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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
CONVOY SYSTEM HEAD
ABROAD ORDERED HOME;
BLAMED FOR DISASTER
(By United Press)

Washington, Jan. 4.-Rear Ad
miral Fletcher (not Admiral Fletcher
of Vera Cruz fame) formerly in
charge of the navy convoy system
abroad, has been relieved and Or
dered home, as the direct outgrowth
of the torpedoing of the transport
Antilles.
This fact leaked out considerably
after the disaster, following Repre-
sentative Britton's charges that the
Antilles was sunk through navy neg
ligence.
The defense of Fletcher was that
he was not provided with sufficient
convoy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
stockholder for 100000 yards. I
Melton Worsted.

stockholder for 100000 yards. of
Melton worsted.
''Do you know that there are laws
prohibiting any agent Of the govern
ment dealing with himself or any
company of which he is a member -
asked Senator McKellar.
Eyes, very WE'LL" said Mr.. Eisen-
man. But I took no part in the
contracts. We do that sort of thing
every day."
"Then, in making such contracts,
you put the duty on other members
of the committee to make them p
asked Senator Mcclellan.
eyes, SIR" Mr.. Eisenman replied,
stating that Mr.. Ellington made the
contracts with the Cleveland mill.
Mr.. Eisenman said his committee
had not authorized any contracts
with Sears, Roebuck and company OF
Chicago, of which Julius Rosenwald,
chairman of the supplies committee,
is president.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
DEFENSE COUNCIL I.
MEMBER ]. ADMITS. !! ITS :.
HIS PL { GET =.
FAT CONTRACTS N. J;
~ Chairman SAYS Committee Was
Ordered to Supply Certain
Cloth Amount.
NOT ENOUGH CLOTHING FOR r
MEN CALLED, HE ASSERTS
Fact Brought Out That Government
Appointees Award Themselves
Huge Contracts.

washington, Jan. 4.-With Chas.
/ Eisenman, vice chairman of the sup
ply committee of the Council of Ma
tiOnal Defense, on the stand, the
Senate war inquiry committee went
into the cancelled scrap uniform
cloth picking contracts. %@> g y =
Mr. Eisenniarl, explaining opera
tions Of the supplies, commi tee,
stated that during the past eight
months 1t had dealt in $500 trans
actions with merchandise valued at
$500, 100000. He had the RESPONSE
#bility Of finally passing, on all orders
and contracts. Ill
tine delay was due to the buying
OF supplies too late" said he, indi-
eating more troops were called into
service than could be equipped.
els 1t right he asked the COM
!. mittee, "to call out men defenseless
against the elements, when it is
known not enough supplies are not
on hand? We were ordered to pro-
vide certain amount Of materials.
4 We never were told the number of
men that were to bescalled out"
I Refutes Sharpe. .
Cloth, he declared, was delivered
I to the quartermaster generals office
+ fastSf than It could be made into
garments. = a..
s; ouartermaster General Sharpe had
/ previously testified that cloth delfv-
cries were behind.
Eisenman then produced statistical
records to show that at various quar-
ttermaster depots cloth deliveries
were ample for manufacturing ia
8cilfties in operation.
Our records" says Eisenman,
ARE open and complete, and will
show whether our job has been we'll
done: I don't say it could not have
been better, but we have done the
best we could"
:s5s How Game Worked.
He admitted that contracts for
clothing material had been given
( mills in which he Is financially in
terested. "
d Senator McKellar. inquired re-
Sgarding Eisenman's. business connec-
,,tions at Cleveland, and whether Sec
retary Baker, whose home is there,
recommended his appointment. Els
!, enman answered In the negative and
said he was a director and stock
y UOtUOT III udAy OACVOAoAu NoA WI q
tions, including the Cleveland Wor-
9sted Mills company.
4 3..srYou have contracts with that
mill?''
e. es Eyes, but l never advised letting
contract with that MILL"
81 "How much stock have you In the
]. mills?"
81 wouldn't care to state"
'tYet, your committee placed con-
tracts with the company?" asked
I Senator McKellar.
Eyes, but I would not personally
. deal with them. would always in
ssist on making them come through
better than any one else."
Sz Knew Violated Law.
.s Frederick Ellington, of the sup
plies committee, stated that two con-
tracts had been given the mill in
which Mr.. Eisenman said he was
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
TWO MORE ALLEGED BOOZE
SELLERS ARE UNDER BONDS

