Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 28, 1918, Page 1

Today 8y - REPORTHIRED ~ TOHISFATHER Wn; In Action August 12 On ‘rench Front; Last Heard «of Bemidji Aviator iHAD BOCHE PLANE TO .- CREDIT AS FIGHTER iNo Details Given In Official ‘Notice; Further Informa- i g tion Will Be Forwarded , Lieut, RalphD. Gracie, of Bemidji, -member of the aviation signal corpg, “with the Americans afield, France, 18 ~missing. “An official telegram from the war department, Washington, to " his father, Daniel K. Gracie, Bemidji, wcontaining- the information. g ‘The message was as follows; Daniel K. Gracie, Bemidii, Minn, Washington, Aue. 27.—Deenly regret to inform vou that Lieut. Ralph D. Gracie. signal corps, officially renorted as missing in action, August 12. Will report first- information received. HARRI Acting. the Adjutant General It was only a few weeks ago that Lieut. Gracie was reported in action on the Frehch front, and in his line of ‘duty had prought. down a big oche fighting plane, he sending to his father a piece of the black cross which is the distinguishing mark of ithe German air squadron, and which is. painted 'on. the -battle planes. “Whether the Bemidji.flier was killed or downed or is in a German prison, s uncertain, and details are anxious- AMERICANS REPORT IN BIG PICARDY FIGHT { f (Bulletin.) i (By United: Press.) et Paris, Aug. 28.—American troops are reported participating in . the it - great Picardy battle. General Man- :gin's army is with the Americans, co- operating in attacking northwest of Soissons, between that city and Chay- igny. A Paris newspaper today de- «clares that in all probability Noyon has been taken. SALElSMAN CHANGES STORES. Gharles N. Anderson, who has been connected with Troppman’s store for some time, has changed his location to0 the store of the J. C. Penny com- pany. THIRTEEN MORE LEAVE : FOR CAMP GRANT. ILL.: ’ TWO WILL GO FRIDAY Thirteen more Beltrami men left Bemidji this morning, enroute to Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. Another will go later in thée day and_one was transferred for Havre, Mont. Those who entrained in quota 7 ‘\_ ‘were: Olson, Emil, Baudette. Knutson, Earl Richard, Graceton. Carlson; Walter John, Turtle River. Robertson, Clyde A, Baudette. Borg, Peter Elmer, Baudette. Brouillard, Edward, Nymore. Ingersoll, Rexford Glen, Bemidji. Skoglund, George B., Baudette. Morris, Joe, Bemidji. Anderson, Andrew, Bemidji. Achenbach, Irvin H, Atlanta, Ind. Boren, Herman, Preston, Saum. Juneau, Orron Joseph, Blackduck. James H. Pollock, who was in Chaplin, Sask., Canada, was unable to arrive in time to entrain with the rest of the bunch and will arrive sometime this afternoon. 4 Axel Swan was transferred from Havre, Mont. Two More Go Friday. Two more will go Friday for lim- ited service and will report to Camp Dodge. They are Jens Stortroen and William Olaf Magnell, both of Be- midji. 2 BAND CONCERT TONIGHT FOR LAVINIA VISITORS Weather Permitting, the Twenty- first battalion band will give a con- cert at Lavinia this evening, and all - auto owners and others are cordially invited to be present. The band will make the trip in Captain MacLach- lan’s lake boat ““Yankee Girl,” and the craft will also carry passengers, leaving the city dock at 7:30 o'clock. The concert will be in compliment to the summer cottagers at the pretty . colony. sition of Chaulnes on the Picardy Great German Stronghold Of (By United Press)) o - Paris, Aug. 28.~~The French cap- tured the great German defensive po- front last night, Stated an official dis- ‘patch this morning. The French have|' reached the vitally important town of Nesle. ; Thirty villages were taken since yesterday. 3 Important British Capture, London, Aug. 28.—British troops captured the strongly fortified town of Foucacourt which had been hold- ing up the advance south .of the Somme, reported General Haig offici- ally this morning. Terones wood was also taken. Beyond Hindenbure’s Line London, Aug. 28.—The British First army has advanced closely to Remy, three miles beyond the Hin- denburg line. This is an official dis- patch. -~ i - = Sharp Infantry Action. -By FRED S. FERGUSON. (United Staff Correspondent.) With the Americans in- France, Aug. 28.