Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 1

/ | l ISSUBSCRIBED " The money received was turned §| Ed. Springsted $1.00 over daily to Rev. L. P. Warford, || Wm. C. Budge . 1.00 pastor of the Presbyterian church || Paul Smith ... 1.00 ® |and president of the Red Cross]|Nels Garness . .. 100 Frank Sommerville .. 1.00 Yo 1 "{[/“’e searching out one of ] i | BEMI VOLUME XVI. NO. 269 PIONEER FIRE (98 Bodies Are |BEMIDJI CORPS FUND CLOSES; | Taken From | IS DOING FINE WORK FOR FIRE T0NE VICTIMS| Hospital Corps Taking Care of {Patients at Cloguet; Have ~ | NEARLY 500 | Train Wrack (By-United Press.) New York, Nov. 2.—Niuety-eight bodies had been taken from the wreck of the Brighton -Beach interurban train early today. The train jumped the track in the Brooklyn tunnel last night during the rush hours and more than one hun- dred were injured. The train crew has been arrested. SOLDIERS' CARTONS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE READY The Red Cross chapter received the_Cristmas cartons today and any- one having labels can call and get them at the Red ‘Cross rooms in the library. It is absolutely necessary to have a label in order to receive a carton. B e ———————————— ber company's camps were liberal contributors, with a total of $23.25. The closing contributors are: Crookston Lumber Co. (Camp No. 103, Nebish.) Splendid Showing Made by Be- ~idji Citizens, Aided by 19 County Loyalists LIEUT. BARKER SENDS $50 TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS Crookston Camps Again Heard From; Last of Subscrip- tions Turned Over “PIONEER” GRATEFUL T0- FIRE FUND SUBSCRIBERS With the close of the Pioneer's fire fund for the relief of the vics tims of the flame-swept forest section of the state, which reached the remarkable sum of nearly $3,600, The Pioneer wishes to ex- press its grateful appreciation of the hearty support in this under- taking. chapter, checked by him and re- ceipt given. It was at the sugges- tion of the Rev. Warford that The Pioneer essayed to conduct the fund campaign, and it was the noble response to the appeal that made it such'a marked success, and for which The Pioneer claims no credit. 3 Halvor Johnson Alfred Johnson . William Brown Joe Ambrose ... Mike Miskmers . Valentine Stutz Ben Anderson Olaf Sederberg . (Camp No. 10.) E. D. Miller. 8. L. Sellers. J. Sharp.... Thomas Canon . Julius Olson. ........ ;.50 Subscriptions fo the- Pioneer fire relief fund closes.; today and has reached the - -remarkable = total of -$3,480.18, contributed by the.loyal peoplelot lgemldji.and county, while $6.50 several subscriptions were received from other tow:s and cities in the OTHER CONTRIBUTIONSQ 00 state, and in other states. ~The last|y; * 5 =2 ° - cco>cont s ' of the donations will be turned over %(ly ‘i"fQQ:::fnm:n‘ O e ‘gg to Rev. L. P. Warford, president of}»'° € e o8 . 50 :he Red Cross chapter, for forward- 1.00 ng to the proper relief authorities. M L . i n... 1.0 Licut. E. A. Barker-of - Bomidil,| s mor sentiot o R executive officer of the Battleship|yt E. A. Barker... 50.00 Massachusetts, sends his check for|w _G. Schroeder. .. 5.00 $60, the cry of suffering humanity|c. D. Arnold . 2.00 in the flame-swept district reaching| Harry Arnold .... 2.00 clear to the big sea fighter and|Northern Red Cross 5 1.93 sons, who lost no time inhg:ne:(t)l'i:: Gus Btanl e 109 : po! cloth- to the aid of his fellow citizens. Hei:g White tamyly, cloth In printing the figures of contribu- | W. E. Arnold, clothing. tions $1° was credited to Mr. Conat R when it should haye been $2, and $1| § 8418 1o G. Worth, when it should have Previously acknowledged.. 3,396.25 been $4. Two more of the Crookston Lum—l Total fire fund ........ $3,480.18 DONT KILL FLYER WITH SAD LETTER, IS ENPHATIC ADVICE DJI DAILY PIO BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 2, 1918 Big Job on Hands: GOOD STORY IS TOLD:OF = | £ WHEN BAKER AWOKE/ Lieut. Harnwell of Motor Corps|’ First to: Arrive at Lawler; Had Been “Lost” one hundred, with from much along that line. Mr. Carson naively remarks that he is “in the kitchen and glad of it,” for, he says, ‘better job than waiting on the influenza patients.” ‘‘French, Baker, Boyce, Robinson and Captain Stewart have done excel- lent work. The doctor is Dr. French and Miss Baker head nurse,” he says. A good story is told about Lieut. George Baker of the Bemidji motor corps, according to Mr. Carson, and he tells it this way: When Baker Awoke. “Baker was handing out some talk to the lady nurse who was assisting him one night, and when about half way through his talk he fell asleep and did not awaken until the nurse he awoke he ‘| 'did not notice there was a new nurse he commenced to continue his conversation where he was ‘relieved. When on the job and left off with the other one. nurse spoke up and said, children?’ - Bemidii Doing Duty. “You can say the Bemidji fellows are ‘doing their full duty and then some, I want to tell you this hospital Gen- eral Rhinow has been on the job all could not run without them. the time. Fine fellow. “I don't know what would have become of all the sick people. the well-to-do people are in Duluth or Superior and on the morning we arrived there were only a few shacks built, but now you can see hundreds going up in all directions, one and three room houses, anything to get Stewart has been a big addition to the hospital corps. The bunch now here are Capt. Scott Stewart, Lient. George Baker of the motor corps, Boyce, Corporal Robin- son, Privates Arlo Achenbach, Staple ton, Clark, Koors, Rhoda and Harris.” into. Captain Harnwell Arrives O . K Lieut. G. W. Harnwell of the Be- midji motor corps was the first to reach Lawler after a heart-breaking trip in which his comrades were in- clined to believe he was lost or had accident or break- experienced an down. (By United Press.) ological effect upon the boy. He may Washington, Nov. 2.—Be careful|get to thinking too much about it, and this combined with homesickness imay spoil his mental condition, or even make him ‘ ‘ship shy'” render- ing him unfit for flying for a day or more. “At Love Field, Dallas, Tex., there was a young cadet whose wife used to write letters that failed to cheer, and always begged him to be careful. He worried about his wife and smok- ed cigars to excess, even before and after breakfast, probably becayse smokes consoled him somewhat. He did not sleep enough, and this com- bined with the nicotine no doubt dulled his brain to such an extent that at a crucial moment he was not sufficiently alert and was killed when his ship got into a tail-spin. “Sometimes cadets worry over the letters from sweethearts and others so that instead of getting eight hours sleep at night they obtain only three or four, especially in Texas in sum- mer when the nights are very hot. Then when they are in the air in the morning these men become drowsy and fall asleep so that a crash is quite likely to happen, whereas if they were sufficiently rested to re- main alert so that the droning of the motor and the vibrant singing of the wires would not incline them to drowiness they would be perfectly safe. The flight surgeons and phy- sical directors are doing wonderful work to countract *‘air trances’” and other troubles of the flier, and the people at home must co-operate with them. “Send them cheerful news, even if is necessary to avoid telling the whole truth. Do your part to keep up the morate of our air service.” of letters you write to an airman! This is the emphatic advice sent out this week to families and friends of our fliers by the U. S. air medical service. While at first glance it may appear somewhat strange that the service should attempt to dictate as to what should and what should not be written to a flier, a moment’s thought will reveal the fact that letters are a vital point in helping to win the war and maintain army morale. It is bad enough for any soldier to receive the “kill-joy” type of letter from home—the cne telling about grandpa and all of the babies being sick, the landlord pressing for the rent, and how sweetheart is re- ceiving marked attention from a slacker who has not been drafted. But it is much worse for a fiier to receive bad news from home for the reason that his highly special- ized training and work in the air keeps him in a state of high tension and often he is' more susceptible to unpleasant news from home than the man on the ground. “By all means avoid writing that piece of advice, * ‘be careful and don’t take any chances while in the air;’ "' which so many people write!” admonishes Lieut.-Col. Isaac H. Jones, of the U. S. air medical ser- vice. “If a flier ever is to become an air fighter he must take cMances and take them often too. He under- stands that and is perfectly willing. But when he receives a letter from one of the folks, telling how she dreamed the night before that he had crashed to the ground in a nose dive, it is quite liable to have a bad psych- ve Page T left Bemidjif was at Lawler everything lovely. and some became route, first on the ground. G. M. Torrance, home from Lawler. heavily in work, Bémidii unit arrived. tchell on Ground a member of the also accompanied Ballou, corps, ley home sponded to the call for aid. Achenbach Is 1L with appendicitis and returned home medical attention. (By United Press.) French statement today. In a letter received from G. EJ Carson . of -the hospital corps ‘of th twenty-first battalion, now at-Clo= quet, he says that when the Bemidj unit arrived at Cloquet there were seventeen patients, later * going to thirty. to fifty new ones every: day and that they wouldn’t know what to do were it not for the Bemidji hospital corps, as the soldiers on duty are not doing ‘Young man, do you know I have seven grand This word was received today by phone which stated that Lieut. Harn- well, who commanded the party that On the trip over he became separated from the bunch apprehensive en but the lieutenant was the Ed. Ebert and L. P. Eckstrum are on their way Their cars are large ones and not exactly suited for the hop scotch work that is being performed by the “universal’” cars. . Olin, Rhoda, Wallace and Wilson of ‘the motor corps are at Lawler and The Eveleth unit on duty there left for home when the Mi L Major Mitchell of the twenty-first home guard battalion, Bemidji, left last nigth for the scene of destruc- tion and will go to Cloquet where the battalion hospital corps is on duty. hospital Major Mitchell, and five men from the Bag- guard company also re- Arlo Achenbach, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. O. Achenbach, who left with the Bemidji home guards Wednesday morning for Cloquet, was taken ill Thursday night vesterday for EDGE OF BELGRADE Paris, Nov. 2.