Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 20, 1918, Page 1

il @ 1Y PIONE MIDJ1 DA VOLUME XVI. NO. 284 e BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 20, 1918 REPORTS SHOW _ "_SA‘?A“C""NG. PRISONERS AFTER A:AWLE IN FRANCE OF RED.CROSS AREPATRIOTIC ¥ SANENUNBER DUE; VANKEESMARCHON (By United Press.) Harwich, Eng., Nov. 20.—Twenty German submarines surrendered to Rear Admiral Tyrwhitt, thirty miles off ‘Har- . .: - wich, at sunrise this morning. Admiral Tyrwhitt received the.. h German surrender aboard his flagship. 3 . Tomorrow and Friday twenty more German submarines will be surrendered and more will be surrendered later. AMERICANS CONTINUE ADVANCE. | By Webb Miller. — (United Press Correspondent.) 5 With the Americans advancing Rhineward, Nov. 20.—The second phase of the American advance begun today when the march was taken up across frontiers of German-Lorraine and the Dutchy of Luxumberg. The columns moved in the fitce.Heads Give Annual Reports of Work During .. " Fiscal Year FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECORD IS REMARKABLE Hfite Amount of Material Bought and Used; Miss Har- ‘rison Gives Advice TAhO South...Belrami Reld C;oss The. notorious treachery of the Germans is minimized by the allies, wbo sinply refuse to tuke chances. Bvery chapter is holding its annual confer-} . isoner-brought back is subjected to a close scrutiny an 1 thorough search. ence and meeting in Bemidji, sessions A ! being in the Elks temple, the first session yesurday boing devored 0| SETTLERS BRUSH FIRES BELTRAMI IS BEHIND IT T0OK TALK T00 T0 mittee chairmen, over which Presi-| BLAMED [.PB_HOLOCA“ST WAR STAEP_ALLOTMENT BEAT TH.ESE GERM ANS dent L. P. Warford. pteflded. thBe- 75 :\lr(ell?: :&i;’ifl;&fl’_ fi?fi:::;s’ef: . St. Paul, Nov. 20.—Evidence that| G. G. Winter of Minneapolis, (By United Press.) direction of Th.ionyllle and the city of Luxumberg. J e The reports were given by Miss|forest fires, which recently swept | special representative of the War |, Paris, Nev. 3. (By Mail.)—The Thionville is sixteen miles north-of Metz and Luxumberg is Stamp Saving committee of Minne.|immensity of the labors of the auxil- sixteen miles north of Thionville. » Donna Lycan, secretary of the chap-|Moose Lake district, taking nearly ter; Mrs. 'Peterso‘lixc; "é ‘t‘;‘eslfimtg‘“? one thousand lives, wiping out sev- |sota, is in Bemidji, coming to take NN TR gggm;";e'Axfid Warflold, shiPDIRE: |eral towns and destroying millions |an active interest in the campaign|py ihe work of three signal corps AMERICA TO FEED GERMANY. work; Mrs. G. M. Torrance, chair-|of dollars’ worth of property, resulted | held in Bemidji recently, and check- | sections in one of the last battles on|. Copenhagen, Nov. 20.—Negotiations regarding food to be man of the finance committee, also| from the running together of several|ing up the counties in the northern | the American sector. . Cagth 8 s A & gave a resume of the activities of the emall fires started by settlers on bog | part of the state. In throe weeks one fleld signal supplied to Germany‘ have _lgecn Lomplcted,. Belllq dispatches | committee, showing that since June, e Lkl foat & Beltrami county was allofed §140,- | Dattalion installed thirty-two switch- today announce. Germany, it was stated, will receive monthly - - B 1917, the sum of $21,642.24 had been Zfi:;'d l:; t:;nst;tues iir‘:ash::::tr;atk:; 000 and pledges fxm:\?natég ‘teo $120)- boards, four radio sets and three ter-175,000 tons of fats, 150,000 tons of meat and 230,000 tons of i collected. committee, recently appointed by [000. Of the pledges, $73,861 was in, fl;lt{;;ln-bu;m:i}l ‘lY\ltt)t:mutll?iaafltfanz: COrD: ' i Splendid Record. e T, A& Burnquist, accord- | leaving due on pledges $46,139. The | 1n;a ™1y % EHe BN ol Tirea 28 During the fiscal year that Mrs.