Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 17, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME XVI, NO. 214 BEMIDIT DAY AT CAMP YOST IS FEATUREOF REDLAKEFARR Major in Whose Honor Camp Is Named Guest of Honor on Gala Occasion MAJOR GORIS IS ALSO A DISTINGUISHED GUEST ‘Big Whitefish Dinner Furnished by State; Sanitary Corps - . Watching Health : (Special to:Pjoneer.) LaCamp “Yost, Red Lake, Sept, 17.—, “Bemidji Day’ dawned rather gray( this moraing but the camp was astir early and made ready for the special day -named - in *honor of Beltrami “county’s county seat, and no less im- | port was. the arrival of Major-John | Dixon Yost,;U. S. A., in whose henor the first annual encampment of the Twenty-first Home Guard battalion was named. With Major Yost was . Major W. C. Garis, chief of Adjutant General Rhinow’s staff, Minneapolis. Lieut. Stephen Da Costa, aide to Ma- jor: Yost and Sergeant Foucalt, at- tache to the major. They arrived * ‘early this morning in an auto accom- panied by: B: H. Denu, Bemidji, hay- ing come to Bemidji via train. iy ~ Big Fish Dinner. i Today was featured with a big white fish dinner, the fish being fur- nished by the state of Minnesota. The band is furnishing an abun- dance of music and whenever they are playing large crowds gather. The “band is making a big hit. Sanitation Being Watched. The ganjtary corps of the battalion is looking carefully into the health- fulness and sanitation of the camp ‘and inspection -1s" made every morn- ing.. : v Drill and parade today was wit- nessed by many and the guard made a most excellent showing. As the day progressed, automobiles loaded with visitors from Bemidji and other surrounding towns and villagés arrived and'the day promises to-bea great success. * T00 MUCH SPIRITS AN NOT ENOUGH SPIRIT; PARSON IS ARRESTED Duluth, Sept. 17.—His face suc- .cessfully camouflaged beneath a heavy fall of very pastoral whiskers; his breath reeking of most unpastoral whiskey, “Rev.” Lewis Hanson, who claims an abandoned church at Nine- teenth avenue west and First street to be the temple at which he and his flock worship, and of which he is the pastor, was arrested by Chief McKer- cher and Patrolmen McKenney and Fogelberg at the church building. Charged with placing too much faith in spirits, rather than spirit, as well as for some other little delinquences, which turned up when they were turn ed’in, Hanson and his flock were soon en route via the patrol wagon. Half a dozen quart bottles of whis- ky, numerous poker chips and a dirty pack of cards, besides a boiling “pot” holding $21.50 didn’t seem to bear out the ‘‘pastor’s” story when he ar- rived a headquarters. He was seri- ously suspecied of leadfng his little flock astray. By JOSEPH SHAPLEN. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Sept. 17.—The report- ed arrival of Gen. Gourko, formerly commander of one of the Russianj armies on the eastern front, at Mur- man, brings to mind his conflict with Kerensky, which resulted in his exile from Russia. Gen. Gourko, it is an- nounced, has arrived at Murman from the western front, and will take com- mand of the Allied operations against the Finno-Germans and Bolsheviki in that 1egion. The revolution found Gourko in * comamand of one of the northern arm- jes. The famous order No. 1, pro-| clainied by the revolution to the; army, which abolished virtually all rank distinctions, created a most un- -~ welcome impression on Gourko. 3 Gourko's opinion was shared by many Russian generals, among them Gen-| erals Alexieff, Korniloff and others. The guestion was so important that it was decided to call a meeting of all big Russian generals at the Mar-| insky palace in Petrograd to discuss voss i o] oy GENERAL GURKO RETURNS FROM EXILE; FOUGHT ONWEST FRONT = $ao.40 IS TAX LEVYFORCITY; RESOLUTION IS READ, ADOPTED Higher Than Last Year, Owing to Increased Costs ‘in “Many Instances > LIGHT FUND RAISED; “"ALSO THE POLICE FUND| $2,000 Anticipated From-Mfi- nicipal Court and Licensés; Certified to Auditor At the meetlné of the eity:coun- cil Monday evening, the tax levy was presented for the consideration of the {council and the recommendation of the committee was adopted. ‘With increased - cost of materials and increase in-.other expen'ses, and in . many in-}° stances, the levy this is an increase |’ anticipated - increases over that of lasi year. Last year the levy was $47,820 and this year the levy is $55,340, with anticipated pal court and $200 miscellaneous li- censes, making $53,340 total tax to be levied. : ‘Sonte increases in departments are noted, notably. ncrease of $500 revenues of $1,500 from the munici-} DAILY PIONEF BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 17, 1918 for the police department and an in-|{! | crease of the light fund from $7,000 |to $8,000. . The levy for the various funds aref. as follows: General Government. Citybullding: w05 S Rbsl ey Municipal court Treas., clerk, attorney, asses- O e T 3 Elections Mayor, contingent Protection—Life and Proverty. Fire department Police TFiremen's pension: z Health—Sanitation, Salary and miscellaneous..