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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
N. D. CONGRESSMAN ILL;
DEMOCRATS GAMERS
(By United Press)

Washington, March 31.-Represen-
tative Henry Helgeson of North Da-
kota was today stricken with appen-
dicitis and rushed to hospital. This
will cut the Republican house
strength at the opening to 212, with
the Democrats PA. and two inde-
pendents ready to support them. This
practically insures Democratic con-
troll
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
Senator Says He Will Continue
Against War Legislation Until
Declaration Made.
"THEN," HE SAYS, I'LL GO
THE LIMIT TO LICK ENEMY
Austrian Socialist Declares Peace
Situation Favorable; Teutons
Fear Public Pulse.
(By United Press)

Washington, March 31.-Paciflsts,
headed by Amos Pinchott, suddenly
turned away from their efforts to pre-
vent war to means Of financing 1t.
The American committee on war
seeks to place the cost of the war up
on persons with incomes Of over $6,-
900 and the plan is favored in high
financial circles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
MOVE TO NEW HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Clark and fam
lily are moving to Breckenridge where
Mr.. Clark is employed in land and
abstract office. They are shipping
their household goods today. Mr..
Clark was formerly Judge of probate
of Beltrami county.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
1--5''r s<-s = csss-H A'.'" et-.s-
PHONE SERVICE EMBARGO
OVER U,S,ISC0NSIDERED

New York, March 31.-Temporary
embargo on telephone service extern
sion throughout the country in Or
der to hold in reserve facilities that
may be needed by the government,
may become necessary, it was an
nounced here today by U. N. Bothell,
senior vice president of the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph COM
Dany,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO VIEW NEW ROAD

There was hearing this morning
in district court regarding the pro-
posed new Cass Lake road. part of
which is to be a state road, and
Judge Stanton appointed M. N. Koll
of Cass Lake, E. H. Winter and w. u.
Robinson of Bemidji as committee
to view the road.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
LABOR STRIFE ENDS

Cleveland, March 31.-The lock-
out labor war which has kept 10000
men idle and crippled Cleveland's s
building industry for four weeks has
been settled. Both sides claim vic
tory.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
Sees Peace Activity.

Amsterdam. March 31.-Vienna
dispatches today contain information
Of a speech delivered by Austrian So
calist Leader Adler in which he de-
clared the situation favorable for a
resumption of peace activities by the
Central powers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
MADISON, WIS.,, IS
CLOSED; PATRIOTS OUT
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
Madison, Wis, March 31.-The
town is practically closed today in
the patriotic fete and it is expected
5000 men, women and children
will march in the patriotic parade to
express their loyalty to the United
States
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
new LAKE.RAn RATES i
ARE NOW IN EFFECT

Washington, March 31.-1ncreases
of about S per cent in freight rates
on all classes and commodities NOV
ing East and West by fay of rail and
ship lines over the Great Lakes went
into effect yesterday when the In
terstate Commerce commission de-
clined to suspend tariffs proposing
them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
SEATTLE MAYOR NOT
GUILTY; LIQUOR ECHO
(By United Press)

Seattle, March 31.-Mayor Gill
was today acquitted on a charge of
conspiracy with a bootlegging ring to
violate the laws of the Interstate
commerce commission.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
CONTRACTS EXPIRING;
PLANTS Will CLOSE
(Rv United Press)

New York, March 31.-A hundred
million in contracts for munitions
for the entente are expiring and
many plants are planning to close
down
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
BACK FROM VISIT

Mrs. Dan O'Connor and Mrs. M. s.
Miner have returned from Brainerd
where they have spent the past sew
eral days the guests of friends.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
DEFENSE OFFERED
BY ZIMMERMAN in
MEXICANPR0P0SAL
TO JOIN GERMANY
Japan Also Included in Attempt to
Conspire Against United States:
Note il Uncovered.
WAS TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN
CARRANZA IF WAR BROKE
Government Believes That Germany
Considered State of War Existed
With United States.
(By United Press)

Washington, March 31.-Germany
may have recognized that state OF
war exists with the United States,
according to an Interpretation by the
state department today of Zimmer-
mans speech.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
CONGRESSMAN MANN
COP. SPEAKER CHOICE
By United .Press)

(By United Press)
Washington, March '31.-Congress-
man James Mann of Chicago is the
Republican nominee for speaker of
the house.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

John McManus was taken to st..
Anthony's hospital yesterday, suffer
ing from an attack of acute indiges-
tiOn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
Stone ia WAITING.

