Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 1

ol VOLUME XVI, NO. 222 COMMITTEES IN CHARGE OF ALL LIBERTY LOAN Mrs. A. P. White in- Charge of Work to Be Done by the Women of City CARDS WILL BEAR SUM . ALLOTED BY COMMITTEE X4 If Any Objection, Matter to Be Appealed to Special “Board of Review” The committees in charge of the ,respective precincts where the Lib- erty Loanrallotment cards may be se- cured Saturday, September 28, have been chliosen, the personnel being as follows: First ward—-E. H. Denu, chair- Miss Ethelyn Hall and Mrs, L. La- Baw, g Second - ward — Edward Ebert, -chairman; B. R. Erickson, H. J. Koors, Mrs. K. A. Barker and Miss Mabel Wager. 3 . Third ward-—E. L. Benner, chair- man; J. C. McGhee, R. A. Hannah, % Mrs. C. R. Sanborn and Miss Mabel [~ s Norman. y Fourth ward—E: B. Berman, chair- man; George Kreatz, David Gill, Mrs. M. Kenfield and Mrs. J. W. Murphy. Fifth ward—J. L. Elwell, chair- man; O. J. Tagley, E. A. Luke and Mrs. Carl Ramsey and Miss Rose Ol- son. Mrs. A. P. White is, in charge of the work to be done by the women of the city. = Plan of Allotment. The plan is that all who receive cards will find thereon the amount it is considered proper for them to sub- seribe. This amount has been esti- mated by a committee named by the chairman of the county campaign. In case the receiver of an allotment card feels that his ameunt set is not - justified or has any grevience heé L= ‘muay go-beforeanatheér committee and explain his, reasons. The names of those who appeal will be taken by the precinct committées and ‘referred to the ‘“‘court of last resort’ for adjust- ment. County and City’s Quota. The quota set for Beltrami county is $360,000 and of this Bemidji is scheduled to raise $180,000. State’s Quota. -~ Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 26.—Al- T¥lotments for-the fourth Liberty Loan for the Ninth Federal reserve district were officially announced at head- quarters here. The Minnesota allot- ment is $123,000,000, as compared with less than $44,000,000 for the first. loan. The. allotment for the section -of Wisconsin in the ninth district “is $12,500,000. North Dakota’s allot- ment is $19,000,000; South Dakota, $31,000,000; Montana, $16,000,000 and the section of Michigan in the district is $8,500,000. County allotments have been tele- graphed to the county chairmen, it was announced. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— BEMIDJI CALLED UPON 70 AID TYLER RELIEF A committee consisting of A. P. Ritchie, H. Z. Mitchell and A. P. White was appointed by W. Z. Rob- inson, president of the Cemmercial club Wednesday noon to arrange for raising Beltrami county’s portion of the Tyler Relief fund. The amount is $1,100. The club members highly enjoyed the talk by Bemidji’s two sailor boys, Edwin Simons and George Graham. The young men told of the life of sailors and especially did they refer to the other Bemidji men in the naval service. 'Mr. Graham gave a" brief outline of the general routine aboard ship. Mr. Simons went into detail about each of the boys aboard the battle ship Kansas and also told where 2 numbér of the other boys were serv- ing. He stated that the feeling of the people in the east had changed toward the manJjn uniform and that they were taken into the best of homes and treated as one of the fam- ily. | Secretary H. E. Reynolds reported that the committee appointed to as- sist the farmers had accomplished much, and that many were ready tc answer the call, should the farmer need assistance in harvesting hie crop. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— . FORMER JAPANESE DIPLOMAT IS DEAD : (By United Press.) Tokio. Sept. 26.— Viscount Motono, Japanese foreign minister in the Ter- + auchi cabinet, is dead. 1 Dfinfi POLLS NAMED, man; €. A. Huffman, B. W. Lakin, | BEMIDJI DAILY PIO BFMIDJ[, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 26, 1918 COMMANDER RIZZO—HERO OF ITALIANNAVY This photographic sketch by the Itallan General Staff Photographer shows Commander Rizzo the in- trepid Italian ‘naval hero, whose exploits have thrilled the world, | the?r successful attack on an Austrian fleet...in which they sank two battle ships surrounded by a con- voy of torpedo boats and destroyers. is only thirty years of age and W Commandant: Luigi Rizzo, captain. of merchant marine Italian navy, On December 9, “Wein”” near Muggia. ’ this bravery he 7. of Buccari-where one of the strongest of the- On the night of June 10, 1918, Rizzo commanding two small torpedo boats, one zo, of Savona, attdcked a powerful fleet of | great Austrian dreadnaught ‘‘Szent Istvan” | the Ttalian fleet. £} his own 81 Austrian battle ships and 10 tor ‘while Azonzo attacked a big cru boats escuped