$ 900 Sewage ..... Highways. 5,000 190 Lighting .. ... 2 ...$8,000 Street cleaning .. 4 . 5,000 Recreation. Municipal band ............ $ 500 Miscellaneous. Printing and stationery...... $1,000 Insurance 200 Rest rocom . ... 480 Miscellaneous 220 Total general fund..... $33,840 Permanent Improvement Fund. Permaneat improvements, highways Poor Fund Charities, poor and paupers. . .$6,000 Librarv “und. Salaries, fuel, books, etc... .. $1.500- Sinking Fund. 14 Sinking fund ,............. $2,000 Interest Fund. Interest bonds and warrants. .$3,000 R K1) 11 s SR T easti v $65,340 Estimated amount required..$55,340 Less anticipated revenues from municipal court, mis- cellaneous licenses and sources other than by tax- ation 0 Ol it iU ST $ 2,000 Total tax to be levied....... $53,340 Certified to Auditor’ The committee recommends that the total tax levy he spread and cer- it and if possible, to prevail upon Kerensky and the Council of Work- men and Soldiers to countermand the order. Among those present were Gourko, Alexieff, Brussiloff,, Drago- miroff and others. Ovnoses Radical Step. At the meeting Gourko fought hit- terly against the order. “This order means the end of the Russian army,” he warned. Gourko’s attitude caused a breach between him and Kerensky, although the two men up to that time were on good terms. Gourko soon resigned. Kerensky, héwever, refused to retire him and appointed him as special ad- jutant at the ministry of war. From that moment the confiict between Gourko and Kerensky grew sharp. Gourko’s health, however., began {o fail and he decided to go to the casus for a rest. In July, 1917, an imgportant mest-| Berny. ing of the general staff took place. Kerensky requested General Brussi {Continued on Page Four} (fm,_] Champagne front. Bible just prexented to him. we get them hack to thls country, the PROPER INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SOLDIER AND THE GENTLEM This soldier of the famous RainbowDivision of National Guardsmen now fightiag voluntarily in France hax not lost all of-his jo. in pets and in sharing the good things With them, W taken, he was letting his pnppy read a fe For soldiexs with incli cxperiences on the fighting front will n%: them bett do our share toward getting them back during the Fourth Liberty Lomn campsign Sept. 28, living. He helieves n the snap xhot was h out of the mervice of this kind their citizens, and the wooner ter this country will be. We can all making sacrifices and buying bonds w_pages of X STATETo:-VOTEDRY. '~ {C0-OPERATION: NEEDED * - SAYS SENATOR JONES Minneapolis, Sept. 17.—Minnesota will vote dry this fali.and the labor- ‘ng men of the state will be a big fac- ‘or in that vote, a large audience in the Auditorium was told. Senator Richard Jones of Duluth, ~epresenting the Trades Union Dry league, and Dr. William B. Riley of the First Baptist church were the :peakers. “After prohibition has been insti- tuted there will be labor temples as the poor man’s clubs instead of the saloons,” said Senator Jones. “Wages for the workingmen will be higher. “In New Orleans, where they have 2,200 saloons, wages paid are the low- est of any place in the country, and Samuel Gompers says the situation is hopeless. In Seattle soft drink bar- tenders get $25 a week. In Cincin- nati the bartenders get only $14.50, and here in Minneapolis they get $17.50. That's the difference be- tweeen a dry city and two wet ones.” Dr. Riley said that “John Barley- corn was very sick and we are all get- ting ready to attend his funeral.” SWISS HOLD TWO0 AMERICANS. Berne, Sept. 17.