Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 19, 1918, Page 1

- YOU CAN'T GET TODAY’'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S .PAPERS--READ VOLUME XVIL NO. 283 BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 19, 1918 TWILSON WILL PROPOUND LS. “PEACE IDEALS AT CONFERENCE Casts Aside Precedent; Says He Will Sail for France “in December GERMANS GIVEN CHOICE; BEHAVE OR HOSTILITIES French Reach the Rhine; Hoover Will Go to Berlin; Study Food Situation (By United Press.) Washington, Nov. 19.— American ideals for a lasting peace will be propounded at the great peace con- ference by President Wilson in per- son. Sweeping aside all precedents, | the president has announced he will sail for France early in December to actively participate in the conclave at Versailles. MAY RESUME HOSTILITIES. Stockholm, Nov.. 19.— President Wilson has informed the German gov- ernment through neutrals that un- less Germans maintain order hostil- ities will be immedi-ely resumed, it was declared in a - Berlin dispatch received today. DREADNAUGHTS LEAVE STATION Copenhagen, Nov. 18.—In com- pliance with -the armistice terms, the German dreadnaughts Bayern, Groser H. Kurfust, Kronprinze Wilhelm, Markrag, Kaiser and Albert and the battle cruigers Seydlitz and Moltke left Kiel on Sunday en-route to thef North sea. FRENCH REACH RHINE. Paris, Nov. 19.—French troops have reached the mneighborhood of the Rhine, on a front of about thirty miles from the Swiss frontier north- ward, it was , officially announced today. U HOOVER TO GERMANY. Paris, Nov. 19.—~That . Herbert Hoover will go to Berlin within two weeks to study the German food sit- uation first hand, was the belief ex- pressed there today. PAQUIN AND OLSON ARE | POTATO PRIZE WINNERS J. H. Paquin of Wilton and"P: J. Olson of Becida won the .two.-big. prizes offered by Otto Shook of this city for the best load of potatoes hauled the longest distance, and the best and largest load of potatoes. Mr. Paquin won the prize for haul- ing the potatoes the longest distance, which was seventeen and three- quarter miles. He had about as good a load of potatoes as has been hauled into the ecity. Mr. Olson received the prize for having he best quality of potatoes brought in that day. He had a load of Burbanks which were free from mixtures and but very little disease. Mr. Shook sent each of these men a $10 check as a prize. The judging was done by A. W. Aamodt, agricultural director for south Beltrami county. SOLDIERS’ CHRISTMAS PACKAGES A plan has been perfected whereby the final mailing date for Christmas parcels for soldiers overseas has been extended to November 30. The plan also includes a provision for furnishing Christmas labels to in- dividuals who have not received Jabels from soldiers in the American Expeditionary Forces upon the re- cdipt of a signed application stating that the applicant is the nearest of kin in the United States, that no jabel has been received from abroad and that should one subsequently be received it will not be used. The ap- plicant must also state that to the best of his knowledge and belief only one Christmas parcel will be sent to the proposed recipient. . This arrangement has been made at the request of the war department to prevent disappointment to those who have not received labels from abroad and is intended to insure the delivery of one parcel to each man. The local chapter has ordered a supply of labels and will have them on hand in a day or so. pNhEn R R ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Yearly election of officers and busi- nes¢ mceting will be held by the Win One 1ss of the Methodist church this evening in the church parlors, and all members are expected to be there. The session will commence at 7:20 o’clock. ‘BIG THREE-MEETS AS ONE. BEMIDJI, DEC. 7: - FARMERS INTERESTED When the “Big Three” meets as one in Bemidji on December 7, there will be a program of ‘special interest to the farmer of Beltrami county, and every farmer in the vicinity of the county, for it will be a .joint meeting of the Poultry association, the Potato association and the Farm Bureau with the program in the high'{ school. It will be the first annual meeting bureau and the fourth annual meet- and Corn Show association. A special feature will be a discus- gion in regard to the organization of a Beltrami County Seed Potato as- sociation, and a free dinner will be served to all. Everybody should be of the South Beltrami County Farm} ing of the Bemidjl Poultry, Potato interested, says County Agent Aamodt, and any particulars will be gladly furnished by him. Either call or address him at the court house. The program on December 7 will last from 10 o’clock in the foremoon until 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the following noted agricultiral ex- perts will speak: A. D. Wilson, state food adminis- trator. - W. E. Stanfield, specialist. A. G. Tolaas, state potato specialist. C. BE. Brown, poultry specialist. T. M. McCall, horticulturist, Northwest Experiment station. Mrs. M. Baker, assistant leader of boys and, girls. N. E. Chapman, state poultry spe- cialist. FIRST GRIDIRON CLASH IN BEMIDJI SATURDAY On Saturday afternoon the first gridiron battle of the season will be fought at Athletic park between the Bemidji high school football eleven and the team from the Thief River high school. Game will be called at 2:20 o’clock. It was Thief River Falls that last season defeated