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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
GOSSIP FROM THE STATE CAPITAL

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 2S.-Last
week was disturbing one for Gov
ernor Burnquist. Just one thing after
another has molested his executive
tranquility.
First the farmers and laboring men
held great banquet in St. Paul to
celebrate the dismissal of the indict-
ments, brought through the influence
of the governors public safety COM
mission, against James Manahan, o.
car E. Keller and Tom j. McGrath
The celebrants passed resolutions
duly informing the governor of this
fact and protesting against the at
tempted suppression Of free speech,
which has caused the most deter
mined uprising against a public official
that Minnesota has witnessed for g.
long time.
The governor replied to these reso-
lutions, but this only placed him in
various contradictory positions, and
showed lamentable Ignorance OF what
is going on about him. The st. Paul
Trades and Labor assembly has re-
piled to his reply and made a stand
ing offer to submit few facts with
out the faint of big business. So far
he has not evidenced any disposition
to hear evidence, except such as he
has heard in the pas..
Farmers Called on Governor.
Then the governor had another mo-
ment of unrest when more than 100
farmers, representing every county in
Minnesota, paid their way to st. Paul
and marched in body to the capitol
to protest against his failure to en-
force the law when farmers meetings
throughout the state are being pro-
hibited, suppressed and broken up
with violence in some cases and
threats of lynchings in others.
|! The farmer delegation cited facts
showing wherein public officials have
violated their oath of office and asked
| the removal of three sheriffs and one
county attorney for lna1feasance. The
| governor told the farmers it would
/ take him a week to decide whether
he will let them present the evidence
! they desire to give him.
More harassing moments are u in
store for the governor. however; as
the farmers have taken steps to ap-
peal to federal authorities for protec-
ton at their meetings.
NOnpartisan Convention.
A three-days' convention of farm
ers and laboring men has been called
for March 10, 20 and 81 at the St.
Paul Auditorium. On March 1S the
state convention of the National Non
partisan league will be held in St
Paul, when candidates for United
States senator, governor and all state
offices and ten congressman will be
selected. The convention of the fol.
lowing three days will start these can
didates on their way in this years
political battle, which promises to be
as thrilling as any Minnesota has wit.
messed for many years.
| Governor Angles for Democrats. -
The governor realizes the danger
ahead of him, but he has made nc
effort to steer clear of the shoals, out.
side, Of grabbing at straw by en-
deavoring to persuade the Democrats
into an, Endorsement of him.
There is no doubt but that the gov
ernor'ss plan would go through If der.
tain Democratic leaders had tlieii
way They are trying g. schema ou,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
4CKERS DENY
/
BOARDING HIDES
Heney Shows; That Leather
rices Have Jumped rs to
: lO0Per Cent. =. !.

llCAGO, Feb. 2S.-Representa
Borland's charge that packers
Uncle Sam by the throat in the
and leather market" brought en-
C denials Of boarding from Louis
Wifi and +. E. White, vice-presi-
OF Armour g. Co., Thursday. :. :.
the same time, however, Francis
,ney, special counsel for the fed
trade commission. came to Bor-
support. Acc o state
from both sides the situation
follows:
quantity Of hides stored by the
.arge Chicago packers increased
cent since early in 1916. Prices
ased from rs to 100 per cent,
greater than the increased
- the packers have paid for cat
said Heney. The number of cat
lied increased % per cent in July
year, accounting for increased
lgs, according to Swift. Embar-
cut off foreign trade and imports
Argentine increased the hide
y in the United States, neverthe-
wifi & CO. sold 20 per cent more
during. 1917 than in the pre-
year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
NO FORCE TO CHALL ENGE rule
: OF THEBoL SHEVlkfIN RUSSIA
According to An Article in the lbefaof By War Correspondent
Reed Who Witnessed 0vertr ow Of Keensky By Poeaat,