Washington, March 31.-Senator
Stone today stated he would vote
against all further action until the
government had declared war and
then. he asserted, "I'll go to any
length to lick the enemy"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
SON OF GARIBALDI
OFFERS U. s. SERVICE
(Rv United Press)

Rome, March 31.General Garibaldi.
son of the Italian liberator, today
cabled President Wilson Offering his
services to the United States against
Germany.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
BATTLE IN PROGRESS
FOR CHIHUAHUA CITY
(Py Tinted Press)

Ell Paso, March 31.-Villa and
Carranza troops are today fighting
for chihuahua City, the Villistas
making the assault.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
ONE AMERICAN LOST
ON TORPEDOED SHIP
(Rv limited PreSs)

(by UHIIeU fTeSSJ
Washington March 31.-One Am
erican was killed and probably others
when the Crispin, unwarned, was at
tackled and sunk by a subsea boat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
BEMIDJI POSTMASTER
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
(By United Press }

Washington, March 31-President
Wilson today isued an executive or
der placing first, second and third
class postmasters on the civil service
list.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
DYNAMlTING G0RGES
TO PREVENT FLOODING
(Bv United Press }

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 81
Flood conditions are today serious.
The Flandreau dam is out on the
Big Sioux. Gorges are being dyna-
mited to prevent flooding of farms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
HERE ON BUSINESS

Harvey Wilcox, formerly of this
city, now of Minneapolis, is busi-
ness visitor in Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31

Miss Clara Folkestad will be the
guest of friends in Kempton, N. d.,
during Easter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
MRS. MOHLER ILL

Mrs. Tom Mohler is i'll at her
home on Minnesota avenue.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31
WARS OF UNITED STATES

War of Revolution 1775-17S3
Northwestern Indian 179O-1795
War with France. 179S-1SOO
War with Tripoli .1801-1SO5
Creek Indian war. 1813-1S14
War of 1912. ..... .1S12-1815
Seminole Indian war 1S17-1S1S
Black Hawk Indian. .1S31-1S32
' Cherokee Disturbance S36-1837
Creek Indian war;. .1S36-1S37
Florida Indian war. 1835-1S43
Aroostook d s t urb-
anCe u o0o-1ooS
War with Mexico. .1846-1848
Apache, Navajo and
Utah Indian war 1849-1855
Seminole Indian war 1856-1858
War between states 1861-1865
War with Spain Apr.-Dec. 1898
>Philippine insurrec-
ton .1899-19OO
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31

This means that the Bemidji post
office will come under the second
class division and its postmaster will
be appointed by civil service exam
nations.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-03-31

Summary: Field baskets, Big Be-
midg-Johnson 1, Peck s, Berrigan
1, Cameron 1 high school-Ba1ley l,
Tanner 3, Warfield 1, Ga1ney 1,
Phibbs /. Fouls thrown, Johnson,
out of 3; Tanner, 1 out of 4. Ref
cree, jacobson; scorer, Dick Meal
pine.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-10-06

