Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 4, 1918, Page 1

"\ } VOLUME XVI. NO. 270 (LINAXNEARS ANDLAST DAY OF CAMPALGNS — IS WHIRLWIND Battle Particularly Strenuous in Minnesota and North Da-- kota; Mixed in S. D. LINES ARE PRETTY WELL DRAWN IN MINNESOTA Ten COngreulflen Are. to Be Elected; Personal Record Factor in Voting (By United Press.) St. Panl, Nov. 4.—Politics was far from. adjourned in the northwest to- day. tlez in North and South Dakota and Minnesota reached a whirlwind climax. The nonpartisan league figures prominently in elections throughout the upper' tier of states from Wis-] It has in- consin to Washington. dorsed candidates in all of the states in which it is organized. The battle has been particularly strenuous in Minnesota and South Daketa. In North Dakota there is said 2o be . little doubt that the «Jepublican-nonparisan slate will win. Governor Lynn J. Frazier is the non- partisan candidate for re-election against S. J. Doyle, democrat. In the first congressional district, John M. Baer, republican, is opposped by Fred Bartholomew, demoerat. In the Second district, G. M. Young, repub- lican, opposes L. N. Torson, democrat, and in the Third district, J. H. Sin- clair, republican, opposes Halver L. Halvorson, democrat. Mixed in South Dakota. In South Dakota, the governorship race is considerably mixed up. Five| candidates are in:the field....Governor. Peter Norbeck, republican; Mark P. Bates, nonpartisan-independent; Jas. E. Bird, democrat; Orville 'E, Ander- son, socialist, and Knute Lewis; inde- pendent, form the battery of candi- dates for the governship. Thomas Sterling, republican, and O. V. Rhine- hart, democrat, are battling for Unit- ed States senator. .JFor representative in the First district, C. Chrisopher- son, republican, and R. E. Dowdell, democrat, are the candidates. Minnesota Active. Minnesota present a gubernatorial race with lines pretty well drawn between the nonpartisan and Burn- quist republicans. Governor J. A. A. sarnquist is running for a re-election as a republican, while David Evans, democrat and indorsed by the non- partisan, is campaigning vigorously against him. F. E. Wheaton, demo- crat, is also in the-race -and claims a big democratic vote. The loyalty of none of the candidates is not question and it appears to be a'ques- tion of who can show the best per- sonal record. Ten Congressmen. Outside the state, however, and, perhaps, within the state, the most .interesting problem is the election of ten representatives‘to congress and one senator. Senator Knute Nelson, republican, for re-election to the sen- ate is opposed by W. G. Calderwood, national party candidate on the in- dependent ticket. In the first and. ninth congress- iena 1 districts, democrats have no - candidates for representative. In the (Continued on Page Four) On the contrary, political bat- ] HOLLANg (OANTWERP™" s ¢ )RR f uceo J 23 ey ?g Driving the Germans back step by tep, niile by mile, this week sees the Allies occupy the strongholds of Os- tend, Zeebruge, Lille, Douai, Courtrai, and Meuin. All important key stones in the arches of the German lines in I"rance and Belgium. France is now alntost cleared of the detested Huns. The victorious Allies are sweeping the tierman armies back in Belgium with /nr;n(l attacks. But the end is not uet. i s With the peculiar view point of the Gierman - mind the military leaders headed by the Kaiser talk of sitting at the peace table with civilized nations, prate of their dignity, talk of their war of defense. It would seem from the fact that Lille, Ostend and Zee- bruge were left behind untouched by torch that the Germans either had not time to destroy or they are heeding the words of President Wilson. Pres- ent indications are for a stand by the Germans on a line of defense drawn from Antwerp south to Metz. This will enable them to retreat in better order to_the fronticy defenses of Ger- many which would geem imminent. The present dazzling allied successes in the Balkans has had a gertain spec- ...lator on the German. side who. must feel the irony of the situation keenly. That person is Field Marshall von Mackensen. Yet, in the working of the destruction of Germany, it is alto- gether fitting that von Mackensen should suffer first. He began his mil- itary career some forty-five years ago by murdering four French women who. trusted him. The wresent war .gave ED. DEAN IS WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS: BONES WERE NOT SHATTERED W. E. Dean has received a letter from his son, Ed. Dean, stating that he is in a hospital suffering from bullet wounds in both legs. He was shot on October 4 in action but states no bones were shattered. He expects to be around on crutches in -a-few days but is greatly disappoint- ed at.mot being able to be in at the finish. The young soldier is a member of the field artillery, and has been sev- eral months in actual fighting on the French front. ITALY AND AUSTRIA BOTH SIGN ARMISTICE (By United Press.) Paris, Nov. 4.