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VOLUME XVI. NOi 546.
FOURTH LOAN
1SDVERT0F
NATION BT OS
Approximately 22,000,000 of
People Subscribe, Official
Statement Today
OVER-SUBSCRIPTION IS
"ASSURED, FIGURES SHOW
Amount Purchased Last Day
Brings Success Banks Be
gin to Check Results
Washington, Oct 21.Approxi-
jnateljL2?,6op,00 pprsjpis 20 per
cent of the'lotion's population, sub
scribed to "the: Fourth Liberty Loan,
is an official statement issued today.
Loan Oversubscribed,
Washington, Oct. 21.Over-sub-
scription of the Fourth Liberty Loan
seemed assured when the three
weeks' campaign closed: While offi
cial reports were lacking, it appeared
that again the American people
have given to their government not
only what was asked but more than
was asked in order that the war
against Germany and her allies may
be carried to a successful conclusion.
How far the total will run above
the six billion dollar goal, officials
would not attempt to estimate. It
all depends, they said, on whether
big financial interests at the last mo
ment file the big lump sum scrip
tions expected of them, and whether
the number of, smaller subscriptions
by individuals is found to meet ex
pectations.
New subscriptions entered during
the last day, and those made effec
tive by payment of the ten per cent
installment,. probably will amount to.
a billion and a half dollars. for the
entire nation, it was said. Before
business-opened on Saturdays $4
599,719,450 had, been reported to
federal reserve banki.
For the next five days banks in
every city and town in the United
States will be busy adding up sub
scriptions. Reports and payments
then must be made to federal re
serve, banks, which are expected to
take at least five days more to report
to the treasury.
WRIGLEY GIVES TINFOIL
TO THE EGOVERNMENT
of the To help meet the needs
government, Wrigley's will
tinue the use of tin-foil as a wrap
ping for "Juicy Fruit" chewing gum,
in order to release this valuable ma
terial to Uncle Sam.
Hundreds of 5
discon-'
(By United Press.)
With the American Armies in
France, Oct. 3. (By Mail.)Colored
troops from America already have
established themselves in Europe as
being cool and reliable fighters in
the front line. Both American and
French commands say so, and if the
Germans ever discovered who it was
that held part of the line through
Argonne Forest when the boches
failed to get through some time ago.
the German command has a.decided
ly high respect for American colored
infantry.
Up and down the line, after the
test of a year's service, you hear no
doubts expressed regarding the col
ored infantry. The darkie dough
boys have made good in the line as
well as behind. They have proven
themselves cool and brave soldiers
in the trenches, and gentlemen when
back at rest in French towns. You
are continually running into units of
these colored chaps as you travel- up
and down the line from Switzerland
to Flanders.
Down in a little town some miles
fwiek Of Verdun the United Press cor
respondent encountered a large unit
of these colored chaps, all front Chi-
Kaiser'sReply
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thousandsjof pounds
per week of tin-foil will thus be
made available to the government, it
is said. "Juicy Fruit" will hereafter
appear in the hermetically sealed
pink wrapper same as "Sperimint."
"Doublemint" will also be of green.
PLENTY OF GASOLINE.
The removal of the Pan on
pleasure automobile riding, which to
day becomes effective, may-be justi
fied in the report of the result of a
trip among the mid-continent refine
ries, with particular reference to tire
gasoline situation, made by one of
the leading experts of the country
and published in the Oil City Der
rick, says the New York Journal cf
Commerce.
COLORED TR0OPSARECO0L
AND RELIABLE !N FIGHTIN
Mere "Bune"
H(By United Press.)
ment assumes that an armistice
would be agreed upon by both sides.
The reply protests against re
proach for illegalities and inhuman
ities and denied that, in sinking ships
'the Cferman submarines purposely de
stroyed life boats or passengers.
GAMBLING IS PINCHED'
IN THE PARK HOTEL
Chief of Police Easier and Indian
Agent "Tom" Wold busted up a
poker game in the Park hotel last
night, about 10 o'clock, and ar
rested the game keeper A. D. Stewart,
and three players, Sam Wanski, Litt
Stonobvish and Joe. Miller. Cash
bond of $100 was demanded and re
ceived from Stewart while $25 each
London, Oct. 21.According to a
wireless message from Berlin today,
the German reply to President Wil
son says that accepting the proposal
for evacuation the German governs dent the line of the Hamline eleven.
as taken from the others as cash
bond.
The hearings are set for this after
noon at o'clock before Judge Gibbons.
Gibbons.
About a week ago, Chief Essler
issued aiv order to all places where
people congregate to cease during
the enforcement of the order to pre
vent the spread of the Spanish in
fluenza- It has long been reported
that booze was being "shot from the
hip" in the soft drink department of
the Park and Wold was after arty
liquor that migbt be detected in the
place. When he and the chief paid
their visit they discovered the poker
game in full blast and make the
"pinch," also taking along several
decks of cards and poker chips.
