Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 27, 1918, Page 1

Today’s News Today From the American Battle Front In France---By the Unite VOLUME XVI, NO 170 . | SUGARRATION |LASTOFQUOTA OFTHOPOUNDS | BOARDS TRAIN PER NONTHIS | AT BAUDETTE; - COMING AUG.1, 24 ANSWERED "‘F.ederal' Food iminigtrn‘tion Urges Public to: Reduce ... Quantity. Now Used. Beltrami’s a&gta Sln_irf Seven- teen; Call Was for 250 From County it ONLY 37 REGISTRANTS OF CLASS ONE LEFT-ON ROLL Eighty-Six of 1918 Class Elig- ible for Draft; Many Claims 4Made for Exemption. THREE POUND LIMIT TO BE REDUCED ONE THIRD Public Eating Pl;ace; Will Be Required to Strictly Ob- Observe Néw Mandate. that is here shown in action. PAY YOUR WATER BILL, SAYS NOTICE: NO MORE PLAYING OF FAVORITES Water Superintendent L. P. Eck- strum is officially notifying all water consumers that they must pay their bills the first of next month, or with- in the prescribed discount period, un- der penalty of having their water sup- ply cut off. Washington, July 27.—The Ameri- can public has been asked by the food administration to go on a sugar ration of two pounds per capita monthly, beginning: August 1, to meet a world shortage in this commodity and care for the immediate demands of the Allies and American military forces. : Three-Pound Ration Now. *~ The American public at present is on a three-pound per capita ration mopthly, under a request issued by the food administration a month ago. Household rationing will be volun- tary, as at present, but public eating places will be required’ to observe new regulations permitting the use of 0 nidszof sugar for every ninety .-~instead = of three Baudette sent away 56 draftees yesterday, as the north portion of the county’s last draft quota of, 233 which entrained this week. One of the 56 was a slacker who had been “picked off” in the north part of the county. s The call was for 260 men from Bel- trami county. Of these, 138 entrain- ed at Bemidji and 39 were inducted by other boards for the Bemidji board. Baudette’s delegation brought the figures'up to 233, leaving the quota 17 short. These were members of Class One, of which there are_ only 37 left in the county. .- Ao At the registry -called for young men of the class 0£:1918, 122 regis- tered. 'Of these( four have enlisted, seven have not returned their ques- tionnaires and 25 have been deferred, leaving 86 fully qualified registrants of this class. One of the most novel claims for exemption is that of a mother whose husband is incapacitated for work. They have a farm of which 12 acres are clear, and of the 12 acres 9 are meadow. The oldest son is 21 years, another is 18 years, another son is 14 years and still another son is 11 ‘Iyears. She claimed -exemption for her 21 year-old boy on the ground that he was needed at-home to help farm the three acres. " Many appeals have also been taken in this class. WHEREUPON THE EDITOR RECEIVED BLACK EYE Bismarck, N. D., July 27.—J. W. Brinton was agquitted by a jury in federal court ‘here on' a charge 'of ! making seditious utterances in a speech delivered at Garrison, N. D. The jury took only one ballot. Following his acquittal, Brinton called on George D. Mann, editor of the Bismarck Tribune, and blacked Mann’s eye with his, fish. Brinton claims Mann treated him unfairly in his newspaper. Brinton was arrested on a charge of assault, waived examination, and was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bonds. SHEET MUSIC WOULD MAKE HIT WITH BOYS By FRANK J. TAYLOR. (United Press Correspondent.) With the American Army in France, June 18.—(By Mail.)—The boys want music ever here in the trenches. If you want to make a hit with a soldier boy, send him some of the latest song hits, so that he and his pals can try to “harmonize’” on them during the long evenings they spend in the trenches or among the ruins or somewhere in the woods. European officers say the Ameri- can army is the most musical in the world. The boys are always going about their work, whether it’s march- ing into the trenches or filling up a shell hole in the road, with a song. A song to sing is a great thing. It boosts up the spirit and the morale, and makes a man forget the things he doesn’t like. The fellows in the army who can’t sing, always whistle. Somewhere in every group is an in- strument of some kind, often nothing more than a couple of strings over a cigar box with a handle on it—but something that will make a tune. The boys usually get near a “hut’” that has a phonograph now and then and try out the songs. But they want new ones, the latest ones from Amer- ica, the soldier songs that take so long to drift across the sea, unless some one sends sheet music. So if you want to make a hit with a ‘“‘doughboy” send him some sheet music, the latest thing you can get from Broadway. The best way to send it is in an envelope, sealed tight, as first class matter, for otherwise it may be lost. ness of the city on-a proper basis and no more playing of favorites is. go- ing to go with the city authorities, There’s been enough of that kind of business in vogue in Bemidji and hereafter everybody who is a con- sumer of water must pay their bills and not have the expense borne by others. . Failure on the part of some even well known citizens has resulted in their water suupply being cut off. They paid their bill then. One man, a large consumer informed the super- intendent ‘that he had never paid any water rental and he made a veiled threat as to what he would do if his water supply was cut off. His bluff was called and he paid his bill. There have been many water users, some of them heavy consumers, who have been allowed to go year after year and not pay a cent.