Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 29, 1918, Page 1

LUME XVI, NO. 149 . LTRAMITOPPED” $4,000,1S REPORT Totals of the second Red Cross war fund pledge drive, ed in Bemidji last May, have been ‘completed from through- ut Beltrami county by Chairman A. P. White, and they tell ;}ie story of the remarkable showing of Beltrami county. The tment. for this county was '$15,000 but that sum was topped er $4,000—to be exact, $4,378.87. et e The greatness of the county and its sparse population in avge.sections~enlisted the aid of J, A..Kennedy of Baudette, | who acted as vice chairman, and his work aided greatly in the|- endid success of the campaign. y The detailed statement prepared by Chairman White is follows: BN trami County Chapter, ‘he American Red Cross, midji, Minn. 1 beg to sul gn for Beltrami county, week of May 20-27, 1918, < Owing to the size of the county,.I had J. A. Kennedy of Baudette ap- mted::; i 1 rth-end,- Juded: he! < e e stmiman for A B & APPOLLIONT nty’ bmit the following report of the Second War Fund cam- Rry2 A. P, s an. 2 Chairm: CITY OF BEMIDJI < - Cash Pledges Total .$ 637.80 $ 283.00 $ 920.80 707.60 248.80 . 956.40 130.70 207.00 337.70 1 . 1,102.50 .2,752.76 . 38,855.25 2,402.70 783.75 $4,225.30 - $9,206.60 V'lLl.AGl:'.Ss 945.00. '$ 144.00 770.38 i 64494 % 4.00 31.50: 104.00 35.00 ' BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURD, ~GIANT KILTIE AND THE BANTAMS _ They are of all sizes in the Canadian ranks; ns‘,\'ou ca.\u see byv this picture 8,136.45 | of the big kiltie and' the banties tucked under his‘arms. vz HUGE CONCERNS PREY UPON WRUNG; BARE FACED FRAUD Prepare For W. Y EVENING, JUNE 29, 1918 b 4 patriot, John :Schon of Solway. S.8. Pledge Week FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH CZAR BAYONETTED | EMBASSY CONFIRMS (By Joseph Shaplen, United Press Correspondent) Stockholm, June 29.—The German embassy at Moscow confirms the murder of Nicholas Romanoff, former czar of Russia. Newspapers say travelers from Ekaterinburg report that when the Czcho-Slavoks advanced upon that city Red Guards hastened to the former czar's mansion, preparing to leave on a q!eclal train. En route to the station, Nicholas protested against his transfer to an unknown place, whereup the guards bayon- etted him. The former empress and her daughters were not molested. : The former czarevitch has taken to a separate and un- peses & known destination. S 3 :I‘he Countess Brassova, wife of Grand Duke Michael, is imprisoned in Buttier penetentiary at Moscow. | Trotsky said: “If we are forced to choose between German and Japgn.e.:e admonition we prefer the former, on account of the possibility of a revolution in Germany.” - GERMANY TO INTERVENE IN RUSSIA. Z_urlch,. J\.me 29.—-.C_:ermnn newspapers say the govern- ment is preparing for military intervention in Russia to restore order. They. claim Russian Maximilists will assist them. Germany Now About Ready | ~days General SOLWAY RESIDENT CHAMPION PATRIOT OF BELTRAMI (0. Mr. and Mrs. America, allow us to .introduce -Beltrami.-county’s. leading 3 Entering the Bemidji recruiting office and approaching Sergeant Clar- ence Foucault, two men faced the re- cruiting officer. It was father and son, the latter a towering, heavily (By United Press) L 117Y 7 ) e NS S $3.532.42 $ 418.50 $3,950.92 _ muscled specimen of humanity, Amsterda. 29.— ) TOWNSH“’g St svid o bgut{{ns 1{3 "years and_the strongth | von Leibert, in ngui]:::ervi!e)w Sfi;fi;fil i = : g 5 of a Hercules. It was John Schon of — 8975 121.00 . 16678 (By United Press) HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE Solway and his only boy, Carl. T B e By as i : 8.80 50.00 58.80 Washington, June 29.—The [s ACCUSED OF arml;'{y' :ggla‘iv:ex:lwsgg enl;st g 1 e L Y 3 i issi R it on pere. “I am The same interview refers to the 10.50 17.00 27.50 | federal trade commission to-| HEM' % native of i W re 0 13.20 13.00 26,20 day reported tob the senate MAKING ‘EASY’ MONEY B L O LY ik e e | Austdlan oftensiveffla “m painful 144.85 40.75 185.60 | some American business gorg- mans aré not patriotic. I left Ger- ’ lggfg 133?3 ing in-war profits, due to inor- mxiilxily ‘to get away from the German ENTIRE NONPARTISAN 15.00 16.00 | dinate greed, bare faced fraud| New York, June 29.—Mrs. Julle <t ;?,:,’;’tf?