—The Austro- Italian armistice has been signed by both belligerents. No details of terms have been received but it prob- ably means hostilities will cease im- mediately. POLICE PATROL CHURCH DOOR T0 INSURE CLOSING ORDER The sight of a uniformed police- man patroling St. Philip’s Catholic church Sunday forenoon evoked con- siderable comment pro and con, the officer being assigned to duty at the order of the mayor, acting in com- pliance with the order issued by the Bemidji board of health upon the nublic closing order of the state sard of health to prevent the spread ® the Spanish influenza. . Only One Exception. The order for closing all public piaces in Bemidji included the churches and all complied and re- mained closed with the exception of St. Philip’s church. Chief of Police Essler asked that the church be closed and, it is asserted, the request met with refusal. acted and enforced the order by the fissignment of Officer Tibbetts. Father Philippi today brought to T'he Pioneer copies of Catholic news- papers, one of which contained an ‘ article by Cardinal Gibbous, in which 4 he declared the order issued broad- T e e - - Then the mayor cast by health bureaus for closing of public places, including the churches, giving as his reason that he “be- lieved it would be a much needed relief to our church-going popula- tion if they could be allowed to attend brief morning services,” and he took issue with the closing of churches and allowing stores, fac- tories, office buildings, banks, etc., to remain open. Many “Kicks” Made. Calls to the police department were many Sunday and Chief Essler was kept busy. One of the pro- testors was a woman who informed the chief that the pastor of the church has power to remove the mayor, the police and any officer in the city. The chief had some doubts but took it good naturedly. At any rate, the mayor and board of health acted on the campaign of the state hoard and in the best in- terests of Bemidji and its people, and {it was a matter of conserving the health of the entire citizenship of jthe city and nothing else, o BEMIDJI DAILY BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 4, 1918 % \Bcu 1N taery (\5" \ %}\95(;6h "54\0*."‘! ',rn"’fm,“i ; L QCOLOGNE QU € M him_unlimited opportunity to develop all the Prussianism that ‘t’hafo was in him. It is said that even the Ger- mans hate lim. He directed the-over- running of Serbia, and boasted that he had ‘utterly crushed that small coun- try. A year later, he destroyed Rou- mania in the same manner, and in 1917 he superintended the Caporetio disas- ter which so nearly sent Italy to ruin. But the Itelians turned the Germans back at the Piave, and Gen, Byng with his tanks at Cambrai showed the Ger- mans that they did not dare to iake their troops out of France. Macken- sen, therefore, was sent back to the near _gast” to wring food and money out of the helpless people, and leave the western front free to his rivals, Hindenburg and Ludendorf, When the present Balkan offensive started von Mackensen telegraphed Jrantically to the Kaiser for more troops, but got in reply a demand to Jurnish soldiers for the fighting in France. Hindenburg’s lines were crump- ling under the blows of Gen. Foch, and every available soldier was needed to stiffen the defense. So, with a hand- ful of troops scraped together from Roumania, Mackensen rushed to Sofia, trying to stem the rush,—but he was too late. Bulgaria was whipped and out of the war, when he got there, and the Austrians were in wild retreat, with German units leading in the flight, while the Serbians, Italians, French and British were hotly pursu- ing the broken army. Mackensen ground his teeth. but could do no more, as he saw his Serbian conauascts Emperor Karl Will Ahdicate; Tells Gabinet (By United Press.) Copenhagen, Nov. 4.—Emperor Karl has. informed the members of his cabinet that he intends to ab- dicate and reside in Switzerland, says a Vienna dispatch to the Tag- blatt.” Count Karoly's cabinet has decided to submit the question of a Hungarian republic to a referendum, it is reported. BRITISH 0PEN ATTACK (By United Press.) London, Nov. 4.