Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 9, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME XVI, NO, 154 CHIPPEWASIN. - Cxty Auomy Fisk Greeb ‘Visitors: One Behalf ‘of- . People of the City. "TERMS THEM 100 PER CENT AMERICANS IN WELCOME President Mor¥ison ofRn:UAke Presides; Every Reservition [.argely Represented. Minnesota Chippewas are meeting today, the opening of the annual con- vention of the state association, every one of the reservations being repre- sented. The delegates include sev- eral of the tribe of the modern day, while others are of the old school, the former being among the best cit- izenship possessed by Minnesota.” President ~John Morrison, Red] TLake, presided ‘at the opening ses-| B _ J sion held in the city building. The 3 greeting on behalf of the city was by 3 ©.-City Attorney Fisk who said: | d F 1—Double Jitter slung between donkeys used by the ulfics in the Balkan region for trapsporting the wounded. 2—American gun crew: on the west front scrapingthe big shells in ‘anticipution of 4 bombardment. 3—Admiral Sir Rosslyn’ Wemyss, first sea lord of the British admiralty, with Captain Pringle, U N., on board an American war- ship. the admiral was inspecting. Near ly100Die The resident. of Bemidji with the{ Pa ssenger largest -“bump of patriotism’ is Otto| . & Dandell, who resides near the extreme Tra I"s cu"ld e western- end of Fourth - street for when a big pikc pole fell as he was raising a 66-flag standard it struck Mr. Dandell squarely on top of the head, rendering him hors du combat (By William P, Sxmms, United Press | for the rest of the day. (By g:itcd Press.) Correspondent.) The raising of the pole had all the Nashville, T¢nn., July 9.—Between With the British Afield, July 9.— | more significance for the reason Mr.| 75 and 100 were killed and injured Che next German-blow is looked for | Dandell is a native of Germany and| when two passenger trains collided in a few days and is expected to.be fhad made all preparations to do the|near here this morning. she last Hindenburg will be able to]honors properly on America’s Inde- The bodies of the dead and injured are piled upon the ground. They are mostly negroes. Fire started in the splintered cars. DANDELL HAS BEST | “BUME OF PATRIOTIAP IN THE CIT¥ 0F BEMIDJI deliver on account of increasing slow-{ pendence day. ness of past efforts. There is no doubt But it wasn’t tHe bump on his head but that it will be the hardest and|that caused Mr. Dandell the most ap- will “eclipse~all. previous -battles- in{ prehension. When-the_pole fell and point of men and material engaged.|struck him such a wallop, he lost his Jte iull-along the Somme continues. | highly prized set of false teeth, and uch ! 23 been printed regarding|it is believed they went into the hole Hindenburg'’s delay. Some say Flan-| dug for setting the pole, afterward ders fever is the cause, others lack of; filled with earth. > 3 S men, still others waiting better roads . JOHN MORRISON. JR. and others further declare the morale President Minnesota Chippewa In- ?xf‘llt‘tllleis(}c;'”gflgl gttt 1°W‘f u’ll‘he GERMANY SUBJECT dian Association. Drobably @ mixiuse: 0 ene . < and other things. Germany has limited ammunltlon and she must economize over a long |. period to get enough ahead to cariy out operations on the scale of NZarch and June. On account of the limited number of men for her armies, when German, batteries ‘are tired the bat- tery must rest. Socialist Doubts Results. Paris, July 9.—The resumption of the German drive is necessary but the results are doubtful, Herr Strobel, Independent Socialist, admitted in the Prussian Landstag, newspaper re- ports say. Strobel says in the spring drives the German losses were 100,000 killed and that the losses in the next drive will be higher. About 900,000 Amer- igans have arrived, balancing the allied losses and the German gain in man power through draft and re- moval from Russia. LIOUOR BAN AGREED T BY SENATE CROUP (By United Press.) Washington, July 9.—The wets to- day temporarily blocked consideration of war time prohibition in the senate. 82 BODIES RECOVERED - FROM PLEASURE BOAT (By United Press.) Peoria, July 9.—Federal officials To FO0D SEIZURES investigating the wrecking of the pleasure steamer Columbia in the Il- o s, linois river, summoned expert engi- neers to examine the ship’s hull. The findings are not announced. Eighty-two bodies have been re- covered and 12 are still missing. WAR TRANSFORMS — (I?Tlengte_dGPress.l) o LITTLE OLD HOME day reported that enemy cannon con-| (By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press tinues to pound the new positions Staff Correspondent.) which the Australians captured south With the American Forces in Pic- of the Somme. ardy, June 18.—(By Mail.)