{ Il\l,;;ozgnwfl,?n:: :i 1’:,“_ it 162.00 .~ 162.00|and some; to advantage taken| Hoaths whosa resignation resi- | .1yst and'T-want him to. If he didn't TICKET NOMINATED 11.75 17.00 28.75| of war timé need. s L o onal ~Housewivesi|rd make:him. : 4 - 9035 8650 17675\, Four of the five big packers| ooy General M. B. Lowls ‘ai R e T Sad |t K, Dy gue Seeuithy so ; '107.50 15055 | reaped '$140,000,000 in 1915- nounced that she would not relin-|tho United States needs me Tl go ‘lllfg E)"l:‘!‘r‘;:;‘]iflillel:f“e S“C}(‘!t't 5;3110 34.25 34.25| is excess over pre-war profits. | ¢ a0 [ inE 200 %l[rns[':ew‘is first and last.” ernor Lynn J. Frazler, who took the 46.76 46.76 The report says that ~whatever d Monday, Uncle S8am will have the(jeaq Thursday as returns fr 8 said would ;be the course followed if y u om rural — 17.00 17.00 | delicate definition - is framed . for|ghe refused to resign making of a splendid heavy artillery-| qistricts came in, steadily increased 38.00 88.00 | profiteering ~ these packers have Frank C McKinn'ey retained by man, Carl Schon, Solway, M“‘,"" and | that lead until it neared the 15,000 | 25.50 25.50 | preyed upon the unconscious people| New Jersey members of the league a father, native of the kaiser's dom- |y, | Liberty 57.65 34.00 91.65| but- will soon come under federal|wi) investigate its activities, de.|>in; Wi wish him God speed and de-| "~ Wwith returns in from every county ' E ‘Maple” Ridge 62.50 30.00 92.50 | regulations. tared 1o a letter to the attorney | VOtoR to his duty and his country.,in the state, but with nearly 200 g “Minnie' .... 22.25 22.25| The report cited the Morris Pack-| general that Mrs. Heath accepted isolated precincts missing, Frazier's Moose Lake 52.50 52.50 | ing company’s profits of 263 per cent| money from manufacturers of cer- BRITISH TAKE 400 lead over Steen is 14,630. The fig- | Nebish . 30.00 80.00|on a $3,000,000 capital stock, equals| tain food products which were en- ures are: Frazier, 50,678; Steen, Northern 76.30 19.50 95.80 | to the net worth of the capital and| gorsed by the league. This Mrs (By United Press) 30,148. Northwood . 7.25 ; 7.25 | surplus of the steel mills which were| Hoath emphatically denied | London, June 29.—General Halg| | @, Vick of Cavalier, finally was - O'Brien .. 18.00 6.50 24.50 | recently cl:)xzxplain!nlg of ggvernment ! ; :g‘é&{he"%’fi‘aeg P{;ml;‘cee“ t‘;ket“Nd‘i"“ defeated by John M. Baer for con- Port Hope .- 59.50 10.00 69.50 | prices as being too low, when it was | sh advance east of Nelp-| gregsman from the First distriet. It R e gt S8 B S tkne b5 b 49 AIRPLANES LOST |2 e maed e 808 o Bt |t Brer manty 50.00 50.00 | cent profits. ) | will reach 800 or more. Until some 26.75 26.75| In the period prior to the govern- lN Two DAYS BAm numerous fleld guns and trench|gtrong Baer districts were heard from Shotley .. 7.00 1.00 '8.00 | ment’s price fixing, abnormal profits Es mortars. Thursday night, it seemed certain Sugar Bush 37.50 37.50| were made by the United States Steel _ that Vick had been nominated. LSt - 64.55 64.55 | corporation, whose profits rose from (By United Press) TRAINS FOR HIS JOB - e e 27.20 24.50 . "B1.70 | two and eight-tenths per cent in 1914 London, June 29.—(Official)— | 38.95 40.00 78,95 | to 20 and four-nineteenths per cent Thirty-three German and 16 British (By United Press) 720.000 ls ESTIMATE | 15.00 80.00 95.00 | in 1917. planes were lost in air fighting on| Washington, June 29.—Exercise 67‘75 5.00 ,72.75 Coal profits have tripled. Thursday and Friday. Over 24 tons | keeps Bernard M. Baruch in fight- oF AUSTR'AN LOSSES 10.00: : 10.00| . Millers on the average are getting of bombs were dropped on enemy po- | ing trim. The tall, wiry chairman ¥ -"Y1 38 per cent on their investments. sitions. of the war industries board is up at (By United Press) Total : $1,885.45 § 60176 $2,430.90| , Salmon canners are gelting 52 per AT ) Velovk fysy momlag, takne 8] Wasnington, Jone 38T Jial """"""""""""""""""""""""""" 3 3 . an supreme command has cabled the NORTH END OF CO(l}J;::'Y islicta e itTa:esfxebptm;tf :é:ges thatB ég lilux}l:;?:s FIRST AMER[CAN xzslfififfignm tHae n:‘;l‘;s ]ll,;\lfilt.aafl;y; war department that Austrian losses — 3 c 23 are u nc! . : Village of Baudette ... -$ 4.75 $2,084.00 $2,038.75| account juggling and cost lnflatiog REGIMENT IN ITALY longitudinal lines, Baruch doesn’t 330'“19 Plave are estimated at 270, igaxe Ofé VCVlilliams lgégg gggg 129~gg by increasing officers’ salaries enor- need reducing exercises, bt i e o illage o: ementson . o 207.. mously. By United P A . Silver Creek 8.00 8.00 Waslm(lgt):)n, June ZTfi.zChief of “HOCUS P 9 ELD OVER THIRTEEN B“..LION “Pitt . 