Two more alleged illegal booze
sellers are under bonds of $500 each
awaiting the action of the grand
Jury.
Clarence Ferguson was brought
before Judge Fisk Wednesday on
complaint of J. M. Grace and placed
under bond.
Thursday, John Coleman Of the
Fifth ward was brought before
Judge Fisk and held to the grand
Jury.
Both are state cases.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
Liberty
Loan Starts
February u
(By United Preesl1

:, " -lBy United Press s.3- :.2...s
81 Washington =: Jan: o4.-TKes Third
Liberty Loan campaign, as it will be
termed, will start February Is, the
amount to be asked for not yet be-
ing given out.
Extensive preparations for adver-
tising are nearing completions Nu-
merous new posters, including one by
Howard Chandler Christy, are being
prepared.
McAdoo will give his entire at
tention to the railroads until Feb
ruary and then to the loan.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
COAL FAMINE CAUSE
OF SCHOOLS CLOSING;
BREWERIES FULL BLAST

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 4.-Forty-
three public schools in this city fail
ed to open after the Christmas re-
cess as a result of the continued Sc
we're cold weather. About $4,000
pupils are affected. Lack of coal
forced the closing of most Of the
schools, while others were closed be-
cause of frozen pipes in heating ap-
paratus and boiler trouble.
Figures show Philadelphia has 38
breweries, all able to operate with
fuel supply.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
ALL QUEsTI0NNAIRES MUST BE
FILLED WITH PEN AND INK

The legal advisers of the register
ed men who receive questionnaires
have asked the Pioner to notify all
interested that the answers on the
missionaries must be filled out IN
ink. This is an important feature
in answering the questions,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
CAR and EMPEROR
HAD CONFERRED TO
COMBAT SOCIALISM
nv United Press)

Petrograd, Jan. 4.-The Bolshe-
Wiki have again revealed the con-
tents of documents, showing that the
c2ar's government and German au-
tocrats were in conference regarding
joining forces to wage world fight
against Socialism.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
JAPAN IS TURNING
TO HER WAR STATUS
nv United Press J

Toxic, Jan. 4.-Russia, the wall
that formerly protected japan and
Asia from German influence. having
apparently collapsed, Japan is seri-
ously turning her attention to her
war status.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
INCREASE DRAFT AGE
(By United Press

IBy united PTeSSJ
Washington, Jan. 4.-Provost
Marshal Crowder today said that in
creasing the draft age from 81 to
As is one of the possibilities of the
future, mainly to get skilled labor
and also distribute the burdens Of
the war.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
ACUTE IN NEW YORK
(Rv limited preSs)

(By United Press)
New York, Jan. 4.-The tempera-
ture has dropped again and ice in
the harbor is congesting shipping.
The coal situation was more acute
today and there is intense suffering.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
STOCK MARKET FLUCTUATES
ON PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
(Ry limited PreSSl

(By United Press)
New York, Jan. 4.-The stock
market today registered small fuc-
tuations on account of President
Wilson's message to congress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
VICTORY FOUNDATION TO
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 4.-Members of
Colonel Houses mission believe the
United States and allies will be able
in 1918 to lay a firm foundation for
victory. None think the war will
end within the next two years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04
INDEPENDENCE OF RUSS
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGED
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
Petrograd. Jan. "A decision to
acknowledge the independence of
Ukrania has been reached by the
commissionaires council
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-04

Editors note: Presumably this
represents the will of the Bolshe.
Wiki, and is virtually victory for
the cossack rebels.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-04-05

