Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 19, 1918, Page 1

N'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ TOWER FOR WATCHING FLYER | MONDAY; PLANT | * “TUNED' THIS WEEK ‘Qonimenéin‘g of Work Batliest in the “History of Mills; Ioe Channel - = ATHLETIC BOARD Contracts For | orsixmpistRict] i Ne N Aitkin, Beaten 56 to 8 By Looal| - N 7 Quint; Makes Moller “Bemidji- | FISK AS SUC ; 10 BROWN; HAZEN TETES = £ LA -~ - 7 : Lo - ICE ONLY 23 INCHES THICK; Are AwardEH DISCREDITED TEAM’S SPONSORS : 2 A . | USUAL THICKNESS 35 INCHES| . g ; STICK KNIFE INTO VICTORS] - j : o— ; i - . The city council wrestled with afJoe McTaggart, Wright’s bid was long grist of municipal matters last low and he was awarded the job. : g ! ‘Wright bid $174 per month for ::::::ftee:’ r::rdoj:xl‘te(;lark n“::d hts sweeping and cleaning, and $168 per ‘year and out-|month for the sprinkling. standing in the routfne was evolved Smart's bid was $240 per month Alderman W. H. Hazen as superin-[for sweeping and cleaning and $156 tendent of streets and Judge D. H.|per month for sprinkling. e 4| Fisk as- oty attorney,:the latter to| McTaggart bid $225 for sweeping succeed City Attorney M. J. Brown,|and cleaning, and $180 for sprink- -who-read his resignation, occasioned | ling. g by his appointment as assistant at-| Avery's figures were $240 for P e e S SRR R L U -+, (By, United’ Press) . - : St. Paul, March 19.—The state board of control today awarded the complete. contracts .for ' building the new Bemidji Normal school ang the contracts so' awarded are considered final. 5 . F, M. Kiarquest and Sons of Min- neapolis are awarded the general contract for the bid of $72,075. M. J. O’Neil’ of St. Paul gets .the Coach Jacobsos Come . Out. Wi Fair Statement; Ban. On This . Season Only, . | % Superintendent Inkm Looks for a Record Year; Will Run Up to ~+/':Imat Possible Minute, When the high school basketball team from Aftkin played ‘Bemfdji in| Bemidji in one of the Sixth dis- trict - conference games, - Bemidji #efometime the latter part of this ‘week steam will be turned into the " new swamill, Plant No. 1, of the Crookston. Lumber- company, ‘and the : s hipped the tar out of Aitkin, by sweepin, d cleani e * gor the beginning of | heating and plumbing contract for W, s AR d torney general of the state. ping and cleaning and $210 for - S ‘g‘:)ger:tlbng ne;?Mongay. $19,3'7%,- A e y 8 zcl‘:;‘: of t“ to 8. e The matter of city engineer went|8sprinkling.. f ¥ "'At the time of the opening of the|. The Minnesota Electric Light & D retirned ‘homey. and e over until anotlier meeting as did Care of City Paupers. new plant, Mill ;No. 2 will resume| Power company of Bemidji is award- :flgnm:d%t txnt:gfl?h:: p%:::?djit'g t, work for ihe ‘seagon, and according|ed the electrical work, $1,768. A “'to B. W. Lakin, logging superintend-| * "All contracts must " be. completed mi‘}&fg%‘“":fi&?fgfig"e' m didn’t :‘llx:tg\;]ei&zn of a sgperintenden-t of we{;ei fffief"dg]w' H. Ngew:?,n 5 bidders for the care of ° SW?::o:pgl!c?':‘-z‘l‘ec%fosigi dE‘;g;‘t“’z; city’s paupers and in this connection W. N. Everts were read arose a general laugh at the expense o o . of Alderman Backus. Mr. Newton's Hazen is Chosen. residence is at the. gorper of Eighth Early in the session, Alderman street and America avenue, across Hazen arose and announced his res-| the street from where the alderman - f ignation as alderman of the Fourth.|lives, near the Norwergian Lutheran . It was accepted. church, and in a thickly populated S Then followed the business of na-|residential section. The question of Sl ming a street-superintendent and in| where the pest house would be situ- the list of applicants was that of Mr.|ated sort of came up. Then it was Hazen. Other applicants were J. A.