the Bemidji team at the-former city by the score of 18 to 12 and the locals are determined to even~ the score ~Sattirday. The Bemidji team “will suffer the loss of one of its crack piayers, ‘“Dutch” Achenbach being out on account of having recently undergone an opera- tion for appendicitis and the visitors are coming with a heavy team. federal poultry state ANNUAL ELECTION OF RED CROSS TOMMOROW The annual election of officers for the Ked Cross chapter will be held in the Elks temple tomorrow after- noon at 3:30 o’clock, and all who desire to vote for the board of di- rectors must have their dues paid in full. The program for tomorrow is as follows: Forenoon—Inspection of the work rooms by the branch delegates. Afternoon—2:00 o’clock, solo, Ida Virginia Brown; 2:1b, reports of branch delegates; 3:30, election of executive committee of chapter; 4:00, address, ‘“Civilian Relief,” Rev E. L. Heermance from division head- quarters; 5:30, announcement of election. . FRITZ FLEES FROM FLYERS (By United Press.) London, Nov. 2. (By Mail.)—Two years ago the particular and ex- tremely disconcerting form of war- fare which consists of machinegun- ning troops from low flying airplanes was almost unheard of . Nowadays, it has become an indispensable fea- ture of allied offensive operations. One of its chief objects, is the de- moralization of the German infantry, and in this it is particularly success- ful. There is nothing so unnerving to men either in the trenches, or in open country, as to see a flight of machines swooping down in a sudden formation dive their machine guns pouring out a hail of death dealing bullets. One has that curious illusion that the machines are diving straight at one, in a similar way that a machine in a spinning nose dive, at an alti- tude appears to be spinning down ex- actly over one’s head although it may be some distance away. The choicest Prussian discipline collapses under these circumstances, and the column of infantry is immediately dispensed in a frantic and chaotic search for cover, As an example of the panic-strik- ing effect there it the story of the young English pilot who, having finished his job at nigh altitudes, came down to within twenty feet of a road, and seeing a German staff car, chased and fired at it for about half a mile. The driver suddenly lost his nerve and the car turned a somersault into the hedge while| those of the occupants who were not hopelessly crippled, scuttled away in an undignified attempt to find cover at any cost. ELECTION OF OFFICERS The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will meet tomorrow afterncon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. P, L. Hines, 1100 Bel- trami avenue. Election of officers «il} be held at this session Here Is President Wilson's peace PRESIDENT WILSON'S PEACE SMILE ‘smile, united war work campaign parade in \Washington. ostea ut the Dheginning of the A’ short time before he had told congress the terms of' fhe armistice’ which Germany had stzned. WILSON CALLS ON AMERICANS TO "GIVE THANKS FOR YEAR'’S VICTORIES i Washington, Nov. 19.—President Wilson, in a proclama- tion has designated Thursday, November 28, as Thanksgiv- ing day and said this year the American people have special and moving cause to be grateful and rejoice. Complete victory, he said has brought not only peace, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations.. The proclamation follows: By the President of the United States of America, a proclama- tion. It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving blessings and mercies to us as a nation, and moving cause to be grateful God has in His good pleasure given us peace. to Almighty God for His many This year we have special and to rejoice. It has not come as a mere cessation of arms, a mere relief from the strain and tragedy of war. It has come as-a great triumph of right. Complete victory has brought us, not. peace alone, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among nations. Our gallant armies have participated in a triumph which is not marred or stained by another purpose of selfish aggression. - cause ‘they have won immortal gloj nation in serving mankind. God has indeed been gracious. . In'a righteous . and.have nobly served their-., We have cause for such re- joicing as revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions of our national history. New day shines about us, in which our hearts take new courage and look forward with new hope to new and greater duties. While we render thanks for these things, let us not forget to seek the Divine guidance in the performance of those duties, and Divine mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act or purpose, and pray that in all that we do we shall strengthen the ties of friend- ship and mutual respect upon which we must assist to build the new structure of peace and good will among the nations. Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty- eighth day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the ruler of nations. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. : Done in the’ District of :Columbia this sixteenth day of No- vember in the year of our-Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-third. WOODROW WILSON, By the President: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. APER LOSES LEGALTY: BROWN GIVES OPINION St. Paul, Nov. 19.