we are now perceiving receive in- creased publicity on industrial con- scription. Industrial conscription whereby labor is placed on a mili- tary footing with a military discip- line affecting and controlling and dominating the man on the job is now urged with increasing ire qucncy It's value to the employing words It is all that is required to assure that class which owns the machinery of production a perra hence in economic control and, what makes that economic control worth while, a permanence in the profits which will be forthcoming from industry.
 Possibly, it may also well be, material improvements may be made in labor conditions. The standard may become fixed at a high scale. The housing of the workers may be made sanitary and comfortable Schools. suitable to the social status of the man who tolls, provided for his children. Clothing furnished in proportion tC human needs. The effects of fati- gue upon the workers in each in dustry the matter of sedulous con cern and on the whole, fine army of industrial bondsmen result in a general improvement all round.
 Frankly for the employing clas- ses, who are also the owning classes. this condition is very desir- able indeed. It removes the me mace of labor's growing independ- ence. It removes the hopes for such material betterment as revo- lutionary organizations have held before so many of the workers as the ultimate aim of organization. To the vested interests, who clip their coupons with becoming regu- larity, it provides permanent career of ease with dignity, peace and comp!acency that otherwise is not very obviously obtainable.
 And in only one way can this scheme of industrial conscription be put over and that is by waving flags, upholding it as patriotic and pointing out that if it is worthy and fine to die for ones country, so also ought it be fine and worthy to wor \
 for ones country. The little fact
 that this does not mean that it is fine and worthy to work for an em'
 ployel who is not necessarily the
 country. will be kept in the back
 ground when this little argument
 is put forward with mrch patTioti' i cloquence, as indeed it is just now
 in many magazines.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-10-06

the intellectuals to promote the idea that such would be wrong, sedit- ious, highly unpatriotic and 'n a degree of things objectlonaDly reasonable.
 Thence in paper. even in pulpit in maganizes, in platform an effort IS made to induce labor to let the opportunity slip by and to be con. tcnt with what has been paid be- fore when conditions were c'iite different
 The success Of these arguments and these urgings are vitiated how ever by the fact that throughout the country employers are devot'ng their own attention to the creation of enormous profits for themselves and hence because of the high prices those profits are reaching f. gures great enough to impress even the most dense wage worker
 UnanswCrable is the argume at of instinct: if the employer makes this war the occasion for greater profits. why should not the worker who will never get such chance agGin not only make it ar opptr tunity for increasing his wages, but also for mGking his organization g valuable weapon for cffcc,ing L,s ultimate industrial emancipation. An. but that is unpatriotic cays the employer or the parasite of the em- ploying classes. These are days when the nation must give and take among the people themselves, and all must pull together for fina' victory.
 But the worker turns to COT. sider the situation and he finds that instead of performance cqualling the fine promises and finer words of the employers, they are makinG haste to make all the profit hay they can while the sun of war is shining What the employing class urge is not to do as they do, but to do as they say.
 Every effort has been directed, and with wonderful energy and with unabated determination. to eradicate the notion the workers might have that there was one, single. solitary iota of justification for attempting to better their con dition by striking and when ultimately these availed mo- 1 thing, and economic cOndl- | tions. the high costs Of living, the increase in rents, the ever soaring prices ot necessities, drove the workers to strike, the islander was preferred with wonderful un- animity that this was privily the work of pro-Germans, or others ill terestcd in obstructing the success of the United States in the war. Now employers and their intel l lectual tools are observing that the time has passed for compromise with facts. They see that SterneI measures are necessary if the work of the nation and the profit making that comes from the employ ment of the workers is not to be hamp- cred in any way.
 And it is this notion that is the direct inspiration of those articles
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-10-06

tent is turned into a blind alley from whence there is no exit and ir wEicE t may be cribbed cabinned and permanently confined.
 The yo;k ker. under indutrial ne cessity. can be made to work as lorg as his employer who will be his superior officer may determine, and as We know that the surplus profits from labor are as the inten- sity of the working day plus the length of that working day. there is no reason why there should be any limits beyond that which will be sufficient to endure hlman life.
 The work of organizing society so that it's productive capacity will be kept up to the limits of society $ energy. is only limited by just one thing the disinclination of labor to subject itself to the grinding discip- line of machine industry.
 Labor today is lacking in the prime requisite of attractlveneSs: the instinct of the craftsman can find no opportunity for gratihCation Most work today is plain drudgery | especially in factories. foundries and manufacturing plants of all kinds Labor has become like the parts which il handles in the pro- cess of manufacture: standardized. The workman has become more oi lesa an automaton.
 Only the instinct to live compels him to stay by his task and the | fear of the consequences that may result from his idlcness is what keeps him to his job. Hence the | hunger and suffering that he and his family will suffer if he stops his work is the driving force that keeps | him working. For all that labor 1 has acquired an almost instinctive l knowledge that by organization oi workers betterment in his position can be effected. And he sees that |
 1 the more men are employed, the fewer men are looking for his jot to put it that way, the greater vii be the likelihood of his success ir making demands and enforcing them with a strike.
 We have reached stage in tht industrial condition of the nation when opportunity knocks at th' door of labor through the decreas' in the number of jobless ho De fore had Did against one another for the job To this extent the eco homie urge, in the instance of th' workers fear of hunger and power ty. is less insistent and the workers acquire a novel independence of ac tiOn.
 To prevent the workers takin! advantage or this condition O things, the employing classes, t' protect their profits, make use O
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-02-10

