Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 1

i g I | STATE PBLC |, L : with the-production.of food and with - of draft age, and is interfering with — SAFETYBOARD | EXPLAINSNEW | . BOOZE ORDER Plummer and Red Lake Falls ~ Conditions Stench to All Decent People. Glr COMPLAINTS POUR-IN - TO ABATE CONDITIONS Red Laké ;‘Cmfit_y Afi:orney i . Appears: to:-Defend the_ - Liquor Peddlers. : e~ Columbia War_ hospital. The order issued by the Minnesota Public Safety commission yesterday, made: “bone dry” Red Lake county, the sole remaining wet county in northern Minnesota. - It put out of business at once five saloons and two liquor houses at Red Lake Falls and two saloons and -two liquor ware- houses in the viliage of Plummer. Dealers are given 10 -days to remove their stocks’ to where liquor selling is perm}tteqqleg 19, Ravaves Widespread. ; The ediehggmfi an end to.all. li- cenged ligupr”selling north of Little Falls which 18 {he nearest oasis for northwestern Minnesota, North Da- kota and western Canada. It declares that the’sale of liquor as it has been A conducted in Red Lake county “has|prohibition’ of the manufacture and . interfered ~with and is interfering|sale of intoxicating liquors. Minne- sota is dry from Red .Lake county to its eastern boundary over 250 miles. The same conditions exist to thef: the efficiency of ‘the application of | south - of Red Lake Falls, the first the -the military and, civil industrial | place at which- the sale of intoxicat- resources of the states of Minnesota |ing liquors is authorized by law being and North Dakota.” Little Falls, a distance of 183 miles. The order cancels at once all -ex- “With the sale of intoxicating li- isting saloon licenses and prohibits|quors prohibited in Red Lake county, the villages from issuing new ones|a thirsty resident of that county or and Governor- Burnquist will take all | of the nearby counties of Polk, Mar- necessary. .steps to enforce the order shall, Pennington, Kittson, Roseau of the ission. . and ‘tBeltrarfii and the northeastern Riasnna . (3 counties of North Dakota would have Ckal' Reasons- Given. .|'to-journey from 183 to 300 miles to In issuing the order; the- commi ) 7 the nearest saloon for relief. sion made clear -its reasons, sayin “It i tirely beside th 1 ‘“Almost from the: date of its or- i 8 ten s th gace ie fuestion .ganization, complaints in the form of at issue to say that there is little ac- letters, affidavits and petitions in rap- (t:\;zlntt}:,ril;}e }g:gmfigtfizd ';h ;h;r ol;(tagli? idly increasing volume have reached|:: the ’commaissios:: denounicing -intoxi- ‘tion is ithat within that county there ting 11 nditions in the cit passes nto the surrounding t_iry ter- cating .liquor co! € CitY|rjtory intoxicating liquors in vast of Red Lake Falls and the village of | \\.on¢i4i f t P d eali s Telief. quantities sufficient to demoralize the ummer and ‘appealing for rellel.} ymay power in the agricultural dis- The complains mentioned have ‘been| i iots at a time when the greatest by thousands of people largely resi-1erop in the ‘history of the State is .Ii.;ll]{? gf’ drty territory outside of Red| pheing gathered, and is demoralizing e unty. . to a considerable extent, men of draft The complaints are that the enor-{ 546, rendering them less fit for the mous. quantities of intoxicating li-| mijitary duties they will be called -quors distributed from Red Lake|,,on to perform. The liquor condi- {;‘nlls and Plummer were and are de-|yjons existing in Red Lake county auching and demoralizing the man- power on the farms and men of draft pra_ctically nullity, the laws. under “geuil“ ntorthwestern Mingesota-and ‘vivrt;xch all surrounding terrritory is northeastern North Dakota, seriously 3 fmats affecting the production of foodstuffs uwa‘f?g%'z&?&% gol?]-r%itinasses "’“!d mf‘l military resources of the ter-| were examined, a fahyinterence from ;r:r{nteersfg}gid’ :Jniltihflz‘liz i"“: cfur | their testimony is that the demorali- o ductot i & successful | ;54ion resulting from the conditions e pending war with the| oyisting in Red Lak ty i Central powers of Europe. = g lr Be £ COUNLY. 