Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 23, 1918, Page 1

Today’s News Today From the American Battle Front In —_—— VOLUME XVI, NO. 193 .- - SENATE BODY ARRAIGNSOLD | AR MANAGERS FOR FAILURES| 3 . _FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH \ALBERT IN BRITISH | HANDS;IMPORTANT RESISTANCECENTER CARRIED INATTACK -~ By De Gandt. (United Press Correspondent.) : . Paris, Aug. 23.—The French advance has swept the - Germans back to within three miles of Chauny, a highly important railway center between Noyon and La Fere. ' . General Mangin’s forces are reported to have reached the border of Coucy le Chateau, only three ‘miles"from the old Hindenburg line. They are press- 5 = inf eastward into the town from the Ailette river. . Noyon is being attacked from three sides. The French are across the Oise and have reached the - edge of Morlincourt. WELL,THEN, i‘SHOUL? ='LL SHOW YOU 10 STOP THIS Millions of People’s Money Are Wasted by Ignorance. of Managément DAYTON, O., CONCERNS GROW FAT ON CONTRACTS No Bombing Planes; Common Sense Lacking, According to Committee aleaan R S i WHA' BEEN A ! Tmfion IN AIRPLANES Ve areem Discussing the exact -accom-: plishments of ‘the aircraft board the report says: “gix hundred and one Dehavil- and Fours had been embarked for France up to August 1. Of these & sixty-seven reached the front by July 1. “On August ‘7 a squadron of eighteen Dehaviland Fours flew oyer the German lines. “We_have mot a single Ameri- can made chasse on-the battle front. : = 3 No Bombine Planes. REGS . “We have not a single Ameri- —Copyrighted -can made heavy bombing plane on the battle ‘front.” ... “We -have - not - developed -in | Shassoior Sehiing plane. INVENTORY COMPLETED | THIS DAY IN THE WAR | (By United Press.) & = London, Aug. 23.—Albert, which formed the center of the German resistance between the Somme and Scrape, was in British hands today, despite desperate German resistance. The attack was carried out on a six-mile front late yesterday afternoon. i GERMANS ORGANIZING NEW DEFENSE LINES. By Webb Miller. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Aug. 23.—General von Boehm is grga defensive lines far in the rear of the present Ge RED LAKE PRESIDENT "OF CHIPPEWAS RESENTS WRITTEN ALLEGATIONS A ‘case in municips,l v ternoon holds much of interest: Chippewa Indians and also te. the . a . citizens of Bemidji, and in fact Bel- The enemy is preparing to make a stand at Hill 164, Por- at)?nt‘li::?:::tyfogb;;gg B 81 1"51\{::&;3:1 quest Court wood and Mont Renaud. A total of more than fifty chairman of the Minnesota Chippewa | towns and villages have been reoccupied by the French. = Indian association against “Jim” Cof- SN fey, a Fond Qu Lac agency resident. County Attorney Torrance is rep- resenting Morrison while E. E. Mc- Donald is looking after Coffey. The trouble seems to have grown } Aug. 23, 1917—Gen. Letchitsky’s Russian army retires from Ragged- zem and Kemmern. . t ~-Aug. "28; “I916—British gain ] I y ?lground on Thiepval ridge. Deutsch- land arrives safely in home port, Aug. 23, 1915—Forty British war- ships bombard Belgian coast. i\ Aug. 23; 1914—Japan declares war, “training machine after 1,200 een built at a cost of $6,000,- on:-of - ‘orders -:for '3,000 Spad, single-seated fighting || have been inspected, and a complete machines last September as obso- || detailed . inventory obtained by a lete and afterward ordering 1,000 || crew. of expert telephoné men under S. E. b-singleseat Spads. - the.direction. of. the: Minnesota ‘fail- G ““Abandonment of the ~Bristol:|toad and warehouse commission. -The |00 Germany. fighting machines after expendi- || crew-which was at work in Beltrami ture of $6,500,000 and the loss || county was in charge of Samuel K. of several valuable lives. Stover of Minneapolis, and covered NO GARAGE ORDERS “Delay in developing the De- || every foot of pole line in the county, 9 haviland machine. making a complete record of the con- ISSUED