Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 16, 1918, Page 1

| | | | « DRIVE BEGINS; e S BEMIDJI DAILY — NO. 305 VOLUME XVI, BIGRED CROSS State Health Order Raises Funeral Ban St. Paul, Dec. 16.—The state board of health has repealed the order prohibiting public meetings and funerals because of the influenza epidemic, which was adopted about a month ago. The raising of the ban is effective imediately. Local health officials, however, urged to discour- age public funerals and also gather- ings bringing people together ‘from different comunities. . The board recently removed re- strictions on .purely local gatherings but banned = intercommunity meet- ings. BERLIN IS ALL AGOG OVER SITUATION IN ITS POLITICAL AFFAIRS BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 16, 1918 MEMBERSHIP IS ONLY ADOLLAR Christmas Roll Call Continues Entire Week; Membership Polls Are Designated IF YOUR MEMBERSHIP HAS EXPIRED, RENEW — IfYou Are Not a Member, the Time to Join Is Now; You Are Needed Did you dig down in your'jeans ~today? Courtesy of C. Leroy Baldriage, The Stars and. Stripés, France, TALIAN TOWN HAS BIG DAY -~ BEING CLEANED BY RED CROSS o} (By United Press.) boys. their rags floating before and Avellino, Italy, Dec. 16.—All over|behind them, set to work with Italy men and women of the Ameri-|hrooms fashioned by themselves—a can Red Cross are aiding the Italian|bundle of twigs tied to a stout authorities in their fight against the|handle. Others. were detailed to present epidemic of Spanish influ-|carry off the rubbish, soon heaped in enza. The “fever” came to Avellino,|piles by the wielders of the brooms, ag it came to hundreds of other towns|in wheelless wheelbarrows, also made and cities in southern Italy—over|by the boys themselves—boxes with night, as it were, laying entire fam-|shaft-like handies, of two boypower. illes Jow. Father, mother, babies and | Then came a squad of women in uni- grandmother, down they all. came|form and led by A. R. C. workers. with ' it, and where resistance was|These disinfected homes and burned slight and proper care unobtainable, |yyp old mattresses and germ-laden re- the results were often serious. Alfyge. hizh short fever, aches and pains, and ' then recovery—or, where the danger lay, an attack of pneumonia. That is how “Spanish Fever” is cur- rently described by those who know, and many, through experience, know in Italy today. But the germ of Spanish Fever is only a germ, after all, like other germs, and as such, far from im- mortal. Soap and water early make it-sicken, and whitewash, as a finish- ing touch, deals its death blow. Mrs. Gian Centanini, wife of the A. R. C. Whitewash Follows, Last of all came a squad of older boys with whitewagh. Surely, Tom Sawyer's backyard couldn’t have ex- celed in whiteness and in finish the work of these - boys—boys, a good many of them, who had never worked before in. their lives. They went at it with a pride and vigor that soon accomplished wonders. ~They fairly swept. down one narrow winding street and up another, leaving a glistening coat of white behind them % © s | —across the road and up three, feet town is St. Louis, Mo., is auite aware |78 i of this fundamental antipathy of The 'h°~v" were rewarded with germs and cleanliness, and at the noonday meals at the soup kitchen of first appearance of the tever in Avel- the Red Cross in Avellino, and a soldo lino. proceeded to organize the “ban- ?rd}vmnt:‘)eiidfis. B!ildt "‘iés :he Ikno:;u ditti.” or hoodlums of Avellino; into ]e L "",ep emt sd‘“‘g; y street-cleaning and White-washing | 1°CHeASINS in the swepl and wmite squads Mrs, Ceritanini formerly washed distriet, that pleases and en- pingeny m the hietropolitan Opera Co., courages them most. After their New York, and her husband was sec- soup is eaten, all sftling cross-legged retarr of the Metropolitan Opera in the h“”‘;‘a" of the Al‘ II{ ©. héad- House Co. for four years. Mrs. Cen- quarters, they, &rasp théir brooms, tanini’s stage name was Jane Norla. their pails of whitewash and their fint's gtag £ : t off to continue their Novel Scene. present, “‘mission in life.” Grimy Never has the quaint old town of |ragged acolytes of cleanliness, they Avellino seen such ‘‘going’s-on” in|bear their shining standard through her dark, cobbled streets, as when |the streets of a town that has known the big housecleaning started. The{them as “regular little bandits’ or first squad, composed of the younger | ‘‘hopeless good-for-nothings.” JAll you need is a heart and a dol- By Frank Taylor ?)er »?f the greatest fraternity exx.st- Berlin, Dec, 16.—Berlin is await- ing in the world today, a fraternity ing expectantly the outcome of the berships is over, will bind the world president, Konstantin Fehrerbach, around with millions of small Red in defiance ‘of the Ebert-Haase gov< i o . The present government, which in- It is the first big Red: Cross mem-|tended to summon the reichstag here e 5 ‘and South. Beltrami County’s Red tary support, has announced that any DAL . 