}ing to W. T. Cox, state forester. county is back on the allotment ap- | &1 06 1t took over 23 ml‘les from. Torrance has been chairman of the| Shortly before the big fire, thirty- | proximately $20,000, leaving pledged | ;. prench and recovered 131 miles finance committee the sum of $3,-lsix bog'and brush fires, innocently |and to pay, about $66,139. of ulmndonet‘l wire ° 033.50 was collected.” The pledge | started by settlers, are: reported to The quota of the state is $23,000,- At the 'amie tin{e during the same | cards were of only ten months durd-have been found by one forest ranger. % 000, and is lacking about $18,- 7 tfon, and not for the full year, evi-|Other small fires were blamed to 000,000. y }’:;f:?]:(;‘°i’;’"s:‘;‘t’éLeggfl:{ii““‘:n":ctll‘;g deticing. a year of ‘hard.work on the}railroads ~and ~campers. Testimony ary organizations of the American army during a big battle are-shown STATE DEPARTMENT DENIES FOOD REPORT. Washington, Nov. 20.—The state department said today | that it knew of no food agreement with Germany, as reported e from Copenhagen. - ) ALL TELEGRAPH NOW SURVEY OF TILLABLE - IS UNDER BURLESON LAND SENT TO LANE ST e Braa { Minneapolis, Nov. 20.—A survey — \Vushl:xgt)onun:\}ss, lzng’fl_'k” tele- | Of all vacant tillable lands in Min- graph systems are now under govern- nesota ]:“‘_‘ been senlt ""‘ F;”‘l“k"“ llt(l' ment control, and will be operated | L4ne: secretary ‘é’l }“’ “h” o, )‘: ;, as one, effective December 1, accord- :lh view to “pf ll ng l‘ le‘;x?r t:“ ing to a ruling by Postmaster Gen- B gow:crnmen T colal B 8 | eral Burleson today. ’lunds with returned soldiers, it was 2 B A aunnounced today by E. F. Farmer of the Minnesota Immigration and De- CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ~ |yelonment inusue, Fabiin s sy AT STAKE ON SATURDAY | i o i armer stid. Mine. TE L eyt telephones, laid 139 miles of new patt of Mrs. Torrance, loyally sup-|has’been-taken at Moose Lake, Clo- - ported by committee members and]quet and Duluth. The investigation J. 0. BENTALL LOSES e ‘L‘;dli‘;’e"gf ”X;’lro‘;“&:egvf;‘::dwi: other workers in the chapter. Jwill continue for several days, Mr. done durin . ] L8 g the actual fighting Heavy Purchases. Cox said. APPEAL. MUST SERVE operations. o By use of superimposed circuits Mrs. T. J.<Burke, head of the pur- ORI LY chasing committee, made a report of “FLU” BAN LIFTED. l}l‘f“nn%DOHSv Nov. 20.—J. O. Ben-|and " special equipment the signal purchases by-the chapter, including] .. e TR ae e tafius tel 1-00“‘:"5‘9‘1 on two charges to fed-|corps in France is getting nearly P )arge quantity of yarn and material gneapo s,buo 20 eral court here and sentenced to one|three times more service from their tor surgical dressings, material for enza nan °“tp“b c g“ ferhnglst'hsmllxe year in the Crow Wing county jall|wires than before. Through opera- garments for various purposes and | bY mf:sta e oéu; oth eal e as|and five years in the federal prison|tion of special equipment the signal showed that the chapter mémbers heenl li‘ ed le‘xcep Ol‘bu ose ?ee n%s at Fort Leavenworth, lost his appeal | corps sends.as many as four messages had been unusually active. Mrs. invol Vd‘fi the "“emu l:tgieo I;’“"He to the United States circuit court of | at one time over tne same single wire Ray Olson talked on county school ]t&om keren]t‘cfomm n:‘ ves, n’ir‘r f appe_als_!n‘ SL.Louis on the first con-|iy each direction. For example, it chapter Red Cross work and ‘Mrs.