SAYS M GEE o . . Siherds h L e i an hlie. . oaThe tioubls seoms to have grown the whole twenty-mile front from Cojeul river to the vicinity of “Failure to rush manufacture n 1 wires, crossarms, anchors and pins. Charles E. Battles, federal fuel ad:] s a1leged, to other tribal members in Chaulnes and making progress. At a number of points, General of the Caproni and Handley-Page heavy hombing machines. These reports will be forwarded|ministrator for Beltrami county, has N i i : , which it was asserted Morrison was| Haig reported slight advances-made dely se - to the office of D. F. Jurgensen, chief | received a communication from Judge inte‘lz"e]stledwins Indian matters to his sec:," :f the Flaslders front. on three widely separated “Failure to develop an airplane around the Liberty motor. ongineer of the railroad and ware-| McGee, head of the Minnesota fuel| porgonal benefit, calculated to impune administration, relative to the gaso-|'the honesty and integrity of the state FRENCH ADANCE OVER | U. S. EXPERTS BELIEVE TWENTY-FIVE MILE FRONT FOCH WILL CONTINUE ~ BRITISH ATTACKING OVER TWENTY MILES. London, Aug. 23.—The British are attacking on practically “Incompetency of inspectors. house commission, for compilation, line question, so far as it affects au- Chippewas head. N "Pattt;nt monopolies of original || anq will form a basis for nlmkinfg %n ; inventory - appraisal of the physical value of the|toists on closing hours evenings and A Reasons for Delays. long distance lines in Minnesota. The|on Sundays, the letter stating that no| . Coftey, it is assen;u:d& "TY afi"&”‘t “In the opinion of the commit- || records also will become a part of order to regulate hours of garages flfme ago was convicted of a simllar tee.”” the report states, “the dis- ||the parmanent archives of the engi-| has been issued by the government. OfEOnAg., appointing results in production || neering department. The valuation | The communication is as follows: President Morrison would pay no due to the fact that the air- || is desired by the railroad and ware- Throughout the country gaso- attention to such an alleged atg.acky i : o = :;:neu:rogoram was largely placed || house commission at this time, main-| jin oy oy garagyesg are | but heis prominent in Indian affairs, (By United Press.) By CARL D. GROAT. in the control of great automobile |[ly for the purpose of enabling it to| cloging down at 6 p. m. week |2 manwell educated in higher seats Paris, Aug. 23.—The French ad- ((United Press Correspondent.) of learning, a business man of the Red Lake and a property owner out- side the agency, a taxpayer in five : counties in the state of Minnesota, zlenl;:nistratmn or by the govern and is also a full fledged citizen and A a voter, and as such has reasons to Please give publicity in the | reryte alleged unjust aspersions, he newspapers throughout your |peing a member of the Indian legis- county to the statement, which lative committee. Dr. Garfield authorizes, that there is no order from any de- partment of the government TOMORROW REGISTERY dealing with this subject, and . that such closing is a voluntary limitation put into effect by the ¢ DAY FOR ZI‘YEAR‘OLDS Autobomile Dealers’ asscciation or others. s Tomorrow is registration day for The public ought to know this | Young men who have reached the age and charge up any resulting in- #|O0f 21 years since June 5, 1918, in convenience to the people who compliance to the draft order issued vance continued last night on the Washinglon, Aug. 23.