Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1918, Page 1

o o VOLUME XVI. NO. 299 ORDINANCE OF CITY PREVENTS - -LITTERING THE STREET, WALKS ' No One Has Right to Throw Refuse Upon Thorough-. ! fares of Bemidji CITY ATTORNEY QUOTES " ORDINANCE IN MATTER Alderman Aafis Questions; Vio- . .. lations Many; Penalty for Offenders _During a meeting of the city coun- cil a. few weeks ago, attention was. called to an umsightly condition: of a: business . distri¢t street that con- which was unsightly, whieh precipi- tated a number of citations of other; - offensive conditions inthe business » - -distriet. 2 > Alderman A. B. Palmer later asked City - Attorney. Fisk relative to the ordinances covering the question, to which Mr, Fisgk has replied, quoting . the sections showing violations of the “city ordinances. ows, which will be of much interest to those affected and to the people of Bemidji: City Ordinances. Ordinances No. 1. Sec. 8. of the City of Bemidji provides: “No pergon, firm of corporation shall throw or cause to be thrown in any street, avenue, alley or: public grounds, in the city, any paper or! filth, sweepings from any house shop, office, store,’ barn or other strructure, or any ashes straw, shav- -'ings, wood, Bstones, earth, manure, O‘hdlr rubbish or filthy matter of any kind.” 5 Persons viglgtin%‘ any such provi- sion lays himself liable to $25 fine and costs. I default' of payment of such fine and costs, to 30 days in county jail. : S Ordinance No. 15. Section 6 pro- . vides:. : ~~““No person shall incumber or ob- struct any sidewalk within said city by placing thereon any boxes or bar- “rels, buildinig material, farm imple- ments, fire wood or any other thing material or “substance, and no awn- “ing, banner, Bign, flag or decoration, shall be hung, or placed over or| across any sidewalk in said city, un- less the same shall be placed, fixed, or hung, not less’ than six and one-half i “Ithe high school; Walter Erwin, o tained a quantity of ‘rubbish andi- TEAM IS PROJECT: MEETING THIS EVENING All basketball fans should be. pre- sent, at the: Commercial- ¢club rooms this evening at 8 o'clock, when the question of organizing a city team will be discussed. ~The plan is. for Bemidji to have a crackerjack team| 'to represent the city in games -this winter. iy | At present, the city has a wealth of high class, including Harry Olin, a college player, agricultural director of the schools; Principal Smith, also a star player and athletic coach of RED RIVER T0. One . of Most Important Con ' ventions Held Annually in State; Muny Expected ' Bemidji- Box factory, a former U versity of Illinois athtlete; Alex Ca 2ron of the high school. 5 C. M. Jacobson, a member of the former stellar aggreégations of Be- midji, and Fred Graham of Cass Lake are available, while Glenn Peck, a spectacular player of Bemidji, is ex- pected to ‘again be in Bemidji. These and others would make a-for- imidable aggregation of stars from which to select an all-city. team. CROOKSTON MILLING CO0. ' ESTABLISHES BRANCH IN ‘THIRD STREET. BEMIDJI Bemidji has acquired anotlier busi- ness - institution, one that promises to be important to the business eir- cles of the city, a branch headquar- ers of the-Crookston Milling com- pany, makers of the popular Cremo HAoury and the building at 121 Third T has been rented for: branch headquarters. ~ i ' The leasing of the building was “he result of the visit of S. M. Sivert- on and J. J. Padden, officers of the ~ompany manufacturing the flour, ind the enlarged quarters will ‘fur- nish better facilities for handling the iarge busginess in Bemidji and sur- ~ounding territory, which will supply he trade from this depot. « Mr. Sivertson, while in the city, vound time to attend the poultrys, cotato and corn show held in the City hall and pronounced the display: of potatoes the finest he ever saw, and ne heartily endoxsed the campaizn of increased acreage and the promo- tlon of agriculture in Beltrami in zeneral. 