—The Serbian forces have reached the outer defences of Belgrade, their capital, is an official etreat, PATRIOTIC TEACHERS . VOLUNTEER FOR RELIEF WORK IN FIRE ZONE Four of the patriotic teachers of the public schools left this morning for the forest fire district, having volunteered for relief work, and will go on-duty at Cloquet. The teachers are Miss Hall, princi- al of the junior department; Miss ‘Chisholm, Miss Barnwell and Miss Erickson. Four more of like calibre are as- sisting the draft board in its rush of work, having volunteered their ser- vices. : They are Miss Wager, head of the commercial department; Miss Benson, Miss Chesborough and Miss Stevenson. The action of these teachers dur- ing their term of enforced vacation, owing to the epidemic closing order, is wcertpinly to be heartily commend- ed and shows the spirit that prevades Bemidji’s schools. OTHERS VOLUNTEER The Three of Bemidji's prominent young women have a]so volunteered for service at Cloquet, leaving last night. They are Misses Arvilla Kenfield, Velma Dean and Gladys Chapin, who will assist in_caring for the influenza plague victims in the fire zone. EIGHT MORE GUARDS ENTRAIN FOR CLOOUET First Sergt. Byers of the Bemidji home guard company received orders this morning from Lieut. Bert Barker of the Bemidji home guard to secure eight more men from the company and send them to Cloquet, the re- quest being made for more help for Cloquet, the unit to leave at 11:58 this forenoon. Sergeant Byers had the men rounded up in a jiffy and they en- trained at the appointed time, among them being B. Baldwin of the Indi- ana home guard who was in Bemidji and volunteered. The others were Earl Cochran, “Dick” Kenfield, J. Simons, Frank Phibbs, Rev. Whitby of the Baptist church, Glen Cham- bers and Walter Brooks (not the banker.) AMERICANS ADVANCE FOUR MILES ON FRONT By Frank Taylor. (United Press Correspondent.) With the Americans Afield, Nov. 2. —Americans, with French co-cpera- tion on ‘the left, have advanced more than four miles in an attack on a twenty-mile front between the Aisne and Meuse rivers. All and PLENTY OF POTASH (By United Press.) San Francisco, Nov. 2.—Germans who said the United States entered the war to grab Germany’s potash deposits didn’t know much about the natural resources of this country. A new $1,000,000 unit of a potash plant on Searles Lake, in Southern California, was due to start opera- tion today. It will bring the daily production of one company operat- ing on this lake up to 140 tons a day. The United States before the war used only 250,000 tons of potash a year, most of which was imported. Be- cause of cheaper foreign labor it had never been worth while to develop American potash or nitrate deposits on a large scale. “Grabbing German's potash de- witn an army and navy is ng Uncie Sam more than $50,- 000,000 With half a day’s expenditure: he could develop enough potash deposits to supply the country for a century. Engineers estimate that Searles Lake alone will supply normal Amer- jean nftrate needs for nearly a cen- tury. , Thig Is one of the small British tanks that do such valiant service in wiping out the machine-gun nests that the enemy relies on to make good his CASH BALANCE INCREASED St. Paul, Nov. 2.—The state began November business today with a cash balance of $9,215,123, according to State Treasurer Henry Rines. The largest items in the big total are $6,098,850 in the revenue fund and $1,276,207 in the road and bridge fund. The state's cash balance was in- creased by $2,700,000 of earnings at the State Prison twine and machin- ery plants this season, an increase of $1,300,000 over last year's total and including $2,300,000 of receipts during November. George La Fond, treasury accoun- and added that state trust fund loans to Minnesota schools and towns approximate $24,000,000, having in- creased $2,000,000 during the last year. THREE POUNDS A MONTH IS NEW SUGAR RATION Minneapolis, Nov. 2.—S8ugar con- servation by American housewives, as well as improved railroad facili- ties, the Louisiana cane crop, and the new beet crop, are all responsi- ble for the increase of monthly sugar rations to three pounds a person with three pounds for each ninety meals in restaurants, according to advices re- ceived from Washington by A. D. Wilson,, federal food administrator for Minnesota. Normal consumption of sugar for July, August, September and Octo- ber, the months during which the two-pound allotment plan was in operation, is estimated at 1,600,000,. 