—The British have opened a new attack on a wide front south of the Schedelt river, General Haig announced today. TWO RETURN FROM DUTY AT CLOOUET Lieutenant G. T. Baker and Cor- poral G. E. Carson, of the twenty- first battalion hospital corps of the Bemidji home guards, returned home this morning from Cloquet, where they had been since Tuesday. They brought with them Private Bowers and Private Templeton, who are suf- fering with the Spanish influenza. Their condition is not considered serious but Sergeant E. N. French, who is in charge at Cloquet, does not wish to take any chances, and will send the boys home as soon as they show any sign of the epidemic. ELECTION DAY DON'TS Political banners may not be displayed on automobiles or other vehicles on election day. Transportation to and from the polls cannot be furnished voters on election day, either by a can- didate, his friends or relatives, either for compensation or as a donation. Political literature cannot be distributed on election day. Voters may not be solicited within one hundred feet of the polls. e Y ¥ PGS LQOUMP‘ e 3 slip away,—as Uskub,~—then Nish,— then Durazzo fell to the Italian armies and. their Alides, and the way into Austria was opened. The black areas on the gencral map show the extent of the allied gains in 1918. They mean more, however, than just so much territory taken. The Ger- man resistance in the Balkans i3 braken, while in France, it is estimated that one-quarter of the German artil- lery has bgen captured, and about that percentage of the effectives put out of the fight. The capture of Duri 0 WAS @ V brilliant feaf. Italian and allied w ships steamed into the harbor. dis garding mine flelds and shore guns, sank the Austrian fleet hiding lhere, and destreyed. the military 1works of the port. At the same time the Ital- ians from southern Albania were mak- ing forced marches over the interven- ing hundred miles of wild and roadless country. They drove the Austrians out of the mountaing and took the city be- fore the enemy could rally. The fall of Durazzo completely frees the lower Adriatic of the Austrian menace, and paves the way for an invasion of Aus- tria itself. 4, Italian troops are also flohting mag- nificently in France. They hold the lines in_the Champagne north of Reims. Fighting side by side with the French they took the important city of Sissone, east of Laon. It was largely due to the Italians that the German offensive at Reims in July was stopped Jsad in its tracks. DIDNT VISIT PRESIDENT: SLACKER SIGNS REGISTRY: FAILED OVER RELIGION George Grau, residing about two miles out of Tenstrike, decided today not to go to Washington to explain to President Wilson the reason for his not having registered when he should have. He registered with the draft board and filled out a ques- tionnaire, instead of interviewing the president, and will return to his habitat. On Sunday, Chief of Police Essler went to see the “slacker,” being in- formed before hand that Grau was a bad ‘un,” but the chief diplomatically discussed farming and finally got around to the failing to register. Finally the chief informed Grau that he would have to go to Wash- ington and explain it to his presi- dent, whereupon Grau was agreeable. He cleaned up, changed his clothing, packed & grip and came to Bemidji in company with Joe Herman and W. A. Rice and landed in the court house. The exact status of Grau is uncer- tain, but he seems to be somewhat twisted on religion. NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS. (By United Press.) St. Paul, Nov. 4.—Draft regis- trants not yet called have an oppor- tunity to make themselves efficient craftsmen through the opening of night school classes at the Mechanic Arts high school here tonight. The plan has met with much favor and its success is looked for. DR. SANBORN TAKEN ILL IN MILITARY CAMP A mesage received today from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., conveyed the information that Dr. Sanborn, now Lieut. -Sanborn of the medical corps of the United States military forces, is ill in the“camp hospital. The de- tails are not available. Mrs. Sanborn left today from Min- neapolis for the bedside of her hus- band. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. Miss Margaret Holtergren was tak- en to the hospital today for treat- ment. She was discovered sick and in destitute circumstances and the city health authorities ordered.she be taken to where she could have proper care P~ V g ‘.‘1 74N FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONT EXTRA & = < o [ 2 ~ HOSTILITIES CEASE -3 0’CLOCK TODAY; - ARMISTICE TERMS - SIGNEDBY AUSTRIA , (By United Press.) Washington, Nov. 4.