3 He i3 president of the Minnesota Red River Valley Development asso- ciation and takes a lively interest in movements of this nature. The an- nual farm crop show, under - the 2uspices of the association, will take place at Crookston the week of Feb- ruary 10, for which a new live stock sales pavilion, costing $25,000 for the stock department, is now being rocted. The exhibition, it is expect- cd, will prove a further incentive for more and better live stock in the northwest: FIRST TIME MEETING Visitors Guests of Commercial Club Wednesday Evening; Special Program ‘On Wednesday and ; Thursday of this week, there c9m‘es‘m'_ Bengidji one of the most important conventions| River Dairymen’s association, and {t will be the fifteenth annual meeting of the association, the first meeting] ever<held outside of the Red River valloy. Between 400 and 500 mem- bers and others interested are expect- ed to be present. be a smoker and get-together-at the Commercial club rooms Wednesday evening, for the visitors, at which the club-members and all interested persons Will be ‘present. * % Reguest for Piano.: In this connection, in the makeup of the entertainment program, Presi- dent W..Z. Robinson of the club is asking 'the use of a piano. Mr. Rob- inson desires the piano for selections by those taking part in the program and if the piano proves its need as a part of the club equipment there. is every reason to expect its pur- chase. The use of the piano is not expected for nothing, but would add. niuch “to the ‘meetings-held by the ladies. Good care of the instrument would be guaranteed and anyone who has a piano not in use should phone Mr. Robinson ‘immediately. Program of sessions: Wednesday Forenoon. Elko theatre, 10 o’clock. Invocation. ; Address of Welcome, Judge:D. H. Fisk. Response—M. -~ Sorenson,- Pelican Rapids. 2 Opening Remarks—C. G. Selvig, “rookston. Secretary’s Report-—Leonard Hous- ke, Halstad. Treasurer's: Report—C, M. David- feet above ‘such- sidewalk.” Section‘T. " "' ! “No person receiving or delivering | good¥, wares or merchandise, in said | city, shall allow or:permit the same| to remain on said sidewalk without leaving a passage way clear, of at least three feet in width, and in no| case shall such goods, wares and mer- | chandise be allowed to remain on! said_sidewalk for a longer period! than twenty-four hours.” | Persons violating the above sec-| tions 6 & 7. are subject to a fine cf, from $6 to $25.or by impriuonmentf of 20 days. | | TO STRICKEN DISTRICT. | Miss Mabel Anderson left today for | the Moose Lake district, having been | recalled by the federal food admin-| istration for work among the fire| stricken inhabitants in that section of the state. She had been trans-| short stay was again senc¢ to Bemidji ! for special work for a few days. She expects to be absent several weeks. | - | By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Correspondent.) With the American Army in France, Nov. 19. (By Mail.)—With the big haul of prisoners netted by the St. Mihiel salient drive the Amer- ican army had to go into the prisoner business in earnest. The first two days of that drive one encountered long lines of “Happy Heninies,” as the doughboys called the Germans relieved of further war service, streaming back toward headquarters| and later to the pens hastily erected | near railheads. . The prisoner problem was a big one and an important one, ~ Most of these were men who had surrendered will- ingly and they.therefore were excep- tional material as sources of intelli- gence. When the first waves of Americans went over the top after the heavy barrage all along the line, they found few Germans above the earth. The boches had zil been driven into dug- outs by the raim of shells. Most of them stayed in the holes until a ferred. to that district and after a|’ ST. MIHIEL PRISONERS COOK ~ FORTHEIR AMERICAN CAPTORS son, Climax.: - “he State’s Relation to the Dairy Industry”’—James Sorenson, dairy and food commissioner. Appoint of Committees. Business Session. Wednesdav Afternoon. Elko theatre, 1:30 o’clock. The sessions will begin promptly RECTOR HOLDS SPECIAL SERVICE FOR WOMEN A large congregation of the ladies of Bemidji assembled in the Episcopal church yesterday at 5 o’clock. A beautiful service was sung and said,| . “¢ime and the rectors Rev. George Back-| " ypiie” hurst, preached an appropriate ser-} Apnouncements. “The Problems for ti\e Beginner in Dairying”—Prof.’ A. J. McGuire, Min- nesota Agricultural college. mon, dealing with the problems and responsibilities of women in this new era of the world’s history. The sermon was greatly enjoyed and appreciated. A service and sermon for the men has been. asked for and will be held on the Sunday after Christmas. Northern Faast, EauClaire Address—H, . J. Hughes, editor of Farm Stock and Home, Minneapolis. Dairy cow judging contest—Clar- ence Nielson, Bemidji; A. A. Aamodt, Bemidji, and Leonard Houske, Hal- stad. ‘A dairy cow judging contest will take place at 4 o'clock p. m. - This dairy stock -judging contest will be between the actual dairy farmers and actual butter makers. All are privi- leged to enter this contest. Wednesday Evening. Commereial club, 8:30 o'clock. The program of the evening session is in the hands of the local Com- COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. The city council will meet in regu- Jar session this evening. Several matters of importance are scheduled to come up for discussion. . HELD OUTSIDE VALLEY, ever held in° the city; that of Red| A feature of the convention wilkp “Financing the Dalry Faimer ini Wisconsin”—Benjamin | 1 deglieaorn of this nuiusoléum, ervcred to the memory of Relginn ,l'(_\rlfn who-fell in: the fight to protect thelr country from the Hun, took pluce n- the Shomeliffe” Garrison cenetery. The mausoleum ‘is the only one of itx kind in ull England, N NN NN, A~ y oS > NAAAS AN NURSE GETS $10000 | cues FRosLes wiis s T o SOLVED BY JUDGE HARRIS - AS HEART BALM FOR BREACH OF PRQMISE (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 9.—DMrs. Vera East- burn, nurse, today was awarded $10,- 000 against Judge J. W. Fincout, for seventeen years a Ramsey county jurist. This case caused widespread interest owing to the prominence of -the defendant. Lot- ters were introduced by the plaintiff, showing the ardent affection held by thé defendent for the nurse and when his ardor cooled she commenced suit for breach of promige.. He denied he ever intended to marry her but the letters caused the verdict. "Editor's note: GHEE-NOT TO QUI FUEL ADMINISTRATION Duluth, Dec. 9.—John F. McGee, federnl fuel administrator tor Minne- sota, will not resign, he stated fol- Jowing his visit to Duluth last week. “I had no:intention of resigning,” Judge McGee sald, “and I will not resign. The report wos purely fabri- cated.” : His salary from the government is $1 a year. The northwest' will receive 20 per cent less coal this year than they daia last year,” Mr. McGee said. This quantity, however, is expected to suf- fice inasmuch as the conservation re- quests of the government have led to the saving of thousands of tons of coal. BEMIDJI SOLDIER IMPR&VES. Mrs. Nuss is in receipt of a tele- grahm from VanCouver, Wash., stat- ing that her scn. CLeslie Nuss, 1§ now out of danger. 1le is ill with pneu- monia, following an attack of the Spanish “flu.”’ SCHWAB RESIGNS FROM SHIP CORPORATION Washington, Dec, 9.—The resigna- tion of Charles M. Schwab as director general of the Emergency Fleet cor- poration has: been accepted by Presi- dent Wilson in a wireless message from the transport George Washing- ton to the white house. The message from the president was addressed to Secretary Tumulty with the instruction that it be con- veyed to Mr. Schwab: mercial club. The committee in charge is ag follows: E. H. Winter, A. A. Aamodt and E. B. Berman. Awarding of prizes in butter, judging and association contests 1 “come outa there, vou Dutchman!” from a doughboy routed them. Ap- parently the morale of the boches had been lowered to shaky ebb by pre- vious defeats, and the American artil- jery “put the finishing touch on boche morale,” as one intelligence officer expressed it after talking to hundreds of Germans who passed through his office. Anybody who saw a, German any- where could capture him. One regi- ment boasts_that its chaplain cap- tured six wifh nothing more formid- able than a walking stick in his hand, Almost the entire personmel of an Austria-Hungarian division gave up, regimental bands were taken intact, and ‘boches vied with each other in geiting their things packed up, réady for departure “nach Paris,”” as some of them jokingly put it. Ordinarily prisoners are hustled.in The contest butter will be auc- An attractive program of addresses, music and entertaining features hag been