|that Backus became the' target of Ross, Leon Jewett, Louis Robideau|several jests. But he accepted them and A. A, Carter. Hazen received| with a smile and an air of “don’t six votes on the rell call; Jewett,| worry.” two; Carter, one, and Robideau, none. The T. J. Andrews property at Fisk Succeeds Brown. Fourteenth street and Irvine avenue —— ill-be looked over by the city for City Attorney Brown read his res- w: 3 ignation. He suggested that imme- the purp.ose of a haven .lor. its poor. diate steps be taken by the city to “Pioneer” Gets Printing. institute suit against the bonding The Pioneer Publishing company company which was surety for Geo.| was awarded the city printing for Kirk, In further remarks, Mr.|the coming year. Brown stated it was not a pleasure|- C. A. Carter called the attention for him to resign, as he, in all proba-|to an offengive dump ground at Sev- T4 - ‘bility, would leave Bemidji perman-|enth street and Minnesota avenue. ently, and that it was not pleasant The fire department was authorized to contemplate. He assured the|to refill all private fire extinguish- city council and officers that he pos-{ers. - sessed only the kindliest feelings for The question of having a man loo them' all, after the chemical tanks in the Fifth There were two applicants for the| ward fire station was referred. It office of city ‘attorney, Judge Fisk|is a small item but an important and P. J. Russell. On the first vote{one. P the ballot stood Fisk b5, Russell 4, Several licenses were granted for George W. Campbell 1. On the next|plumbing, bowling alley, etc. ballot for a majority, Fisk received 6, Busse]l 4 and Campbell none. g Apvointment Deferred. g For the office of superintendent of COMMITTEES NAMED -utxe water systznbl, the applications of C..W. Brandhorg, E. J. McDon- & ough, R, E. Miller, William Gaines FOR NEW CQUNCIL and L. P. Eckstrum were read. Presi- g der; Clark expressed himself that if Gaines, who is chief truck driver of 1 - < n the appointment of the com: :hett;i‘re deparfiment, ‘z““ed to’gett “;‘ mittees at the council meeting, Al- ks oy r‘:;;; ;‘;ge‘; . | derman Backus auccetids Formfer Al- and not attempt to hold one while g:flg: c%::‘;“&:e.clla rmaz; ot the reBi;!hlglg '°{h‘“m}"h:{' of ‘& superine The make up the committees is as tendeeutngL ;eézk:t!;um awasv o follows, Hazen'’s resignation leaving talm—:l;l ior 'ano.ther two weeks nt vn:ancyd 23 n(thefl co":‘;:lt'it:;! o 3 s streets and walks, fire, p : ) " | ner, Smith. (Qllaicf hat sty s waer system, cost| ""\ jiting—Garlock, Backus, Ben- Dr. G. M. i’almet of the park board ner. appeared before the council and ask- grx{:fl?k;fl:flfignsfllyh'md AT, ed permission for the remova} el!htth:l’ Backus band stand from the foot of r o . Sewers—Croon, Joanis, Garlock. midji fans is appreciated and the|seeking an agreement with the|street to Library park. The request| g ij4ine " palmer, Croon, Joanis. hibsd grglted].lt Gete Contract ll‘h-e—tBenner,nshmlgl.l . Tig! ets Contract, Printing—Smith, Palmer. Three bidders went after the con- Salary—Benner, Garlock, Backus. tract for sweeping, cleaning and Health—Joanis, Croon, Phillippi. sprinkling the streets as specified by Poor—Phillippi, Smith, Clark. the contract. The bidders were Wes Purchase—Backus, Garlock, Croon. —— Wright, Tom Smart, John Avery and License—Palmer, Joanis. g ‘ent, 'the summer’s-cut is expected to|by January 1, 1919. 2 4 L the tear C be the greatest in the history of the| " e rendh st basy i tHe feoitargiics ~mills. il 5 P anager LaG. Worthington o e~ . 4 o “Work of cutting the ice channels| electric company in Bemidji is of the tfllz:nagf; :’f’ &r{’;lgn 1‘":“:3: s&i;s in the lake for the loge is being done,| belief that @ mistake has been made| ot “for the right to play in thyé and, strange to relate, the ice in the| in transmission of the figures asqf 4oe .y oo play- 3l lake is the thinnest ever encountered | given.: He says the company had two Y., : 2 by the mills, being only about 23| bids, one of $1,778 for the wiring Jacobson’s Frank Statement. inches in thickness, :vhereasuati. to wltlhout theé fixtures,'and $2,985 with % Tg{ trh;v pl‘:blic of Bemidji,- Coach | - S 40 inches thicknese is usually ex-|full fixtures. 