PATENTS-U. s. to Charles
Kruger, 160 acres below Angus.
u. S. to Apolodio Romero, 100
acres south of Rabenton. u. s.
to Miles r. Dunn, 100 acres south
of 0scuro.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Juan Sails and Manuita Uderos,
of Carrizozo.
WilliamE. Elliot and Mary
Morris, of Carrizozo.
Week ending March Both 10
PATENTS.
United States to Manuel Con-
zales 800 acres A miles south
of Carrizozo.
United States to Robert G.
Freeland-320 acres 8 miles east
of Meek.
DEEDS.
+. G. Raffety to Robert Burns
Lot in Oscuro and tract ad-
joining.
w. G. Mcdonald and wife to
C. c. Roberts Two lots in Me-
Donald addition to Carrizozo.
Miles r. Dunt to II. A. Dunn
ct ais Three lots in Oscuro and
100 acres S. w. Oscuro.
E. o. Snider ct ais to II. A.
Dunn Same as above.
Ellsworth Co. to A. +. Slower
ZIP acres, z miles N. E. Lin
coin.
Thomas B. Zumwalt to Floy
w. Skinner 80 acres of land on
Mesa.
Linnie j. Starkey TO Elijah c.
Starkey-70 acres land near
Glencoe.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Santiago Jiminez and Charlotte
Numez- Both of Picacho.
Richard Cecil Morgan and
leila Byrd Both of Carrizozo.
Pascual Ramirez and Viviana
Zuniga- Both Of C~arrizozo.
Furnished by the American
Title and Trust Company, Alb
stracters, Carrizozo, New Mex
leo. Incorporated 1903. w. H.
Osborn, Secretary.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-04-05
Lincoln County Oil Co.

On FRIDAY March 10 the Lin
coin County Oil Co. composed of
the following named gentlemen
of Oscuro filed articles of incor.
poration; Robert w. Burns. Ben
S. Burns. DR.. Robert Il. Blaney,
Seth F. Crews and W. II. Cor
win.
The object of this corporation
is to deal in oil and all its prod
ucts; In oil lands and oil leases
to own and operate oil wells;
and to buy and sell such oil wells
and the products of same.
The amount of the total au-
thorized stock, no stockholders
liability, is $3.50, 600. 90 divided
into rs, 900 shares.
The gentlemen who head this
promising enterprise are we'll
known in Oscuro and Carrizozo,
being connected with business
projects in both places. Shares
in the new oil company are sell
ing rapidly and as soon as the
required amount Of atock is
subscribed, the work of drilling
will follow as fast as possible.
The company starts out with
bright prospects, as in the opin.
ion of experts, oil in paying
quantities is to be had in this
district, which the company will
operate, and before long we may
expect some important news from
the Lincoln County Oil Company.
Recorded Instruments
Week ending March 29rd-1S.
DEEDS Pablo Luna to Casper
Lazano. Lot 9. in Block 35, Town
of Carrizozo. George Kimbell to
W. E. Kimbell, % acres near
Picacho. w. E. Kimbeu and
wife to George Kimbell, tract
near Picacho. VincenteFlores and
wife to Lazaro Romero, tract in
Picacho. Lazaro Romero to
Manuel Williams, tract in Picacho.
Lazaro Romero to Tresita G.
Williams, tract in Picacho. Sam
uel S. Starkey to Tinnie Starkey,
70 acres Of land in Eagle Creek.
Peter r. Phillips to M. u. Fin
ley, 240 acres south of Carrizozo.
John H. Phillips & wife to M.
U. Finley, 440 acres being a part
of Phillips ranch north of Carri-
zozo. John II. Phillips to Finley
& Sons, 400 acres being a part
of Phillips ranch south of Carri-
zozo. Fred Pfingsten Trustee to
E. P. & r. |. Co. 25 tracts of
land and water rights on Hondo
near Lincoln. Carrizozo Town
site Co to W. S. Brady, lot south
of track. w. S. Brady to Sebero
Pesez, same as above. Sebero
Perez to Pablo Luna, same as
above. James V. Bergen, Trustee
to f. Pa r. |. Ry. Co. IL tracts
Of land and water rights on Eagle
Creek, Fred Pfingsten Trustee
TO h. & RI. Ry. Co.'S tracts
of land 4 water rights on Hondo
near Lincoln. Heirs of Brigida
Pacheo to Amado Pacheo, tract
near Lincoln, part of Bartlett
place. Chicago Copper Mine Co.
m t nIA nN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
CAMP cHAPLAINs.

