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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
COLI FUNERAL.

. The fneral of August Golz will be
held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the res
idence and at $3.50 o'clock at the Ger
man Lutheran church. Rev. Herman
of Little Rails will officiate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
Americans Loosen Grip,

Paris, Aug. S.-By increasing their
pressure at various points, Franco
Americans are gradually lessening
the German grip upon the Vesle river
line 1t will he only a matter of days
until the enemy is forced to abandon
the Vesle river line and retire to the
Aisne, unless an overwhelming num-
ber Of reserves are involved, and this
is regarded as possibility.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08

The Willing Workers Aid society of
the Fifth ward will meet tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. A. M. Soper, sci Minnesota
avenue. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
MCEES LATEST COAL ORDER
DECLARED T0BE N0NSENSICAL

- st. Paul, Aug. S.-Judge McGee's
fuel order to carry your own coai'
has been taken to the supreme
court" of Minnesota, and will be pass
ed upon by the states highest tribu-
nal, insofar as Judge Bum in con-
cerned.
Two loads of coal repose on the
sidewalk in front of the Judge Bum
residence, 794 Linwoody Place.
Formerly it was delivered into the
Judge Bum basement at the rear.
Now the neighborhood blinds in
= the Judge Bum neighborhood are be-
ing pulled slyly back. The. .neighbors
are waiting. What the judge will do
is unknown. He is i'll and could not
be interviewed.
Decisions of Supreme court judges
usually are based on precedent. But
there is no precedent. Judge Nc
Gees order says coal companies snail
not deliver coal further than the side
walk when it can't be shoveled into
the bin from the wagon. 1t is cited
that this has the intent of conserving
manpower and that consumers should
carry their own coal.
Members of the st. Paul city coun-
Gil have said they wouldn't do it.
Many other citizens have voiced the
same stand.
.-... Latest Fuel Order.
Judge MCGEE is the state fuel ad-
ministrator. His latest order was
that coal deliveries should be dumped
on the walks or in the alley or any
place except into the consumers bins,
to "save man power" The idea is for
the buyer of the coal to carry his
own coal or hire some one to do it,
and the city administration is exceed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
SUB SENDS ANOTHER
VESSEL TO BOTTOM
lBY United Press.

Washington, Aug S.-The Amer
can steamer Merak was sunk by a
submarine August 6, fifteen miles off
Diamond Shoals lightship, off Cape
Hattaras, the navy department an
nounced today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
PERSHING's CASUALTY LIST.

BY United Press.)
Washington, Aug. S.-General Per-
shing's casualty list this morning
contained $40 names.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-08
Ceremony at New Normal Will
Take Place Saturday After
: .s noon, at 2 O'clock.
JUDGE STANTON WILL SET
HONORED SLAB IN NICHE
Address BY the Governor Will
Be Feature; Ceremonies :
.;..-..s.s .:.~..s. 81 to9Be Simple. .. 7 ::
. (By United Press. }

E E su . =.
allist contemplates conference with
northern Minnesota legislators when
he attends the cornerstone laying at
Bemidji Saturday, he said at his Of
flee this morning. ., 5....5. y. sz
state auditor Preus, Secretary Of
State Schmahl, members Of the Pub
lie Safety commission and state nor
NAL board indicated this morning
that they will attend. ~ -. - =:
Governor J.ssA: "a. sBuFnqujst is ex-
pected to arrive in Bemidj late Fri-
4 day night to be the speaker Of the
ceremonies Of laying the cornerstone
of the new Bemidji Normal school,
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
personnel Of his party is unknown
but will include several state officials
of prominence; including State Aud
itor Preus, Secretary of State
Schmahl, members of the state safety
commission, members of the state leg
is1ature, president of the state nor
mails, members of the state normal
board, and many. others. 49, -. -,
-,1s.l.,.. L -. Stanton Will Preside. +. ~ =
- NO elaborate ceremony Is dlIduSou
for the setting Of the stone Judge
C. w. Stanton will preside and will
perform the act of sponsoring the
stone as It is lowered to its honored
niche in the first unit of. Bemidjis
handsome normal. -. :.~e.,--. :
There will be no parade, no demon
stration on the part of the city in
general. The ceremonies will be sim
pie and impressive, the address of the
governor being the feature Of the day.
40. Program Of Ceremonies. ":
At 1880 o'clock, Governor Burn
quist will be: escorted from the Mark
ham to the normal site. The band
will be present but there will be no
military feature. After selection by
the band at the school, Rev. L. P.
Warford, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, will offer the invocation. A
band overture will follow and then
Judge Stanton will speak, laying the
stone on it's foundation. Another
selection by the band, and the COVER
nor will be introduced. The national
anthem will close the services, the
audience. joining in to the accompani-
ment of the band. =
p The entire populace of Bemidji is
urged to attend this ceremony as it
is of vital interest to them and to the
future of Bemidji.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
BOLSHEWKI CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS
TO FORM ARMY
WILL BIZ NEEDED 20 FIGHT TEU-
TON If PEACE TERMS ARE
REJECTED, ~ CRY.
OLD ARMY IS EXHAUSTED
Ensign krylenkO. BOlsheviIS Command
er for Volunteers, Appeals to Soldiers
aud W0rlamen TO Rally for Holy"
War at Home and Abroad.