effeminate artist, put forth all his
great strength. John, therefore, had
to defend himself, and was bitterly
aware that the elder Simms was not
to be DETECTED from his cruel intent,
but was now holding the terrified girl
with one hand and welding the whip
with the other. 1t looked as though a
very serious struggle was imminent
when every eye turned at hyStericaf
yelp from Peter Simms. The boy was
standing in the doorway and covering
his father with a shotgun.
''Stop that ~ he cried ''Stop it, I
tell you, or 1 swear I'll shoot"
That horrible whip, raised for an
other blow, dropped to the farmers
side, and the man gazed in sheer as
constituent at the son who thus dared
to threaten him. He could scarcely
believe his cars. Never before had
any member of his family fouted his
authority Thorpe. equally amazed,
wrenched himself free from Burton,
and was obviously more inclined to wit
ness this new phase in a dramatic
situation than continue a struggle in
which he was likely to be worsted.
''Put down that gun. Peter." shout
ed John, authoritatively, striding to-
ward the desperate boy.
"Not mei'' came the defiant reply.
I'll not see my mother and sister
ill-uSed by any man, whether he's my
father or not, This horsewhippin'
proposition has to stop right now, or
I'll end it with an ounce of buckshot.
You hear me, father? 1 mean
what 1 say, Drop that whip, or I'll
blow the top of your head off,
Farmer Simms recovered his senses.
He pointed toward the highway.
Get out of this," he said, mouth
ing the words with bitter emphasis.
Get out now, You amt no children
of mine no longer. Neither bite nor
sup will either of you have under my
roof again. Get out, just as you are!
You can both starve by the roadside
for anything that 1 care"
The hapless mother broke in, but
her appeal was ruthlessly swept aside.
Good" Peter said defiant1y. That's
what we want-both of us. Good-by,
mother Well see you later, L guess
Come along, Jessie I'll take care of
you all right
Giving his father and Thorpe a wide
berth, and still clutching the gun, he
led his sister to the gate Burton,
quite at a loss to know how to act
for the best. realized that these two
waits We're surely penniless and who'll
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-02-10

pany him for a walk. The farmer
gave grudging assent, and the three
went Off John purpoSely steered the
conversation clear of personal matters.
He spoke of the benefits of education,
even in agricultural pursuits, and tried
to show that farming ought to be as
scientific as any other occupation.
He laid particular stress ON the
quiet happiness attainable by reading
good books, and, choosing a sunlit
clearing near a stream, invited the
others to sit down while he read
few selected passages from Ruskin's
Sesame and Lilies
Peter Simms listened eagerly, but
the girls mind seemed to wander.
Whether by accident or design Burton
could never determine afterwards, she
got up after a little while and began
picking flowers. Soon she was hidden
by the trees, but John and her BROTH
er assumed that she was not far dis
tant- Now, the fact was that Jessie
either knew, or guessed accurately,
where a certain good-1ooking young
artist would be found at work. At
any rate, she undoubtedly met Rob
ert West, and the two began an ear
nest talk, which quickly developed into
Jessie's posing as a model while West
sketched her.
This, of course, was very delightful
to the artistic temperament of sweet
seventeen, and the well-considered
compliments of the town-bred man
made strange music in the girls ears.
In a word, matters were progressing
quite nicely when Bill Thorpe broke
in ON the idyl. By unfortunate chance,
he happened to pass that way while
making for the Meadowland farm,
and his anger atsthe sight of what he
regarded as dissertation of the Sab
bath was heightened by jealousy.
He approached so Overwhelmingly that
Jessie screamed, and West sprang up
to protect her, whereupon he was sent
Keeling by a blow from a man twice
his weight and of much stronger
physique. Disregarding his PROSTATE
rival, Thorpe seized the girl, lifted
her in bearlike hug and carried
her home. Naturally, she screamed
and struggled, but her appeals fell on
deaf ears They did, however. reach
Burton and her brother, who feared
that some evil had befallen her, and
could not at first determine where to
search When at last they hit on the
right direction and ran in swift pur-
suit, they were too late to prevent
Thorpe from fulfilling his loutish pur-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-02-10