When our citizen soldiers first gathered into
camps and environments in this country were, OF
course, not enough army chapains provide the
troops with church services and religious instruction
Camp commanders therefore authorized by the
War Department to in their discretion the
ices of ministers who volunteered visit the the
camps and preach to them At the time all the
churches OF religion and almost united
cooperate with the army authorities training and
selecting their best priests and pastors ministers and
clergymen and religious leaders, army chaplans
uniforms and give their services the soldiers here and
abroad.
Now it has developed that some OF the volunteer
camp pastors have advantage the situation
ways that be checked. They have been guilty Of
sproselytizng. of circulating '1nsdious propaganda"
expressing ndiscreet SYM athy with disloya
dissatisfied enlisted men" The War Department has
accordingly decided within three July
"a 1915 the services of pastors shall be limited to
the properly accredited camp chapains who the
army uniform whose loyalty responsibility
known and guaranteed
The order barring unauthorized religious workers
from the camps has brought protest from small sec
of the press although that order first
submitted TO the Committee of Six who advise the secre
tary of upon religious and also the
mission Training Camp activities and approved by
both The DIRECTORS declare that the order strikes
the of religious liberty" With a misunder-
standing of the situation they complain that the
is trying prescribe what soldiers should hear
and believe" And they being encouraged by those
proGerman sympathizers who have been busy stir
ring up religious differences and sectaan srfes in this
country order to impair national unity and
fighting each other instead OF fighting Germany.
The order is plainly exercise OF necessary mill
ary authority simples directed against
religion any than the order that only military
medical officers shall practice in directed against
any school of medicine 1t strikes at religious liberty
than the prescription Of unauthorized orators in
camp liberty of thought. necessary
the maintenance of military discipline for the protection
camps against German and German propa-
gandists for the military control of the military
only persons who could reasonably object it would
be the disloyal disaneced themselves shut
out from opportunity to nstgate dsloyalty and
courage disafecton where these would be danger.
GUS to a successful national defense.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
GOODBYE, HARRYl

One by the gentlemen who perhaps unwittingly
helped make life miserable for the people during the
the retiring into private life and
the latest is United States Fuel Administrator Gar
field probably handled scuttle of coal in his
life Mr. Garfield goes back college "unwept unshriven
unsung though his department will it is understood
operated during the winter.
There probably a who during his
short public life universally criticized and
execrated Garfield He held up 5 a shin
ing example of official incompeency and his
proof of the folly OF sticking college presi
dent immured in the quadrangle and lecture hall
public life handle practical and difficult prob
lem fuel in time. Garfield certainly
to the administration That he, of beautiful
theories dealing only with educational little
college, should have been given full sway fuel field
is ridiculous when you TO think about No one
denies that he did his best but there
in this region who would have mud.
died things like he did. With plenty plenty
gasoline the country and blanche as he
wanted. Fuel Administrator Garfield certainly was re-
sponsble for lot of unnecessary hardship suffer
ing among the people of this country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
POSITIVELY NOT.

We acknowledge the receipt of lovely lot of boost
ing for somewhat famous movie actress from press
agent announcing that she has signed pro
duce certain number of pictures for million a
quarter dollars.
Evidently the natural inference is that the press
partment for the film imagines all the newspapers
will be delighted the information that they
enlarge it in their columns thus
woman and her productions without
to her while she goes reaping in the fast
that it takes her months to count them.
We will be gumswozzled if fall for such piece
of piffe. If the movie star wants any advertising
will have pay it million and quarter
she is going to get If the grocer the man and
the cothier have to for advertising in to make
enough money in these days of high prices keep out
of the poorhouse you bet your life that this
young woman. whose proceeds from her easy work is
criminal almost is going to for everything gets
here and all the stuff lovely curly pictures that
come will Just naturally to the basket to be
taken to the paperbaIer and forty hun
dred.
Il takes an astonishing amount of on the part
Of the promoters and boosters press agents of
high salared picture stars both female to sad
die all the junk newspapers they try so hard tc
do, but old Wilson Miner says There's one born
every minute and somebody ready take him"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
BRAKES OFF,

What this country needs Is OPPORTUNITY,
spelled with capital letters and without any periods,
pauses other punctuation. The country
bureaucracy takes its hands off the brakes The
machinery of industry is ready ahead full speed
whenever ofhcialdom will permit 1t to do American
builders workers our factories need op
eratves our farmers will need help early
assurance that the help will available Business men
need clerks, stenographers and All kinds
OF enterprise needs capital Everybody needs opportun
ty and when that is granted the nation will
upon the greatest forward movement in its history If
ofhcaldom will release its labor capital
enterprise the initiative. energy intelligence Of the
country viii do the rest
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