London, Jan 12-The CALL OF Ensign
krylenko, the bOlshevlll commander.in.
chief, for volunteers for Russian
army according to the bolshevH, tele-
graph agency at Peuograd was issued
i'm the form of an appeal to the sol
diers and workmen and as a reply to
the German peace proposals.
The appeal refers to Germany's re-
lection Of the proposals framed pre-
viously and their open talk OF am
neNations In the event Of a separate
peace, the call declares that the Rus.
sian republic and it's councils will be
surrounded on all sides by enemies.
American and French dnanciers,"
Krylcnko continues are lending money
TO provide war material for Kalednes.
The German commercial classes are
quite prepared to use them as allies for
sitting the Russian revolution. These
are conditions which raise for the Rus.
sian peasants and workmen the whole
question Of the defense of the conquest
achieved by the revolution and of the
holy war against the commercial class.
es, not only of Russia, but Of Germany,
France and Great Britain"
Krylonbo explains that the old army
is exhausted and that n new one must
be created with the Red Guard as
nucleus, and it must be subject to rig.
orous revolutionary discipline
Comrades" he says "the people OF
Italy Spain France, Austria and Swift
zerland watch you with hope and await
D Al.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
IS INDIAN BOYS
ARE BURNED To
DEATH IN SCHOOL

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. r.
Thirteen Indian boys were
burned to death early this
morning in a fire which de-
stroyed the boys dormitory of
the Dwight Indian training
school at Marble City, Okla,
forty miles southeast of here.
The fire, origin Of which is
unknown, completely destroyed
the dormitory, which housed
125 lads.
The blaze origina ted at 2:3O
o'clock this morning and quick
over the wooden
building. Inmates of the dorrni-
tory fled into the bitter cold
clad only in night clothes.
The victims were trapped in
their rooms, the flames spread
ing so rapidly that some of the
exits were cut off before the
alarm could be given all over
the building.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
TORNADOES SWEEP ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA AND TAKE SIXTEEN LIVES
MORE THAN 100 PERSONS ARE INJURED-DISASTER
COMES WHILE SOUTH is IN GRIP OF SEVERE SNOW
AND SLEET STORM-CAMP WHEELER HOSPITAL
TENTS CONTAINING $50 PATIENTS ARE WRECKED
TOWNS IN STORMS PATH

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 12-"With the en-.
tire South in the grip of its worst snow
and sleet storm of the winter today,
early reports showed that tornadoes
which swept through eastern Alabama
and central Georgia, had taken a toll
Of sixteen lives and injured more than
100 persons.
Wire communication over a great area
was paralyzed, scores of small towns
in the interior being isolated, while Sa.
vannah, Charleston, jacksonville and
other cities along the south Atlantic
coast were cut off from outside
Deaths and injuries are reported as
follows:
Cowarts, Alabama, seven killed and
twenty-five injured
Dothan Alabama, six children killed
and forty injured in collapse of rural
schoolhouse near Dothan.
Webb, Alabama, one killed and esti.
mated seventy injured in destruction of
store and other buildings.
Troy Alabama, one killed and several
injured.
Macon, Georgia, one killed at Camp
Wheeler and several injured
The cold wave that extended as far
south as Florida was preceded by an
unusually low barometric pressure, 28.2S
being recorded at knoxville late yes.
terday while thunderstorms and light.
ming accompanied a heavy snowfall at
Asheville, N. G.
1t was thought today that sleet and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
BRITISH ARMY TANK
TO WAR ON SNOW IN
CHICAGO STREETS