1 .. M. Jacobson of the basketball|l o . - perienced. And this in the face of S e B b ] team addresses . the following, the Oé:”’e”’““",“ t"l“e,‘; at g’““}‘ “g“""" he unusually severe cold of the pass-|- ) statement. being" made to the Plo- station at Warrington Beach, Pensn- ing winter;;. . (.0 : | neer: g % cola, Fla., erected for the use of ‘our f Abo'l.ltv 600 Employes 3 ] | C “The Bemidji basketball fans, who | flying Instructors, who note the effl- tarti of 'thep nev;v min|” o i h= = have “so loyally supported ‘the high| ciency and skill with which our com- i'll;he 8 “thnagt Shout 600 employes : school -team during the season just|ing American fliers handle their ma- will-mean. g ; ¢ mills] FI”_L STATE "cKET past, are entitled. to an-explanation | chines as they speed through the air. will commeénce the season at mills i W of the present situation from me. S No. 1 and 2, and both mills will }:e : SaeHl “Late last week, Supt. - J. G.| ; pushed to ' their utmgstmdpréng lt si Norby . of Fergus Falls;, . secretary- ¢ ags sawing season. Wit Fiad e yast - (By United Press) treasurer of the State High- School wiped out the blg mill, No. i, 1886}, gi. paul, -March 19.—Although | Athletic. association, wired me that July, the burder fell upon mill gi »:| secrecy is maintained, it is authora-| Bemidji was declared ineligible to smaller than the one destroyed, Whieh/ tively stated today that the Nonpar-|compete for the district title on ‘ : . was one of vue largest in the dUtn iet tisan League state ticket has ~en-|account of breaking rules of the as- s States, and P‘iu% <9, worke: Dth: dorsed the following candidates for|sociation. ~'We were protested by{ = ; Hmit ilght BadChy: 10 coiey o‘n tely | the state ticket: Aitkin on several charges in connec- p business, while‘'work was immediately| - g, C. 'A. Lindbergh. tion with their game here in+ Jan-} . | S commencedgn th; »bulineg, Btfl:ict‘x:i i % : R." E. Crane,.Grand| uary. . |- A The loss when No. urne ;i B 5 < > T sel tha phivhs. and aled - g ; “$100,000. The ne:v:mfl; 1s o repliSal | Atty, general-=Victor Power, Hib-for proper ci}lisuli)etation ond haiitea id of the destroyel mill fl(‘)’ooc"i“ u;ased bing. .~ e upon a hearing as provided for in the neighborhood of ‘$150,000, 1'1.0" 9l Auditor—S. 0. Tjosvold, Granite|gssociagtion ' rules,” and finally suc- i costs ‘causing the greatly increasedimayg e ceeded in having a hearing at Brain- . figure, - o . Treasurer—T. J. Meighen, Pres-|erd Monday afternoon.. After care- Earliest Opening. ton. A ful consideration of all the charges (By Unuited Press) It is. April before the mills are| Secretary of state—Henry Holmes, | made, the committee, consisting of| Chicago, March 19.—The ‘election started, and the opening mext Mon-|Big Lake. - ' < Superintendent Norby of Fergus commission today ruled against pro- day will be.the earliest in.the history|: Railroad and warehouse commis-|Falls, Superintendent Maxson of St. of the mills, . They will work until sioner—F, A. Tilquist. i Cloud and. Superintendent Bank of| hibition becoming an issuein the the last minute possible ,to get out|: B R RO Park Rapids, disallowed all charges| election on April 2. the logs of the: unusually heavy cut this winter. : 5 ¢ (By United Press) - Milwaukee, Wis.,.March 19.—Fair weather marked today’s balloting at the primaries throug_hout ‘Wisconsin in a special election for senatorial honors. Early voting was not un- usually heavy but the farmer vote was h_eavy. x 1 T plaint made that some members of| . WIlsuN SlGNs B".l the Bemidjl team had been seen | SIBMers. The drys plan a mandamus g f - smoking: There was sufficient evi-| Writ to force the commissioners to Tfl SAVE DAYL'GHT on this one point Bemidji was.dis- qualified for the basketball season de to assure clean athletics in ‘Washington, March 19.—President A 7 _|the Bemidji schools they made the Wilson today signed the daylight sa- penalty as light as possible and Be- AGREEMENT wr"l U. S. 2 o'clock the morning of March 31.