provided. Thursday Morning. Elko theatre, 10 o'clock. “The Buttermaker’s Joys and Ser- M. P. Mortenson, Albert Lee, ger of the State creamery. “The Co-operative Creameries and the Operators’ Sandholt, St. edftor of the Dairy Record. Thursdav Afternoon. Elko theatre, 1:30 o’clock. Musie. Minnesota State Dairymen’s associa- tion. ““Healthful Surroundings for the and are rushed Reports of committees Kleetion of offteers. (Continued on Page Four) in | I must do so in fairness to you. in {have been exceedingly generous in| charge of Leonard Houske, Halstad. giving your services and they have| tioned some tinfe during the evening. | Very co eeding and Caring for the Dairy | body Cows"—George P. Grout, president of | He is awaiting sentence. The president sald: “I accept your resignation only be- cause you wish it and becauso 1 feel You been invaiuable. Want to thank you rdially indeed for all that you have done. Shall always remember it, as 1 am sure ali your associates in the government will, as a service of unusnal value and distinetion.” 0'DONNELL GUILTY 0T OFFENSE A§ CHARGED * vincing and during the trial the de- fendent got rough and accused every- from the judge down as lars. SPECIAL MEETING OF STAR. refreshments will be served after the |, busineas session Luella Johnson, who is in jail serv- ling a sentence for being intoxicated and acting disorderly on the day Be- midji celebrated peace day, :is sche- duled torscome before Judge of Pro- hate Harris next Thursday to ascer- tain what would be best for her. She is a young girl, with inclina- tions out of the path supposed to be straight and narrow. ’ADOO TO WORK 2 WEEKS FOR NOTHING Wasliington, Dec. 9. -— Secretary McAdoo, who quit the cabinet be- cause his salary was insufficient, now s the predicament of working two eks for the government for noth- e, He will retire as secretary of ihe ~treasury December 16, and hig at the rate of $12,000 a year will Until January 1, however, he 11 continue as director general of railroads, and for this job he re- ceives not a cent, although his re- Lvfonal directors receive $40,000 a ¥ .. Consequently, from December 16 to January 1 he will be off the | ray roll. ’ BACK TO DUTY. Charles Trafton, assistant athletic director at the naval station at Tlampdon Roads, Va., returned to his c¢uties Saturday night after a short furlough spent in this vicinity, with Fis relatives. Among the Bemidji 5 Mr. Trafton had seen just re- cently at camp was Emil Larson, WO MORE VIOLATERS |- OF BOOZE LAW HELD Two more liquor law violators have been caught in the meshes of the law and bgth were held on bonds for hearing before the grand jury. One was Fraank Dewey, caught in ithe act of selling booze and We was held by Judge Simons in bond of $1,000, which he furnished. This is a state case. | The other offender was Charles La- Gesse of Cass Lake, caught with {eleven quarts of liquor, who was held lin bond of $5,000 to await the action | of the grand jury. LaGesse is a re- | peater in the booze gare, he having lserved six months in the Beltrami | county jail about a year ago for ille- ! gally handling liquor. i ipe RO R {“BAUDETTE REGION” EDITOR PAYING BEMIDJI VISIT | | Editor “Bill" Noonan of the Bau- | dette Region is in Bemidji for a cou- ple of days, taking advantage of an auto trip. The sage of Northern Bel- Itrami is just getting well out of the | “flu,” wherein he got all that was {coming to him. The only thing that bothered him more than his lame back and inabil- ity to navigate was missing his vote on election day, he being unable to leave his room. He says, “it was the | first time I lost my vote. That is to {say, the first time [ was unable to vote.” ] JAPS COLECT TAXES. i bl | ToRio. Nov. 10, (By Mail.)