after their daring attack unharmed. ernment as was each member of his crew. ynaval heroes of the world. » Rizzo as ‘‘Affondatore.’” By W. L. BROOKS. (Chairman County Liberty Loan.) An explanation should he made in regard to the Board of Appeal in the Liberty Loan campaign. The allot- ment hoard- is now working day and night and every single person whom the board considers can possibly buy a bond is to be allotted one. -Thou- ‘sands of our citizens are to get a letter instructing them to go and sub- scribe for the bonds allotted to them on September 28. Every person who receives. this letter and-does not o to the place ‘designated i3 not do- ing his duty as he should do it. It is absolutely wrong for him to stay away. This may seem strong, put it is a fact. 7 The next question is as to whether or not he can purchase the bonds al- lotted to him. The allotment board is only human, and realizes that some mistakes will necessarily be made. For this reason you are not to ‘feel any hesitancy about taking your case to the board of appéal, provided your conscience is perfectly clear, and you are sure that the board has made a mistake and has really allotted you more than you can possibly take. Appeal-Not Disgrace. Briefly, it i8 no disgrace at all to go to the board of appeal, but is de- cidly a disgrace not to appear at the place designated in the letter which you will all receive. The board of appear will be in session at 9 o’clock This was ‘a daring feat from which he was decorated with the Gold Medal, ag and the other in charge of his lleutenant Azon edo boats. ser and damaged it so badly it had to be towed to-harbor. EXPLANATION OF BOARD OF APPEAL The arrow. points to Rizzo. Rizzo sank the For thid exploit he on Tuesday morning, October 1, and will remain in session that day as long as necessary to take care of all cases brought before it. Judge C. W. Stanton has very kindly consented to act'as chairman of this board, and its session will be held in his chambers at the court house. ~ ~ ; Nothine Complicated. Everyone is, of course, going up o ‘subscribe for their bonds Satur- day morning. There is going to be nothing complicated about it. Your allotment card.will be all ready, and Al yowwill have:teidalwill..he.ito sign your name and pay your 10 per cent. " If you know in your own heart that the allotment is too high go to the board of appeal. If you sign ac- cording to government plan your pay- ments will be as follows: The Payment Plan. Ten per cent with subscription, 20 per cent by November 21, 20.per cent by December 19, 20 per cent by January 16, 30 per cent by Janu- ary 30. If you prefer to sign one of the notes the payments may be distribu- ted in any way that you may desire, provided, oniy, that the entire bond shall be paid for by March 31. The boys from Bemidj: are watching us. Let us all go up and sign, knowing that if Bemid# shows a~very large percentage of subscription the boys will be even more pleased than they have been in the past. JEWETT GARAGE INSTALLS RADIATOR REPAIR OUTFIT s The C. W. Jewett company is in- stalling machinery for repairing auto radiators. A. Kappeller of Minne- apolis is doing work. With this lat- est modern equipment installed the Jewett, garage is considered second to none in the northwest. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— CASTOFF CLOTHING WANTED FOR FRENCH AND BELGIANS (By United Press.) St. Paul, Sept. 26.—To save ten million French and Belgian war suf- ferers from the bitter cold of winter, Herbert Hoover wants you to send the Red Cross all the good, substan- tial clothing you can spare. Five thousand tons of clothing are wanted at once for the war refugees who have nothing to keep thém warm this winter and will heve nothing un- less America answers their need, Every kind of warm durable garment is needed. The northeérn division of ‘the Red Cross includes Minnesota, North and-South Dakotas and Mon- tana, This division is expected to furnish four hundred tons of the five thou- sand needed. Red Cross headquar- ters in every village, town and city will receive the garments. THIS DAY IN THE WAR Sept. 26, 1917—Immense pro-ally demonstration in Buenos Ayres. Sept. 26, 1916—Combles occupied by allies. Sept. 26, 1915—Allies take Ger- man trenches on 20-mile front, be- capture 20,000 prisoners. Sept. 26, 1914—Germans back French near Noyon. drive JUDGE IS REMOVED. Paul, Sept. 26.—Governor Burnquist has ordered the permanent removal of Judge James F. Martin of the Dodge county probate court on charges that the judge made disloyal statements. Judge Martin was sus- pended last March. The governor found that the judge had, im public places, made statements that Ger- many was justified in sinking the Lusitania; that the war was Eng- land’s war, and others of a similar tenor. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— GILE IS ADVANCED TO FINE POSITION Beuford M. Gile, who was formerly high school agriculturist of this city, | bas been- chosen agricultural voca- tional supervisor of the Smith- Hughes high schools of the state. The new position carries with it a sub- stantial increase in salary and is con- sidered a very high position in this branch of the state university work. ——Buy Liberty Bonds——— COFFEE FOR WOUNDED. (By United Press.) London, Aug. $1. (By Mail.)—An English coffee stall operated by Eng- lish-women is now installed behind the Italian lines. As the ambulances trundle down with their burden of wounded suffer- ers from the trenches to the army corps clearing station they halt by the side of this shining white coffee stall with its two blue-frocked at- tendants. When the wounded in their stretc¢hers have been gently lift- ed off the cars at the door of the clearing house they are greeted by] | young women who serve them with tween Belgian coast and Verdun, and | much needed refreshment. Many hag-{D gard and weary men have thus been helped on their journey to the hospi- tal. togéether with his crew,-shortly after as born in 'Marsala, Sicily. He was a when Italy entered the war and immediately enlisted as Lieutenant in the 1917, he entered the harbor of Trieste and sank the Austrian Dreadnaught, brought his own boat Later he distinguished himself in the famous raid 1 Austrian fortresses was destroyed by the bombardment of His exploits will go down in history with those of the great Gabriele d'Annunzlo, the soldier-poet of Italy, has celebrated Commandant . unharmed For flying | Both Rizzo's again was honored by his gov- MANY FACULTY CHANGES. | (By United Press.) Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 26.~—Resig- nation of former members of the fac- ulty “to do war work made many| changes in the faculty of the North Dakota School of Science which open- ed today for the 1918-19 terms. E. H. Jongs, former head of the biological department, resigned to accept the position “of superintendent of the Park River, N. D., agricultural high school, and he will he succeeded by W. E. Hasley. Miss Donne Forkne of Wahpeton will be the new assistant domestic science instructor. The winter term at the. Sciencei sclivols opens December 4 and_the! spring terms March 2. ——Buy Liberty Bonds: MOTOR CORPS MEETS AT CITY HALL TONIGHT: DRAFTEES ARE INVITED The Bemidji Motor Corps meets to- ‘night at the city hall at 8 o’clock Capt. B. H. Denu and Lieut. G. W, Harnwell, who attended the encamp- ment at Lake City the first of the week, have many new ideas to impart and all members are expected to be present. Some of the members have not yet attended a single meeting and lay themselves suhje: to court martial if they are not ex 1 before meeting | is called. It is also likely that a squad of men will be sent out for abgentees if not present at the meet-| ing tonight. | At the Lake City encampment, it was practically decided to increase the company from 48 to 61 members. It was also agreed that young mcn. and older one I to join need not own cs number of cars only bei quired, Those who are interested are invited to.attend the meeting tonight and drill with the company. T y need not neces- sarily join. The drills will be the regular army infantry formations and men who may be subjected to the draft are| welcome to take part. The company will be glad to help all who desire. Buy Liberty Bonds: SEVERAIL MEMBERS OF FIRST INFANTRY MAY | SOON LEAVE BEMIDJI| yed by the detach-| Minnesota infantry,| An order re ment of the I now in statfon in Bemidji, will take|- from this city about .30 of the men, Jeaving a squad of about 20, The! new draft will likely take several nf! the men while the exact future of| those to be taken away is uncertain, | also the date of leaving. ——Buy Liberty Bonds——— ST. PAUL OPENS LIBE?TY LOAN CAMPAIGN TONIGHT (By United Press.) 8t. Paul, Minn., Sept. 26.—Minne-| sota's fourth Liberty Loan campaign will receive a big boost here tonight with the staging of an “All Jackie” show e stitute stage 110 jeti i the music The .Be a Booster for the qurth leprly loan Bond Sale; llolp‘ Your Country Win NE + " FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ) 3 artillery resistance. proclaimed in Sofia, according cabinet is sitting continuously. isterial crisis is eminent, Prince Doris, local successes northwest of St repulsed. - 'SCUTHERN LEGISLATORS FORM LOBBY: OPPOSE COTTON PRICE FIXING Washington, Sept. 26.