snorted ike the bull which had
threatened his daughter.
This foolishness has got to stop
right here" he growled. s.You. Peter.
will be farmer like me, and Jessie
Will be farmers wife, like her moth
er, or FL know the reason why
Then, in dour brutality, he tore up
the girls drawings, and, turning to
the bench, seized mallet with which
he smashed each of his sons models.
Jessie burst into tears and ran out.
Peters face blanched. and his fists
clenched, but John caught him by the
shoulder and restrained him by n
warning pressure He well knew that
protest was useless where a man of
Farmer Simms' bovine, intelligence
was concerned.
The next day happened to be a Sun
day, and a Sabbath peace descended
on the household John accompanied
the Simmses to church, where the
farmer was evidently held in high es-
teen, being an elder of the community.
After the service, when groups of resi-
dents gathered for few minutes chat
before going their separate ways, a
big, hulking fellow approached and
cordially. Simms introduced the
newcomer.
This is Mr.. Thorpe" he said, with
significant look at Burton. Hes
the man who has spoke for Jessie,
and he'll make her a good husband,
too"
The significance of this needlessly
frank statement was not lost on John
1t was clearly meant as a climax to
the strained situation of the previous
night. Thorpe grinned, and at once
took Jessie away in the direction of
the farm, so John merely uttered
casual Indeed" and followed with
the others.
Thorpe did not go far Waving a
hand to Simms, he lifted his hat in
awkward farewell to the girl, and
turned into a path leading to his own
homestead
After the midday meal, Burton in
vited the two young people to accom-
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pose Setting the girl on the ground
in front of her astonished father. who,
with Mrs. Simms, was seated in the
porch. he bawled angrily:
mice thing, amt it, that Teller
should find the girl he's going to mar
ry carryin' on with dude down there
in the woods?"
..what d v mean?" cried Simms.
rising slowly and blinking at the ac-
cuser and his captive.
ssJust what I've said,'' was the furi-
Gus answer. 'Some artist chap is
layin' around Freshfield, and your Jes-
sic was down there Settin' fer him.
fer a picture, on the Sabbath"
Each phrase formed wrathful
crescendo which seemed to arouse in
Simms an almost maniacal rage He
eyed the girl vindictively for few
seconds.
You just hold her right there he
said at last to Thorpe, land I'll teach
her a lesson she won't forget in a
hurry"
LAUNDERING into the house, he en-
erged with a rawhide whip and, with
out further ado, began flashing the
shrieking girl mercilessly. The unhap-
by mother tried to interfere, but
Simms pushed her aside with a vio-
lence that almost amounted to a blow
This, then, was the scene which met
the eyes of John Burton and Peter
Simms as they ran up-a frantic girl
held in the grasp of one human brute,
and quivering under the blows in
ficted by another, while her hapIess
mother could only stand by in tear
full dismay and witness her degrade
ton.
The Outcome of Tyranny
No matter what the consequences,
Burton resolved to put a stop to this
outrage. He rushed forward and was
dimly aware that Peter, who had ut
tered an inarticulate howl when he
saw his mother struck, had raced
ahead of him into the house. Crap
ping Simms, he stayed the Infatuated
mans arm for a moment, whereupon
Thorpe closed with him and, finding
an opponent of different metal to an