000 pounds. The saving during these four months this year is be- lieved by food administration offi- cials to total 300,000,000 pounds. Mr. Wilson said today that while the sugar situation has improved, the needs for exports in other lines and for continued food conservation are still important. THREE BILLION ‘SMOKES ’ ORDERED MEN ABROAD Washington, Nov 2.—Orders for 3,000,000,000 cigarets, enough to provide two smokes for every person in the world, have been placed by the war department to supply Ameri- can soldiers for the balance of the year. AMERICANS ALL Tokio, Sept. (By .Mail.)—Fifty stars are on the service flag at the American embassy here. The stars represent Americans who have left Japan for France, via American training camps. Ambassador Roland 8. Morris believes that even more than that number have gone to fight, and has issued a public appeal for information about all such depar- tures. BIG GAME SEASON WILL OPEN NOV. 10 November 10 is the date for the opening of the big game season, which is to end December 1. The limit is one male, antlered moose or one deer. Same for resident or non- resident. (No moose ‘““antlered” un- til over one year old.) Game may be shipped to home of licensee. Licenses for residents of the state are obtained from the county audi- tor at $1. Fee for non-residents of state is $25 and obtained from the Minnesota Game and Fish Commis- gion, State Capitol, St. Paul. GERMAN SUBS ARE PULLING INTO BASES {By United Press.) London, Nov. 2.—German subma- rines are concentrating at their bases, {s the report received today. COMMANDING [TALIAN ARMY IS SENT TERMS Will Present Inter-Allied Peace Plans to Austria; Allies : Are Unanimous MONARCHIAL FOREIGN MINISTER HAS RESIGNED Austrian Troops That Deserted Battle Front Are Fighting Among Themselves (By United Press.) Paris, Nov. Z.—The Inter-allied council at Versailles has forwarded to General Diaz of Italy, commander in chief of the Italian armies, the terms of- the armistice to be granted Aus- tria, Le Matin declared today. The council unanimously agreed upon every clause in the terms, it is stated. AUSTRIAN MINISTER RESIGNS Zurich, Nov. 2.-—Count Julius, Austro-Hungarian fofreign minister, has resigned, stated advices received today. AUSTRIANS FIGHT EACH OTHER Zurich, Nov. 2.—The twenty.three Austrian divisions, which mutinied and deserted the Italian front are fighting each other, Vienna news- papers today declared. ITALIANS REACH RIVER Milan, Nov. 2.—Italian patrols have reached the Tagliamento river, a battle front dispatch says today. INTERESTING REPORT London, Nov. 2.—Austria-Hungary may beé handed aver to the Czecho- Slav national council. ITALIANS CLEAR PLATEAU Rome, Nov. 2.—Itallan troops have practically cleared Asiago plateau, capturing a number of important peaks and villages and taking 3,000 additional prisoners. ; WASHINGTON WORRIES ABOUT NEXT SPEAKER (By United Press.) Washington, - Nov. 2.—Republi- cans, confident of winning control of the next house of representatives, to- day were discussing chances of var- fous members for the speakership. Democrats are just as confident of victory as republicans, but in their case, it is practically certain that Speaker Champ Clark will succeed himself. Republican leader James R. Mann, Ilinois, would be the leading repub- lican candidate if his health per- mitted his accepting the place. Mann, however, has been away from con- gress for several months, and while he is on the road to recovery, friends say, he would not risk a set-back by assuming the burdens of the chair. Acting Majority Leader Gillett, Massachusetts; Representative Nick Longworth, Ohio, son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, and Representa- tive Horace Turner, lowa, are men- tioned after Mann. If election returns show republican strength still lies in tne east, Gillett is conceded the place. A big turnover which would send a big G. O. P. delegation from the west probably would result in elec- tion of Towner, the leading parlimen- tarian of the republican side of the house. A third possibility is an even di- vision of west and east with Ohio holding the balance of power. This would mean the election of Long- worth, who has distinguished himself by his work on the ways and means committee. Longworth's taxation ideas differ radically from those of democrats in congress, but in many cases they closely parallel those of Secretary McAdoo. YANKEES TAKE NINE VILLAGES. VERDUN FRONT (By United Press.) Washington, Nov 2.—The capture by American forces of nine villages {on the Verdun front and continued attacks with French aid, was a part of the report of General Pershing today ALLIES CAUTURE 1.400. Paris, Nov. 2.—The Franco-Ameri- can attack on the Aisne front was resumed this morning, says a French official dispatch, and 1,400 additional ]prisoners were captured. i { < — 4