What shall be done with soldiers when they re-
the There will be hundreds of thousands
them filed with a spirit of adventure and dssat
isfaction with the old life
For such there need be lack OF pioneering
opportunities Secretary of Interior Lane proposes
to them in a great land reclamation scheme
We still have plenty of land that be made avail
able for settlement There perhaps 100000 unused
acres of rrigable land, through West
Southwest; 60.000,000 of swamp land, mostly in
South that could be reclaimed for agricul
ture O0000O00 of available "cut-over land"
the Pacific Northwest and the southern Atlantic and
Gulf states
The development Of this area would provide homes
and prosperity enterprisng pioneers. and add i'm
measurably the wealth. 1t would be task
worthy of returned crusaders The thing do Secre
tary Lane insists, begin and form compret
plan.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
y - - - y - -
WHY is IT7

Word from men army camps to their relatives in
county show deal of dissatisfaction because
conditions there and number of the boys have com
plants which deserve immediate attention. One Ham
mond man writes that he is nearly frozen. He
says the government has issued winter under.
wear the boys. suffering in consequence. He
there studied attitude OF Indifference
the part of army officials TO these complaints. He
bought a heavy suit, but is permitted to il in
camp of course, and it would be no use to buy
heavy If it for the wool helmet he
received he would suffer the nights are
extremely cold and the boys sleeping in tents 1t
would as if the department should get these
boys home at the very earliest opportunity. 1t is a
shame keep them service any longer than is abso
luely necessary wonders If the government
forgotten all about these boys who their
country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
MAupLIN SYMPATHY.

Discussing the present situation. the Wall Street
Journal says:
Nothing but decisive defeat with conditions inten
tionally and whoesomely humating, teach peo-
pie so universally deluded and wrong headed as the Ger
mans They thought they supermen and the world
showing them that they only superbrutes God
never created superman. in Berlin Washington or anv
where else But in His inscrutabe wisdom He permits
people learn by their wckedness and folk and
He chooses His instruments to drive the lesson
home. This Is the plain duty before us and maudlin
sentmentality this is worse than treason Ger
man tears near the surface but they poorest
possible evidence of conrition come in timo
but at least some measure Of reparaton
and of permanent reforn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
Capt. Murry Wilson q, u.hron

Capt. Murry Wilson, of Hebron, well
known in this county where he has
relatives. in the gas service arrived
in New York about ten days ago and
Is now in Hebron visiting friends and
relatives. He had been in France
about year and was sent back with
three others to instruct in eleven diff
ferent camps. but before they began
their work their orders were called.
With the rehabilitation OF the army
he is uncertain what his next orders
Will be. Since going into the service
his mother has moved to Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06

a movement Is on foot In ValpR-
raise and Porter county TO give all
returned soldiers their old time po-
sitions back. and a meeting has been
called for Friday night of this week
to formulate plans. the meeting to
be held in the Valparaiso Chamber Of
Commerce rooms.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
Basil smith, of Crown Point. who

has been a member of a Red Cross
unit in Chicago and in camp at Camp
Scott for the past several months, ar
rived home the first OF the week with
an honorable discharge from Sound
Beach. Conn. where he had been for
several days expecting to go over
seas. It was a real disappointment
TO him when Informed that the trip
had been given up after getting to
the Atlantic coast as he was enthu-
siastic over the prospects of doing his
part overseas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
one hundred end thirteen onIcer,

One hundred and thirteen officers
from the depot brigade at Camp Tay-
Tor were discharged from the SER
vice yesterday. Major Forrest Bradon
will be retained, as his services ser
vices cannot be dispensed with at this
time. The largest payroll in the his
tory OF the camp is being distributed
the payroll for the period before the
armistice was signed was S2.203, 093. 90
and the finance department has been
paying out $4,000 a day since the
arrnistica was signed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-06
\. y. MilIinm.. sgent DOR the Mich-

igan Central at Furnessville. was yes
terday officially notified that his son.
George Williams. OF the L. S. in
fantry in France. quite well known
in East Chicago. was wounded on Nov.
g. A week ago Mr.. Williams received
letter from his son in which he stat
ed that he had been shot in one of his
shoulders