Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 10, 1918, Page 1

- . -, .was continued. BEMIDJI DAILY P VOLUME XV) NO. 300 VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAWS SENTENCED T0 COUNTY JALL Heavy Fines Also Imposed and Must Be Paid or Term Extended ONE PRISONER SENTENCED TO TERM SEVEN YEARS Strawbridge Scheduled Come "Next; Grist of. _ Court Thus Far to In t)xe present term .of the district cowrt,+»"Judge - Stanton, - presiding, County-Attorney Torrance is batting in msélooo class, ‘judging from the results*he has obtained in prosecu- tions#or the state in. liquor law violation. ’ The cause of the state against Jack Conley, a railroad employe, who is eharged with peddling booze, one of .those to whom he sold liquor be- ing. discovered intoxicated, and who 3 shfl!. is in-the- ,mlmary.nnd.hjs case The case against Ray Schuster, ar- rested for violation of the “lid”’ ‘law, was taken oft call. ' The cases against Louis Straw- brigge are due on call this afternoon. In all others there were either pleas of guilty or convictions where trial was held.. The punishment in- cluded fines and jail sentences. . + One Exception. \ ‘Theé- exception to the list of liquor law offenders was that of Stephen O'Donnell, whq at one time, not so long ago, had a‘respectable fellow ar- 'en a charge of having been too n ar with O!Donnell’s step daugh-| ter. ’rhe affair had “decidedly un- savory aspect and ‘an investigation | « wag Started. It transpired that the step father was himself guilty of pro- moting the delinquency of the girl, and serious -accusations were made against him. His arrest followed, he was indicted, ana at the trial proved guilty by a number of witnesses. Following is the grist run through the legal mill of this term thus far: « What They Drew. State vs Ingval Sand—Three in- dictments, convicted by jury, given 90-days in jail and fined $100 and ‘cosis, Case in second indictment called this afternoon.. State vs Mike Anderson—Two in- dictments, plea of guilty, flned 3100 and 90 days in jail. State vs. Willlam Pickering—Two indictments, plea: of guilty; 30 days jail gentence and fine of $50 and costs, sentence - suspended pending good behavior. State vs William Young—Two in- dictments, plea of guilty, 30 days jail sentence and fine of $100 and costs; 30 days added to sentence if fine not paid. State vs Parrick McTavish—Two indictments, plea of guilty on trial; 30 days jail sentence and fine of $100 and copts, or 30 days added if fine not paid. During the trial, defendant chang- ed his'mind.and pleaded guilty. State vs William Nocholson—Two indictments, plea of guilty on trial; 30 days in county jail and $100 fine and costs; 30 days added in case of fine not paid. State vs Richard Running—Two indictments, plea of guilty on triai; 30 days in county jaill and fine of $100 and costs: 30 days added in case fine not paid. State vs W. F. Hackett—Three in- dictments, continued to Febuary term, bond increased from $500 to $1.000. State vs Jack Conley-— —een aiser Tries Suicide, Says GermanPaper (By United Pres;.) ¢ Covenhagen, Dec. 10—Desperate, but unsuccessful attempt was made by the former emveror of Germany to commit suicide. is declared by the Leinsiger Tageblatt. The newspaver said it received 1ts i information from a German staff of- ficer wounded in frustrating the for- mer kaiser. The officer said the ex- ruler was much depressed of late. 'PREMIER WOULD KILL SELF. Amsterdam, Dec. 10—Count Karo- lvi, Hungarian premier, attempted to “tipped off’" the one who sold:hinx-the; Budapest dispatch. He is said to have been despondent over the politi: cal situation in Hungary. NOEL WIRES MOTHER ‘COMING HOME SOON' Arthur Noel, of the aviation sec- tion, son of Mrs. Jennie Noel of rural -route Ne.-1; Bemidji, is another sol- o will ‘sgon. he- home_{rom ere,” Hampstead L. T, from which point he wires his mother He leaves the latter part of this week for Camp Dodge and expects to be mustered out soon. In his wire, like many another red-blooded soldier son, he mnaively concludes, “am broke, but feeling O K.” And mother knows what that means. C. M. & ST. P. OFFICIALS SILENT ON ELECTRIFYING iz (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 10.—Oficials of the Chicago, -Milwaukee and _St. Paul railway were silent today on the pos- sibility of extending electrification of its line eastward from the mountain region.. 