| to Bl;ac e{""c“e‘elxec'l-‘t&‘ 'oid cer of | viction, carrying a sentence of on€jcan put on four signal wires a maxi- Bduard Netzer gave a splendid talk the state board of health, sald. Yefli"v and must surrender to ~the|mum of thirty-two .telegraph mes- on the “Origin and Development of [ —————————————————— United States marshal here within|gages at the same time. Or on these 30 days after the filing of the man- same four wires it can handle > i : the Red Cross. ! This includes refugee garments, Bel-| date, it was announced at the office | {wenty-four telegrams and three tele« % Commends Juniors. sian relief garments,l gn}meints ;ng of United States District Attorney|phone connections. Fetees sota iieetls 200,000 additional farm. Miss Helen'mril:on Otrglt;fielfi: gfi%i:;e:'o;!‘:;g: a;))\'veglleas :“hr:a (}:,"0:,_ Alfl;erltJlalques. The amount of telephonic and tele- The Bemidji and Thief River Falls |ers, in the opinion of the committee. olis, representing esm’ B foe - articles: » ente! ’f(;\:llie time C‘{?did“te for | graphic communication going on con-| high schools are to play for the [The organization has not completed vision, Red Cross, “;? Dl;:l;k ond Sv;‘eaters : iEOVS“:"’J o 191117“@5?13, was convieted | finuously in the expeditionary forces | northwestern scholastic champlon- {its work, but it is far enough along gave a most lnter:sdng o m.:nd on| Bot ( nir-s; ------------- }2 ‘01‘17 er, h ,]obpersufldlng John|is enormous. The wires of the|ship on the lacal gridiron Saturday.|to recommend certain steps to reduce - of the phases touched upo e e el F:s """"" % Kassube, a farm laborer, not to reg-| American signal corps are strung| This is the second time these two|fire hazards and rehabilitate the fire i that seems to have been n&z tec : th: V;i'll:tzrs s e s ister for the draft on June 5, 1917.|across France in every direction. In|teams have met to decide title at|zone. &?fififffi?flflifinhxéros: i:clud Moters p 4 R T case of necessity a connection can be|stake, last year Bemidji going down P y ZRPERAE RS vk sieie et iR made within a few minutes from thefto defeat at Thief River Falls by ing the school girls. She said there|Pajamas ............ . BIG BO[SHEV]K PLOT front lines to the base ports hundreds| the score of 12 to 18. HE PUT THE ENGLISH was often a tendency on the part of | Convalescent robes ......... of miles away. y. One of the big tele- some of the adult Red Cross members| Bed shirts ek . NlPPED lN VIENNA Ohohe' offfcen it the. lines ‘of com- to detract from . the work of the|Surgeons’ robes ...... ' i munication has facllities capable of oy B e most events | ON THE FLING. THOUGH matched high school teams in years. Juniors, but that in many, many in- Operating leggings . . carifig for & 1ati £ 2,000,000 b hes were experi- stances the work of the school girls| Hospital day shirts. ... : (By United Press.) pmplfi :’",1;' 1‘?“)’,’;‘:‘.9 on, 0k, 4800 I"‘]l:fi:”],llg"lyn tllhee ?,fi,‘;m;,e “;e“p.p:;d (By United Press.) = was far superior to that of aomcl! of 1%‘19‘!‘ forl ~~~~~~~~~~ . b Copenhagen, Nov. Z0.-—A great e, new faces in the old positions do| puris. Nov. 37 (By Mall.)—The | their elders, considered by themselves| Nightingales .......... - communistic plot has been uncovered | sqppMER LIKE GREAT SILENCE not seem unlikely. Achenbach’s place | ;o4t-talked-of soldier in a certain | at quarter is giving a little cause for | ¢4,n0us American division is a yank 3 worry and Doran has been shifted | ;¢ jenljan extraction, who learned | from his position at left end to}; ,ro English since he entered the . t knitting. She Music was furnished by the Be-|in Vienna, according to reports to- tion with the|midii Stringed orchestra, and Miss|"day. It was planned to seize all tuable| Ida Virginia Brown led in the sing-| public buildings and proclaim a Bol- full fledged artists a urged full ~co-opera TO CHICAGOAN IN BARRAGE Juniors, stating ln}:ydwgl‘e a va 1 i uple 2 o " adjunct to the e ross parent|ing of ‘“America. shevik government. everal hundred (By United Press.) uarter. Cochran has been sick and | e T :ofl’e 3 Today's Program. are Mdar g1repty Puris, Nov. 3. (By Mall.)