75.00 75.00 RMER Staff March announces the landing OCUS H Gr 47.50 47.50 F0 GERMAN of the first Americans in Italy yes- SPENT DURlNG WAR \ Village Spooner 42.35 1,107.00 1,149.35 terday. The unit is mainly the sani- OUT OF PLACE lN THE — Potamo township . 1.80 . 1.80 BARON w‘u SPEAK tary force which has been on the (By United Press) s Eugene township . 9.65 9.65 seas for some time. TEACH]NG OF Muslc Washington, June 29.—Compila- Prosper township . 27.560 27.50 lN BEM[DJ[ SUNDAY At the same time the announce- tions show that during the fiscal year Chilgren township .. 6.00 6.00 ment was made that the first Na- Minneapolis, June 29.—There’s|ending tomorrow the United States Keil township . 6.55 6.55| ynder the auspices of the Amer- tional army division took over a|too much “hocus pocus” about the|war expenditures exceed $12,600,- 000,000. Over $4,500,000,000 were North Branch . Carp $ 455.36 $3,329.00 $3,784.36 SUMMARY Bemidji “Villages . Townships . £ North end of county 3,950.92 8,784.85| ter its close. Grand total BLOODLESS NAVAL BATTLE (By United Press) g ., The Hague; June 29.—A newspa- i LOD%O;Ifi th&linet 29.—(0(‘1{0“}1)3 '?}per dispatch from Budapest, dated ngx‘;:anr d;tro;:r?ycvgsuexgg:g:at of - yesterday, says the strikers have Te- Belgium in a long range battle on ‘turned to work there without exact-| Thursday, no damage resulting to ing new conditions, either force, ‘BUDAPEST STRIKE SETTLED (By United Press) the present war. éggg ica First association of Minnesota, D Btz Ot ok e, ot vty | formerly brigaded with the British, the title of baron, will speak to the people of Bemidji at Diamond Point $ 9,206.60 | tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. There will also be a band concert 2,436.90 | preceding the speaking and also af- ——— | Dr. Osten-Sacken is a lecturer of $19,378.77 | national prominence. in Germany and his family was close to the German throne for years. He the state to be convicted under the has relatives fighting in the German army while his own sons are fighting in the army of the United States in He knows the “in- side” of Germany and what he will have to say will be authentic and no doubt of unusual interest. The general public is cordially in- yited to be present, front sector. Yorkers. shing, He was born years; This was the 71st New | teaching of music—such is the ver- Five American divisions, have been returned to General Per-|vention of the FIRST CONVICTION UNDER IDLENESS CRIME ORDER St. Paul, June 29.—Ole Sohlberg, farmer, living near Mission Creek,| CREEL Pine county, was the first man in State Public Safety commission’s or- der making idleness a crime during the war, according to advices receiv- ed at the commission offices. Sohlberg was fined $100 and re- it in connection with a resolution by leased after promising to go to work Representative Treadway of Massa- at onee on his 120-acre farm, which | chusetts, regarding the photograph-| cian ministers of state and foreign had not been cultivated for dict of D. Buchanan Morton of St.|loaned to the allies. Paul in an address before the con- Teachers usoclntl?yfir:ml‘:sott;e NS[:isri(t GENERAL CROWBE—RIS PROMOTED FOR WORK Paul hotel, St. Paul. He declared there was nothing mysterious abou’ art, but that it was governed by well (By United Press) Washington, June 29.—The senate has conferred the title of Lieutenant defined laws. General on Provost Marshal Genmeral DEFIES SUMMONS OF HOUSE IN FILM CASE 29.—George | Crowder on account of his distin- guished services in connection with Washington, June the draft, P Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, declined to com- CONTINUE NEUTRAL (By United Press) ply with an invitation from the house Copenhagen, June 29.—Scandina- military committee to appear before ing of official war pictures and the affairs after a conference decided to contract for their yse for film firms, | continue impartial neutrality. two