HAROLD L0CKW00D DIES
New York, Oct. 21.Harold Lock
wood 29 years old, a moving picture
star, is dead here of influenza.
cago or thereabouts. They' had just
come back to rest, after a long period
in" the Argonne Forest trenches. Like
their predecessors, a negro unit from
New York, they had made a great
hit with the French officers in high
command of the sector. Unlike the
New York negroes, these Chicago
boys had encountered no big fighting,
and they were disappointed at being
taken from the trenches before do
ing big fighting.
The French officers explained that
good soldiers can be recognized just
as well when they are holding the
line as when they are fighting, but
the darkie doughboys were still dis
appointed. Finally the French gen
eral of the army came down to review
the negro outfit. Down by the creek
they went through some of the snap
piest exercise ever seen, and the
French general was delighted. When
the review as it had been planned
was finished the general turned to
the American colonel.
"If I were an American general,
what would I do now?" asked the
Frenchman.
"Most anything." replied the col-
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FRENCH GIRLS COME TO ENTER AMERICAN COLLEGES
Slxty-t\y.o young French gli-ls have arrived in America, the first, of group. of .230 chosen for scholarships at
American universities. They are to study in American colleges, so -that after the war they may'return., to France
with American educational ideals aiul teach them there-among'their' own people.
CAINEY STAR PLAYER
IN FOOTBALL VICTORY:
HAMLINE IS WINNER
Hamline and Macalester, ancient
athletic rivals, met on Shaw field, St.
Paul, Saturday, and resulted in a
victory for- Hamline by a score of
31 to 0, establishing Hamline as a
strong factor in the S. A. T. C. foot
ball race. It was the opening game
for both teams.
The winners outplayed their op
ponents in every department of the
game. The Mackmen could not even
and in its account of the game the
St. Paul Dispatch says:
"Both teams relied almost alto
gether on line plays, the ball being
too water-soaked for them to attempt
the passing game more than a few
times. One of Hamline's three for
ward passes was successful, Gainey
being on the receiving end for a
touchdown.
"The third period brought out the
best football of the game. Cloon
took the ball to Mac's 15-yard line
with gains of ten and twenty yards.
"A penalty of fifteen yards in
flicted on Macalester put the ball a
foot from the goal line and then
the Macalester defense stiffened and
held for four plays. They punted
and soon afterwards Gal hey scored
on a forward pass from Hanson. The
try for goal failed."
The Gainey referred to in the
newspaper account is Dan Gainey of
Bemidji, who is attending Hamline.
While a Bemidji high school student,
Gainey was one of the star athletes
'and is recognized as one of the best
ever turned out in the high school.
NO WORD IS RECEIVED
FROM BROTHER. RESIDENT
OF FIRE-SWEPT TOWN
Samuel Ralph, one of Bemidji's
best known barbers, is commencing
to worry over the whereabouts of his
brother, Harvey, who was a resident
of Cloquet and from whom no Word
has been received since the terrible
fire which literally swept that town
off the map. The mother of the
brother resides in Bemidji with her
son.
According to the Bemidji brother,
his Cloquet brother is not in the
habit of writing frequently and
whether he is safe and busy with his
duties, and not thinking of the
worriment caused his mother and
brother, is uncertain. He is second
in seniority as a conductor on the
Duluth & Northeastern railroad,
headquarters in Cloquet, Samuel
Ralph, the Bemidji brother, is just
able to be out after an attack of in
flenza which developed into pneu
monia. SPLENDID YOUNG MAN VICTIM
DIES FROM SPANISH PLAGUE
John Lind, a young man 22 years
of age, died Saturday night in the
Fifth ward as the result of Spanish
influenza, after a decidedly brief ill
ness.
The plague victim was a splendid
specimen of young manhood, being
a giant in stature and weighing 198
pounds. He was a native of Den
mark and had no relatives in this
country. It is believed he left some
money for he attempted to say some
thing to O. J. Tagley, but what he
attempted to say could not be under
stood. He had retired at 6 o'clock
not feeling well and his end came
soon thereafter.
DIES IN CAMP.
Word comes to Bemidji that Har
old Potter, who enlisted through the
Bemidji recruiting office in May, died
at Glen Burnie, Md., from pneumonia
ercently and was buried at Melville.
N. D.
BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 21 1918 *UiKORTY-FIVE
British Drive
Enemy Over
French Line
(By United Press.)
London, Oct. 21.The Germans
were hurled back over the Lys river
in three places and the allies are
driving close to Ghent and Tournal.
The allies have also reached Acltre
land are occupying several villages
running northward to the Dutch
frontier:
.teeyond Lille the British have driv
en the enemy across the border from
France into Belgium, reaching Peeq.
