Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 25, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME XVI, NO. 221 GIVEN GRATIS BYLAWYERSTO " DRAFTED MEN Special Board in Existence; Named to Assist All Draftees With Questionnaires NO CHARGE IS PERMITTED FOR ASSISTANCE GIVEN Judge Stanton, Chairman; List of Local Advisors and Those in County There are many of those supplied withquestipnnaires under the first call of the new draft, who may have some difficulty in filling out their answers or who may be in doubt” as the the proper. answer in some in- stances, but. these persons have the advantage of good legal advice and it is- FREE, given by any member of * the board of attorneys in Bemidji and county, so appointed for that purpose, and who are glad and willing to de- vote their time and services to aid those who are called upon to submit themselves for the military service of the government. % Personnel of Board. The personnel of the Bemidji board of legal advisers is Judge.C. W. Stan- ton, E. E. McDonald, D. H. Fisk, G. W. Campbell, P. J. Russell, Charles Serutchin, Henry Funkley, A. C. Ascham, A. A. Andrews, H. J. Loud, all-lawyers, and J. E. Harris, judge of probate. Throughout the county, the advis- ors are E. C. Middleton, Baudette; George E. Ericson, Spooner; Albert Chilgren, Williams; J. F. Hermann, Tenstrike, all lawyers. Stanton ‘Heads Board. Judge Stanton is the chairman of the ‘local advisory board of Beltrami county.. He and E. E. McDonald were appointed’ permanent members by the state authorities ond given power to appoint other meémbers: of the advisory § 4 T ORARE : “Under the provisions of' the selec- tive service law,” reads the last foot- “note, ‘‘such services as yon are asked to. perform as a member of the; legal advisory hoard must be uncompen- sated.” . “-Buy Liberty Bonds—— FROHN FARMERS TAKE FIRST IN COMPETITION With an. excellent display of agri- cultural products, the Frohn Equita- bl club carried off first price among the exhibits of farmers’ clubs and similar organizations at the county fair held last week. Following was the standing of the clubs: y First, Frohn Equitable club; sec- ond, Summit Farmers’ club; third the Better Farming club of Grant Valley; fourth, the Bemidji Township Farmers’ club; fifth, the Wide Awake Farmers' club of Pleasant Valley Val- ley; sixth, Northern Farmers’ Im- provement association. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—»— ITmANS PRAISE YANKEE FIGHTERS ON WEST FRONT (By United Press.) Rome, Sept. 1. (By Mail.)—Ital- jan soldiers fighting on the western front express great praise of the American soldier and many letters are being received here in which spe- cial praise of the gallantry and brav- ery of the Iml‘\an-American Buddy is *made. “Lieutenant Nicola Celeste of the Ttalian artillery, located with the ~Ttalian Expeditionary force in France, recently -Wwrote a prominent member 1 alian parliament in which he «, “I am among the American troops. These sons of Free America are mar- ance and j}lseipllne. “They have a prodigious organiza- tion. They have their own railway and telephone systems. They have their own moter car service. Their supply of artillery and ammunition seems to be endless. “I was surprised at the great num- * ber of Italian-Aimericans, most of but preserving great love for Italy and the Italian army. They were par- ticularly surprised at the Caporetto disaster which they had considered impossible. All are very keen on be- ing sent to Italy to fight in America’s name for the country of their fa- » thers.” -——Buy Liberty Bonds AUDITING COUNT FINANCES. A. E. Fritz, public examiner of the state of Minnesota, and two assistants are at the office of County Auditor J. L. .George, going over the books of the county. The presence of three from tlie state examiner's office, in- cluding the head of the department insures quick work of examinatiom. o L Other Terms ment on the fourti loan. ‘Bezkwith; -O'Brien, vellous for their dash, orderly appeat- ¢ whom haveleft families in the States, LEGAL ADVICE LIBERTY LOAN PLANISREADY; | SIX MILLIONS PROBABLESUM Intexest Same as That Allowed for Third Loan; Date of Bonds Oct. 24 SMALLER DENOMINATION ISSUE TO BE GREATER Virtually Same as' Former Issue; Ten Per - Cent at Outset Washington, Sept. 24.