—An influenza cpidemic in Grant county cost the Hoffman Times its standing as a me- dium of legal publication. W. N. Bronson, publisher of the Times and also the Evansville Enter- prise, explained that the printer at Hoffman died of influenza and he was unable to obtain other help, with the result that the Times skipped two weekly publications., Attorney Gen- eral Clifford L. Hilton" ruled today that because of the ommission, legal publication can no longer be made in the Times, except after the weekly has been published for fifty-two con- secutive weeks, or the state legisla- ture passes a special act restoring its legality as has been done in other in- stances. The opinion was written by M. J. Brown, assistant attorney general. HOTEL KEEPER DIES. Ole Erickson, proprietor of the Erickson hotel on Minnesota avenue, died in Virginia, Minn., Friday night, according to a message received by his wife here yesterday. The tele- gram did not state the cause of his death. He had been in Virginia for the past two weeks. He was 54 years old and leaves his wife and daughter, Claudia. The body will be shipped to Bemidji for interment. MARCUM’S FATHER DIES. Mrs. Walter Marcum went to Crookston Sunday night to attend the funeral of Mr. Marcum's father, J. P. Marcum, who died Friday. The fun- eral was held yesterday. Walter Marcum left for Crookston earlier. Mr. Marcum was about 67 years old and leaves his wife and two sons, Walter of this city and Dr. E. H. Marcum, who is now in the military service in France. MAKE LIBERTY LOAN PAYHENT. NoV 2 All subscribers to the Fourth Lib- erty loan, under the government plan, ‘must make a payment of 20 per cent at the banks through which they sub- scribed, by November 20. This is the official notice and should be given prompt and careful attention. HIS SHARE OF WAR London, Nov. 2. (By Mail.)—Some Englishmen have had more than their fair share of soldiering daring thesé last four years. This is the career of George Clark, a young soldier from Iiford: Clark joiped the border regiment August 5, 1914, and received his first wound in France, October 9, 1914. He remained in hospital until April, 1915, and then was transferred to the Essex regiment and was sent to the Dardanells. The transport in which he sailed was torpedoed, and Clark with thirty others got into a boat which received a direct hit from a Turkish shell. Clark and one other soldier swam ashore. He asisted in the Gallipoli landing, and was wounded again on June 29. He rejoined his battalion November 1, and was sent to France, where he was wounded Febuary 13, 1916, by an explosive bullet. He underwent an operation which necessitated the insertion of silver tubes into his stomach, but by April, 1917, he had recovered and was trans- ferred to the London regiment and again sent to France. He took part in the British offensive, and went over the top thirteen times in ten days. He was wounded in October, and remained in hospital until April of this year, when he was discharged from the army. Now he is having a struggle about his pension J4away _BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE ' FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER WATER SYSTEM T0 d BEIMPROVEDPLAN | APPROVEDBY CITY; * SPECIAL ELECTION 0 "ARMERS :ARE URGED L 10 ATTEND MEETING RED RIVER DAIRYMEN 1t should be borne in mind by the farmers of Beltrami county that on December 11 and 12 the Red River Dairymen’s association will hold its annual convention in Bemidji, the first time the association has held its convention outside the river val- ley line. The convention is one of the most interesting, instructive and valuable conventions held, and hundreds of delegates and farmers are always present. A. W. Aamodt, county ricultural director for South Beltrami county, is urging the farmers to realize what this convention means, and says: “The South Beltrami county farm bureau is anxious that all the farm- ers in Beltrami county remember the dates of December 11 and 12, at which time the Red River Valley Dairyman’s association will hold a convention in Bemidji. “The farmers in this vicinity ghould not miss the opportunity of listening to the program which is being offered through this assocla- Turn out, as many as can get from their farm work, and show' your appreciation to the as- soclation for its - consideration in s'ecting Bemidji as the place for its meeting this year."” tion, GUNNER DEAD: PILOT FLIES ON. NOT KNOWING (By United Press.) Paris, Oct. 27. (By Mail.)—The extraordinary experience of fiying tor some time unconscious of the fact that his machinegunner was lying in a crumpled heap in the cock-pit with: a bullet through the head befell ideut. Henriques Crawford, an American pilot flying with French squadrons. 