—A lit- R AT tle French Sergeant came home to AIRMEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING Picardy the other day to see the ‘GERMAN TROOP MOVEMENTS/| house where he was born, where his —_— father and mother, and his grandfa- (By United Press.) ther and grandmother lived. Washington, July 9.—General Per- At the big fireplace where his shing’s daily reports increase proof| grandmother used to sit, Are Real Americans. “Mr. Chairman, and.all those at- tending this Chippewa TIndian Convention: “In behalf of the mayor, common council, and the citizens of the City of Bemidjx, and in my capa- ity, as city attorney, d welcome you to our city. “We are greatly honored because of your presence here, and fur- ther honored because you have chosen - our city as the place in which to hold your convention and deliberate upon your interests and affairs, and I assure you that every patriotic citizen extends towards you that cordlarty that is due you as one bundred per- cent Ameri- cans.” (By United Press.) Asterdam, July 9.—Food Comtrol- ler von Waldo announced in the Ger- man Reichstag that all Germany and Austria-Hungary are now subjected to food seizures, rationing and pro- hibmon of free trading. GUNS POUND AUSTRALIANS. Paramount Feature. For a long time the Chippewas have been endeavoring to secure sev- eral thousand dollars they claim is’ due them from the government, but they have met opposition on the part of the Indian commissioner at Wash- ington, it is asserted. This is one of the paramount matters programmed for discussion at the convention. It seems that there is a small coterie opposed to this movement, but it is believed they will se2 the light as some of the reservations need the money claimed long overdue, he saw of Germany's intent of making a new | American officers, warming up from offensive. A heavy movement of men|the evening chill. is reported. As he stood in the doorway, he look Allied airmen are closely following | ed just ta the right, and there piles of German concentrations, meaning the|sandbags in front of the entrance allies know better than ever where| to the cellar. The floor of the house the next blow will fall. was about a foot higher than when _— he knew it. In every room unhewn “TIME HAS COME TO OPENLY trunks of trees a foot in diameter » BERHAR were sunk in the brick floor, and sup- DISCUSS PEACE” B vDT ported the ceiling. He went to the (By United Press.) attic. More sandbags. Two great Copenhagen, July 9.—“The time|lavers were piled evenly over the en- has come to openly discuss peace,” | tire top floor. Then he looked about said Herr Berhardf in the Vossiche|at strange objects in the corners. ‘Washington, July 9.—Legislation to prohibif, the sale of distilled 1li- quors, wige and beer after Jan. 1, 1919, and to prohibit the manufac- NEW YORK NEWSPAPER | cue"of"vine & bor ier Nov 1, | eicune” ey eks heiomy I 0 e OWNED BY GERMANS| esticuiturei® commitice CITATION FOR 2 NEGROES | M7st, " 0ld plotwos, sondarts oid The legislation is proposed as a substitute for the pending Norris amendment to the emergency agricul- tural appropriation bill, which would r stop the sale of distilled liquor and York Evening Mail, was arranged to-| wine on June 30, 1919, and prohibit day before the United States court,| he manufacture of beer three months charged with swearing before the| ,fter the bill becomes law. alien property custodian that the| provision for the exportation of Mail was owned by Amerfcans, when ‘iquors already produced was consid- it is really owned by the German g0v-| ored by the committee and probably ernment. will be reported in some other form The United States district attorney | pefore the senate acts on the amend- here asserted the government willment. show Rumley received mail from Ger- By fixing a definite date after many for remailing and other pur-|which the sale would be prohibited of poses. all intoxicants liquors, members of the commiistee Ybelieve that charge of discrimination would be avoided. They say wine growers would be enabled to dispose of this year’s crop while brewers could make use of their entire supply of malt. ELEVEN ENEMY PLANES LOST SUNDAY : BRITISH LOSE THREE WHO CHASED 40 GERMANS| was dear to him and to his father and With the American Army in mother had been carefully put away. The little sergeant smiled. Being France, July 9.