—Complete and effective sur- render of Austria-Hungary is provided in the allied armistice terms operative today, according to the official announcement by afternoon. The terms include: the state department this Cessation of hostilities at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Demobilization of the Austrian army. Delivery to the allies of half of the enemy equip- ment and material. Evacuation of all invaded territories. Allies to use all roads, rail and waterway. Immediate return of all allied prisoners. The surrender stipulated submarines and warships, opening the Adriatic and Danube to the allies, occupa- tion of fort, concentration and aircraft designated points. NO EARLY STATEMENT OF Al;LlED CONFERENCE. London, Nov. 4.—There will be no early statement on the result of the Versailles conference, Bonar Law announced this afternoon, Paris, Nov. 4.—Reichstag REICHSTAG GROUPS TO CONFER. groups will confer today and tomorrow for the purpose of arriving at a decision on the ques- tion of the Hohenzollern dynasty, says a Zurich dispatch to L' Information, quoting the Badische Presse. . GHENT CAPTURED SUNDAY MORNING . London, Nov. 4.—Unofficial reports today say that Ghent was captured Sunday morning. HUNGARY DECLARES FOOD BLOCKADE. Geneva, Nov. 4.—Hungary has declared a food blockade against Germany in an effort and boat traffic to Germany has been stopped. to hasten peace. All railway Berlin has protested the blockade which holds up twenty thousand tons of food and large quanttiies of petrol and prevents the return of German divisions. SEVEN VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED FOR NURSING Seven volunteer nurses are wanted to go to Cloquet Thursday as relief for the Bemidji school teachers now doing their bit in the hospital at that place, the inhabitants of the fire-swept village Dbeing attacked with the influenza epidemic. Anyone who will volunteer should notify Bert Barker at Barker's drug store or Rev. L. P. Warford, president of the Red Cross. Sergeant Lahr and Corporal Shav- itch of the home guard went to Cloquet today to assist in the relief work. Three men from Bagley also went. ALLIED FORCES ARRIVE IN CONSTANTINOPLE (By United Press.) Paris, Nov. 4.—The allied forces are reported to have arrived in con- stantinople. RAGTIME IN SCOTLAND (By United Press.) A port in Scotland, Oct. 19. (By Mail.)—According to K. J. Hollins- head, of Evanston, Ill., secretary in an American Y. M. C. A. naval hut somewhere in Scotland, the canny Highlander is succumbing to the lure of our navy's jazz bands, and in many a “wee hoose on the heather” the bagpipe stands in the corner un- used. Along with the craze for jazz there has naturally developed a love of the trot and one-step. When Jack comes ashore he wants to dance. But in Scotland he didn’t find much satis- faction in watching the lassies doing a hornpipe nor did the bagpipe seem like music to his *‘jazzened” ears At one port where our navy men come ashore in great numbers the boys couldn’t find a dance hall of any sort, they went to Mr. Hollinshead of the Y. M. C. A and ssked his help. After scouring the town, he found the only available room was the upstairs of a second-hand shop. With the aid of a working party from the ship, he was able to have the junk removed after four hours labor and the place was converted into a very useable ballroom. Mr. Hollins- head then introduced the hoys to a number of the Scotch girls of the town, the ships jazz band played American rags, and soon the lassies were swinging into steps and the first of a series of many dances was in- augurated. VOTE PINK BALLOT Temorrow ig election day in Min- nesota and in Beltrami county and voters should look well into the-char- acters of the candidates for offices. The polls for Bemidji will be in the regular voting - precincts and will be open from 6 o’clock in the morning until 9 o’clock in the even- ing. Before casting the ballot for candi- dates, loyal voters should ask for the pink ballot and vote “Yes” on the state constitutional amendment, eliminating liquor from the state per- manently. BLACKDUCK DRAFTEE IS TAKEN WITH THE “FLU” Oliver Whaley, proprietor of the Elko and Grand theatres, received a card this morning from A. A. Lee, formerly imachine operator at his theatres, and who recently volun- teered his services in the U. 8. army as photographer. Mr. Lee stated the boys who left with him were all well with the exception of Oscar Ander- son of Blackduck, who was taken ill with the Spanish ‘““flue.”” The card is dated November 1, LaJunta, Col. The card did not state where the young man was taken off the train, but presumably at this city in Colo- rado. Y | | | | ! | 4 i | \ | | | | 4 1 ——r