- Others have no meters and in other instances not the slightest record of their be- ing a consumer has been kept. Hon- est citizens have been paying the ex- pounds, War Supply Threatened. Unless the consumption of sugar is reduced both by householders and the public generally the food administra- tions warns, in an appeal, supplies for Belgium, the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, Salva- “tion Army and , other organizations working for the welfare of American military forces in Europe cannot be maintained. s ... Supplie: Low Ebb. A The sugar situation confronting the United States is described by the.food administration as follows: The sugar supplies throughout the country are at low ebb, the produc- tion from the American beet and Louisiang .cane’ crops have been dis- appointing, the yielld in Porto Rico has been smaller than anticipated, and the inability of the United States and the Allies to obtain sugar from Java and_ other distant sources be- cause of ‘the imperative call for ships for thé movement of troops and their supplies “has materially reduced the supply from such quarters. “BORDER CITY” EDITOR THOUGHT FAIR AUTOIST WAS WELCOMING HIM St. Paul,"July 27.—George P. Wat- son, publisher -of the International Falls Press, while at the Capitol told of “a most embarrassing moment” he experienced in St. Paul an hour earlier. Editor Watson comes from the re- gion where Minnesota begins on the north and “up where the hand clasp’s a little tighted, and where the smile’s a little brighter.” So when an auto- mobile stopped alongside a street car in~which he was riding and a femi- nine hand was thrust in his direction from under the top on the car, the editor grasped and shook it a la In- ternational Falls. Pulling back her hand, the woman shot an indignant glance at the edi- tor. “Then I discovered that she was signaling to the traffic officer,” ex- plained Mr. Watson with great em- barrassment. W. U. TELEGRAPH CO. INDICTED BY U. . JURY New York, July 27.—The federal grand jury has indicted the Western Union Telegraph company, charging violation of the federal law which prohibits private firms or individuals from competing with ‘the United States postal service. According to evidence submitted the company is alleged to have trans- mitted about 350,000 messages by messenger between New York and nearby cities since the investigation was begun in 1917. As the fine for each violation of the law is $50, the maximum penalty if a conviction is obtained, would amount to about $17,000,000. SECOND OF. COE BROTHERS GOES TO NAVY TRAINING SCHOOL Another of the Coe brothers has en- isted in the navy, Tom following his brother, Hollis, who went at the first czll when the Fifth naval militia di- vision left at the declaration- of war. Tom wanted to go with his eldest brother but was only 16 years and now he is given a chance, having passed his finals and been ordered to Great Lakes training station. The boys are the sons of W. A. Coe and are popular young chaps, going: to be up to every consumer to pay for his water service. And no more special exemptions are to be tolerated for any reason whatso- ever. A ‘B. A. C. CLUB RETURNS. Members of the B. A. C. club, who have spent the past week camping in Itasca state park, are expected to re- turn to Bemidji today. Twenty-two boys were in the camping party and they were accompanied by Rev. Les- ter P. Warford, pastor of the:Pres- byterian church of this city, Rev. Sherman Ahrens of Tenstrike and D. 8. Mitchell. PALMER ARRIVES SAFELY. Dr. G. M. Palmer has arrived safe- ly in England, according to word re- ceived by his wife. Dr. Palmer en- tered the service some time ago as a Y M. C. A. worker. MYSTERY OF HENRY: UNKNOWN PERFORMER OF DASTARDLY CRIME Officer Jack Essler shook his head in a mediative manner. It was a deep, dark mystery. He had en- countered and had solved many puz- zling cases of mystery but this one; seemed to have him baffled. Curious glances were cast his way by a silent- ly waiting crowd. Drawing out an envelope from his pocket the officer with pencil commenced to figure on one side. A few notations, a littie mental calculation, the paper and pencil were replaced and he slowly sauntered away. It was a late hour when Gene Ber- man hove to in front of his office in the Markham hotel building. He was occupying