—That Foch whole of the 25-mile front between intends to pound the Boche hard all a winter is the belief of high military the Oise and the Aisne, the war of-| gyperis (oday. Prominent officers fa- five reported today. vor a .strenuous winter campaign, The entire south bank of the Oise|thus preventing the Germans recuper- and Aisne have been cleared of the|ating to resist the mammoth allied enemy to Coucy le Chateau. spring offensive. TENT HOSPITALS HELP SMALL CAMPS IN RED CROSS WORK determine the reasonableness of the telephone rates in the state, against which there have been more or less criticism. -~ If competent telephone men will be tion the most approved types of || available, Mr. Jurgensen hopes to European machines in as- great || complete the field work this year, but numbers as possible. the task is an immense one, entailing, as it does, the inventorying of fully ten thousand miles of pole lines. days, and from 6 p. m. Saturdays until Monday morning, announc- ing that it is by order of the fuel and other manufacturers, who were ignorant of aeronautical problems, and because we failed in the beginning to adopt the common sense course of reproduc- Washington, Aug 23.—The long ‘awaited report of the senate military| ¢ 4 subcommittee investigating aircraft JACK HERBERT ls production has been submitted with 5 a ‘scathing arraignment of delays in Now FIRST LIEUTENANT the early days of the war, a review . of the improved conditions and rec- ommendations for the creation of a new department of ‘aviation with ‘a Well, he got theré—‘Jack’” Her- bert of Bemidji. Now he's First Lieutenant Jokn cabinet officer at its head. : riedd are responsible for the closing by the war department. . g Failure to adopt successful foreign g:;‘s;rtt,o;;‘;} Dgfflienilslgd;n:??} pe| hours adopted. Bemidji is in district No. 1 and all (By United Press.) C{‘q]ss camckto ushthlslmfi)mmg, and airplanes and motors, waste of mil-| commission by the president, he hav- Very truly yours affected in the city and other nearby London, Aug. 9. (By Mail)—A wi 1t?‘you nlo“; 9\:{1 wnflinflc:'.’fffd it lions of dollars, dominance of theling guccesstully passed his examina- J. F. McGEE, .| villages, towns and countryside must{now problem in hospital work was ch“ "‘h ¥";" 161D and. el airplane program by inexperienced|tions in the officers’ training camp,| Federal Fuel Administrator for |register in the court house. The dis-§ presented to the American Red Cross talo‘:zf]utip‘;)el:?s? \Tanntetznti]lo;;u s":l’i; ) trict to register at the court house|; itain recently by the|t3l comprises: City of Bemidji, Villages igrggre:tfml?:rt of small iamis of | this way. I 'shall not try to enumer- of Tenstrike, Farley, Turtle River,{ A orican soldiers, particularly avia- ate the things you have given us. MRS SANBORN SPEAKER Wilton, Solway, and Redby; town-1i which have been opened in var- It is sufficient to say that thanks e ships of Jones, Grant Valley, Bemidji, ig;? parts of the Britishplsles. These chiefly to the American Red Cross, FOR BIG Y w C A DRIVE Frohn, Township 146, Range 31, Su-{ (2 R {0 small to require the fre-|more than 800 American soldiers here . o Vo e gar Bush, Turtle River, Northern, uent cases of illness or accident, can now have as gupd care and beas . = Eckles, Lammers, Buzzle, Liberty, gnd the camps are generally located comfortable when sick as they could (Special to Pioneer.) Turtle Lake, Port Hoke, Taylor, Ha- | +*0 t e "o distant from the regular at home. We are especially apprecia- Minneapolis, Aug. 23.—Mrs. C. R. | gali, Durind, Maple Ridge, Roosevelt, ay poi tive of this because we previously Sanborn of Bemidji is to be one of the | Alaska -and Nebish. military hospitals. had for a hospital only a small hut speakers for the Y. W. C A.. in the The problem has been met by the|yith plank beds, straw mattresses and b S o, % " 7| PREPARE FOR FUNERALS | e bt w e mert ™. B small ;;tent hofsfpi(al,"fwhere.Amefl— “The magazines, newspapers and Sanborn just returned from Lake can soldiers suffering from minor ail-| ohonograph are greatly appreciated Geneva, Wis., where she attended a OF Tle i VICTIMS conference of speakers for the asso- A Minnesota. automobile manufacturers, “‘unsyste-| zachary. Taylor, in Louisville, Ky. matic and ineffective” organization| when Lieut. Herbert was home on a and excessive profits are among crit-| prief leave a few weeks ago, he said icisms made by.the sub-committee. he had taken his training and also : . examinations and expected to pass, Disqc?flig‘; Pv‘;‘;‘g}g:}g g)?