—Henry Johnson and| , o;jqier he knew what all the sand- Robert Robinson, Negro soldiers from bags, the raising of the floor, and New York, have been cited for b.rav- the supports meant. The house had ery while fighting with their unit in | 0 " 1ade as safe as possible from & s’le‘;:éor of :h% Fr;’p(l:ht fi.'omb'l Man’ shellfire. It is just a little house of Land ¥ put 01’ g' an 0“ "'{'; four rooms in a village that is now and a party of Germans estimated|,,qer the fire of the German guns. to number forty. The citation comes The sergeant’s people fled when the from the French command. Boche thrust forward and captured Montdidier. He had heen fighting FOUR MORE RECRUITS LEAVE in another sector, and obtained per- FOR TRAINING STATIONS| mission to visit his home to see how TS things at home were, with none of Four more volunteers left today| the family to look after them. When for training stations, having been re-| he left to return to his regiment he cruited by Sergeant Foucault. was happy—as happy as a man can William Knudson and Richard|he when war has forced his father Green chose the coast artillery, Frank [ and mother to flee from the dearest Brown went into the infantry, while| place to them on earth. Percy Ware of Nebish enlisted in the coast defense, e ANOTHER WAR HORROR. CONSIDERING ENVOYS. (By United Press.) St. Paul, July 9.—The price of beer Washington, July 9.—The presi-|has been advanced by the brewers dent and cabinet are considering ap-|from $11 a barrel to $14. This is pointments for the new Russian mis-|thre second increase within a year. sion, after deciding on a definite The last time the price was shifted it course yesterday. | went from $8 to $11, (By United Press.) New York, July 9.—Dr. Edward Rumley, publisher of the New York AUSTRIA REFUSES TEUTON COMMAND (By United Press.) Rome, July 9.—It is reported here that. Austria has refused to accept a German generalissmo. Editor’s note: Recent reports were that General von Buelow had been (By United Press.) made comnfander of the Austrian ar- London, July 9.—Eleven German mies, following the Austrian army |planes were downed in the fighting failure in Italy, Sunday, while the British lost three. ISR S _f. SIS ,,,T o - BRIDGE (0. & Histo! The contractors of thé uew bridge for Bemidji, Zelch and Walton, rep- resenting the Illinois Bridge com- pany, want the city to pay $787.31 interest on paper issued on the bridge account, which it is claimed, is now due. | A representative of the contracting firm. was present to present his side of the point at issue and stated that the city refused to issue interest bear- ing warrants for the estimates al- lowed from time to time, but the fact remains that the city issued due bills for the various amounts which were good for the money when sold by the contractors. Bridee Contract Drags. “I?don’t know about any refusal,” remarked Alderman Bagley, “Nor do 1 know of any permission having been granted the bridge company to ex- tend its time above its contract with the city.” City Engineer Swinson—*And the delay in building the bridge has in- creased the cost to the city consider- ably.” The sum of $1,833, as an estimate, was allowed on the contract last eve- ning, $1,100 being held back until the structure is accepted by the city. There are yet some pile stubs in the river beneath the bridge, broken off Yy the contractors when an attempt to pull them was made. The war de- nartment has sent notice to get them yut of the river and it is up to the contractors to do so or else the city will and take it out of the money due the contractors. In their demands for the alleged interest due, City Attorney Fisk was instructed to give an opinion as to he legality“of-the claim and the opin- ion was presented to the council last night. It is as follows: Oninion Denies Claim. “The contract,dated Aug. 22, 1916, hetween the Illinois Steel Bridge Co., Yy Zelch & Walton, N. W. agents, St. Paul, Minn., and the City of Be- midji, is before me to consider wheth- ar or not the city should pay, interest ag is demanded in statement of June 10, 1918, filed by such agents of said bridge company. “The contract provides that such bridge company agrees ‘“to furnish for the, City of Bemidji, party of the second part, all material, and build and construct one three span con- crete arch bridge as per plans ‘B.’ on file in the city engineer’s office and have the same completed for travel on or before the first day of January, 1917, to be completed in accordance with the plans and spec- ifications hereto attached, which are lhereby made a part of this contract. Clause in Contract. “In consideration of the foregoing, naterials to be furnished and work executed by said party of the first part, the said party of the second part hereby agrees to pay said party of the first part the sum of $22,- 772.00 in the following manner, to- wit: To be paid for in city warrants bearin 6 per cent interest from date of issue.” “Whether or not the bridge is com- pleted in accordance with said con- tract it is not my provision to pass on at this time. = ““As to the liability on the part of the city to pay interest on amounts of ostimates from dates of allowances of same, in the absence of ‘‘warrants bearing 6 per cent interest from date of issue,” having been issued for such 1llowances, it is my opinion that the ity is not liable and should not pay such interest, as is demanded in said bill for same so filed. Comnany Waives Interest. “The fact that said bridge company specifically specified in such contract the manner