9V, o great. The:/ cofiditions disclosed by Reluctant to Interfere. that testimony ‘are symptomatic of “From the beginning the commis- | the conditions in'the territory sup- sion has been extremely reluctant to|0lied with liquors from Red Lake interfere with the local affairs of any | county. community, taking the position that “The region thus demoralized from the local authorities ought to be re-| the saloons and wholesale liquor de- quired to enforce the laws and main. | pots in the two small communities in tain order in their respective com-|Red Lake county, is one of the most munities. fertile and productive agricultural “In some instances local officials| districts in the world, and at this failing to enforce the laws in their | moment there are being gathered the localities have, on the recommenda- | 'argest crops of wheat and other food- tions of the commission, been sus-|stuffs ever known, with the most dis- pended by the governor, and in some | tressing shortage (owing to the war) cas&sdsus%einislon and removal have|of man power ever experienced. proved sufficient to remedy bad con- Manv Kil Roads. ditions. B The roads throrggh%!:xt the territory “The case now before the commis- | mentioned herein are well kept and sion 1s peculiar in its facts owing to|automobiles are numerous, making the situation of Red Lake Falls and|access to Red Lake Falls and Plum- Plummer, the only wet towns in| ————— Northern Minnesota. Red Lake-coun- ty coutains only twelve townships. Red Lake Falls, the county seat, con- tains a population of 2,000 or 2,500 with five saloons and two liquor sup- ply houses. The population of Plum- mer is from 250 to 350 with two sa- loons and two wholesale beer ware- houses. pounds of whisky and hard liquor, or about 218+ toms, and that during the same period there was received over the Great Northern road about eight -‘cars of beers per month, or about - forty-five carloads of beer. “The .agent' of the ‘Soo road at Plummer, testifying from his freight records, ‘disclosed that between July 1, 1917, and July 2, 1918, a period of one year, there was received in this little vill.ge, which this agent tes- tified contained from 195 to 200 peo- ple, 2,728 gallons of whisky, brandy; gin, alcohol and. wige -and 109,118/ gallons of ‘beer. ™"~ | # Surrounding: Tertitory Drv:" “The surrounding-territory is dry. In Canada: onthe-north and North Dakota on the west there is absolute the health and ‘good habits of men (Continued on page four) 73.000 PRISONERS SINCE JULY 15. IS ESTIMATE (By United Press.) Paris, Aug. 15.—Newspaper esti- mate that 73,000 German prisoners have been captured by the allies since July 15, PERSHING'S CASUALTY LIST. (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 15.—General Pershing’s c¢asualty list today con- tafred 117 names, Big Liguor Imports. “It appears from the testimony of the agent of the Great Northern Rail- way company, testifying from his freight records, that from Jan. 1, 1918, until the day before he testi- fied, which was June 17, 1918, or a period of five and two-thirds months, there was delivered by the Great Northern railway to eonsignees in the city of Red Lake Falls, 436,910 s v : 2 : : ive Page ; Today’s News Today me the American RECREATION CENTER FO i Battle Front In z e fl\.l@"‘“ RE BREAKING PRESIDENT HURRIES 0 CONSULT HOUSE AFTERCONFERENCE ~ WITHSEC.LANSING R GONVALESCENT SOLDIERS \ recreation-center for convalescents s the. ‘American Red Cross donationto the U, §.'Base Hospital No. 1 This house ‘is “one of forty to 'beveatubu ed at various.hospitals. 30.344 FOE PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE PICARDY DRIVE. REPORTS HAIG - (By United Press.) London, Aug. 15.—General Haig today reported -the total number of gx;isoners taken in the Picardy at 30,- 4. AND HIS NAME IS FLOOD! & (By+United-Presss) ~~- = London, Aug: 15.—Private George Flood, an-actor well. known in Amer- ica and England, at present interned in Holland, writes to a friend be- moaning the fact that only noncom- missioned officers are allowed to en- joy the seabathing at The Hague. . He was captured in the fall of 1915, and since ‘then has bitterly re- gretted the fact.that he had not pre- viously acquired a stripe or two—the only ticket which admits te the briny. . Four Million Men Needed Says March - (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 15.—An Ameri- can army of 4,000,000 in France, working with the allies under one commander, will permit the United States to go through the German line at will, Chief af Staff March told the senate military committee. The testimony became public this afternoon the first time, when Sena- tor Chamberlain introduced a new man power bill into the senate. Chamberlain recommended quick action and quoted Chief of Staff March, saying the end of the war depends upon our enemy. March was quoted as favoring taking young men 18 to 20, usually unmarried and un- settled. HUN GOVERNOR IS TOLD ABOUT YANKS By WEBB MILLER. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Aug. 3.—(By Mail.)— The latest issue of the mys- terious patriotic newspaper, ‘“La Lis bre Belgique,” contains a sarcastic personal open letter addressed to Gen. von Falkenhausen, the military gov+ ernor of occupied Belgium, informing him of the “whalloping” that the Americans are preparing for Ger- many. The letter gives Falkenhau- sen the details of the wonderful growth of the American army recent- 1y announced in Washington. As a result of the circulation of letter several Belgians have been ar- rested under suspicion of having aid- ed in the publication and circulation of the little underground” sheet. Fal- kenhausen ordered the military au- thorities to intensify their efforts to unedrth the publishers of the news- paper. For three years the German authorities have sought the source of the mysterious little journal, which appears irregularly throughout the invaded district with fiery denunc- iation and cutting sarcasm directed against the boche. At least three persons have been shot to death upon, suspicion within the last two years, FUNERAL SERVICES. Funeral services for Daniel Souder, who: died from heart disease at Spur last Wednesday, were held at the Spur school house this -afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. M. A. Soper of this city officiating. Interment was made in’ Turtle River cemetery. Mr, Sou- der was about 64 years of age and was among the early settlers of Spur. He leaves many relatives and friends. His wife died about six years ago, and is also buried in Turtle River cemetery. {TWO SHORT-TURNS ARE FINISHED; BOTH SOLD Nearly everybody had just about forgotten all about the Short Turn Tractor plant recently locdated in Be- midji, for the reason President and Mannager John Dahl is about the poorest press agent we ever heard of, but the plant has finished two trac- tors, and both have been sold and only lack of greater facilities pre- vents the marketing of many more. One of the tractors has been ship- ped to a big farm near Cokato, Minn., it having been sold as soon as com- pleted and “tuned up.” The other, just-completed, has also been sold and is now in service. i “The plant is active and attending strictly to its business, and a big fu- ture is-‘anticipated. STATE BAR ASSOCIATION PURGES ITSELF OF ANTI-WAR MEMBER (By United Press.) Faribault, Aug. 15.—The Minne- sota: State Bar association today ex- pelled James Peterson of Minneapolis on account of his having been con- victed of disloyalty. The vote of the association was unanimous. Faribault, Aug. 16.—The board of governors of the Minnesota Bar asso- ciation last night expelled Attorney Albert Pfaender of New Ulm, from membership pin the association. The vote was 15 to 1. Action was taken because of an anti-war address which Pfaender delivered shortly after the United States became involved in the war. TRENCH WARFARE RESUMED (By United Press.) With the British Afield, Aug. 15.— Trench warfare has been resumed, although it has been only a week since Gerenal Haig pushed through the German lines. ANDERS IN CONFERENCE OVER WATER SOLUTION F. L. Anders of Fargo, engineer in charge of the fiiter water works sys- ter in that city, is in Bemidji, and this aftérnoon is scheduled to confer with the mayor and water committee of the city council relative to an ade- quate water supply for Bemidji. Mr. Anders will make a study of the wells and conditions, make rec- ommendations and draw plans for solving the water problem to the best advantage. The problem of an ade- quate and suitable supply for the new noramal and also for what has to come, for the Fifth ward will also be taken into consideration in the new plans. NEW DAUGHTER ARRIVES. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McConville of Akeley at St. Anthony’s haspital yesterday. The baby hé4s béeri haméd Florence Eliza- but “La Libre Belgique” still is pub-pbeth. Mr. McCotivilie is a merchant lished, at Akeley, » France---By th=." (By United Press.) ST ‘ev_entl are breaking. Washington, Aug. 15.—There is a distinct feeling in capital rcles, without outward foundation, that important diplomatic The:president, after a long conferente with Secretary of State Lansing, left suddenly for Magnolia, Mass., for a confer- ence with Colonel House. It is known: First—That Mexico threatens to tax foreign oil concessions almost amounting to confiscation. y . Second—That the Bolsheviki leaders’ attitude toward the allies is hostile, resulting in the arrest of French and British. Third—Increasing gap between Bulgaria and Germany. A Bulgarian armistice is possible. g GERMAN-TURKISH DIFFERENCES GROWING. London, Aug. 15.