ére‘mna. and he came out splendidly, which his tion of aireraft program the sub- host of good friends will be pleased to committee praised much that has learn. He left Bemidji a year ago as been accomplished and predicted. a private with a squad of recruits. ““We are approachinga period when quantity production of planes soon TRANSP%%%S%% BLAST may be hoped for.” The report is impersonal and says (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 23.—Lieut. all questions of dishonesty or corrup- 3?;1;“ Ieft to the Department of Commander Williamson and four s L 7 others were killed and 19 injured by While condemning failures under | pe explosion of a depth bomb on the the former aircraft production board|{ransport Oriziba, the navy depart- and signal corps control and noting| nent today announced. great improvements since John D. Ryan and Major General Kenly were placed in charge, the committee urges ‘“‘one man control” in the future.” Congress Also Blamed. Part of the blame for poor organi- zation at the start is assigned to congress. Stating that much can be said ‘““in extenuation of disappointments in aircraft production,” the committee details delays and failures, including | “‘provoked justly much of the public (By United Press.) her home. She will visit in Minne- transportation to General Pershing of | sentiment which made the investi- Tokio, Aug. 23.—Japanese troops | apolis and points in Iowa, before go- defective machines during ‘more than| gating imperative.” are advancing beyond Milolaievsk. ing west: ments can be cared for satisfactorily.| by our convalescents, and it would More than fifty of these tent hospi- piease you to see our ‘Sun Room’ this tals have been set up in various small| grtarnoon. The men are sitting in American camps during the past few|comfortable easy chairs, reading, weeks, each accommodating from|cnoking and gaining rapidly. The four to ten patients. The soldiers we!< milk and eggs which you furnished come this arrangement enthusiasti-| ;.75 hig factor in rapid convales- cally, for the soldier when ill, likes| conce. One patient owes his life to be near his friends and the men| ¢, the vaccine which you sent us last of his unit, and dislikes being trans-|yeek and which we were unable to e ferred to a distant hospital in strange| ;htain from any other source. surroundings. During the recent pre-| " «wWe had almost given up hope of valence of influenza in the camps,igotting what we considered necessary these tent hospitals proved a <r2at|for the proper treatment of our sick boon. soldiers; so you know something of A letter from an officer in an|how the present situation pleases me. American camp in central England|The American Red Cross has a larger says: place in the forces helping to win the “Another reminder of the careful | war ty};mn many of us realized thoughtfulness of the American Red | before. o ciation. e (By United Press.) Tyler, Minn., Aug. 23.—Thirty 21 GERMAN PLANES oo ot ot ks a7 eiots ARE REPORTED DOWNED tmll’xzepr:r:ations for the burials are being made today. a year’s efforts to secure domination of the air on the fighting front. Charges Favoritism, In suggesting that favoritism had been shown by the old aircraft board in placing contracts, the committee says that the presence of Dayton in- terests on the board and the large contracts given Dayton companies (By United Press.) London, Aug. 23.—Destruction of twenty-one German airplanes is re- RESIGNS POSITION. ported officially by the air ministry today. Eight British are missing. Migs Lily Hankins, who has been in charge of the alteration department : < {of Schneider Bros., ready-to-wear JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCE., |store, has resigned her position and will go to Spokane, Wash., to make “,_ | . | :’ —— | 1 | i - pom | | ! | | | e |