Chicago, Jan. 12,--Weary of the end
less task Of shoveling snow from streets,
Chicago's army Of snow fighters has
decided to adopt more effective meth
DDS and in a few days a huge British
tank, such as is used on the western
front, will rumble through the streets
laying waste to the snow drifts as they
did to the German entanglements in
General Haig's drive.
Capt. A. w. owen, head of the Brit
ish and Canadian recruiting station in
this city, made this addition to the city's
snow fighting army, and it was quickly
accepted. The tank is due to arrive in
two days and it is prophesied it will
accomplish more than an entire army
of men with shoves
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12

St Louis, Mo, Jan. 12.-As a result
Of the blizzard that swept the central
west yesterday and last night. St Louis
today is nearly cut off from railway
communication with the outside world
Only three through passenger trains
have arrived at Union Station since 5
o'clock last night. one of these was
a st. Louis u San Francisco train from
Texas due here at p. m Friday. 1t
arrived at a. m. today.
No trains have left Union Station
since $3.50 o'clock last night.
Two fast Chicago * Alton trains from
Chicago, due here Friday evening, are
stalled at Brighton, Illinois, twelve
miles north of Alton
The Texas Special, fast train of the
Missouri Kansas & Texas and Frisco
lines, due here at 11:15 a. m. Friday
arrived at Lower Grove station here at
s o'clock this morning, twenty.one
hours late on a nineteen-hour schedule
from Dallas. The train did not proceed
to Union Station.
When the train arrived at Monet, Mo
at o'clock yesterday afternoon the
passengers on board had had no food
since the evening before. At Springfield
No. where the train arrived at AIS
Friday afternoon, a dining car was
coupled on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
WILL KEEP FLANDERS
COAST, TIRPITZ DECLARES

London, Jan, IA dispatch to the
Central News from Amsterdam says
that Admiral Won Tirpitz, former Ger
man minister Of marine, and the fore
most advocate Of Germany's submarine
warfare, declared that while the Ger
mans must keep the Flanders coast,
the annexation Of Belgium to Germany
was mot necessary" and that "a solu-
ton of the problem could be found"
Regarding the political situation, Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz is reported as having
said that all sorts Of things might be
possible, but that he did not think they
would 60 so far as an agreement on
an armistice by which the operations
of submarines could be paralyzed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
ARDMORE-AKRON
TO START ON ITS
FACTORY SOON

Announcement Is made at the office
ofthe Ardmore-Akron Tire & Rubber
company that arrangements for the
erection and equipping Of the plant, to
be located in the Chamber of Commerce
Industrial addition at North Ardmore
are well under way and that as soon as
material can be put on the ground
actual construction will be begun.
Arthur G. Wood. who has returned
from u business trip to Northern cities,
was joined here this week by his
brothers, Elmer S. and Fox Wood, for
the purpose Of considering plans and
going over the affairs of the company
Some of the steel for the plant has
arrived and a contract for the steel
work has been made, but its erection
will not be begun until all the steel ar
rives, the time being dependent on the
availability Of freight cars. A shipment
of 250,00O brick is en- route and will
soon be available for construction work.
Mr.. Wood states that the moulds for
the famous Ardmore tires have been
completed and that pending the compile
ton Of the plant here the tires Will be
made by an Eastern concern, so that he
dealers may be supplied without delay.
Col. John c. Harmony, the president,
is now in the East attending to the
shipment of the machinery which, it is
expected, will arrive the latter part of
February. lie finds the demand for
tires is greater than can be taken care
of by the older companies and is con.
fident that the output Of the Ardmore-
Akron plant VIII be taken from the
start
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
FRANCE SPURNS
RUSS BOLSHEWKI
REFUSES TO HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH USURPING GOVERN.
MENT, PICHON SAYS.
PEACE TALK is USELESS
His Country Would Only BE Playing
Into Hands of Germans, French Of
fetal Declares-Hun Must Make Pro
posal Direct If He Wants Recognition.

