Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1918, Page 1

‘WAR DEPARTMENT ALSO PLACED UPON GRIDDLE " Delay in ‘Paying the Washington, Dec, 21.—Rank in- cdmpetence on the part of the post- officé mid- war departments was re- ““for- the breakdown g mail to and from our sol- A eas, Senator Hitchcock of - 'Nebraska; a-leading demoerat, charg- _ed .om the:floor ‘of the 'senate in de- “elass ‘matl in this country was E égc}q’fl:b:;t admitted gv Ll by ato! \ ~ Ju ‘Gonstan D _citizens, all over thmuntry about the malls between Here and their _boys in France.” .. Disgraceft ul Breakdown.. It is one of the most disgraceful brepkdowsng of the: postoftice. ;-inthe. first .place,”. y ‘Hitebcopk:8aid, ‘‘and of the war dé- rtment in the second. ctive ‘or injurious -at-least. to .soldierg abroad, .caused & work of anxiety ly. to families here. the morale of o causing this country the most widespread dissatistaction and in- - dignation, . No explamation for it fias been made and uons can be made “but:- miserable incompetency.” . ‘Soldiers Not Paid. Bfforts of -the military. affairs com- tee-to get at the cause’of “this able breakdown,” Thave failed, Senator Hitcheock said. probably, but: not. much. worse, than the breakdown oftthe:husiness man- t in this bequntry which. has failed to pay familyallotments to the tamilies of soldiérs”seyving- abroad,’” he ‘continued. like the busi- ¢ 5 n which: has-resulted oldiers in the ce. have gonesone,; twoy three, gfx and in some caes, seven months ;a8 we know, THERE NOW. TOMMY ! TAEE YOUR OLD JOB (By United - Press.) London, Dec. 10. (By Mail.)—“Oh, if the men would only hurry up and come-back and take back their jobs! we're fed up to the ears with this “After having been jolted about, buffeted about, throught fog, cold and sun for four years on an autobus, this was what one conductorette re- ptied if she would he willing to give up her job when the men came back from war. * Many others answered in the same “today when ITALY CENSORED MUSIC. «By United Press.) 3 (By Mail)—To .. Ttaly belongs the distinction of being the only one of the allied countries that “established a strict censorship on music during the war. Exportation of printed music from Italy is so great, and the opportunity for clever spies to utilize it as a means of conveying information to the enemy so unlimited, that Italy organized an entirely separate cen- : gorship for surveillance of ail expor- ' tations of - music. earried on -in three Italian cities, ‘ that: at Milan censoring all music and musical manuscripts destined for Switzerland; that at Genoa per- ‘ forming the same functions for the The work was American market, and that at Bolo- gna having the censorship of music - for all the other neutral countries. PROFITEERS ARE CONVICTED. Washington, Dec. 21.—Conviction of sixteen firms in four states in a single day orf charges of profiteering | is announced by the food administra- tion as evidence that violation of its regulations is being dealt with se- verely in the various states by rep- resentatives of the enforcement divi- The penalties for the violatious, which occured in the states of Tex- as, Oklahoma, New York and Arkan- sas, consisted of suspension of busi- ness and the compelling of contribu- tions to the Red Cross and other re- fef agencies. TINFORMAL SMOKER IN gressman Harold Knutson of" St. Cloud, congressman from this, the Sixtlk -Minnesota district, who has been:in Beltrami county and vicinity the past couple of days looking after trict; gressman Knutson. gre‘e‘t Lon, ST METHODIST CHURCH a stewardship for humanity. The quarterly conference which followed 'indicated a healthy "con- ditfon in -the local church. Eight persons +desire to unite with the church ‘and- fourteen have been re- ceived by-certificate, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bolcom, Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hodgdon, Ruth, Harry, and Donald ‘Hodgon, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dur- bahn, M. A. Soper, Mrs. A. W. Peter- son, and Miss Ida J. Mitchell. future. e a plgasamt and prosperbus year," - ‘ (B‘y United Press.) have two big decisions to make. One will .be,on the federal prohibi- tion . amendmen g - YHnoly ., //dT; cldim to; have-ajspfticien é i votes.in beth :the-house and the ate to put this-amendment over. the other- hand the ‘“wets” make no such admissions. The count will be very close one way or the other, Im- patial opinion indicates the measure will be adopted. stitutional convention. Tllinois’ first constitutional con- vention -was in 1840 and the second in 1870. Since the latter date there has been no change in the constitu- tion of the state. The convention resolution was passed by the last general assembly only after prolonged debate, and then by a very close vote. The pro- position -was adopted by the people at the last general election by an overwhelming majority. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS convictions of Joseph Gilbert and Louis W. Martin, Nonpartisan league organizers, on disloyalty'~ charges have been affirmed by the state su- preme court on their appeals from the Goodhue county district court. Gilbert and Martin were found guilty of violating the 1917 Minne- sota law making it unlawful to teach or advocate that citizens should not enlist or otherwise assist the gov- ernment in carrying on the war. The prosecutions resulted from dis- loyal statements made by Gilbert and N. S. Randall at a meeting of about 200 people in Kenyon, August 18, 1917, called by Martin who after- wrad affirmed their statements. WEALTHY BANKER AND MINING MAN IS DEAD (By United Press.) Superior, Wis., Dec. 21.—Martin Patterson, banker and extensive owner of mining and timber prop- erties in the northwest, died late last night of acute indigestion at his home here. He was 79 years old. G00D FLYING RECORD. Riverside, Cal., Dec. 21.—March avaition field, near here, laid claim to the best record as to freedom from accidents of any of the army aviation fields. Maj. Chas. G. Eicher, medical offi- cer at March field, has announced that student aviators there have piled up a record of 31,800 hours total flying without a fatality. HONOR OF KNUTSON This 'evening at 8 o’clock an in- formal -smoker will be given Con- government affairs on construction of bridges, one in the Red Lake dis- The general public is invited to #:be present and business men who are Qetaffied- at their places on account of Saturday’s Christmas rush should take at. least a few minutes and . REACHES HIGH PLANE Dr. J. C. Craig of St. Paul, who succeeded Dr. S. L. Parish as super- intendent of the Fergus Falls dis- trict of the Methodist church, made his ! first official visit to Bemidji Thursday. - In a suggestive sermon on {‘Ye Are Not Your Own” he in- dicated how recent .world events have emphasized that lives today are 2 ourteen new sugscriptions to the 5 |'Northyestern ' Christian Advoeate oiy { Do gen. received. and seventeenf ‘subscriptions to the Epworth Herald. There are 116 children on the Cradle 'Roll, relatively a very unfisual num- ber, which augurs well for the Financially, the church is in the | best condition-it has ever been. The estimated. budget . for the year, be- ginning October 1, is $2322.46 and the subscriptions at present total $2367.80. This is some $600 more than 'V\[hgt the church has ever raised before and it is the first. time the budget-has-been all covered by sub- seriptio The spirit of the people, ILLINOIS ASSEMBLY WILL * VOTE ON DRY MEASURE the Illinois General Assembly goes into session here January 8, it will The second big decision will be as to the manner of electing delegates to and the meeting time of, the con- N. P. LEAGUE CONVICTIONS St. Paul, Dec. 21.—Supreme court 0U CAN'T GET TODAY'S.NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS FOOD ADMINISTRATION . . ACCORDING TO ORDER Although it is announced that the food administration boards will be demobilized on January 1, it doesn’t mean that the city or county admin- istrators will cease to exist, accord- ing to an order received today from A. D. Wilson, head of the state food administration, by Secretary E. H. Winter of the mercial club. ‘When -Secret Reynolds of the club left Bemidj! to enter the Y. M. .G A, war.service, he was iead of the : ssnipzadl the departmenta z s g Bt the"wprk of the.chu¥ch, forecasts Beltram{*'food administration, and Mr. Winter was appointed, but as there was seemingly little work to do and belief that the duties would ere long cease, Mr. Winter failed to mention ‘the fact.. > Until Hoover returns from Europe the city, and county food administra- tors will remain on duty, until Hoover and the president have a con- ference. N There are some cases like others throughout the country, yet to be disposed of locally, of those who have been detected violating rules andregulations, and the regulation of prices, is to.be continued until offi-, cial notice to the contrary. In fact, the food administrator is still on the job, but staffs and employees will be eliminated. LIEUT. BARKER IS HOME ON CHRISTMAS FURLOUGH Lieut. Earle Barker who since the first call to the colors has been ex- ecutive officer of the battleship Massachusetts, arrived home this morning for a leave of absence until the first of January, and hes. been busily engaged all day greeting his many friends. Lieut. Barker has been transferred to New York and it is possible he will be assigned to command of a transport. He is glad to be back home and among his fellow townsmen and thinks Bemidji has set a wonderful record in all things during the stren- uous times of the war, and he will be glad when- he may again take his place among the business interests of the city. ALL FLOUR REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED Washington, Dec. 21.