—Americans and Germans are-in sharp infantry fighting and violent “artillery from the region of Bayoches to considerably west of Fis- mes on a five mile front. The Amer- icans advanced on a lineé in-the re- gion of Bayoches, resulting in fierce street fighting on the outskirts. At the same time the Boches attacked Fismette and ‘were entirely repulsed. Canadians Push Onward. _ By Lowell Mellett. (United Press Corresondent.) ‘With the British Afield, Aug. 28.— The Canadians have reaghed St. Ro- nart sugar factory, the farthest point eastward along - the Cambrai road since Germany’s inyasion. The Ger- man defensive is stiffening in the re- :Fgion” of-:Croisilles, but the British' got into Vraucourt, grabbing 500 pris- oners before being forced to with- draw. A 5 . Delvitte road was captured last night. Several fresh divisions of Ger- mans have been thrown into the bat- tle south of Bapaume. There was less night'and this morning. BIRCHMONT SEASON SHOWS BIG INCREASE The season at Birchmont thus far this year has exceeded the expecta- tions of both George Cochran, owner, and ~William Chichester, manager. The hotel and cottages have been fill- ed to overflowing for the past two months. Guests from Illinois, Towa, Wiscon- sin, Nebraska, Kansas and other states have helped to make this the banner year for Bemidji’s popular summer resort. Kach season brilgs new guests and indications are .that the accommodations at Birchmont will have to be enlarged in order to care for the increased business anti- cipated next year. Many are engaging quarters for next year before they leave and all have words of the highest praise for the resort, as well as for the manage- ment and conduct of the hotel and cottages. The artesian .wells at the dairy farm and in front of the hotel build- ing are quite an attraction and may be considered an asset to the insti- tution. 1 Manager Chichester states that the season will close about September and that plans will be laid to care for local guests after September, as many visitors are leaving toarrive home at the opening of the. school year. EVANS ACCEPTS WET - NOMINATION PROVISO Minneapolis, Aug. 28.—David H. Evans of Tracy will accept the nom- inat(gn‘ of the Nonpartisan league and the labor convention for governor, and will agree to the condition that he veto a statutory prohibition bill should one be passed by the legisla- ture after the people have defeated the dry constitutional amendment. He also will expect the indorsement of the volunteer democrats and others opposed to the Lynch organization. This was the word brought to the leaders of the workers political lea- gue, composed of the Nonpartisan league and the delegates to the labor convention. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 28.—German prisoners from July 1 up to today number about 112,000, while 1,300 heavy guns have been captured, an- nounced Chief of Staff March today. ChaulnesFalls hospital. with their lot. They are recelving: the ‘best of tre:atment and seem quite content These American soldiers are convalescing from wounds in a London 64 STATE COUNTIES ARE NOW SALOONLESS Minneapolis, Aug. 28.—By winning four straight contests in the county elections of 1918; the dry forces have brought the total of dry counties in Minnesota up to 64, leaving only 22 counties in the state where saloons will be tolerated after the votes taken this summer have been made effective. Sherburne county, which voted dry Tuesday, made the 64th dry county in the state. ¥ The four counties voting on the liquor question this summer had sim- jlar elections 'in 1915, and in every case a substantial gain is shown for the drys. & On the showing made in these pre- liminary contests, dry leaders base predictions that the state will declare for constitutional prohibition this fall by an emphatic majority. Douglas county, wiieh-went dry three years ago, increased its dry majority this years by 89 votes. Martin county changed a wet majority of 114 to a dry majority of 468, a dry gain of 582. Blue Earth county, wet by 348 votes in 1915, went dry by 783 votes this year, a gain of 1,131 vates for .the drys. : 5 fighting on most of the front last|, 4 Sherburne county gave the wets 26 majority three years ago, but yester- day went dry by more than 300:. With three precinets missing, the vote is 740 Ary to 430 wet. Clear Lake and Zimmerman, with one saloon each, are the .wet towns affected by the vote. JURY DISAGREES IN " MORRISON LIBEL SUIT After being out six hours, the jury in° the libel case of John Morrison, Jr., of the Red Lake Chippewa reser- vition against “Jim” Coffey of the Fond du Lac reservation disagreed. The verdict was reached about 9 o’clock Tuesday night. The case was long drawn out hav- ing been on call five days, the work of getting a jury together having commenced last Thursday. Morrison alleged Coffey had circulated derog- atory statements about his conduct of affairs as president of the Minne- sota Chippewas and also as a member of the legislative ommittee. NOTED SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY IS DEAD Baltimore, Md., -Aug. 28.