Paris, Jan. 12-That France does not
purpose to have anything to do with
the peace negotiations at Brest LitovslS
between the bolsheviki and the Teutonic
allies, and that she will have no peace
dealings with the enemy until they
shall make them direct, was stated in
the chamber OF deputies last evening by
stephen Pichon, minister of foreign al.
fairs. The statement WIS made in re.
ply to a demand that the government
issue passports to socialists desiring to
proceed to petrograd and that the en-.
tente powers make a joint declaration
Of their war aims
I'VE refuse to participate in the nego.
tiations engaged in by the usurping
government at Petrograd or be involved
with them in any manner whatsoever -
said Mr. Pichon. 1T would be playing
into the hands Of the Germans. We
repeat what Mr.. Balfour said some
time ago: The day when we shall be Of
fered peace propositions direct by our
enemies we will examine them In con
cert with our allies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
BLIZZARD RACES OVER AMERICA
FROM COAST TO COAST.
CANADA TO GULF.
is F|FTY-YEAR RECORD
In Kansas and Missouri Temperatures
of 20 Below Were CommOn-Trans-
pOrtatiOn Upset and Many Trains at
Large Terminals Stalled.

Chicago, Jan. IA blizzard extend.
ing from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico
and from the Rocky Mountains to the
Alleghenies, and accompanied by low
temperatures ranging from 81 degrees
below zero at O'Neil, Nebraska, to -
degrees above zero at San Antonio, par
alyzed steam railroad traffic at many
points today.
The storm which began early yester.
day continued all night and a high
wind piled huge drifts of snow on top
Of the heavy fall early in the week over
Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Indiana.
and southern Michigan and parts of
Iowa and Missouri
Over practically the entire territory
covered by the blizzard today, train
schedules have been upset and at large
terminals like Chicago, St Louis and
Kansas City, many trains have been
stalled.
Nebraska, it is said, experienced the
coolest day in half d century, no point
reporting to the weather bureau at
Omaha showing q temperature higher
than zero, while O'Neil turned in 81
below.
In Kansas and Missouri temperatures
Of 20 below zero were common and in
Chicago it was 10 below this morn
ing, but central Illinois points reported
much colder weather.
In the northwest, points in the iron
range OF Minnesota reported thirty he.
low and predictions for colder weather
today.
The heavy snowfall in the winter
wheat states was said to have greatly
benefited the crop outlook.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
CUBAN SUGAR CROP
LARGEST YET GROWN
PLANS ARE AFOOT IN NEW YORE
TO RAISE Sl5O,OOO,OOO TO
HANDLE II.

New York, Jan. IA plan under
which New York banking interests
would finance the next Cuban sugar
crop involving expenditure of a sum
as high as $15O0OOOOO is under consid.
GRAFTON here, it is learned.
The importance Of assuring the coun.
try an adequate supply Of sugar, to-
gether with shipments required py the
entente allies, was placed before the
bankers committee by the international
sugar committee acting for the ma.
tional food administration.
II the plans mature as the committee
desires, money will be assured to finance
the next crop in Cuba, expected to be
the largest in the history of the island
republic. Another sugar shortage such
as the one Of recent weeks would per.
haps be averted
The proposed syndicate would include
the National City bank, the Chase Ma.
tional bank and the Guaranty Trust
company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
LUMBERMEN TO MEET.

Kansas City Mo. Jan. 12.-The part
lumber plays in prosecuting the war,
business efficiency and current domes-
tic problems are to be discussed by ap.
proximately 1900 retail lumbermen from
Missouri Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkan.
sas at the thirtieth annual convention
of the Southwestern Lumbermen's as.
sociation to be held here Jan. %, "a
and %. Henry J. Allen, publisher Of
the Wichita Beacon, who recently re.
turned from France, on the opening
day will deliver an address on "Ameri.
cas- Task in France" +. ID. Bolman
of Leavenworth, president Of the asso-
citation. will address the body, and re.
ports will be submitted by other officers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
RUSSIANS FIGHT WITH FRENCH

Paris, Jan. 1.-The first battalion Of
the Russian legion, composed of mem.
bers of the Russian expeditionary force,
which held a sector on the front of the
Champagne until the time Of the revo-
luton, has left for the trenches. 1t was
formed as the result of an appeal by
General Lokhvitzky, who commanded
the Russian contingent in France Fur.
ther detachments will follow as soon as
they have been organized.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
TEACHERS or NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA TO MEET FER. 10