—Cancélla- tion of all flour milling regulations, including fair price schedules and the price and quantity restrictions on the sale of wheat flour by millers, which officials expect will result in cheaper flour, is formally announced by the food administration. Notifiation of the action was tele- graphed to all zone agents of the food administration’s grain corpora- tion and there was a sharp rise in the price of wheat bran and other mill feeds on the market, which officials expect to be followed by a drop in flour prices. Existing regulations restricting margins of profit on flour and miil feeds remain in effect, as do general regulations of the food administra- tion prohibiting profiteering, hoard- ing and unfair practices, and officials said these would be strictly enforced. NOTHING STRANGE. Minneapolis, Dec. 21.—Removal of flour restrictions by the food admin- istration sent the price of bran from |$27 73 to $46 here yesterday — EREAD’TH WILSON; SPAIN FAVORS LEAGUE OF ALL NATIONS President Speaks of Benefit " of Ideals Which Are The Cunarder Mauretania, bearing 4,000 vigtorious. Au cuns, steamed into New York harbor December 1, the first ship to carry the actual fighters home from abroad. The Hoys were members of the aviation corps, , RED CROSS ROLL CALL OND ELECTION| MEETS GREAT SUCCESS: . "OVER 1,100 SICN ROSTEK] The South Beltrami county chap- ter of the American Red Cross i8 having great success in its Christmas roll call, as a part of the great cam- paign being conducted throughout the country and allies of the United States, and the roster of new mem- berships and renewals is now over the 1,100 mark in Bemidji:and still A light vote is being cast in the water works improvement bond elec- tion, being held in the city hall to- day, voters apparently taking little interest in casting a ballot. Every ward votes at the city hall in this' election, special voting by precincts being provided, each named represe_ntatlvas of the various wards. The polls will be open until 9 o’clock ;tonight and ballots may be cast up to that hour. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN - SPENT: ANOTHER DUE ___ SOMETIME NEXT JUNE Washington, De¢. 21.—Confidence that the American people will in no wise relax their efforts toward meet- government’s requirements, pressed by Secretary Glass in a state- ment partially outlining the policy of the treasury under his administra- Copenhagen, Dec. 21,—Count Brockdorff of Rantzau, minister to Denmark, has been - appointed Ger- man minister at Berlin;'a dispatch { today announced. ¥ 8 i STATES BARLEY CROP LED THE UNITED STATES St. Paul, Dee, 21;—Minnesota in 1918 ranked first in the states of“the Unjon in the production of barley, the . production of Minnescta farms being 43,400,000 bushéls, according to Paul H. Kirk, Minnesota fileld [ s agent, in his" annual crop report. This state has distinction of ranking second in spring wheat in the 1918 geason, the cominittees combed the business district and secured many berships, which. appear in given above, and there are others yet to hear from in reports. The big army or Red Cross work- ers is still in Burope. It will remain in the stricken nations, in the work of hospitals and relief to the sol- diers in the campaign of occupation. It is a herculean task that they are completing and will remain until all nations are at peace. ~'It costs only a dollar to become a chapter member, and two dollars if the Red Cross magazine is included. WILL STUCCO BUILDINGS. "'Wheén Meclver completes the im- provements on his buildings on Bel- trami avenue he will add an entire stucco front on both structures, mak- ing them of handseme appearance and a great improvement to the busi- ness district. PAT O’BRIEN WILL BE IN ON THE NEXT WAR By Fred 8. Férguson (United Press Correspondent.) P ' Plans for meeting government ex- penditures as have been outlined by former Secretary McAdoo, inciuding the offering of afother Liberty loan, the continuing of the sale of war aving certificates, and the retaining being rfl . Third place inioats yleld ts secorded Minnesota by this authority, -who says the crop totaled 134,562,000 bushels. The flax yield was 2,423,- 000 bushels, and the potato yield 31,816,000 bushels. 5 The corn crop produced to meet the war and reconstruction needs of B | the United States and the allies was 110,000,000 bushels, putting Minne- { sota ninth in the states in the pro- duetion of this crop. ) These - production figures prove Minnesota’s claim to being one “of t | the leading agricu:tural states in the Union, according to Mr. Kirk. These crops were produced on a greatly in- creased acreage put under the plow to meet the increased food needs of the nations, Mr. Kirk says. WIRE CONTROL MUDDLE of organizations for the sale of such will be carried out, “] am sure that the treasury de- partment can with confidence offer another Liberty loan,” said the state- ment, which was addressed to the American people, “and continued the sale of war savings certificates know- ing that the organizations will re- spond once more to the call for ser- vice and will at once prepare the ground and sow the seed so that the harvest may be abundantly fruitful.” O'Brien probably missed being “in at the finish” of the war. be remembered, is