—During Iqs not expected to be in the game lll;(l)l:w}vev;rl'lalllxc'))(;q e:tel,l-l l:r‘l‘:r‘z :;{or:i 1 i ;?dr&‘eett fu ny | The program this: afternoon will e e a heavy barrage one night in the 8t. | gyturday, which makes it necessary goldiering than pronunciation. ——s quirements, 50, t00, at of many iy, featured by the election of a ITALIANS WON'T STEAL Mihiel scrap an officer passed a rol-|¢, develope a man to fill that posi- |~ pjiy yank was waiting in support “Nolder members of the Red Cross. board of directors, election being ling kitchen drawn out at the side of the road up near the front. In Total Articles Made. scheduled for 3:30 o’clock and the 3 y The total number of garments{announcement of the rtiesult will be Rome(;f)vm’:lt?;ym].we:i)) i the g‘llow of rt(lmle :.all}mp-flr!e g’c could a v t 5:30 this ng. - ' - G ot see the cook carefully winding an shipped during the year are 13,809.|given at 5:3 Crenns ought to be called the country of un-|alarm clock, and holding the dial locked ‘doors,” says F. C. Thwaits, { down to the fire to set the alarm bell. tion. Stapleton, a new man, made |, tront of a stretch of ground which a fine impression at left guard In| 0 dvancing Americans had taken last night’s practice, and in all prob- |, “ro pours previously. While peer- ability will be found theré Satur- ing over the trench he saw u lone day. Opsahl will join the squad to- 1, ihe furtively looking out of the doy and will take a big burden of| . irance of a dugout. Without wait- —— Milwaukee, Wis., in charge of a large | The gun chorus was in full tongue| worry - s of the [4 ! Y section of American Red Cross work | and sleep seemed impossible. :\’:vncrl_‘ve“from the shoulders of the|n, ¢or orders, he jumped over the . in Italy. “What’s the big i " sh d ‘ . parapet and raced toward the dugout. “T think honesty is the chief trai e the big idea eholite The game will start promptly atlmy, . “corman disappeared with Tony . f th Itnll i 'e’sly g (:"[“fl FaLy the otient. f 2 o'clock, to let the Thief River boys| pior pim. A leutenant and a squad Srout of this’ gettcral b o et 1 wanta be sure of waking Ub|catch the 4:55 train home. of men followed and surrounded the & entrance, WIN ONE ELECTION. There was a deep silence ant: the squad listened anxiously. Finally the watchers heard scuffling in the depths of the dougout and there was The following officers were elected weeks. W aws se 1 s 4 e go away from our own |little noise like this doesn't disturb| . ;o noeting of the Win One class | 8 proof of this general statement is | When the boys go over in the morn- L] that I never lock my hotel door any-|ing,” grinned the cook. *“I used to where in Italy, nor do other Ameri-| work in an al-night restaurant in . vl ) cans after they have been here a few | the railroad yards in Chicago and a — o 4 hotels, perhaps for days at a time, |me."” last evening in the Methodist church: fgf) i Th lieutenant T+ leav £ J L i L O 2 st ev 2 d silence again, e Bemidji played an important role ('lurencgem‘figo,’,r"a;‘é‘é’h Bemidji O\fi‘vijne?'s::::‘l ?)Z?;;gl!lnn;:czhe?h:l;?erfi:l;’ s President, G. W. Harnwell, re-|ghouted down the entrance. at the recent session of the federal was another ripentt‘:r in the booze | of the first comer, and we never lose | REBEKAHS MEET TONIGHT. ‘l’;""‘le“: v‘;f'g{:;idsgé;fllg;;' V?rs I\}' “Did you get him all right, Tony " grand jury in Fegus Falls, and some} poqqiing game in Bemidji and he|anything. ; There will bo a meeting of the| oy Snausle: assistant secrotary, Mrs, | '‘Yes, sir” came the reply. “I of those found guilty of law violation| pleaded guilty. He drew a Beltrami | Out tOn llée1 fmn} ':;lou)can ];z_;;(ve Rebekah lodge this evening in the| g ¥ Denu: treasurer, C. J. Winter.