—Senator. Ollie James of Kentucky died - early this morning. Editor’s note: Senator James had long been a’ member of the United States senate and was one of its most prominent and influential members. He ranked high in political circles of the nation and was a man whose char- acter and abilities commanded the highest respect of his colleagues and constituent: AMERICA]} AND JAPANESE FORCE DRIVES BOLSHEVIKI SIX MILES (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 28.—~American and Japanese troops have driven the Bolsheviki back six miles from the Ushuri river in eastern Siberia, ac- cording to a delayed Vlasivostok dis- patch. THIS DAY IN THE WAR | Aug. 28, 1917—Inter-allied social- ist labor conference opens in London. Aug. 28, 1916—Rumania declares war on Austria-Hungary and Ger- many declares war on Rumania. Aug. 28, 1915—German plane shot down during rail on Paris. Aug. 28, 1914—Germans complete destruetion of Louvain, begun severar days ago. % LANDIS WILL DECIDE NEW TRIAL THURSDAY Chicago, Aug. 28.—After listening to arguments of counsel on motion for a new trial and arrest of judg- ment in the casés of the 100 Indus- trial Workers of the World leaders recently found guilty of conspiring to intérfere with the government in the conduct of the war, Judge Lan- dis took the motions under advise- ment and said he would announce his decision Thursday. Both sides were directed to-file briefs this afternoon It is expected -that Judge Landis will impose sentence on the defendants imme&iiately after his ruling on the motions for a new trial. Judge Lan- dis later overruled a motion for an arrest’of judgment. . . Unusual precautions were taken to prevent the possibility of any out- breaksby the defendants or-their friends. The prisoners, who have been in jail for ' more than a “week, were brought into the courtroom handcuff- ed in pairs under a heavy armed guard. Later about 150 relatives and friends of the defendants, mostly wo- men, were admitted.” The defedants appeared depressed. but declared that if a new trial ie denied an appeal will be taken. .In talking to newspaper reporters, William D. Haywood, general treas- urer of the I. W, W.,, said: “] wish again to commend Judge Landis for his fairness throughoul our trial. He tried in many ways tc make the lot of the defendants easy during the long ordeal. I was satis- fied with the conduct of the trial, but 1 think the verdict of the jury was one of the tragedies of the century.” Attorney George F. Vanderveer, chief counsel for the defendants in présenting the opening argument on the motions, attacked the constitu- tionality of the indictment. MOTOR CORPS MEETING TOMORROW EVENING The Motor Corps division of the Home Guard will meet at the city hall Thursday evening. Those who have already signed their enlistment blanks are especially requested to be present. An invitation is issued to all car ganization of a motor ccrps for Be- midij, to be present. There are about forty who have already signed up or expressed a desire to do so, and as soon as the proper number (forty- eight), are enlisted, the corps will be filled and regular work will begin. plans of the company will be dis- cussed and details gone into for the perfection of a first class motor corps division. LIEUT. FRANKLIN SCHOOLS RECRUITS FOR REGULARS The First Minnesota Infantry com- pany, under Lieutenant Franklin, has taken over added duties, that of drill- ing men and sending them into regu- lar service. Men from various parts of the country and Canada have drill- ed with the company and thus fitted themselves for speedier promotion, when joining the army. The work is commendable and is being appreci- ated by students who take advantage of it. FOR MEXICAN BANDIT INVASION (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 28.