5 The grim story is told in the brief matter-of-fact official report of Lieut. Crawford to his commanding officer. t % * % There were heavy clouds at 400 metres on the afternoon of—, and we were flying just below them in company with other of our homb- ing planes * * * Lieut. Craig told me to go farther north over our objec- tive in order to get a better target. * % * We had narrowly missed a col- lision with one of our own planes, and as we came down out of the clouds, we were attacked almost im- mediately from the rear. We dodged and continued our course * * * * ¥ Later we sighted another enemy plune and [ turned toward it* * * Lieut. Craig did not fire so I glanced back and saw hig guns pointing up- ward, while he was lying in a heap in the pit. I lost the attacking planes in the clouds and landed as quickly as possible at the aviation field at—. The bullet had struck him in the center of the forehead passing through the head and com- pletely shattering the skull * *Lijeut. Cialg has always shown himself to be the highest type of American, an ex- cellént observer, cool and fearless in any emergency. * * * *." Lieut. Harry W. Craig, the ob- server, had been decorated twice by the French and cited in army orders for bravery. PRESBYTERIAN AID Only members are asked to attend the meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Quincy Brooks, on ac- count of the *flu’” epidemic. Mrs. Q. Brooks, Mrs. S. C. Brown and Mrs. Al. Collard of the third division will he hostesse: MOOSE MEET TOMORROW Loyal Order of Moose will its hall tomorrow evening, N mber 20 at 8 o’clock. All mem- are urged to attend, as there will be business of importance (. A. Parker, secretary The meet at EXTENDS INVITATION. The Epworth league of the Metho- dist church has extended an invita- tion to the Fergus Falls district to hold its convention in Bemidji in June. Miss Carrie Brown, president of the league, feels certain that the invitation will be accepted e J / MONTH Bemidji is to have a new water system, one that will supply the city with an adequate and wholesome sup- ply, ample for the needs of the entire city and for its future for several years, \ The long discussed problem is now tangible and at a special meeting of the city council last night the plans prepared by W. B. Stephenson of Fargo, acting superintendent and city engineer of that city, were accepted i by the city and the water and light committee and city attorney were given instructions to report at the next regular meeting, when the mat- ter will be settled and in all proba- bility a call issued for a special elec- tion War Ban Lifted. Mr. Stephenson is the assistant to I. L. Aunders, water superintendent for the KFargo filter system and the man who installed the Fargo plant. He is now a captain in the engineers of the United States army, and when he entered the service the work that Mr. Anders started for Bemidji fell up n the shoulders of Mr. Stephen- son. Coincidedt with the discussion of the problem during the session came a telegram from the war department, stating that the ban had been lifted from public improvements in mu- nicipalities and that no more requisi- tions nor permits ‘were necessary be- fore work could be commenced. That dlso helped greatly to simplify the undertaking. Will Purify Supnly. The plans call for a crib in Lake Irving with an iron intake set twelve feet down in the water, the intake pipe to be not less than twelve inches, a little larger the better. A new pumphouse is to be erected and be- fore the water is sent into the city supply will go through a chlorine treatment for purity. Much of the apparatus and equipment of the pres- ent plans will be used, and a feature will bhe that in case of severe fire the water can beturned directly into the fire mains Wwith full force and not be pumped to the tank and then drawn. Plans in Brief. The plans call for an ample supply of pure water at all times for the entire population and industries of the city and meet the approval of the state board of health. The pres- ent system is inadequate, while there is the new state normal school to be considered. THe Fifth ward is also to be considered and a “Y" is to be installed that Nymore may be sup- plied. As it is, whenever a fire breaks in Nymore there are only buckets in service, no water being available otherwise. The estimate for the work is given at §27,612, while about $3,000 is added for legal matters, obtaining right-of-way through private prop- erty for the pipe from the shore line to the pumphouse. Material is high and pipe is high, but it is believed labor will be lower. Time to Settle It. When the report of the engineer was read and discussed briefly, Alder- man Smith remarked that it was time to settle it now, and made a motion to accept the report. Alderman Gar- lock seconded the motion, which was passed. Then the water and light committee was, on motion of Palmer, designated, together with the city attorney, to report at next council meeting. The committee consists of President Clark, Aldermen Bagley and Smith. It 18 also under consideration the raising of the water rates. Bemidji now pays 30 cents up to 100,000 gallons, graduated down to nine cents at 300,000 gallons or over. The new plant is calculated to have a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons daily and de- signed to increase to nearly 2,000,- 000 gallons daily. Board Sells Fire Bell. A peculiar incident develeped dur- ing the session when Alderman Smith of the Fifth ward called attention to the lack of a fire alarm in his baili- wick. Several years ago the village bought a bell for the fire station. When the old school was built it had no bell and the fire bell was trans- ferred to duty on the school house. With the erection of the new Lincoln school the old school structure was sold to F. G. Troppman, and along with it went the city’'s bell, no one interested in the transaction being aware that the bell was village prop- erty Alderman Smith explained that the Fifth ward had no fire call and that when a call was sent in the fire departmeinrt would start out and neighbors would be unaware of a (Continued on Page Four) NSRS 5 { { H | |