—All terms of the Fourth Liberty Loan, except the size dnd the maturity, are an- nounced by the treasury. The amount, probably near $6,000,000,~ 000, was decided on, but announce- ment was withheld. The interest rate will be 43 per cent, the same as that of the third loan, Bonds will be dated October 24, five days after the close of the subseription period, and the first in- terest - payment will be made next April 15 and will be for the 173 days intervening. Thereafter - semi-annual payments will be made October 15 and April 15. On a $50 bond the first interest coupon will be worth $1.01, on $100, $2.02 and high multiples accordingly. Denominations Fixed. Both coupons and registered bonds will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. The $50,000 and $100,000 bonds will be registered only. Since the latest- maturity periods of the_ first, second and third loans were thirty, twenty-five and ten years, respectively, it was considered probable that the maturily of the fourth loan would be either fifteen or twenty years. = £ Ten per cent of the subscription will be required as the initial pay- Twenty per cent will be due as installments No- vember 21, December 19 and Janu- ary 16, ‘and 80-per cent January 30. Smaller Issue Greatest. Terins of the loans haye been com- municated to the bureau of engrav- ing and printing and within a ‘few hours 500,000 finished bonds were ready for shipment. The bureau plans to print about 35,000,000 sep- arate bonds for the fourth loan, with a large proportion of'‘baby bonds’ of the $50 denomination than in pre- vious issues in anticipation of a mul- titude of subscriptions from persons of small means. ——Buy Liberty Bonds: BLACKDUCK BENDS TO MEET HER LOAN QUOTA Blackduck has been alloted $16,700 as its quota for the village in the Fourth Liberty Loan, and Blackduck township has been allotted $5,000. Tunkley’s quota is $800; Langor, $2,000; O’Brien, $1,000; Summitt, $2,500; Hornet, $2,000. Dr. J. M. Freeburg is chairman of the general committee to have charge of the campaign in that vicinity and other members are E. P. Rice, I J. Hauge, P. M. Oas, Dr. J. C. Koch, Rev. J. B. Fonmose. The chairman of the local commit- tees of the townships are: Black- duck, A. B. Page; Funkey, George H. Newton; Hornet, J. H. Thullen; Lan- gor, Isaic Theriault; Summit, Henry William Garri- son. The allotment in that vicinity ap- preximates $30,000, and great efforts willsbe made tec meet it. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— TROPPMAN AWARDED GOVERNMENT CONTEST FOR ARMY POTATOES F. G. Troppman hds received a con- tract from the government to fur- nish it with 500,000 pounds of po- tatoes, No. 1 grade and inspected, and he is already at work fulfilling the order. This number of pounds of potatoes means between 8,000 and 9,000 bus- els and all must meet the required standard. THIS DAY IN THE WAR | Sept. 25, 1917—Argentine chamber of deputies votes rupture with Ger- many. Sept. 25, 1916—DBritish launch at- tack along 12-mile front on Somme, Sept. 25, 1915 — Franco-British forces iaunch offensive from Beigium to Switzerland. Sept. 25, 1914-—Berlin Tageblass gays Germany cannot agree to peace “until her future position has been made guite unassailable.” | Be a Booster for the Fourth Liberty Loan Bond Sale; Hdlp ~ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE B ~ BEMIDJI, Mll;lN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25, 1918 THE LIBERTY LOAN SMILE. i R i Some citizen of the United States rthe steel gavé way letting daylight of Amerisa bought a Liberty bond; perhaps It was only a fifty dollar bond. A portion of the. money loaned to the Government by the purchaser of this Liberty hond bought the steel helmet this soidier Is holding up for your inspectivn. .The soldier, when he put it on, called it a “tin hat.” The soldies wearing this “tin hat” which was bought for him with Lib- erty Loan money wore it ih the bat- tie. againat it ard the ‘4in hat” tossed them off ind the soldier kept on fight- ing. Anyone ‘of these Lullets would hnve stopped tae Boldier, perhaps forcver, Finally a plece of shrainel along “sind smashed up against the “tin hat? ‘Of ccurse “tin hats” are not built to withstand shrapnc! @ through the hat, but nevertheless the steel was good cnough and tough enough to so pause that piece of shrapnel in its flight that after it got through it only made a scalp wound in the soldier’s head. The army surgeon, maintained by Liberty . bonds, quickiy bandaged up the head and the soldler is wearing a Liberty Loan smile. Now you people ‘who hgsitate about A half > dozen bullets rattied [thuying Liberty bonds, just stop and look at this picture.. 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He feared not the end and awaited it with a smile, s Buy Liberty Bonds- NORTH DAKOTA BAPTISTS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION | Grand Forks, Sept. 25.