—Additional Mexican troops are reported going to Nogales, Ariz., and American cavalry and machine guns have been ordered up to prepare for any outbreak. A daughter was horn to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Melms of Mississippl ave- Jaue yesterday morning, owners who are interésted in the or- At the meeting Thursday, future, BEMIDJI'SSCHOOLS: BUSINESSTO R THE COMING YEAR . Never before has the outlook for a ‘successful school year in Bemidji been so_ roseate as the opening taking place next Tuesday, and there will be found many innovations and new ideas interjected, all with the ‘| purpose of betterment in school affairs, conduct and efficiency in every directipn, with Superintendent Bolcom commencing the first school year of his regime. - One of the ideas already under way and one that will meet the general approval of everyone is that here- after the affairs of the school are to be conducted along strictly business ‘lines, and to that end a business department is being installed. that will be: on similar lines as a suc- cessful business enterprise. A cash basis is being sought and is to be worked . out to completion. The practice of warrants being allowed to accumulate and draw heavy in- terest at the expense of the taxpayers is to be eliminated and books and accounts are to be kept at the school business offices where any taxpayer so disposed will be gladly welcomed, and where all information as to school finances or any other matter will be immediately available. The offices of the superintendent and the business department have been moved to the ground floor and located in specially- constructed quar- ters, making them complete, and saving visitors the annoyancte of hunting for their location, Schools Govern Athletics. Another thing that has been a caunse of annoyance to school athori- ties, parents, teachers and the ublic in general,” TS beén “that™ of ath- letics, and the less discussed the better. However, in the engaging of J. W. Smith, until his contract was signed by the Bemidji board, prin- cipal of the Wadena schools, the schools of Bemidji have a young man recommended by those in position to know as one of the best high school principals in the state. He is a young man of rare educational attainments, of. pleasing personality, a fine disciplinarian and an athlete and coach of ability, popular with the boys and every other pupil. He will have charge of the athletics of the school and the school management will control athletic activities, with- out interference from outsiders, or attempts at rule violations. Trained Nurse Svecialist. The employment of a trained school visiting nurse brings to the Bemidji schools Miss Mostu, a gradu- ate of the City Hospital of Minn- eapolis, and a worker in the state health bureau, and also nurse in the Prescott school of Minneapolis. She is already devoting her activities to her Bemidji duties and is taking the school census to give her an oppor- tunity to visit the children’s homes and get acquanted with = their environment and the parents. In this manner, she will obtain at the sutset valuable information along the lines of her work in Bemidji. Here- tofore, a man has taken the census, but it is said a man does not notice the little things like a nurse schooled in the line of her .alling. Pretty Costly Incubators, One of the interesting incidents discovered by Superintendent Bol- com was the egg incubators in the high school building. He was of the opinion the incubators belonged on the school farm and not in the high school, and when he probed further and learned that it cost the tax- payers the tidy sum of $324 per year in insurance premiums to maintain the incubators in the high school building, they promptly went to the farm and the insurance premium came down the aforesaid sum. Superintendent Bolcom also took a look at the wiring in the new Lincoln school and discovered elec- tric wires strung in the attic along the floor and he promptly went after that and some other matters and is now going to have the building re- rated as to insurance. Not of That Strive. An interesting newcomer is the manuval training instructor, successor to A. D. Bailey. The new instructor is Walter E. Duerbahn and he hails from New Ulm where he was manual training instructor in the public schools. He is frank