7 - Announcement that the Anaconda Copper company has received an or- der for six million pounds of copper wire to be used in connection with its electrification system gave rise to the belief that the road might be permitted to greatly extend is elec- trification. _There was a report sim- ultgmeously that the St. Paul ter- minals, -operated - by, the St. Paul Union depot company might be elec- Arified. The latter corporation is now building a new depot in St. Paul and at a recent meeting enlarged the financial outlay considerably. This, also, was pointed out in support of the rumor that electrification of the terminals might be carried out. This “would be subject to federal approval. The Anaconda order is taken to indicate that the St. Paul road will be permitted to indulge extensively in improvements. ment selling liquor-to a. minor, con- tinued to February term, enlisted in army. State vs Stephen O'Donnell—One indictment, guilty on trial of statua- tory charge; sentenced to seven years in the penetentiary at Stillwater. State vs Mrs. Fred Revoir—One indictment, -violation of liquor law, plea of guilty, 30 days in county jail and fire of $50. State vs Elmer Moorehead—One indictment; storing liquor near Bau- dette, six barrels of whiskey; guilty, fine $50 and costs and 30 days in jail, sentence suspended to September. The attorneys defending these of- fenderes were P. J. Russell, Col Henry Funkley, and George Ericson One indict- | of Spooner. REDUCED NIGHT LETTER RATE EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, SAYS KEHOE Postmaster General Burleson has announced a scale of greatly reduced rotes for short over-night messages, as distinguished from the longer night letters. pic Manager R. E. Kehoe of the Be- midji Western Union office advises that this new night message service does not interfere in any way with The new rates go 1n'c4 the popular night letter service, but effect on January 1 and should prove | is intended to supplement it in con- to be of great value in conjunction|junction with short communications which should not suffer the delays inhérent in vhysical transportation by the| railway mail service, but which are! not of sufficient urgency or impor-| tonee to warrant the payment of the ~minimum charges heretofore in effect for telegraphic transmission. Under the new schedule, short over-night messages may be sent a considerable distance for as low as 20 cents, while the maximum is v.mlyf 50 cents as againat 2 dollar maximum | | 1zed basis, will permit which has prevailed. with shorter communica- tions which nave been going by mail but which should desirably go by telegraph. Now that the telegraphs are operated as an integral part of the postoffice service, it is understood to be the policy of Postmaster Gen- eral Burleson to give the public an opportunity to make the widest use of the telegraph service in the elim- ination of delays to communications due to separation by distance, at the lowest rates wifich the actual cost of performing the service on a standard- | comit ‘snicide Sunday. acording to-a | “haying: landed:-at]. _BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 10, 1918 By courtesy of iitzpatrick. LIEUT. FOUCAULT IS HOME FROM SERVICE: WILL RAILROAD AGAIN The “boys” come home from ml\ltury service for Uncle Sam during the war and among them is Lieut. Clarence Foucault from Camp Green, Charlotte@N. C., who has received his release from ser- vice. His coming is due to the fact that his company of colored ‘‘pion- eer” troops has been demoblized. Foucault’s part in ¢he big fuss has been unique. He has served an en- listed term in the United States coast artillery and was with the M. & L railroad when the war broke. He left his work and again entered the serv- ice, being assigned to the recruiting office of Bemidji when Major John D. Yost, U. 8. A., war ordered from California to take charge of the Min- nesota recruiting, 15,000 men having been enlisted in Minnesota within a year after Yost took charge. Bemidji set a record for recruiting and at- tracted the attention of the entire state. When the recrujting offices were closed, the then Sergeant Foucault was ordered to report at headquar- ters, sent to Camp Dodge, promoted to lieutenant and assigned to com- mand a company at Camp Green, scheduled to go *“‘over seas,” but