—Prominent churchmen of national reputation are here today to address the state con- vention of the Baptist churches of North Dakota which opened today and continues until Monday. A fea- ture of the convention will be the un- furling,of the service flag with its many stars on which ocasion Rev. H. J. Moore of Grand Forks will give an address. The convention was welcomed hy| President R. B. Griffith of Grand Forks and the response in behalf of the visitors was by Rev. O. Larson of Fargo. The soldier boys and those behind keeping the home fire burning are to be remembered occasionally during the meetings in congregational pray- er. The social feature will be a ban- quet Friday night at which Dean Ver- non P. Squires of the university will preside. The organization of the Baptist churches of North Dakota is one of the oldest societies of its kind in the state and dates back to pioneer days. Its president ig Rev. L. B. Gusseth of Grand Forks and Rev. C. E. King- sley, also of Grand Forks, is secre- tary, i =] HARD COAL SHORTAGE NOTICEABLE IN BEMIDJI A fuel administrator in a county like Beltrami in Northern Minnesota has about as good a time as a one- legged man at a dancing party, judg- ing the the experiences of Charles E. Battles, fuel administrator, Bemidji, for he is unable to get head or tail out of the situation and there are loud and vociferous lamentations and protestions on the part of an “out- raged populace.” There seems to be plenty of soft coal but Bemidji was to have 2,000 tons of hard coal, according_to re- port, whereas only 250 tons have been received and owners of base burners and hard coal furnaces are bewailing their fate. Mr. Battles has taken up -valuable time in his efforts to relieve the local situation. He has made trips to St. Paul aand paid his own expenses and done everything within his power. But it's too much for him to solve to the satisfaction of consumers. , Buy Liberty Bonds—— CONFERENCE MEETING. (By United Press.) Moorhead, Sept. 25.-— Moorhead this week wijl entertain the Western Conference of the Synod of the North- west in their second annual confer- ence and the Women’s Missionary so- ciety of the district in their first an- nual meeting. The synod opens to- morrow and the women’s conference Thursday morning at ten o’clock. Meetings will be held in the First English Lutheran church. At least a dozen congregations will be repre- sented. Buy Liberty Bondgs—— GERMANS RAID OUTPOST. ,(By United Press.) London, Sept. 25.—A hostile rgid west of Gauchy succeeded in captur- ing one of our outposts,” General Haig announced in his report today. “Only a few of the garrison are miss- ing. The enemy again attached there but was repulsed. We carried out a successful raid in the Wulverghem gector taking prisone % ~——Duy Liberty Bonds—-~ COUNTY FAIR OPENS. (By United Press.) Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 25.—The Stutsman county fair opens today and will be. in session until Saturday night, Your Country Wi FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH CHANC B HUNZHANCRLLOR IS READY FOR WILSON - PEACE, ACCORDING 10 SPEECH REPORT - (By United Press. Amsterdam, Sept. 25. — Chancellor von Hertling says he is ready for peace, based in principle upon President Wilson’s fourteen points. This statement was made in the chancellor’s speech before the main committee of the Reischtag yesterday, according to advices today. ITALIANS BEGIN ADVANCE IN ALBANIA. London, Sept. 25.—ltalian troops have begun their ad- vance in Albania, it is unofficially reported. No indications as yet that the movement has been linked up with the hundred- mile allied offensive in Macedonia, but it is believed the entire 300-mile front from the Adriatic to the Aegean sea will soon | be ablaze with activity. The allies are within about three miles of the Bulgarian border on a 37-mile front. Confirmation of the capture of Philip has been received. - The morale of the Bulgarian army is shattered and the First and Second armies are retreating upon Vesles, Troumitza and Istip in disorder. FAIR NETS OVER 5400 FOR RED CROSS CHAPTER With the sum of $402.56 cash, net, finance committee of the Red Cross chapter is feeling jubilant over the recult of its serving concession at the Beltrami county faiv just elosed Saturday. There are yet $16,85 out- staading, If ever a bevy of Red Cross ladies worked for the success of an under- taking the finance committee certain- 1y did and each member is practically “all in” as a result. Hearty co-operation was extended on every hand. Several of the First Minnesota boys erected the tents in a rain storm, collected donations for the menu served daily at the Red WCross tent, took down the tents at the close and conveyed them to where they belonged. 