—An unusu- al procedure has been resorted to by southern members of congress to pro- test the interests of the cotton grow- ers against any unfair fixing of prices for their product, ag an outgrowth of ~reécent appointment of g stabjliz- ing committee by Chairman Bernard Baruch of the War Industries board. In conference a dozen of the south- ern representatives and senators agreed to the appointment of an “in- formal committee” whose function it would be to safeguard as far as pos- sible the cotton growers’ right. The southern senators and repre.’ sentatives have been greatly exercised over the threat of the administration to fix prices. They maintain if this is done it will mean that only enough cotton will be grown in the south this year to supply for next season’s crop. In other words, they declare the cot- ton industry in the south would suffer a loss that it would no snger be profitable for growers to continue planting crops. Plan to Block Legislation. The appearance of what is practi- celly a lobbying committee, made up of members of congress, is a novel development. The committee does| not hesitate to say it will endeavor | to prevent any legislation looking to coiton price fixing. The “informal committee’’ had had ity first conference with Mr. Baruch. | It expects to see the president later in the week. Hope that operation of the cotton distribution committee in purchasing at prices to be approv- ed by the president all cotton needed by the government and the Allies will 66 stabilize the cotton industry that g¢ al price fixing will not be nec- iry, was expressed by Chairman of the special committee, Price Fixing Protested. A delegation from the cotton states advisory marketing committee ap- peared at the first hearing of Chair- man Page’s committee. J. J. Brown, Georgia state commissioner of agri- culture, voiced what he said was the protest of the cotton growers against | the establishment of prices by the government, He said the farmers be- licved the law of supply and demand should govern, Pz WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN Subscriptions for Fourth ‘Lib- erty Loan bonds will be received, September 28, from 8 o’clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m., at the follow- ing places: s First ward—~Central . H. Denu, chairman. Second ward-—Central . Ebert, chairman. Third ward—High school, E. L. Benner, chairman, | Fourth ward, west of Mississip- pi river——City hall council room, ¥. B. Berman, chajrman. i Fifth ward and that Fourth ward east of Mi river——Lincoln school, J. well, chairman. Snbseribe at place designated school, school, E | show repeated tomorrow i night, S { | | | W e | e for the ward in which you live. ~2aNKEES AGAINON - ADVANCE:BIG LINE - CLOSETOBORDER; SOFIA UNDER SEIGE 3 By Frank J. Taylor. ’ (United Press Corréspondent.) 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It is in the 'shape of a Swiss fed- tral cross, lighted with electricity and is over 50 yards from tip to t.p of arnis; 7 » y This is believed to be the first ‘“aerfal lighthouse” erected. It is in- tended to inform all beligerent air- men that they are near the spot where two warring nations and one neutral nation join boundaries, ———Buy Liberty Bondg—— TEUTONS FIRE UPON DESERTING BHLGARS (By United Press.) London, Sept. 26.—German troops are continually firing on Bulgarians who desert the battle line, according to a Serbian official dispateh. British in Bulgaria. London, Sept. 26.—British troops have entered Bulgarian territory, it {s ‘officially announced. The great- est penetration is opposite Kosturino. This town is two miles within Bul- garian territory and four miles south {s the Bulgarian center of Stroumitza, ~——Buy Liberty Bonds———v FRANCO-AMERICANS ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE (By United Press.) Paris, Sept. 26.-—French troops, co-operating with the Americans, at- tached in the.Champagne district this morning, says a French offfsial dis- pateh. The attack was made at 5 o'clock this morning and the Amer- feans are operating to the eastward Renewed enemy attacks in the reg- iong of Allemont and La Faux are re- ported. Our lines were penetrated near La Feux,” said the dispatch, “but we re- stored the situation. East of Sancy we extended our gains, taking pris- oners,"” ——Buy }Abcrly Bonds—— NOTED AGRICULTURIST PLEASED ITH BEMIDJI Dr. A. V. Storm, head of the Uni- versity farm at St. Paul is a visitor in Bemidji today. He is on an in- gpection trip by automobile and is ac- companied by Mrs. Storm. Doctor Storm came to the Minne- sota university from Ames college and is considered one of the hest au- thorities in agricultural lines in the United States. He is very much taken with Bemdji and this section of the state and predicts a bright future for them. 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