a Henry and the brake creaked as it stopped. It was still there when the gray dawn broke. It was there when daylight was on. It wasn’t there at 9 o’clock. Visions of auto thieves a la Minneapolis. A hur- ried survey and a brief scurrying around. A call for the fire depart- ment, then police, Sergeant Foucault, the passersby, and the search was on. Feverishly the posse worked. Every nook and corner was gone into. Eleven o’clock neared. A shout. Ah! ha! Officer Essler had solved the mystery. The car was discov- ered hiding behind a wood pile at the rear of Dalton’s new building—the foul work of some msicreant, but “Jack” Dalton absolutely disclaims any connection. NEW EMPLOYE. H. 1. Shaw of Duluth, registered druggist, has accepted a position with the City drug store and commenced his duties this morning. He was ac- companied by his wife and they will make their home here. Canadian gunners: are lept busy I penses of the water system and it's|. | break of the war, and of the terrible APy 8 —— HOLR.": SESPERATE (By United Press.) @ London, July 27.—The crisis in the Soissons-Rheims pocket battle is expected hourly. Military experts expect the decision to be reached quickly. They believe no army can stand the hammering the Germans are getting from the Franco-Americans ENTIRE SALIENT BEING ARTILLERY SWEPT. By Webb Miller. : (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, July 27.—Franco-American artillery is sweeping the entire Soissong.Rheims salient, within which are 400,000 Germans concentrated. The bombardment is the most terrific of the entire war. The deluge of fire is directed particularly at Pre en Targengio, an important German concentration center, now almost within Franco-American grasp. Missysuraisne, five miles from Soissons, is also being heav- ily bombarded. The order to the Germans to stand to the death has changed the Soissons-Rheims battle from a German retreat into a bitterly contested engagement, with the more far reaching possibilities that a retreat might effect the morale of the Ger- mans. enemy further from Paris. . Heavy fighting subjects the flower of the German southern army to grave disaster. NOTED TEUTON FLIER BAGGED BY AMERICAN IN FIRST AIR BATTLE (By United Press.) With the Americans Afield, July 27.—Liéut. Avery of Ohio in his first air battle downed Captain Mendkopf, noted German miitary aviator. “FATHERLAND” EDITOR IN SERVICE OF KAISER New York, July 27.—George Syl- vester Viereck, publisher of Viereck's Weekly and former editor of the Fa- therland which wgs.barred, {rom the mails because of it§pro-German views has admitted that he received approx- imately $100,000 from Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Constantin Theo- dor Dumpa and others for disseminat. ing propaganda in the form of pamphlets and books, according to an announcement made tonight at the office of State’s Attorney General Lewis. Following the charge that the New York evening Mail had been purchas- ed by the German imperial govern- ment and during the subsequent in- vestigation conducted by Mr. Lewis into the extent of German propangan- da in this country, Viereck was sum- moned and questioned many times. LONG RANGE CANNON EMPLACEMENT FOUND By FRED S. FERGUSON. (United Press Correspondent.) With the Americans Afield, July 27.—Americans,” advancing beyond Brecy, seven miles north of Chateau Thierry, found the emplacement for- merly used by the German long range gun that has been bombarding Paris. While advan: ing, there are numer- ous instances of single handed cap- tures of Boches, sometimes as many as a dozen surrendering to a single American. L GOVERNOR ISSUES REPRIEVE FOR MONEY Sacramento, Calif., July 27.—Gov- ernor Stevens today granted a re- prieve to Thomas Mooney. Editor's note: Mooney has be- come one of the most noted figures in labor trials in the history of organ- ization. He was convicted of being the head of the bomb outrage when the big loyalty parade was staged in San Francisco at the outbreak of the war. Since that time labor has been alive in his behalf and charges of “frameup” has been hurled promiscu- ously owing to strife between labor and other interests on the coast. Mooney had been taken to the dgath cell for execution and his reprieve stays the sentence. OFFICERS’ SCHOOL AGE LIMIT IS RAISED T0 45 Washington, July 27.