|80tta twenta-two of a him.” can consider themselves exceedingly cot‘;ntyfijail tsenlt::ce of sixty days :\(;‘tll: 3(‘)‘u:“(:2e;ceoa“t"‘;~';‘d g{ffleiol:]eloxn;: | 0dd Fellows hall at 8 o’clock. After the businese meeting, refresh- o lucky that their punishment was as andia floeiof ¥400. P _lings, and be sure that nothing will e ments were served and 2 social time DON'T LIKE SIBERIA Andy Anderson also admitted be Ngs, ) g SWEDI ORROW enjoyed o iight as it was. ; ing a law violator in the liquor busi- | disturbed. EDISH _A_XBEOM L A R e e (By United Press.) —_— Interest centered in the case of ness, and will “do a stretch”, of & - Mrs. Job . asEal Tokio, Oct. 20. (By Mail.)—Al- & Mrs. John Moberg will entertain i 5 Lewis Strawbridge oft Xgen;h}{%,e gll:o nix’zlety da.ysd &dsi al gu:izoor Sheriff | ALSO. COFFEE MADE OF { the Swed&h Lad(i)es Agm octoty atitier ERICXSQJLILUNERAL. n.nugnl blrherml'lsflj”lm:gncl;‘(:;;z’:il;:sS?:‘l ha:'i ]fimg !;fm S Tiaies ons Jopgir;“;( Frost, who conducts a hotel GARBAGE IS NOT GOOD |home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30| fhe funeral of Ole Erickson will ”;;_’;’ R ber only,betWesn F:rtg antsew (r,r(x)izlee.s west of Bemidji and| on Third street, in whose basement R o'clock. A cordial invitation is €X-|pe held tomorrow afternoon from the | Foiv . 1o’ 000 according to a new g was the orginator of the famous|Brandt one night located a quanity ] (By United Press.) lw-ulml to a}]»_ s ;Iun‘;nan~O'L‘$a;¥'Dr;::::r‘:?kzhbz‘cIgfi'r(- consus In Viadivostok are 4,000 “parn dances.” He drove a highjof whiskey, was found guilty and Washington, Nov. 20.—Methods of | ors f’"}(’"“d Sl iis Tien. | Japanese residents, at Habarovsk, powered car, which it was suspected, | sentence deferred until December 27.} manufacturers of coffee and tea sub- | Almost Perfect Ideal. Rev. W nr;;or w du (‘!wfl ol" ,'L:"; 430; Blagovestchensk, 200; Nikolsk, was being used in his illicit business. These Are Continued. stitutes in Germany are revealed in| A faithful friend of all that is best, ‘:”‘"‘]' 1"" v;’:"":l‘;""lée' AFl;-'lda‘:mrr:m 300 Irkutsk, 100 and from one to 40 s Not until Federal Indian Agent! Sickness in the family was theja notice issued by the German War | a brave sufferer from incurable bur- | 41€d 4 7 hfnu Fht an by the Span- | at each of a half dozen other Siberian -~ Brandt and Indian Agent Jf)}lnsvwn'r(‘ason for continuing the cases of | Committee for tea and coffee and | dens, in a private letter sends this con- I?:;m’il:;gl;n(r)xza g Y Sp towhe. took the matter in hand was Straw-| Alderman John Croon, Frank | their substitutes, copies of whick | gagsion, which we commend to those ish . ST Ry, bri . apprehended and a quanity| (Spider) Gagnon, Fred Weger, Fred|have been received in this country. | s < 1 K ENTERS ANTWERP. a federal jury, found guilty an “harles Swanberg and C. . Sears, | notice, ‘“tha e ells o ruit s vl SR 2 he regula re z p ; U 3 ’given four months in the Beltrami|all of Bemidji. Al are under indict-|stones, hazel and walnut shells, and| life: “My ideal is every day to spread | Mansonic lodge 233 A. F. A. M., will; Antwerp, Nov. 20.-4;11115 Albert : county jail amd assessed a fine of |{ment for viviation of the government | also plum stones are not fit for mak- | & little truth, a little kindness, a little | he hel‘d this evening at 8 o’clock,|and Queen' bliz;betg of Bel glium en- A $100 { liqwor laws, ing coffee,” | beauty, but alas, how often I fail!” l“’nrk in the first degree. tered Antwerp Tuesday morning. | : -~ + AL T.. - s gt . | { + + - - | | | + | - -~ > {