Three thousand prisoners were
taken north of LeCateau Sunday.
British Anoroech Line.
London, Oct. 21.British troops
are approaching Stamand, says an
official report from General Haig to
day. The British are also nearing
the line of the Scheldt, north of
Tournal.
INFLUENZA IS FATAL
FOR G. SANDLAND
G. L. Sandland of this city, son
of Mr. and M/s. K. G. Sandland of
the town of Frohn, died Saturday
night at midnight at St. Anthony'*
hospital from Spanish Influenza, hav
ing been ill for about a week. He
was 30 years and six months old.
Besides his parents halteBve^a wife
and three children, Efdnald,-*age 4
Byron, age 2 and an infant a week
old! He was conscious till the last
and asked to see his wife and babies.
Mr. Sandland has been a resident
of this city for the last eleven years
and for the past three years had
been a clerk at the O. J. Laqua store.
Funeral arrangements are being
made today and will be held from
,the Ibertson undertaking parlors,
conducted by Rev. Lester P. Warford
of the Presbyterian church. Inter
ment will be made in Greenwood.
HECTOR BROWN IMPROVES
FROM INFLUENZA ATTACK
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Brown received
a letter from their son Hector, who
is at an officers' training camp In
Virginia, Friday, stating that he
was out of the hospital and getting
along nicely, but that he had lost
between ten and fifteen pounds dur
ing his illness from the Spanish In
fluenza. He had taken a long walk
that day but was still quite weak.
His wife, who was called to Camp
Lee on account of his illness, will
remain there with her husband.
SOLDIER HEARS OF FIRE
PIONE
August Jarchow
Edla Nelson
wY,
HERE: COMES ON LEAVE
Marvin Hugart, Camp Logan, ar
rived in the city yesterday, having
secured a six-day furlough. He will
return to camp tomorrow. Mr.
Hugart became alarmed when hear
ing Bemidji was threatened with the
forest fire, and came to size up the
situation. His wife resides in Be
midji.
ATTACK EXPECTED IN
ALSACE-LORRAINE
(By United Press.)
Paris, Oct.' 21 Raiding opera
tions in Lorraine and Alsace may
indicate an attack.
PNEUMONIA TAKES GIRL.
Mies Willit. 16 years old. died in
the city from pneumonia. Her home
is in the country on the Jefferson
highway west of the city.
tlol
The relief fund for the destitute
forest fire victims, being sponsored
for the Red Cross by the Daily
Pioneer, has reached over $1,500 and
is still growing, another sum being
turned over to Rev. L. P. Warford,
president of the Red Cross chapter
today.
Dalton Employes Boosters.
"Well, now," remarked Will
Thompkins of the Dalton Hotel cafe,
"guess when it comes down to a case
of helping those fire sufferers there
isn't any better boosters in Bemidji
than we are," and the result is the
sum of $26 brought to The Pioneer
to add to the relief fund that is
being contributed to Bemidji for the
homeless and destitute of the forest
fire swept district.
Carrier Does Bit.
Saturday was payday for the paper
carriers of The Pioneer. Then ener
getic small men were paid as usual,
and when it came to pay the dollar
due Lawrence Johnson for his week's
work this loyal lad handed it hack
and asked that it be placed in the
fund for the suffering fire stricken
victims.
The boy is the son of Otto Johnson
of the Bemidji high school farm and
is one of The Pioneer's best and
brightest carriers.
Store Donates $39.
The sum of $39 was also contribut
ed by Barker's drug and jewelry
store, a percentage of Friday's sales
being held out as a contribution of
The Pioneer's Fire Relief Fund.
It was also noted that little Turtle
River was again to the fore in con
tributions to help relieve the dis
tressed. This enterprising community
has been one of the most ardent sup
porters of the Red Cross and pa
triotic campaigns and in a time like
this arose to the occasion in its cus
tomary spirit.
Railroads Humane.
The railroad men seem to be a
humane set, also, for the employes
of the M. & I. have been generous
contributors. Saturday the employes
of the M. & I. donated $52 to The
Pioneer Fire Relief Fund and this
morning the following was handed
in to the same fund, with a promise
of more tomorrow:
H. Aslund $2.00
J. J. McLaughlin 5.00
Leo Poppenherg 2.00
.1. (J. Vaughn 5.00
E. S. Iugersoll 2.00
J. M. Burke 2.00
E. J. Olson 2.00
Dan O'Connor 3.00
H. C. Blackburn 2.00
D, McGassfgan 2.00
$27.00
M. & I. Freight Office.
W. S. Lamont $100
Ruby Case 1.00
Lucene McCuaig 100
J. S. Butt 100
R. M. Everest 1.00
Pat Stafeleton 50
H. E. Stevens 1.00
G. A. Walker 1.00
Mrs. G. A. Walker 1.00
In addition to his police duties,
Chief of Police Essler found time to
help out the Red Cross ladles who
are doing the work of receiving and
packing the clothing, bedding, shoes
and other apparel for the fire victims,
and in doing so the chief demon
strated he hasn't forgotten every
thing he learned.