'Fhe motor trucks of Tom Smart and Joe McTaggart were algn donated for doing the hauling of the equipment used by the chapter conunittee ou the ground. Charles Nangle, Morris Kaplan, Heary Miller, . G. Troppman and the state and arrived here today in automobles from Sisseton, where a meeting had been held last night. They were met at the city limits by Mayor J. E. McDongall and scores of citizens and informed that they would not be permitted to speak here. After a briel parley, Townley and Bates decided to leave for Webster, in Day county. More than a score of machines carryingiBritton citizens fell in behind the:Townley-Bates car and followed them to the county line. ~———Ruy Liberty Bondg—— MONTENEGRO KING _ DECORATES PERSHING Paris, Sept. 25.-—The king of Mon- tenegro has decorated Marshal Foch and General Pershing with the Grand Tross of the Order of Danilo. A gold medal has been awarded to General I'eeh for bravery in the fighting at Verdun. ———Buy Liberty Bonds——— NO DATE DESIGNATED F. C. Schroeder, Gamble-Robinson, | Kors Bros. company, Bemidji Bot- FOR NATIONAL LOTTERY tlirg Works, Golden West Bottling . " 4 T wcerks, the Northern Grocery com- Washington, Sept. 25.—The na- pa.y and P. R. Peterson, all live mer- tional lottery, which in a measure will determine the order of the call- ing of the 13,000,000 men hetween 18 and 45 years of age who registered September 12, probably will not be held before next week. Officials had hoped to fix a date late this week, but this plan is understood to have been abandoned in order that additional time may be given local boards to correct any errors made in assigning gerial numbers to the registrants. Since men between 19 and 36 are to be the first called to the colors, the drawing will have less effect upon de- termining the order of the call than chonts, generously donated to the en- terprise, greatly lessening the burden of cxpense on the chapter. warmers for miles distant were also hesvy honors to the ause, bringing in everything that conld possibly he used, and eggs in i quantity that sandwiches were a feature of the stend. Kggs left over sold for over $6. Fiverybody in.Beltrami seemed anx- iovs to help. And they did he'p to the extent that it was a most suc- cessful affair and the finance com- mittee is-truly grateful. They deeply apireciate thé efforts of all to help them and they are sincere in express- ing their appreciation to everyone who aided in co-operation. ———Buy Liberty Bonds—— FALL ELECTION SUPPLIES “BEGINNING TO ARRIVE County Auditor George is receiving tlic necessavy supplies for the - fall elcction, and more are yet to arrive, The date of election is November 5, when county and state officers will be chosen by the voters. Only one amendment to the consti- tution will be voted on by the people of Minnesota this fall. This is the prohibition amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale or shipment of malt or spirituous liquors within the state after July 1, 1920, with the ex- ception of such liquor necessary for sacramental, scientific or medical use. ~——PBuy Liberty Bonds—— TOWNLEY IS DRIVEN OUT OF S. D. TOWN Britton, 8. D., Sept —Forbid- den by the authoriti to address a gathering here, A. C. Townley, p dent of the National Nompart league, and Mark P. Bates, Nonparti- sar league - candidate for governor, were escorted from this city to th D3 ounty line by nearly 200 citizens in automobiies Townley and Bates are on a speech- making tour of the northern part of did that for the nearly 1,000,000 men who turned 21 before last June 6, Order numbers for all the 13,000,000 men will be drawn, but youths of 18 and men between 36 and 45 will not be classified until the boards have givén classification to all the men be- tween 19 and 36 who are the first to recelve their questionnaires. In the meantime many of the 19 to 36 class- es-will have heen inducted into sery- ice, . ~——Buy Liberty Bonds—— OUESTIONNAIRES ARE COMING IN RAPIDLY The Beltrami county draft board is “head over heels” in work these days, the questionnaires coming in in large numbers and the board is swamped with wor s About 500 questionnaires were sent out in Beltrami county for the first call under the new manpower bill and as soon as these are disposed of a expected. | | ——-—Buy Liberty Bonds BAD FIRE AT BACKUS. ackus, Minn., Sept. 25.-—This | county village, situated nine miles north of Pine River, was visited by a digastrous fire, the home and ge of Frank Hayes, John Hayes’ confectionery, the office of Charles Griffith and the two-story poolroom | of Bdward Elyea, just built, being de- | stroyed, involving a total loss of about $10,000, gecond call of the new draft class is