the armistice caused a change in the en- tire military program of the nation. He will again enter the employ of the M. & I railroad. REYNOLDS COMING BACK: ORDER HOLDS UP MEN Mrs. H. E. Reynolds received a message from New York City, stating that her husband, Lieut. H. E. Reyn- olds, was on his®way home. It appears that lack of finances for Y .M. C. A. work at the present time in Europe is responsible for an order to hold up all shipments of workers called in the interest of the “Y"” in its war work. ARTICLES FOR CHURCH SALE ARE CALLED FOR Mrs. E. E. Kenfield, chairman of the work committee, requests that all ladies of the Presbyterian church, who have made articles for the fancy work sale to be held Saturday in the church basement, will Kkindly take same to the home of Mrs. A. Flatner | hefore Friday evening, 8o that they can be marked for the sale are cBGmmencing. to: WINNIPEG GROWING IN . SPE}H’I‘ AND BUSINESS (By United Press.) Winnipeg, . Dec. 10. — Statistics available -at the building inspector’s office show that there are now 130 church in Winnipeg. There are 30,- 000 residences, 650 warehouses, near- 1y 400 business blocks, and approxi- mately 500 apartment blocks. POLMAN LEAVES DRAFT BOARD UPON ORDER With the government order, which commeaces the abandonment of the draft boards, in effect today, Victor Polman, sent to the Beltrami county board by the war department, will leave today for Camp Dodge upon order. Polman is a fine young chap and was recommended for the local board by Major Snyder of Fort Snelling. He came when the war department co-operated with the big registry on September 12 and while in Bemidji made many good friends. BASKET BALL FANS DISCUSS CITY TEAM A few of the fans interested in basketball met at the Commercial club rooms last night and discussed the possibility of organizing an all- city basket ball team, with a view of scheduling games with various teams of northern Minnesota. It was decided to name a committee to secure a playing hall and ascer- tain other details. The committee named consists of W. L. Brooks, E. H. Denu, C. M. Jacobson, Dr. Diedrich FUNERAL HELD TODAY. The funeral of Nicholas Zender, age 50, was Neld this morning from the Catholic church at 9:30 o’c]onk,] Rev. Father J. J. T. Philippe nmclat»l ing, and H. N. McKee acting as funeral director. Interment was in the Holy Cross cemetery. Mr. Zender died from meningitis, caused by a fall from a wagon here several days ago. He was a native of Germany but had lived in America for the past thirty years and in Be- midji for the past three years. He was an employee of the Bemidji Manufacturing company. Mr. Zender was a valued empioye of the Bemidji Manufacturing com- pany and in his honor the plant} closed for the funeral to allow the| employes to attend stortcn} "('it ety U.L,‘ HUN BOLSHEVIKI IN PROCLAMATION HURLS DEFIANCE AT ENTENTE (By United Press.) Paris, Dec. 10.—"We refuse peace with the entente and intend to over- throw the present government with- in a fortnight,” declared Karl Lieb- knecpt, leader of the German bolshe- viki, in a proclamation issued in Ber- lin, acordng to o Zurich dispateh, to- day. About 120 persons have been killed and a thousand wounded in the re- cent skirmishes in the German capi- tal between bolsheviki forces and government troops. STATE LEGISLATURE T0 DISCUSS FOREST FIRES St. Paul, Dec. 10.—-The coming Minnesota legislative session will dis- cuss fully the forest fire situation, according to members of both bodies here today. Reports of Governor Burnquist and the state forestry body will be the basis of discussion, and it is prac- tically certain that increased pro- tection will result. Senators and rep- resentatives here for preliminary con- ferences are determined there shall be no recurrence of the holocaust that struck northeastern Minnesota early this fall. The request of the forestry board for an appropriation of $300,000 to increase forest fire protection probably will be complied with., Many legislators are in favor of even more extensive protection. Much debate is expected on this subject in both houses. It is not im- probable, representatives say, that the legislature will demand prose- cution as a result of the 1918 forest fires, unless the state forestry di- vision has taken some action by the time the legislative session gets un- der way. WANING OF CRESCENT. (By United Press.) Minneapolis, Dec. 10.