|},1;" engon this spring nor for thef To CHECK JAPA ESE Eqitor's note———By‘ the daylight sa- football season next fall. ving" bill, all clocks in the country boys on the team broke the associa- ple of the country will arise one|tion rule regarding smoking and thus United Press Correspondent hour earlier for work and all busi- Petrograd, March 19.—Rumors are ination. ting time for the day will thus be one hour earlier, which is supposed useful occupations, helping to aiding ;‘;%":fi:b;ah dBT:;n:;l;?rfig:i‘éfle tl:f; invasion of Asiatic Russia. A tion teller of the Northern National| Bolsheviki and social revolutionaires, EVELET“ SOLDIER IS bank who will refund every pay-|who opposed the ratification of Ger- 3 ; money - promptly &9 weddo not wish istance against the Germans. For- N to retain the same under false pre-|S! B . - &Ey%ted EIET GASSED lN FRANCE elgn Minister Chicernin formally an- gBerlin, . Mareh, 19, - Oftlolal) = ; war has cost Russia $26,265,000,000. tive balons were also captured. Three | casualty list mentions O. Hicks, Ev- hundred Belgians were taken pris-|eleth, Minn.,” gassed with.the Cana- Tod | Russian retirement fram.Odessa was) . 2 P 2208 - orderly, The Black s et refrain- ® 5 . ed from_the bombardment: of Odessa, Dles Suddenly Apop exy * made with the exception of the com-| mhe dry petition failed by 7,157 dence to substantiate the claim and|submit the question to a vote. - only. The committee stated that in (By United Press) consideration of the effort- being BOLS"EVIKI SEEKING ving bill. _ It will become effective at midji is not disqualified for the base- “I regret very much that: some . will be set ahead one hour, thus peo- - (By Joseph Shaplen) are responsible for Bemidji’s elim- ness is expected to follow suit. Quit- “Phe splendid support of the Be-|Dpersistent thai the Bolsheviki {8 to be devoted to gardening and other | Present situation is certainly very|ynjted States to prevent - Japanese ths government war work to Carleton are left with the collec-| Russian officials, including former ment made. Kindly call for your|, . peace terms, are organizing re- REPORT tensts.” ° J § e nounced the ratification, saying the Bralnerd Loses Cornerstone Twenty-three allied airplanes were| | (By United Press) L 3 ! , . The Germans have occupied Bach- [ brought down yesterday and two cap-| = Ottawa, Ont., March 19.—Today's NEBlSH SOLDIER DIES inatech Komotap and Norahbs. The Of Foundatlon; Fred Parker oner in Flanders, dians in France. ; not wishing to destroy“it. =l 3 r ~ Word has reacheal Bemidji ott ;’?e - I eath of Casper Ollom, son o . 9% 6, : Band Stand o Be Moved gnd Mrs. 3. H. Ollom, residing four Can’t “Con” the U. 8. (Special to Ploneer) The date of the funeral is not set, R A miles- west of Nebish, and word is (By Carl D. Groat) Brainerd, March 19.—Fred S. Par-|but interment will be in Oakland Washington, March 19, — The ker, age 61 years, one of the best|cemetery at St. Paul beside the of the funeral is uncertain. died of apoplexy today, and in his - ; . . A message was received from Fort-[31d Roumania. ' She is already|qeatn Brainerd loses a’citizen who I 0 Mana e Dlamond po‘ nt ress Montroe, where the young gol-|Pledged to gg’ o t ?i m (:i ’ffi had much to do with the upbuilding SAMMIES AfiA'N dier was in station as a coast artil-| Russia from German duress and Will{ ;¢ g nome city. agree with the entente in rejecting i . . midji December 11. Three messages Wilson’ 4 stat first and only street railway, man- RA'D FOES TRENCI‘IES . The park board, at its meeting last! which is now an important factor.in | followed in rapid succession. The President s 501!15 propose hs ate-| 5-0q its first telephone system, was night, voted to ask the city council| the community. first conveyed the news th?t the son | ment will probably express this re-| 2= 4i.o0tor and stockholder in the to allow the board to remove the e ard appointed P. R. .| was {11, the second following in an % Lt e Ay hour that he was dead and the third [&nd horror fg G&rmnny»s:hmfle}es? Parkersville, a summer resort on With the Americans in France, street to Library park, and Dr. G.