—The age limit for civilian applicants to the central officers’ training schools has been raised from 40 to 45 years, the ng this heavy Canadian flowitzer POTATO FLOUR PLANT "PRACTICALLY ASSURED: - CITIZENS ARE INTERESTED 3 ngveral of Bemidji’s foremost busi- ‘ness men are interesting themselves in the new potato flour mill company, now in process of organizing, and from all indications the project bids fair to become a most important en- terprise, not only in this vicinity but in northern Minnesota and the entire tate. J This afternoon a meeting was heduled with leading financiers present. The plant has been pur- chased, being the former Bemidji Brewing plant, which is admirably constructed for the new business to occupy it, its large storage capacity being one of the principal and most valuable features. It is the inten- tion to raise $10,000 more for taking care of the euipment and another $15,000 to pay farmers cash for their potatoes to be used in manufacturing the products. ; Morris Kaplan, prime mover in the enterprise, says he doés not want the -enterprise to commence business ham- pered, but on a sound footing and not resort to paper issues nor loans, and this meets the views of others inter- ested. The proposition has the hear- ty support of many of the leading farmers in this vicinity and it is to be laid before the farmers clubs in the entire county. The outlook is in- deed flattering for the success of this industry, o PARIS REPORTS ADVANCES. (By United Press.) Paris, July 27.—(Official.)—Fur- ther advances north of the Marne and in the Champagne. S A AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN ITALY, SAYS REPORT (By United Press.) Washington, July 27.—American fighters trained in France have reach- ed Italy, Chief of Staff March an- nounced today. CITY IS CAPTURED. (By United Press.) Washington, July 27.—General Pershing today reported the capture of Lacharmel. RAINS SLOWS MANEUVERS. (By United Press.) With the Americans Afield, July 27.Heavy rains have slowed down maneuvers in the entire Marne re- gion, rendering the position of the Germans more complicated. 32 TEUTON AIRCRAFT BAGGED IN ONE DAY (By United Press.) 2 London, July 27.—(Official.)— British aviators downed 31 German airplanes and an observation balloon July 25, and anti-aircraft guns downed another hostile plane. Fif- teen British machines were engaged. EASTERN SIBERIAN ; GOVERNMENT OUITS (By United Press.) London, July 27.—An undated Vladivostok dispatch states that the eastern Siberian government, includ- ing the premier, has resigned. ROOSEVELT GOES TO MAINE. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 27.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose- velt have gone to Dock Harbor, Me., where they will be the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Richard Dermy, for about two weeks. While in Maine Col. Roosevelt will banish all political matters from his mind and he and his wife will receive no guests. PACKED HOUSES SEE HANLEY’S WAR PICTURES Packed houses ruled at the Elko last night when Sergeant Hanley, one of the few survivors of the Princess Pats, appeared in company with 6,000 feet of films taken on the French front. The pictures were all claim- ed for them and proved of much interest. The entertainment was for the benefit of the band fund and was a success. Exact figures have not been compiled. The sergeant gave a splendid talk, telling of the early days of the war wehn .e went “over there” with the Princess Pats in 1914 at the out- fighting that ensued as the German hordes ploughed their bloody paths toward Paris. He also spoke of the present day war and urged hearty co- operation in whipping the kaiser. He was introduced by Sergeant Fou- cault of the local recruiting station and was heartily received. PUBLIC SPOILED MEAT SALE IS CONDEMNED St. Paul, July 27.—In an attempt to better meat conditions in St. Paul, Dr. Benjamin F. Simon, health offi- cer, sharply criticized the proposed sale of 927 pounds of condemned hams at Fort Snelling Monday and sent a letter asking éxpress compa- nies to use greater care in the trans- portation of meat to St. Paul. Lieutenant Malcolm I. Frank, con- servation and reclamation officer at Fort Snelling, sent announcements to butchers in St. Paul and Minneapolis of the sale of the hams “condemned as unfit for human consumtion.” Dr. Simon Opposes Sale. “I most thoroughly oppose the sale of condemned meat in St. Paul or near St. Paul,” Dr. Simon said. ‘“To send notices of this sale to butchers is an open invitation to unscrupulous meat dealers to buy the hams and sell them to the public as first- PERSHING’S CASUALTY REPORT. (By United Press.) Waghington, July 27.—General Pershing today reported 162 casual- ties; 12 for the marines and four for the navy. CUBA TO STAND REGIMENT. Havana, July 27.—Cuba will send at least one regiment of regulars to France, as well as all the volunteers who offer themselves for service in Europe, according.to the military service bill adopted by the house of representatives, STRIKING MUNITION WORKERS RETURNING (By United Press.) London, July 27.—Striking muni- tion workers are returning to work today. Under threat of conscription. It is estimated that about 200,000 were out this morning. RIFLE CLUB TAKES FIRST PRACTICE SUNDAY MORNING The Bemidji Rifle club will have its first practice shoot of the season tomorrow morning on the range, and all member and those desiring to shoot should be at the post office building at 9 o’clock. There will be autos ready to conyey members of the War department announces, class meat,” club to the range. 'EATTLE;‘ARTILLERI\{ CRISISEXPECTEDANY. There is little stragetic value, except the shoving of the