of payment, to-wit: “in city warrants bearing 6 per cent in- terest from date of issue,” and then failed to take such warrants, duly indorsed so same would bear 6 per cent as the law provides, and after such estimates were allowed retained such estimates without any further agreement, upon the part of the city to pay interest, other than is speci- fied in said contract, said bridge com- pany, thereby waived any interest on uch deferred payments, and therefore is not entitled to interest thereon. “It is a fact that notwithstanding the contracts provide that said bridge should ““be completed for travel on or before the first day of January, A. D. 1917,” the same was not completed so travel could by any possibility be- come universal thereon until on or about the first day of June, 1918. So that delay has not been entirely on the part of the city. In fact, a re- port on such bridge has not, as I am informed, been made to date to the effect the bridge is completed, so a report can be mad: of the actual completion of such contract og the part of the bridge company, b lasiassaths FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH INTEREST; DENlED'DELAYNOT FAULT OF TH rios) BosietY WANTS CLAIMIS v, Monev Alwavs Rea Interest is damages for tha fail- ure to pay a debt when due, in ac- cordance to agreement providing for such payment. The money was in the treasury on or before the time such bridge was completed so same could be used for travel. The city is now and always has been ready and willing to pay for said bridge to a dot, as agreed and specified in the agreement, the bridge company did not accept sych payment, and refused to be so paid, and thereby without dJdoubt, waived the 6 per cent interest that warrants would have drawn. “If such contract had provided, payment should be made in cash, then when a payment became due, if not paid, interest could be recovered but as before reiterated said contract pro- vided such payments should be made in ‘city warrants bearing 6 per cent from date of issue.’ “Therefore no other payment can he l'equlred from the city.” rv Fund Created. A rcsolutlon was adopted for the creation of a salary fund with which to pay the salaries of city officials and employes. It has been the cus- tom in the past to issue warrants for moathly salaries on the general fund, this fund being generally overdrawn, Then when an employe desired to cash his pay warrant he has been obliged to do so at a big discount. In other words, he hasn’t been getting what has been coming to him. The resolution is for the purpose of sup- plying the salary fund with the nec- cessary money, that officigls’'and em- ployes may be paid in full. Ovens Pavement Violation. Some bitter comment.was heard op. - ‘the tearing up-of- the pavéinent in front of the old” Challenge hotel on Beltrami avenue, a space being left only wide enough for the passage of a single vehicle. It was asserted no permission had been granted for this work, as provided in the city ordi- nances, and hereafter the penalty will be invoked in such instances. The hole in the pavement was made for the purpose of laying a pipe. There are some bad spots in the concrete pavements in: various places which resulted from improper re- placing after having been opened. This will be ordered propely replaced and other places needing attention will be located by the city engineer and ordered flxed as they should be. A lot of scrap iron on the city lot. was ordered sold by the purchasing committee. Walk Grades Established. City Engineer Swinson presented grades and drawings for the new con- crete walks to be laid in the Fifth ward. A septic tank concern claiming to be involved in a suit on patents asked the city for $20 to help nght the case. It did so once more and the city came across with the money but now can't see why it should nelp pay for a law suit for some outside concern. Alderman Smith of the Fifth pre- sided over the session. 20,000 AUSTRIANS LOST IN LESS THAN WEEK (By United Press.) Rome, July 9.—(Official).-—From July 1 to July 6, the Austrians lost 20,000 men, or half of their troops fighting in the mountains and on the Piave. FRENCH. SUPPORTED BY TANKS. CAPTURE 450 (By United Press.) Paris, July 9.—Official) —Striking between Montdidier and the Oise, the French, with the aid of tanks, ad- vanced over a mile on a two and and one-half mile front northwest of Compiegne this morning. German counter attacks were re- pulsed, all gains maintained and 450 prisoners captured. POWER MAY COME OUT INDEPENDENTLY Duluth, July 9.—Victor Power of Hibbing, here today, denied knowl- edge of the circulation of a petition naming him independent candidate for the governorship race next fall. He evaded the direct question as to whether he would ran if properly ap- proached. It has been rumored that Power would run, as the Nonpartisan league candidate, Lindbergh was defeated. \ CITY