NEW YORK, Feb. .2S.-"Asafar as
anyone can see, there is no force in
Russia to challenge the, ,Bolshevik
power. And yet, in the flush OF their
success, the newborn revolution is
ringed round with a vast fear and
hatred" says John Reed, the: war
correspondent, now in Petrograd, in
a vivid: account of the Russian situa-
ton which appears in the first issue
Of a new radical magazine, The Lib
orator.
Last night he says, 1900, Red
Guards-the proletarian militia or
ganized and armed by Trotzky just
before the final Cash with kerensky
swung down the Zagorodny in
triumph. Ahead military band was
playing the Marseillaise. and never
did it sound so appropriate. Blood
red flags dropped over the dark ranks
of the marching workers. They were
going to meet and welcome home to
Red Petrograd' the saviors of the
new proletarian revolution the
troops who had just fought so des-
sperately and SO successfully against
kerensky and his cossacks. In the
bitter dusk they tramped, singing,
men and women, their tall bayonets
swinging, through streets family
lighted and slippery with mud. And
as they marched they passed always
between crowds that were hostile,
contemptuous, fearful.
1.-The proletarian revolution has no
friends except proletariat-on one
side the workers, on the other side
| everybody else.'
How the workers came into supreme
! power, Reed shows in a series of
startling and intimate word pictures.
''This," he declares, lis the moment
toward which all revolutions tend.
The course of every revolution is to
the left, swifter and swifter. And
the government which would retain
power in revolutionary times must do
the will of the proletariat-or smash
it with cannon. Kerensky's govern
ment did neither"
The days just Before the final clash
which sent Kerensky fleeing from
/ Petrograd in disguise and put Trotzky:
| and Lenine in power, presented, &C
! cording to Reed, a curious specta-
! cle.''
A Curious Spectacle.
I'm the factories, committee rooms
filled with stacks of arms. In all the
barracks. every night, interminable
hot arguments. On the streets, slow
voluble tides of people that punched
round some new proclamation posted
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PRuSSIAN HOPE Of DISRuP1lNG
!. j. S.LAbOR IS SHATTERED


NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-The bit
terest disappointm ent Of the war for
the Prussians has been the shattering
of the "fatuous. belief'': that the labor
of the United States could be stam-
peded by "fnsidious propaganda. Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels declared
in an address here Friday.
Speaking with Samuel Gompers at
a, patriotic mass meeting arranged by
the American alliance for labor and
democracy, Secretary Daniels predict
ed that labor will not swerve from the
patriotic ideals which have actuated
it thus; far and that when the war is
over it: wi II have won its. own fight as
well.
Il make no appeal to labor as a
class he said, but tonight speak to
men OF. labor organizations because
they are a mighty force in our ma
tional life and are taking the lead in
patriotic celebration Of this holiday
in the national metropolis. Indeed
the day for appeal to any red FLOODED
American has passed. It is "a time
rather for a thanks TO those who are
engaged heart and soul and to point
out not why they should serve but
how and where they can make their
efforts tell most for victory.
Warned by England.
I'VE have been warned by Great
Britain not to follow it's mistake OF
sending it's munition' workers and
shipbuiiders to the battlefield. but to
counsel them that the nation needs
them most to fashion munitions and
to hasten the production Of ships.
pay tribute alike tonight: to the men
who in the biting cold have driven
rivets in hufrying needed ships. along
with the men who, knee deep in mud
in France withstand onslaughts of the
Huns, and the men on navy. ships
giving their lives to abate the sub
marine menace. They are, all alike
serving their country and enlisted to
it gratitude!
The need of the hour is ships
The hammer that strikes d rivet Is
every whit as effective as the machine
gun on the firing line itself. Not only
ships for the navy. but ships for the
merchant marine. Our soldiers must
60 across the sea; supplies must &c
with them, and to those nations fight
ing side by side with us against the
imperial German government must
be-sent the food that is absolutely vital
to the maintenance of their military
strength. : ..:...:,: = =
The "Benedict ArnOlds.''
"Every man who fires one shot al
the enemy when he might use a ma.
chine gun, every. man who fails to be
on the. firing line when: the need il.
sorest, .and-every: man who drives 'on(
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