Oklahoma City, Jan. 12.--Annual
meeting Of the Northwestern Educ
tonal association will be held at Alvc
on Feb. z, s and 8, DR.. Harry Clark.
professor Of education Of the University
of Tennessee Of Knoxville, will be one
of the principal speakers at the con.
vention. State Superintendent Wilson
will attend. Although the State Teach
ers' association refused to apportion the
state into district associations. the
northwestern association is an organi.
zation Of teachers that has been in ex.
istence for some time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
IMPLEMENT MEN TO CONVENE.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 12.--War prob.
lens of implement men and farmers
will be the theme Of the twenty.ninth
annual convention Of the Western I'm.
plement, Vehicle & Hardware Dealers
association to be held here Jan. Is, IS
and II. More than four thousand deal.
ers are expected to attend and Secre-
tary II. j. Hodge of Abilene, Kan, will
open an office here within few days
to handle preliminary matters in con.
nection with the annual gathering.
Among the speakers win be Perry G.
Holden OF the international Harvester
company; ]. A. Craig Of Janesville, Wis.
and c. S. Brantford of Rockford, ILL.,,
president of the National Implement &
Vehicle association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
BILL WOULD END
GAMBLING IN COTTON

Washington, Jan. IA bill prohibit.
ing dealing in cotton and wooden fu.
lures has been introduced by Repre-.
sentative SABBATH Of Illinois. He an
nounced he would introduce another
bill to empower the president TO fix
prices on these articles and to take over
such amounts for government purposes
as may be needed.
Mr.. SABBATH said his bill proposes to
break up gambling in cotton and wool.
Ordinary cotton for future delivery, he
said is up to 80 cents a pound, or 400
per cent more than four years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
BRITISH DESTROYER FOUNDERS.

London Jan. 12.-The British destroy
er Racoon struck rocks off the Irish
coast on Wednesday and foundered, it
is announced officially. The Racoon
was built in 1870 She was 266 feet
long and displaced 915 tons She was
armed with one 4.inch and three 3.inch
guns and two torpedo tubes Her nor
mai complement was 105 men
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
ARGENTINA MAY YET WAR.

Buenos Aires, Jan. ia number Of
Argentine papers consider that the ex.
tension Of the German barred zone re-
Gently announced, which include the
trade routes and then South America
and Europe is an unfriendly act toward
this country The papers renew their
demands that the government sever. re.
lations with Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
Ships Forced Ashore.

Newport News, Va, Jan. l2.-The
siXtymile gale which swept this coast
last night drove three ocean steamers
aground in the narbor here. The ships
are hard fast, but none is thought to
be in serious daueer
While the storm has tied up shipping
at this port no serious damage has
been reported.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
CLOSE CALL FOR KAISER.

Washington, Jan. IA state de.
partment dispatch summarizing public
opinion in Germany, as reported by the
newspapers, says that a threatened po.
litical crisis was averted by the resump.
tion of peace negotiations at Brest Ii.
tovsk They say that Russian Foreign
Minister Trotzkys defiance to Germany
actually was published in some Ger.
man newspapers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
TROTZKY SUCCUMBS TO q.
PRESSURE FROM GERNIANS
Agrees to Allow Peace Farley Continue
at Brest.

Amsterdam, Jan 12.--Leon Trotzky,
the bolsheyit foreign minister and who
is at the conference at Brest Litovsk,
said yesterday that in order not to leave
any possibility in the fight for peace
unutlized, the Russian delegation ac.
cepted the demand that the negotia-
tions be continued at Brest Litovsk.
The chairman OF the Russian delega-
ton said that in full accord with their
former resolution the Russians desired
to continue the peace negotiations
quite apart from the fact whether or
not the entente powers participated
Trotzky said he had noted the state
ment Of the central powers that the
basis of a general peace as formulated
in their declaration of December q was
nun and void, and said:
1--WE adhere to the principles Of dem.
ocratic peace as proclaimed by us"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-12
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ardmore and Vicinity: Tonight,
generally fair, rising temperature.
oklahoma: Tonight generally FAIR,
rising temperature Sunday unsettled,
warmer.
East Texas Tonight, fair, warmer;
freezing in southern portion to east
coast and near freezing on west coax.
Sunday probably cloudy warmer
West Texas: Tonight, generally far,
warmer. Sunday, probably fair, warm
er in northern and southeastern por-
ton.