—Two American aviators forced to descend near Fahy, are being held by the Swiss, it is of- fiicially announced here. tified to the county auditor on funds as follows: . For general fund Permanent improvement Poor Library . Interest Sinking Total levy /. i, oesviéals $53,340 The committee comprised Mayor Vandersluis, Aldermen Backus, chair- man of the finance committee, and George Rhea, city treasurer. Sorinkler Bids Ovened. There were three firms bidding on a new sprinkler and sweeper at the meeting, one from Elgin, IIL, the Studebaker and the Austin-Wesiern company. The representatives of the Studebaker company offered a ma- chine for flushing the pavement, while the others offered combination sprinklers and sweepers. The matter was referred to the street committee for investigation and report. A bid of $6.50 per cord for 55 cords of jackpine wood for the city was laid on the table. | THIS DAY IN THE WAR | 1917—Huns Sejt. 17, attack on Sept. 1, 1916—French capture Sept. 17, 1915-—Russians prepare to evacuate Vilna. Sept. 17, 1914—Turks concentrate on Bulgarian frontier. | | IN SALVAGE CAMPAIGN Unless there is more co-operation on the part of the people of Bemidji, the salvage headquarters being main- ined by the Red Cross at 117 Third street will be closed. Interest along this line of raising money for the chapter is sadly lacking, and those in charge of the campaign are practical- ly wasting time attempting to help the Red Cross in this feature. Headquarters will be open from 10 to 12 o'clock the forenoons of Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday of this week, fair week, and in the future the headquarters will be open from 10 to 5 o’clock Tuesdays and Saturdays. All having anything that can be gold for junk or sold” to customers should lose no time in bringing it to headquarters or notifying D. S. Mit- chell orMrs, E. H. Denu. BRITISH PRESS SPURNS AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL London, Sept. 17.—Austro-Hun- gary’s invitation to the belligerents to meet in informal peace discussion is indignantly rejected by the London morning papers. The note is seen by commentators as a German trick in which Austria is made tne cat's paw in an.endeavor to gain time to enable the German high command to reor- ganize its shattered troops. The offer of peace to Belgium is regarded as a shameless insult. One theory advanced is that the peoples of the Central empires really want peace, but their governments seek to sway them and embarrass the Allieg, thus dodging the howls of the masses against continuing the war. What benefit Austrial might have obtained from the proposal undoubt- edly has been lessened by publication of Germany's effort at a separate peace with Belgium, which is self-evi- dent of the Hun's bad faith. SERBIAN OFFENSIVE IS MEETING SUCCESS| (By United Press.) London, Sept. 17.—S8erbian offen- sive centers with complete success, is an official announcement. The Bul- garfan front has now been pierced to a depth of more than five miles on a twelve mile front More than 3,000 prisoners. and 24 guns have been taken. French and Serbian cas- ualties are small. DRAFT CALL FOR NEGROES. Washington, Sept. 17.—A draft call for 29,016 negro registrants from 23 states, qualified for general mili- tary service and to entrain for na- tional army camps September 2§-27, as been {ssued by Provost Marshal jeneral Crowder, MINNESOTA JOIETY ] FORTY-FIVE CENTS PLR MONTH N i o8 W NEAR TOGERMANBORDER,; BRITISH PROGRESS; AIR BATTLESGROW (By United Press.) Paris, Sept. 17.—American troops have reached Vandiers, within a mile and a half of the German frontier, La Liberte announces. BRITISH MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS. London, Sept. 17.—‘“Further progress toward St. Quentin,” says General Haig in his official report today. The British also improved their positions in Flanders, north of Lens. AIR BATTLES ARE INCREASING. By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press Correspondent.) With the Americans on the near the Hindenburg line has the ground to the air. Metz Front, Sept. 17.—Fighting largely been transferred from Concentration between the Meuse and Moselle has resulted in constant air duels between all types of air craft. Numerous Boche machines have been brought down. STATE RECRUITERS GREET | FOUCAULT WARMLY Sergeant Clarence Foucault of Be- midji was getting ready to leave state military headquarters, Minneapolis for Jefferson barracks, when Major Yost called him to one side and in- formed him that he could come to-Be- midji with him today, while the ma- jor attended Bemidji Day at the Red Lake fair, Sergeant Foucault lost no time .in accepting and if he can do sv will obtain a brief leave and re- port the first of the month. He has passcd his examination for “over geas'’ duty. Foucault narrates an interesting incident when he reported to head- quarters upon order of the military authorities, calling in the state’s re- cruiting force. He was practically the last man to arrive and when he entered the room in which the re- cruiters were he met one whom he had met before. Thé greeting was mutual and when his friend ejacu- lated, ““Glad to see you, Bemidji’ Fou- cault says some one remarked, “There's that Bemidji guy,” whereat a good laugh went round and every- body seemed glad to see him. “Guess they know Bemidji's re- cruiting record,” ventured a Pioneer representative. “(tuess they do all right,” laconi- cally replied Foucault. HIGH PRICE OF WOOD WILL BE INVESTIGATED St. Paul. Sept. 17.