on a wall and fought for, the news
papers. The theaters all going, the
Russian ballet appearing in new and
extravagant spectacles, - Chaliapine
singing at the Narodny Dom. Hun
dreds of gambling clubs running few
erishly ALL night long, champagne
flowing, stakes of 10000 roubles.
Private entertainments by millionaire
spectators who were buying and SELL
ing food, munitions, clothing, at fab
ulous prices On the Nevski and in
the cafes every night, thousands of
courtesaps in jewels and expensive
furs. Monarchist. plots; germarf spy
ing: smugglers' schemes And in the
rain, the bitter chill, the great throb-
bling city under grey skies rushing
faster and faster toward-what? 90
Perhaps-so the rumor went-toward
a Bolshevik massacre of everybody
with white collars on!" And then a
poster, announcing that the Bolshe-
vik Revolutionary committee had
taken the revolution into it's care,
with hardly more noise than that of
Napoleon's famous "whiff of grape
>shot''-the Kerensky regime had
passed into ancient history and Len
inc and Trotzky were giving to. John
Reed this confident message ito the
revolutionary proletariat of the
world"
Comrades! Greeting from the first
proletarian republic of the world. We
call you to arms for the international
social revolution"
John Reed has been an "eye-wit-
ness of the whole course of the Boil
shevik revolution, having arrived in
Petrograd during the Kornilov revolt.
He entered the Winter Palace with
the first Bolsh&yik troops, and has
been sufficiently intimate with the
Bolshevik leaders to have been ap-
pointed by them as Consul General
to the United States.
War Aims Endorsed.
Reeds Interpretation of the Boil
shevik revolution is the feature of the
first issue of The Liberator, which ap-
reared on Lincoln's birthday, with
Max Eastman as editor. The Lib
orator indorses the war aims expound-
ed by President Wilson, which it con-
siders identical with those outlined by
the Russian people. ESPECIALLY it
will support the president in his de-
mand for an International union,
based upon free seas, free commerce
and general disarmament, as the CEN
trail principle upon which hang all
hopes of permanent peace and friend
ship among nations" r.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

rivet' when he might drive two, is a
Benedict Arnold. in his heart and in
his soul, for Stacking, delaying and
sullen Indifference is treaclte1y that
may cost the life of our brothers and
our sons. .e& .,ss.-<~-~~- =
I'm the factory where guns arc
moulded and munitions made, in the
shops whe:e clothes are cut ard
shaped, in the forest where stands
the virgin lumber for our ships and
airplanes-there as well as in Fra nee
are the battlefields where the work
ers OF, America must prove them
selves heroes or stand shaped before
the world as traitors.
'Let no man forget that he must
live, with himself-that he must also
live with the children who will ques-
ton him in future years-and= how
will he answer himself, how will he
answer his sons, if he can only con-
fess neglect and cowardice in an hour
of trial. =
Guard Reaction.
Never before. in the history of
human stru ggle. have the reactions
of war been guarded against so care
fully as in this day when America
fights for her life. There, is not a
single body with any executte power
that does not have upon it a repre-
sentative of labor, sitting side by side
with the representative of the en-
ployers and having equal voice in all
those decisions that are concerned
with the human element liz industry
I'm the next few days the first of
series of historic meetings will 'be
| held in the office of secretary Of Ia
Dor at Washington. Five representa-
tives Of the great employing interest.
and five Representatives, of the work
ers of America will meet in an honest
effort to agree on principles and poll
cies which shall govern relations be-
tween employers and workers during
the war, in an effort to set down a
program that shall safeguard every
right and defend every Suty."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
CHARGES PORTO R|cAN
LABOR IS BEING GAGGED

SAN JUAN Porto Rico, Feb 2s.-,
That the gag law is being applied to
Porto, Rico is the charge Of Santiago
Iglesias, A. F. Of L. organizer and
Porto Rican senator, who shows that
five workers have been arrested in
the vicinity. of -Patillas, seven others
have been arrested on the charge of
interfering with labor" peaceful dis
cussions have been denied and parades
have been forbidden. sf
Labor is no. longer permitted to
speak,. said Iglesias. Only capital
lists are allowed g voice and to have
their way without protest. Z 5e.3
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
WISCONSIN TO ELECT
U, s, SENATOR APRIL 2

MADISON, Wis.,, Feb. asa
United States senator to fill the
- vacancy Of. Paul Hust1ng will be
elected I'm Wisconsin April 2, pur-
suant to- q call issued BY Cover
nor Philip Friday night. The
primary will be held March 10.
Accompanying the legislative
call. Philip made a public state
ment: saytnE' he vas :eanis.eins
which had goie' on record by a
.cOmbfn vote of 81 to - In favor
of an, election this spring. :
- The call came as q Aurprfse, 1t
? being generally undeFstOOds in
Icgfslatlve circles that Phillip
would let the matter go over until
the November election.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
KES few; Street CAR
OPERATORS IN MAJORITY