to state that New Ulm is all right but too weird to suit his beliefs and loyalty. He is said to be a most capable instructor and a fine chap. The manual train- ing quarters are being rearranged and brought up to the minute. When Agricultural Instructor Gile resigned to accept a position in the University of Minnesota, the schools were fortunate in securing Harry Olin as his successor. Mr. Olin is a young man of wide expeprience in his pro- fession and is a graduate of the Mich- igan Agricultural collége, ome of the foremost in the .United states. He will again be here this year. That “Junior High.” For some reason or other, and in some manner or other, also, the sev- enth and eighth grades have become known as the “Junior High School,” although Superintendent Bolecom con- fesses he never heard of any such thing under the circumstances. Here- after, it will be known as ‘the Junior department. “It is a department,” explained Mr. Bolcon, ‘“not a junior high school.” The new principal of this department will again be Miss Ethlyn Hall, one of the best teachers in the public schools, who has worked hard and faithfully for the interests of the. schools and the pupils, and who has taken active part in every activity in which' the school has been interested. Grade Sunervisor. Another innovation is the grade su- pervisor, who will be in personal su- pervision of the grades from the first to the sixth, her work being to uniform the work so as to carry the pupil from grade to grade smoothly and to grade the work to the effect, give suggestions for changes and im- provements in instruction and general affairs. The new grade supervisor will be Miss Palmine Arent or Cedar Falls, Iowa, with the degrae of B. A. and a graduate from the Iowa State college. Miss Dorothy Torrance, who was supervisor in music last year, will go to the St. Paul 'schools this year as assistant music supervisor, and her work will be taken up by Miss Ivy Conant of “Fargo, sald to bhe amply qualified. . School Principals. " The principal of the new Lincoln school in the Fifth ward will be Miss Skjeveland and she is said to be most efficient for the position. Miss Cheseborough will be the pringipal of the East Bemidji school and here again ability comes in. New Central Head. Miss Minnie Erickson of Red Wing will succeed to the principalship of the Central school. She is a teacher and disciplinarian of experience and also comes to Bemidji highly recom- mended. Miss Nora Jacobson will be the principal of the North school and is another of the principals chosen for fitness in her position. Full Corns Ready. Other teachers have heen employed where necessary and when the fall term opens the complement will be complete. 4 There will be a teachers’ meeting next Monday, Labor Day, and the schools will open for the school year Tuesday. LUSITANIA BELIEVED TAKEN FROM SUBMARINE Paris, Aug. 28.—Lieut. Schwieger the man who sank the Lusitania, has been captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean, according to La Journal. A large submarine, of which he was second in command, had just torpedoed a British steamer between Malta and Sicily. The German was waiting to see the vessel sink when two French patrol boats emerged from the fog and sank the U-boat. Of the crew of seventy-five only one officer and four men were rescued by the patrol boats. While weing taken to Toulon, the officer apeared ill at ease. When he thought no one was looking he tried to throw some papers over hoard, but a sailor seized his arm. He refused to answer questions but an examination of the papers explained his uneasi- ness. La Journal asks if the man who committeed “the.most vile, the most barbarous and the most cowardly act in the annals of war,” is merely to be sent to a prison camp. A dispatch from Toulon last Friday which described the sinking of a Ger- man submarine in the Mediterranean by patrol boats, added that the mate of the submarine attempted to com- mit suicide ‘when brought on board a rescue ship. The man appeared to be insane and was reported to have le- clared that the lost U-boat had tor- pedoed the Lusitania. The German admiralty, according to advices from London, Aug. 10, has admitted that Lieut. Schwieger was killed when a U-boat that he com- manded struck a mine in the North sea. The dispatch said that his death oceurred in September, 1916. +,_4