of good physical appearance who have been living off widowed mothers or doing nothing at the expense of hard working fathers and for these there will be no letup in prosecuting if they fail to obey the order “go to work.” Detachments of the guard will work each day until the roundup is complete and thereafter all caught idling without any claim to a pro- ductive job will be taken up and or- dered to find a job immediately or go to jail. The mandateis one of the most drastic yet promulgated by the Min- nesota Public Safety commission and is based on the suggestion of Provost Marshal Crowder at Washington, and throughout the state it is being put into effect. The loafers have got to do something toward supporting tne government and helping maintain those boys “over there” in fighting the nation’s battles. The Spiny Hun and the Harmless Barberry. Sy THE JAPANESE BARBERRY. 1. Bush small (2-4 feet high). 2. ~ mostly single; sometimes three branched. Stems reddish brown. Leaves green, smaller, and with 'smooth edge. and red berries single or in small cherry-like groups of two or three. Tha Japanes stp‘n rust of grains and need not be destroyed. barberry does not spread black this line they should see the county agent immediately. The variety on display at Netzer's is already show- ing the infection, which destroys wheat and) commonly known as rust. The red rust is not so destruc- tive but black rust follows, being a more serious form. FUEL AND FABRIC MEN GET BIG PROFITS. SAYS REPORT ‘Washington, June 10.--In response to the senate's request for informa- tion on profiteers, disclosed by income and excess profits tax returns, the internal revenue bureau is preparing a report which is expected to disclose that among the classes showing high rate of profit last year were coal op- erators, oil producers, mining indus- tries and wool and cotton manufac. turers. Additional-information will be . furnished congress.from. time .to. time as returns are analyzed. In no case will the identity of any tax- payer be disclosed. Pledge W.S, S.S. Year- M!NNB‘O’I‘K HiSTORlCAL LlNDBERGH lS ARRESTED ON ™o CHARGES Governor .of Minnesota Taken Into Custody. Nonpartisan Cnndidlte WAS ATTEMPTING' TO HOLD MEETING . Warrants Charge Conspir-~ acy to Discourage En- listments. Fairmont, Minn,, June . 10.— Charles A. Lindbergh, Nonpartisan league candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, was arrest- ed on two charges, conspiracy to vio- late the law forbidding discourage- ment of enlistments, and unlawful assembly when he attempted to hold a meeting ‘at the Uhrammer farm, four miles from -Monterey, Minn., late Saturday. Monterey is about 20 miles northwest of here. +Eric- Ol- son, former Populist leader, -now a member of the league, was also tak- en into custody when he attempted to incite the audience to an attack on the deputy sheriffs making the arrest. Olson is 72 years old, “Unlawful Assembly.” The warrant charging - unlawful assembly asserts that the Nnnpartl- san league “teaches that the Unitel States is wrongfully in the war gnd that men should not enlist,” and the meeting was called to ‘“‘teacn and pd- vocate” these unlawful doctrines, as forbidden by a war measffre “pasged by the last legislature. The second warrant charges con- spiracy between Lindbergh and G. H. Griffith, secretary of the Iea,gue. to violate ithe law forbidding -enlist- ments in that they signei iunduds of letters invitin arun county farmers to the meeting. Is Released on Bail. The arrests were made by Sheriff W. S. Carver on the written order of A. R. Allen, tounty attorney. “Until the resolutions of the league have been approved by the courts, it shall have no meetings in our county,” he REPORT TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE IS SIDETRACKED (By United Press) Washington, June 10.—It is inti- mated that President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson have suc- cessfully acted to avert the threat- ened strike of commercial telegra- phers. Details are not announced. Labor Doesn’t Know. St. Paul, June 10.—The American Federation of Labor in annual ses- sion here denies having any official confirmation of the strike being averted. Five hundred delegates were here when the convention for- mally opened this morning. Pledge W.S.S. Year—— REPORTED BULGARIA PLANNING OFFENSIVE AGAINST GREECE With the Americans afield, June\ 10.—German newspapers say Bul- garia is now planning a drive against Greece. Pledge W <.S. Year—— COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The city council will meet in reg- ular session this evening. It is ex- pected there will be several matters of interest come before the council for action. e declared.» “Permission. has been granted Mr, Lindbergh, notwith- standing the follow and pedition cop- tained in his hook ‘Why Is Our Coyp~ try at War?' to hold meetings Martin county. But in;view of attempt to carry this opparti league, the teachew of gpcialistic g~ dition, with him, % the! permissfpn; granted him should be withdrawn,’t, About 500 farmers, igeluding - g estimated 200 league m@mbers, wap| present when the sheriff and memr bers of the rural guard appeared §n automobiles and the warrants .weype gserved, There was no disturbaneq beyond Olson’s outbreak. Lindbergh had not yet begun his speech. Released on $1.000. Lindbergh was brought here, ar- raigned, and released on $1,000 bail, furnished by a member of the league who joined at the meeting. Trial was set for June 20. Mr. Lindbergh’ left for St. Paul after making a statement in which he deciared that he was not a member of the league, and had not spoken on league sub- jects in any of his addresses and did not know that Saturday’s meeting was billed as a league gathering. “I am running as a Republican. The league merely endorsed me,” he said. Pledge W.S.8. Ypar—— HAIG'S REPORT TODAY London, June 10.—General Haig today reported an enemy attack om Aveluy woods repulsed. - “We con- ducted a successful raid southwest of Bethune Sunday,” was contained in the report. HUN PRISONERS TELL STORY OF BADLY DEPLETED RANKS By FRANK J. TAYLOR United Press Correspondent With the Americans in Lorraine, June 10.—American observers re- port a continuation of German con- centration of troops opposite the Toul sector and farther east opposite Nancy. Boche aviators and anti-air- craft guns are increasingly active in attacking American captive balloons. Military men do not believe the Germans are contzmplating an et- tack upon-the Americans, but instead fear the Sammies’ push. Newspapers state the Americans are holding 25 miles of the front in Lorraine. German prisoners say it is neces- sary to take two of the present Ger- man divisions to make one of full strength. The enemy lines are sparsely held. eri ans Holding Firmly. ED S. FERGUSON Unned Press Correspondent With the Americans in France, June 10.—While the fourth phase ot' the German offensive is breaking out bétween Noyon and Mont Didier, the Americans continue to hold firm on the Marne front. In addition to beating off two enemy attacks | on Bouresches, five miles from Chateau Thierry, and an assault against Hill 204, they advanced and occupied the edge of the wood west of Vaux. The Boches continued shelling Belleau- wood, but the marines still hold there. Sammies Take 250, Paris, June 10.—(Official)—The new German drive between Mont Di- dier and Noyon slowed down yester- day before French resistancé and al- so last night. The enemy made gains of about a mile, compared with the initial penetration of about three miles on this front. Simultaneously, the Americans and French advanced northwest of Cha- teau Thierry and captured 2560 Huns and 30 machine guns,