.SHINGTON, Feb. .S.-Not since
apartment of labor was organ-
nave there been so few strikes
ogress as at present, Secretary
n said Thursday. Places where
ions of work have occurred are
5ely few and many of the strikes
IT affect the war preparations
ly. A number of them are the
$ of street car operatives.
haps the most serious industrial
e now pending is the walk out
90 metal trades workers in the
ngham, Ala, district.
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SENATE IS URGED
: TO PASS MEASURE !.
FOR LABOR B b ! DRAFT i: |
Senator McCumber Says Work
efs and Capital Have.
i. 5. by 1hroat. ::::::::::::::::....
~s'k- ~
M'CUMBER LABOR DRAFT RIIL

M'CUMBER LABOR DRAFT BILL :.
Requires registration OF all males
between Is and 80 years OF age.
Classifies them according to their
occupations. -.
Authorizes calling into war work
any class with liberal pay. -
Requires no drilling or authorizing.
interferes with no employment or
right to contract for labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

The union label'is peculiarly adapt
ed to the nature of that factor which
typifies the highest morality and con-
trolls the purchasing power OF every
community, to wit, the mistress of
the household.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
EARNED $21, ee5,042.

NEW YORK, Feb! 2s:-Last years
profits of the American Can com pany
were $21,se5,o42,: almost double. the
$11.os1,o4s: earned I'm, the preceding
year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
-YoWU DO Better At Kelly U.s.
Wore Clearance Nelus From
the Drapery Department

A lot make thi
- ~
yard Your EoC
cesA large edgings
rd.,All yard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-07
J. A. KENNEDY.
President Red Cross,
Northern County Division.

This urgent appeal was wired this
morning and found Bemidji struggl-
ing in the influenza epidemic with
what available help it had at Cloquet,
and in frantic fervor commenced to
extend Baudette assistance. Eight
who went to Cloquet came home with
the influenza, while the rest will be
home tomorrow night. .
Bemidji, to be frank about it, is
deep in the epidemic. New cases are
being reported daily and have been
increasing throughout the week. On
Monday twelve new cases were re-
ported and it has continued to spread.
Bemidji has only four doctors. DR..
johnson is on the draft board. DR..
Shannon is the city health physician,
DR.. Ward is a "f1u" victim and DR..
Gilmore is unable to go. Local
nurses, those who have had any ex-
perience,s are in Cloquet, and the
Red Cross nurse, secured for Be-
midi by the chapter, is looking after
about twenty-five cases, some quite
serious.
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Is ISL In
Big 0utburst
Of Rejoicing

Germany surenders uncondition-
ally" was the substance Of special
long distance phone call to The
Pioneer from the Northwest Bureau
of the United Press just before din
ner today. .-
1t was hurridly outlined on the
big bulletin board Of The Pioneer
and set on Beltrami avenue. Within
a few minutes the report spread
throughout the city and pande-
monium reigned.
The church bells pealed forth,
the fire department bell changed its
strident notes, every other bell in the
city rang its salute, whistles hoarsely
voiced their loud acclaim, people
cried, hugged and kissed each other,
wagons, cars, trucks were crowded
to the guards and with OLD GLORY
stuck in every conceivable spot and
carried aloft turned out in a spon-
taneous, cheering parade to the loud
cIang of bells and whistle shrieks.
Bemidji tore loose as she never did
before She screamed with the
American Eagle in his great war
victory. Every flag was flung to the
air and it was one great outburst
of patriotism unrestrained.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-07
MOTHER OF SOLDIERS
CELEBRATES ROYALTY

1t was after dinner. The editor Of
The Pioneer was vending his way
officeward from dinner, after having
posted bulletin Of the German sur
render
As he neared corner, out the
kitchen door dashed Mrs. S. G.
Bailey, attired In appropriate house
hold attire. In one hand she held
n large dishpan and in the other a
stout stick and she put that pan on
the bum with lusty blows while she
cheered victory to the echo
Yes, she has son IN France-two
of them. ---.--s-,-.. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-07
BEsTSFooD FOR OUR BOYS
by limited Press. J

Washington, Nov. Beef "de
luxe" of the same high standard as
that served at training tables and the
best hotels in the land, will be fed
the fighting Yanks in future.
Quality beef only, based on its ex-
eellence. irrespective of weight, will
be bought for Americas fighting
forces. Our associates In the war
also will benefit by the plan.
Details were, completed at a re-
cent conference of Sec. Daniels, army
officials, Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and Food Administrator
HssysY,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-07
REPUBLICANS SWEEP i e--.. =.