| todian of Diamond Point park for the|an inquiry if the war department plinter q‘llesuknl ee?}“’ p‘: ltkc*:s the Minnesota & International rail-| March 19.—Franco-American forces M. Palmer was delegated to appear|summer. He will arrange for con-|should prepare the body and ship it offensive is likely and peace talk 18}y, o "anq served as alderman in East|again raided the German trenches in before the council with the request.| certs there. ~Mr. Peterson will be|home. unlikely. Brainerd. the Baron Villes sector this morning He did so after the board meeting| delegated authority as an officer and f Bemidji to do the homors for the one order, the Elks, giving them a|yards at two points. The raid was Moving the band -stand from its|ileges and "also any refreshment|young man and the Home Guard will life of devotlpn. attending all meet-| launched from an abandoned German present location to the park is a|privileges, He will receive no pay act as an escort of honor from the ings and serving as vice president of | trench. . most excellent idea. It stands at|for his services. Union station when the body arrives| DRAFI‘ IS CALLED BY the state association. The usual artillery is in progress. the head of the old dock and is avail- A committee consisting of Dr. Pal- Nebish. engineer on the main line of the| 000 shells, mostly gas, were dropped in the mud on the shore line of the; latter taking his seat for the first BOARD MARCH 20.2' Great Northern, he living at Anoka|at the Franco-Americans, the latter lake. People desiring to attend the|time, was named to confer with the WILL LOOK IT OVER at that time. Then he entered the| returning the fire four.times as hard concerts are obliged to stand in the| council relative to the board’s in- mercantile fleld of St. Paul, removing| as the Germans sent. : streets or perch around in discom-|stalling a driking fountain in Li- (By United Press) to Brainerd in 1885, He was the Responding to Secretary McAdoo’s Copenhagen, March 19.—The Ger- for headway sadly discord the band| to provide more benches for the park been called for examination March |leaves a wife and four children, Mrs.| ers and trench knives, captured on numbers. The setting of the stand|and along the lake front. number of neutral newspaper corre-|20 and 21. About 300 men will ap-|R. M. Campbell and Clyde E. Parker|the Toul front will be eent to Am- in the park will allow people to sit The board, hereafter, will meet|spondents to witness German opera-|pear before the local board here and|of Brainerd, Mrs. George E. Brown| erica to use in the third Liberty on the beautiful lawn and lake shore| regularly the second Monday in each | tions on the west front. They will| 150 men will be examined at Bau-|of Miles City, Mont., and Mrs. A. M.| Loan campaign. Baker is here con- I .b P k- p t being awaited as to time of shipment United States does not and will not ¢ his parents. i 0 Ll rary ar [] e erson of the body, during which the time recognize German peace with Russia known business men of Brainerd,|graves o P! leryman, he having enlisted at Be- hcia toima: -Mr. Parker managed Brainerd’s jection and express American: disgust Parker & Topping Foundry company, (By United Press) aianr band stand at the foot of Third|gon, director of the band; as cus- Arrangements have been started in Fraternally, he belonged to but|and penetrated a distance of 300 and his request was granted. will have charge of the bathing priv- REM AINDER OF FIRST to the Red Lake depot, enroute to In early life, Mr. Parker was an|In the Chemin des Dames sector 6,- able only on one side, unless one gets| mer, Harry Titus and Joe Bisiar, the fort and passing autos “honking”|brary park. It is the intention, also, The balance of the first draft has|only son of the late C. N. Parker and| request, machine guns, flame throw- man high command has invited a embankment and listen to the band,|month. # start Wednesday. dette, Lowery of Spokane, Wash. ferring with staff officers. 1 | | B I [ { S | —