the chap who with the Canadians, with the British aerfal fighters, and as an aviator was captured and es- caped after three months of thrilling Government expenditures, includ- ing transactions in the.principal of the public debt, during the current fiscal year up to and including De- cember 16, when Mr. Glass assumed office, have exceeded $9,600,000, the O'Brien arrived in Paris just be~ fore the signing of the armisti He was on his way to join the famous Although a captain in the British air service he was en- listing in the Legion as a ‘private. When I ran into Pat one night in early November his _first question was the same he had been asking all day of everyone he met: “Do you think I'll have time to get in before it's over It was my guéss tha secretary said in reviewing the finan- clal status of the government. penditures for November were near- 1y $2,000,000,000 and for December, New York, Dec. 21.——Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Commer- cfal Cable and Postal Telegraph com- panies, demanded in -a statement is- sued here, that Newcomb . Carlton, director of the government controlled cables, terminate his “dual capa- city” as an employe of the postmaster general and president of the Western Union Telegraph company. e Mr. Cariton’s continuance in both s ositions, Mr. Mackay declared, with -the right to control and pry {nto the business policies of his com- petitor,” are “antagonistic to the de- Foreign Legion. to and including the sixteenth, ex- ceeded $1,000,000,000. The proceeds of the fourth Liberty loan so far received have all been spent, Mr. Glass said, and the re- maining installments will be needed to maturing treasury certificates of t he'd have t& Liberty loan must be issued before “Well, I'll get in on the next one, the end of the fiscal year next June, the sale of war savings stamps and certificates must be pushed energetically, and the habits of thrift formed during the was must be con- served with five armies, and I want to make it six.’” i Then Pat explained his opinion of where the next fighting is likely to be, and of the next king that will be finding himself without a crown. “The only thing is that I haven't decided which side I'll be on.” went on, and for the peace of min of the king he was talking about we won’t mention any names. “ASPIRIN" TABLETS SEIZED. St. Louis, Dec. 21.—Willlam R. M. Wharton, chief of the United States inspection laboratory in St. Louis, report that deputy 1 United tSates food and drug inspec- tors had confiscated more than 25, 000 tablets at Joplin, were being offered as aspirin tablets but in -whick one of the main in- gredients was talcum powder. people.” The something, he said, applies to Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telephoner and Telegraph company, ‘who is acting as an ad- viser to Mr. Burleson. NAT GIVEN WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING: BEEN OVER THERE Nat Given will arrive home this evening at 6:05 o'clock after serv- ive in-the military. the selects ordered to Dunwoody and soon thereafter was sent to England. He arrived home on a transport a few days ago and was discharged at | Camp Dodge. AUSTRIANS STILL ASK WHO STARTED THE BIG CONFLICT He was one of confirmed the Vienna, Dec. 21.—The national as- sembly of German-Austria has adopt- ed a bill ordering an investigation into the question of who was actually responsible for the war and prescrib- the proceedings against its anthors. Another thing—when a lady walks the street leading a haritssed dog, the meost a@vertising?— Galveston News, E PIONEER ICAL Common to All SWEDISH FLEET OF (5 COAST OF ESTHONIA Bolsheviki Forces Are Return- ing From Front; New Minster of Berlin ' (By United Press.) Parls, Dec. 21.—President Wilson, in an interview declared ‘‘it is neces- sary that the delegates get together and pool everything they have. for the benefit of the ideals which are common to all.” e SWEDES OFF ESTHONIA. Copenhagen, Dec. 21.—The Bwed- {sh fleet has appeared off the Esthon- fan coast, according to a. dispatch from Kriningsburg, The bolsheviki forces -are reported returning- from the' Wesenberg front, s " SPAIN FAVORS LEAGUE. — By Henry Wood. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris Dec. 21.—"Spain to the last man favors the league of nations’ Premier Bomones declared in an in- terview with the United Press. MINISTER T0 BERLIN. uction of +2 busheldo . IS CAUSE OF PROTEST —_— instincts of the American LABOR TO PROTEST. Chicago, Dec. 21.—Responses to a call for a lahor mass meeting to be held here January 14, as an interna- tional protest against judicial and executive action in the case of Thom« as J. Mooney and other labor men, indicate, it was said, that labor leaders and representatives of the rank and file from all sections of the country would attend. MAY CABLE TO SERBIA. New York, Dec. 21.—The Commer- ¢ial Cable company announced that cablegrams in plain English or E Prench would now be accepted for Serbia subject to censorship and gender's risk. Lk