—"“Waning of the Turkish Crescent will be outlined to the Minnesota commandery, mili- tary order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, meeting here to- night. Rev. George E. White, presi- dent of Tnatolia college, Larsovan, Turkey, will be the speaker. The educator will appear at the annual banquet of the commandery in the Wesat hotel here FORTY-FIVE CENTS -PER MONTH HE HAS ANSWERED HIS ROLL CALL_WILL You | IPRESIDENT IN PROCLAMATION URGES ALL T0 JOIN THE R. C. Christmas Roll Call Week to Be Dec. 16 to 23; Cam- paign Nation-Wide LOCAL CHAPTER WILL TAKE PART IN DRIVE Membership Renewals and New Members Should Join Noble Organization Bemidji .will play her part in the American Red Cross Christmas roll call week, December 16 to 23, when the nation-wide campaign . for re- newal of nmp)lmrahips and securing new members will be on. A com- mittee is already at work on prepara- tions for the campaign by the south Beltrami county chapter, and to the nation President Wilson has igsued a proclamation urging every one to join the Red Cross and thus send forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which-it waits and for which it stands in greatest need. President's Ploclamation. The proclamation, prepared before the president departed for Europe, follows: “To the American people: One year ago 22,000,000 Americans, by enrolling as members of the Red Cross at Christmas time, sent to the men who were fighting our.battles overseas a stimulating message of cheer and good will. They made: it clear that our people were of their own free choice united with their government in the determination not” only to wage war with the instiu- ments of destruction, but also by every means of their power to repay the ravages of the invader and sus- tain and renew the spirit of the army and of the homes which they repre- sented. The friends of the American Red Cross in Italy, France and Bel- gium have told and will ‘tell again the story of how the Red Cross work- ers restored morale in the hospitals, in the camps and at the cantonments} and we ought to be very proud that we have been permféted to be of serv- ice to those whos@: sufferings and whose glory are Lhe heritage of hu- manity. Message of Peace. “Noy, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmas message of 1918 is to be a message of peace as well as a message of good will. But peace does not mean that we can fold our hands, it means further sacrifice. We must prove conclusively to an atten- tive world that America {8 perma- nently aroused to.the needs of the new era, our old indifference gone forever. ““The exact nature of the future service of the Red Cross will depend upon the program of the associated zovernments, but there is ipmediate need today for every heartening word and for every helpful service. We must not forget that our soldiers and our sailors are still under orders and still have duties to perform of the highest conseauence, and that the Red Cross Christmas membership means a great deal to them. The people of the saddened lands, more- over, returning home today, where there are not homes, must have the assurance that the hearts of our peo- ple are with them in the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far as we can, help them back to faith in mercy and in future happiness. “As president of the Red Cross, conscious in this great hour of the value of such a message from the American people, T should be glad.if every American would join the Red Cross for 1919 and thus send forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which it awaits and for which it stands in greatest need. “WOODROW WILSON." DRAFT BOARD SELECTIVES MUSTERED OUT TONIGHT (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 1¢.—All selective service men. employed on Minnesota draft boards, will have been mus- tererd out of service by midnight to- night. State draft officials say there have been 162 men employed in this service War work of the Minnesota draft boards is practically ended. The questionnaires of registrants be- tween 19 and 36 are practically all in, officials say, and there will be ho further classification of these men. The draft boards are prepared to take up any further suggestions and gov- ernment may make to them fn recom- struction work ,,‘ 7 & ] | B CO—