—Prices of fuel wood in Minnesota are too bigh, and if evidence to that effect is developed at the special hearing pefore the State Railroad and Warehouse commission, Thursday, more just prices will be fixed, Judge J. F. McGee, state fuel administrator, announced. Traffic Director J. H. Beek of the St. Paul Association said that the greatest possible railroad rate reduc- tion would only mean about 33 cents a cord. “Price regulation is what is need- ed and judging from investigation al- ready made some folks are profiteer- ing,” he added, Association officials expressed the fear that persons of small means will suffer unless the wood prices are low- ered and labor found to handle coal. SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTENDING RED LAKE FAIR TODAY A large number of Bemidji's public school teachers are attending *‘Be- midji Day” at the Red Lake fair today. The schools closed for the'day to allow the teachers to attend the fair as an honor to Bemidji, see the tair and encampment and get ac- guainted with north woods life in general, as many of them are from remote distances, even from central states. —————————————————————— WHERE T0 SUBSCRIBE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN Subscriptions for Fourth Lib- erty Loan bonds will be received Saturday, September 28, 1918, from 8 o'clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m. at the following places. FIRST WARD-—Central school. SECOND WARD — Central school, THIRD WARD-—High sehool. FOURTH WARD—City hall, FIFTH WARD—Lincoln school Bubscribe at place designated u live, for the ward in which ¥ COST OF LIVING T0 BE INVESTIGATED IN U. S, Washington, Sep. 17.-—Investiga- tion of the cost of living by the De- partment of Labor, already under way in New York and Baltimore, soon will be extended to the principle indus. trial centers over thg country, it is announced. The redult 'of the inves- tigation will be used for a baslg for wage adjustinent in all war indus- tries. Housewives will be asked for a statement of expenses for the past year and also to keep an accurate rec- ord of expenses for a given month and report to the department. EXECUTIONS ARE RIFE IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL (By United Press.) Copenhagen, Sept. £7.—Within the last few days, 812 persons have been executed in Petrograd and 400 others are awaiting trial. Officers impris- oned are said to number 10,000. NOT WISHING THE YANK ANY VERY HARD LUCK (By United Press.) London, Aug. 19. (By Mail.)—A wounded doughboy in a certain Eng-~ lish hospital finds visitors somewhat trying. Nevertheless, his cloud has at least one sflver lining. He waxes quite eloquent over Er- myntrude, the small hospital pantry- mafd. Her place really is in the pan- try, and she and her black cat, Sir Julian Byng, are not supposed to be visiting the wards, yet they both manage to evade the law regularly every day. Ermyntrude is adored of all the men. With her green eyes, tip-tilted nose, and golden brown hair more often tousled than tidy, she keeps them all merry with her unconscious humor. The American presented her with a fragment of shrapnel the other day. “Taken out of my side, that was,’"” le explained impressively. “Out of my side—think of that, Ermyntrude.” Ermyntrude regarded it stolidly. “1 wish,” she sald thoughtfully, “It has been a German helmet!"” COURT DENIES MOONEY’S REQUEST TO SEEK WRIT San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 17.— Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to be hanged in connection with a bomb ex- plosion here on Preparedness day two years ago, was denfed by the Califor- nit supreme court permission to seek a writ of error in the United States supreme court. This was sald to be the defense’s last move in the state courts, The court said it was without au- thority to grant the petition as it had over-ruled past petitions on which the present action was predicated. The petition is to be presented to the United States supreme court, Max- {well McNutt, counsel of record for Moouney, announced. THE TABLES T URNED. Among the indictments voted by the grand jury was that of Steve O'Donnell, stepfather of a young girl who swore to a complaint against him, after he had interested himself in a charge against another for an alleged similap offense.