Harrisburg, Nov. Tine re
pub1icans swept the state OF Penn
sylvania, electing State Senator Will
liam C. sproui governor; State sena- i
tor e. E. Biedelman, LIEUTENANT
governor, and James FtWoodward,
Secretary of internal affairs. Sproul
defeated Judge Eugene C. Bonnlwell
by at least twenty thousand: VI lug
thirty-second district congressman,
the republicans got al but hve ana
elected all four congressmen-at-
large =. s...a.. ..c
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United Press
Head Cables
Victory / Story
Especial to The Pioneer,

&a (SpeclaI TO Inc rF1OAeeI.J
st. Paul, Noy. Troy W. Howard,
president Of the United Press asso-
Citations, and William Phillip simms,
war correspondent Of the United
Press, sent in the accounted the un-
conditional surrender Of the Ger
mans. The story is correct1and was
sent from Brest. NJ h Es3ss
This statement was made by tele-
phone to The Pioneer this afternoon
by D. b. Meredith, manager of the.
Northwest Bureau, Omitted Press, St.
Paul. He was called for confirma-
ton of the report and said it was
being sent broadcast throughout the
country over the United Press wires
to the newspaper who are members.
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SELECTED. | !. AS
DIRECTORS OF
WARCAMP PAICN
Various Townships Are Organ
lied for Big Drive; North
Half County Ready
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES
THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM
Central Subscription Stations
for City; Elk Building and
Lincoln School

AT meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the United War Work cam
paign held at the Commercial club
Yesterday, final plans and arrange
ments were made for the big drive.
Allotments for each and every in
dividual have been made. That Is
minimum has been established and
each individual must call at the sub
scription booth located In the Elks
building for the First, Second, Third
and Fourth wards
For the Fifth ward the subscrip-
ton booth will be located In the Lin
coin school, Nymore. $;@ts .-.,.-.e
Let it be understood that everyone
Is expected to call at their respective
booths on Monday, November Ii.
and make their subscription. If the
individual feels that the amount al
lotted to them Is unreasonable, they
will be permitted to take the case
before the appeal board.
1t is urged for humanity sake that
these subscriptions be increased over
the amounts allotted. -
Township Chairmen.
Every township has been organ
lied, and part Of the county Is d.
vided in districts as follows:
Alaska, M. w. Knox.
Bemidji township. Carl Opsata.
Brook Lake, James Corrigan.
Buzzle, r. B. Miller.
Durand, C. w. Clark.
Eckles, Il. w. Hall.
First district, Mrs. Fl. J. Botting.
Frohn, Nels Willet
Grant Valley, Lee Hiltz.
Liberty, A. j. Fladhammer.
Maple Ridge, w. j. Tisdall
Moose Lake-Ed Bentley.
Nebish, Burt l.. Noble. n
Northern, Fl. Arnold
Roosevelt, S. o. Jallen.
Sugar Bush. Earl l.. Flora.
Turtle Lake, Gill Peterson.
Turtle River, Chester Odell.
Turtle River Village, G. s. Blakely.
Redby, S. A. Selvog.
Red Lake. W. r. Dickens.
Wilton village, c. r. Rogers
Bemidji, C. l.. listed. y ID, ~.
G. y. Middleton, chairman.
Blackduck territory, Rev. Fon-
mossa. Birch, Blackduck, Summit,
Funkley, Langor, Hornet, O'Brien.
Tenstrike territory, j. H. Herman.
Port Hope, Taylor Hagali, solway
territory, Earl Grinols Jones, Lam
mers, Kelliher territory, VIM. Skrief,
Kelliher, C0rmant. Quiring, Wood
row, Battle River, Shocks, Wash
kish.
"This Is one opportunity you have
to give your money for the boys and
girls over there, and make them feel
that you are really doing something
for them really worth while" says
the committee.
"You have invested money in Lib
erty Bonds which are absolutely safe
by the fact that these boys and girls
are over there suffering untold hard
ships and thousands upon thousands
making the supreme sacrifice. that
those bonds may always be the best
investments in the world. And now
are you not glad OF an opportunity
like this to give. literally that they
may have some of the pleasures of
home in the battle field?'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-07
LIEUT.. SANBORN Is
REPORTED CRITICAL

A message received by Judge STAN
ton today from Mrs. G. r. Sanborn,
sent from Chattanooga, Tenn, states
that Lieut.. (Dr.) Sanborn's condi-
tion is critical, but that his recovery
is believed certain. The wire stated
a letter With details would follow.