—Differences between Germany and Turkey are reported growing. In. Constantinople, placards have been posted saying the Germans are the real enemies of the Turks. The German ambassador demanded punishments after a-quarrel. He threatened to ‘bombird Constantinople: LUDENDORFF WARNS SOLDIERS OF TALKING. With the French Afield, Aug. 15.——General Ludendorff has issued an order saying after Germans had been captured they revealed Grman plans to the allies, permitting resistence. He warns against this. THESE LEES ARE FINE FOLK TO HAVE WITH US 5 By LOWELL MELLETT. {United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the . American Army in France, Aug. 2,—(By, Mail.)—The Colonel of this particular regiment was a sociable sort of a person—not meaning to say the colonels of the other reguments are not—and intro- duced such of the under-officers as happened to be with him. “This is Lieut Lee,” he said of one. The lieutenant was a well built, large framed young man with a broad, pleasant face and a quiet, courteous manner. He allowed the others to do most of the talking, but was not in the least tongue-tied when drawn into the conversation. “Nice sort of fellow, Lieut. Lee,” 1 remarked later. “That's Robert E. Lee,” was the response. “Any particular. Robert E. Lee?"” «“Rather. He's the grandson of the Robert E. Lee.” 12.000 MEN CALLED FOR LIMITED SERVICE: 250 FROM MINNESOTA (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 15.—General Crowder today issued a call for 12,- 000 limited service men to entrain August 30 and 31. The order includes 350 from Min- nesota to entrain for Camp Dodge. DAIRY LUNCH WILL MOVE TO THIRD STREET LOCATION With the moving of the J. C. Penny store from its Third street location, the Dairy lunch, of which A. N. Gould is proprietor, will change to the store to be vacated by the Penny company. The new location of the Dairy Lunch will be rearranged for the oc- cupancy of the business, and will have many advantages over the pres- ent location. ‘THIS DAY IN THE WAR | Aug. 15, 1917—Canadians advance near Loos, capturing Hill 70. Aug. 15, 1916—Russials capture htree towns near Carpathains. Aug. 15, 1915—Austro-Germans start drive on Balkan front. Aug. 15, 1914—Ten liners, loaded with American refugees, leave Lon- dop for the United States. b el S | | TWELVE MORE ENTRAIN: FILL RECENT 250°QUOTA CALLED Twelve more young men have left Beltrami county, to complete the last draft quota of 260 called for entraiv- ment to §partanburg, 8. C. Chestgh Bodin, Chirles Hedglin, Gun- der Froirak, Otto Juobberi, Otto.Hon~ ert, Leonard Perritano, Delbert B. Tufford, Paul Eickstadt, John E. Tur- ner, Julius Maesse, Magnus Lone, Charles Huston. Two others, Leslie Burr and Gil- Jbelt Swenson, have gone to Indian- apolis, Ind., to take special courses as army chauffeurs. RETAIL PRICES HAVE TAKEN LONG JUMP .(By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 15.—Retail prices in the United States have in- creased 66 per cent since June, 1913, and food seven per cent since last year, the labor department announc- ed today. FOUR VOLUNTEERS LEAVE FOR SPECIAL TRAINING Four Bemidji young men left this morning for the University of Minne- sota, having volunteered for special training for the military as mechan- ics. Morris Witting and Earl H. Cong- don went to the agricultural branch and George Reinke and Frank James Maher went to the university proper. BIG LAKE FARMERS TAKE CANNING LESSON At the meeting of the Big Lake Farmers club, held at the home of Emanuel Swenson, ten miles east of Bemidji, yesterday, Miss Anderson, home demonstrator, and A. W. Aamodt, county agent, held -a can- ning demonstration. Mr. Aamodt, accompanied by members of the club, visited several potato fields in the neighborhood and inspected them for potato diseases. Two plots, which had been chemically treated, were found to be less diseased than those not treated. Dinner was served in a large bowery. The next meeting will be held at the George Geror home in Sugar Bush township, Section 31, September 11, Tuesday, Miss Anderson, and Coun- ty Agent Aamodt, met with the Red Cross ladies of town of Northern and held a canning demonstration. .. To- morrow they will meet with the Wide Awake Farmers’ ehso 2t Boston lake. Tiey are "' | ‘