—Fifty- o In distriet cours, the jury returnedsix f nere, including several Asgociation” — H. |, verdiet of guilty against Steve 0’| Americans, are among the 528 resi- Paul, secretary and|ponnell, charged with a statuatory {dents of Kobe required to pay the offense, with his step daughter as|war profit ts »t 15 per cent levied complainant. The cvidence was con-jon profits e eeding $1,500 a year | considered to be due to the war C. { Abdulali comes first in the list, with | profits estimated at $10,000. Second ‘and third are S. E. Giles and P. Ma- | homed, ¥ 5,500 and $5,000 re- | spective In (Osaka, Baron Sumi- Jm);.u paying a tax on war profits {to headquarters under a_pretty good | Dairy Cow”—Dr. C. P. Fitch, chief There will be a epecial meeting of | of 9,000 and K. Kishimoto, a guard of hardened doughboys, are]of veterinary division, University of | the Eastern Star tomorrow night at |etee!l merchant, on $500,000. Third hastily examined, Minnesota farm, St. Paul. 8 o'clock. Initiation will be held and 4: [ Osaka list is S. Iwata, a cotton merchant, whose war profits are m i placed at $466,000 BERLIN UNDER ARMS T0 STOP RIOTS CAUSED BY BOLSHEVIKI Ten Thousand Republican Guards Called Out; Russ Rebels Flock to Berlin TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED; STREET BATTLE SUNDAY Sweden Today Severs Diplo- matic Relations With the Bolshevikis (By United. Press.) Copenhagen, Dec. 9.-—Ten thou- sand members of “the republican guard were ordered under 'guurd in Berlin last night to quell rioting ‘here, according to dispatches re- seived from ‘that city today: " The best bolsheviki organizers ‘rom hussia are arriving in Berlin to ead the Spartacus group, among hem said to be “Lewine.” It is not known whether this is a-misspelling f Premier Lenine’s name. 28 KILLED IN BERLIN. Berlin, Dee. 9.—Twenty-elght per- :ons were killed and forty-eight wounded in street fighting here Sun- day between government troops and forces of the Spartacus group, in which the latter were completely de- feated SWEDEN SEVERS RELATIONS. Copenhagen, Dec. '9.~—Sweden to- lay severed diplomatic relations with the bolshevik of Russia. FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN THIEF RIVER FALLS Bemidji friends will be shocked to hear of the death of George G. John- jon of Thief River Falls, well known in business eircles in Bemidjl. The following item appeared in one of the, Thief River Falls papers, Decem- ber 6: “George G. Johuson, cashier of the First National #nid Peoples State bank of thig city, died today after uffering a relapse fron an attack of Spanish influenza. - Pneumonia set in last Sunday. Deceased leaves a wife and three children. ~The remains will be taken to Red Wing, his former home, Saturday night, where services will be held prior to burial there. Mr. Johnson was well known, not only locally but throughout the state and the entire northwest. He en- tered the banking business at Warren 1 few years ago, coming here to enter he First National bank. Later he weepted a hetter position with the First State bunk and remained with the consolidated banks when the merger was effected last winter, mak- ing the ‘First and Peoples’ the strong- est bank in this part of the state.” FORMER RESIDENT IS STRUCK BY SHRAPNEL Over the top, bumping ifto his own harrage, lying for forty-eight hours in the mud under incessant bombard- ment—still the Rev. Frank W. Street had time to burry the.dead, collect iron crosses, and incidentally “stop one’ while serving as chaplain dur- ing .an operation on the western front. The Duluth clergyman, recovering from a shrapnel wound, has written his mother, Mrs. Mary Street, from a hospital in France. His letter, bioyant with the spirit of the dough- boy, gives a vivid sketch of the chap- lain's duties during an engagement. “We nt into line under violent ghell fire,” writes - the Duluthian “Three of my friends were severely wounded and several privates killed before we even gol started. From then on we were under constant shell fire. The doctors and I dug into an old treneh and the next night we were ordered over the top. s “Our barrage began and we went over at daybreak. We went up the valley, over the hill, and ran into our own barrage; waited for it to ad- vance and-halted the doctors. Two aides and I crawled inte an old trench. For the next hours we couldn’t move.” While burying the dead after the engagement, Rev Mr. Street was struck in the leg by a“piece of shrap- nel. The fragment, together with a German iron cross which he picked up on the field, was received by Rev. Mr. Street's mother, Mrs. Mary Street. The Street family is a former resi- dent of Bemidji, and a memorial window in the Episcopal church was piaced as tribute to the father, Frank S. Street e aThle o I { | forty-eight-"