Mrs. Denu and Mrs. Beaver were
struggfing with a big box and a large
pile of overcoats when Mr. Essler
happened along.
"Let me show you how to do that,"
ejaculated the chief as he surveyed
the efforts of the women.
Whereupon he removed all the
coats from the box and piled them In
as they should have been and bad
considerable room to spare.
"Yes. for some years I worked In
a clothing store," he commented after
he had finished his task.
MARKHAM HOTEL FIRE FUND
REACHES $100: MORE COMING
The Markham hotel fund for fire
sufferers has reached $100 and is
still climbing. Many commercial
salesmen are contributing to the
fund, which will add greatly to the
relief o'f the victims of th forest
fires.
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FIRE FUND CLIMBS
OVER $1,500 WAGE
RALLYTO
CRY OF DESTITUTE
0-
B. 13. Lundgren
8.GO
Other Contributions.
3.00
2.50
CHIEF REMEMBERS
HIS OLD STORE DAYS
th
^A
CENTS PER MONTH
Joseph McFadden
Edward Ebert
Ruth Essler
B. R. Erlckson
Barker's.Drug Store
Edward Anderson
Henry Miller
A friend
0. B. Stevens
Mrs. A. C. Smith, nurse
George Wakluk
Frank H. Smith
Mrs. L. Lauritzen
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brittknlan
Mrs. Oscar Olson
Hans Nelson
Judge M. A. Spooner
Alex Doran
E. L. Rentier
Curl Bergquist
Dr. T. Lunde
B. W. Lakln
Miss Valdina Skjeveland
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Getchell.
Mr. and MTB. Harry Gunsulus
Mrs. James Wamsley
J. J. McElroy
Alfred Krog, Fifth ward.
Carl Selvin, Fifth ward
II. M. Merryman
Edward Jackson
Harry Cole
Lawrence Johnson
Mrs. Lucy Hazen
Mrs. Irma VanArnum
K. II. Olson
Donald Henry
F. N. Jackson
Mrs. H. A. McGulre
Eugene Mullane
Mrs. Anton Erickson
Mrs. Theo. E. Virts
Dorothy Virts
1. G. Haycraft, Solway
A. J. Naylor
Minnesota Electric Light and
Power Co
Louis Moran
Andrew Wold
Huffman & O'Leary
Victor Jahr
John Sclion
Mrs. W. A, Currle
Pfeifer's Bakery
H. E. Reynolds
Golden Soper
Oscar H. Erlckson
Ole Gen nes
L. M. Ford
Gladys Whitney, teacher, Tur
tle River
Employes Hotel Dalton.
Fred Eckert $5.00
William Tompkins 5.00
Alex Pllatos 2.00
Mrs. A. Walker 2.00
Mrs. F. Eckert 2.00
Clara Rolstad 2.00
Minnie Tangen 2.00
Sarah Carlson 1.00
Sadie Maron 1.00
Nina Olson 1.00
Gena Tarlson 1.00
Ella Thompson 1.00
Valborg Josefson 1.00
3.00 5.00 1.00
2.00
39.00 10.00
5.00
10.00
1.00 1.50 1.00
2.00 2.00
10.00
1.00
2.00
10.00
2.00 5,00 2.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
10.00
1.00 1.00 1.00
1.00 2.50 1.00
1.00
2.00 1.00 1.00
1.00
.60
5.00 2.50
10.00
1.00
5.00
10.00
1.00
1.00
5.00 2.00 5.00
1.00
10.00
5.00 5.00
1.00
26.00
2.00
$ 321.00
Previously acknowledged 1,243.39
Total $1,564.39
LIEUT. SANBORN IS
ORDERED TO REPORT
Dr. C. R. Sanborn leaves tonight
for Fort Oglethorp, Ga., where he
will enter the medical officers' train
ing school, he having received orders
to report.
Dr. Sanborn has been commissioned
a first lieutenant and assigned to sta
tion in the camp, his work being
special Instruction preparatory to
overseas duty.
SIX MEN OF FOURTH
ORDERED TO CLOOUET
An order has been received by
the Fourth Minnesota infantry de
tachment, in station at Bemidji, to
send six more men to Cloquet for
guard duty to relieve some now there
but tired out on account of the
Btrenuous duty they have been ex
periencing.
The six men left today in re
sponse to the order.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WmLNOT
MEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
There will be no meeting of the
Commercial club next Wednesday
noon, it being the regular weekly
schedule. The reason for the meeting
being deferred Is th closing man
date.