5 R [ L Cross. chapter is hard at work onits| deputy. attending the; proposed “in- Gfim CONTRACT 3 7 FORMER RESIDENT 'DIES. “rollo call. UAlE texpiring|surgent session wilb be-quilty of trea- ¥ ;\{‘ho are not membe? ;hould join gn . hoy, Mont., saaginelng peath e maginficent work being done by s 2 Mrs. - Erban Reibe, formerly 53 o E ¥ Alzl::icfi“;)[:fNfisuig Sar?akci':is: g NEAR]NG COMPLETION Hattfe. Chamberlain of this city. All Teamgemhiqs nolt expired arelpesred in ’Munich obenlg and ofl’iciax{- i Death was due tp pneumonia, follow- not included in this call, they renew- 1y for the first time Wednesday even- see the completion of the general {husband and four little daughters The drive in Bemidji and South!jin’ and the qui C>| contract of tme new normal school, e v TP r J 2 quilt of the government'’ Beltrami . county will continue|.ere discussed at a bi Sy t. | when the work of installing the heat- throughout the week, closing next inge o g mass meel-| i) equipment, plumbing and electric NEw AUD]TOR PREPARB > Highting fixtures will be commenced. ai2) eboz,g; f,}’,}};sgfil]‘f i“ 3‘}? g ighb?;' adopted a resolution calling for thelqent for the new normal is under con- TO ASSUME Hls D "TIES Bges ere auxili-|immediate creation of a tribunal of}jqeration by-a committee appointed 4 Subscription Stations. tion of Premier Ebert, Phil Scheide-|t; gecure some “grandpa” to be the |S0R returned Sunday from a business In Bemidji, stations have been de-{mann, Mathias Erzberger, Dr Solf|new head of the seat of learning, but visit to 8t. Paul, relative to severing membership, they being as follows: [rest of Scheidpmann, Ebert and others|that Bemidji and Beltrami county road, preparatory to assuming his Postoffice, all drug stores, the Farm-|connected with the “blood bath of may well be proud of. Several ap.)hew oftice of auditor of BDeltrami Markham hotel. The subscriptions| The Tesolution also urged the ar-|ceived. days, the time being up Saturday will be in charge of a committee of rest and trial by the Berlin council Gk night. being. under the direction of R. H. —_— PUBL]C 0WNERSHIP a few days longer, and then enter Schumaker. The ladies will be on BAUDETTE SOLDIER DIES. upon his hew work as county official ing,and no one should overlook the In the casualty Hsts just issued ap- —_—— ] oppartuni join. ¥ Ly : M Aportanity fo join ey e e PURCHASE SUGGI‘STED OLD DAYS RECALLED:] Membership costs only one dollar ) RAIN! KLE. W4Stingfon, -Dec. 16.—Govern- Acording to a . dispatch, George per year, and if two dollars are paid TEACHER §P~._ S aN. 3 ! egraph lines was advocated in a flegs by the bursting of a high explo- zine for'a year. . teachers, was off duty today with a|speech in the house by Chairman]sive -shell on the battle front in Spare a dollar this week and re-|sprained ankle, d b i LS ol et tho e yia alip: orf who introduced the administration{midji people that Fogarty ,was, Cross or become a new member. Welsh. measure contemplating government |geveral years ago, known as star Until the government permanently la professional and played with the controls the wires, Mr. Moon declared | Fond du Lac team against a Bemidji remain “half developed.”, He con-|wWing in Bemidji. tended that government ownership, tural resources, is legitimate under the constitution. No ONE BEING URGED States must take the system for the benefit of the people,” he said. Representative Steenerson of Min-| Washington, Dec, 16—Instructions nesota, ranking republican member |have been sent from American Red that Representative Moon did mot|of chapter workers throughout the speak of the “real objection” to gov-|country that registration for the was the possibility of a ‘“president, if |day must be purely voluntary. Not he so desirds, to perpetuate his 91- one of the ‘millions of men and The danger consists in establishing |or renew memberships will be urged an army of men in office, who are de- [to do so. Compliance with these in- declared Representative Steenerson.|nounced, will mean that no persua- “There never was a greater menace]sion has been necessary to swell the Denouncing the war profiteer, Re:|paign to continue through the week. presentative Steenerson said govern- One of the principal reasons for a war emergency and that “embeszle- | tary basis is that each person i ex- ment” of power given in war wasinscted to sign the roll but once and asked. QUERY CONCERNING HOMESTEAD lar, and you at once become a mem- < (United Press -Corespondent.) that, after the coming drive for mem-|convocation of the reichstag by its Chosed, ernment. bership drive since the war began|later to give the ministry parliamen- emberships should be renewed. All!son. \ [ " Word has been received from Sco- o 2 OF NORMA[‘ SCHOOL ls ‘bey, Mont., announcing the death of the American Red Cross. I d It is expected’ that this week will [ing the Spanish *“flu” She leaves a ing at the time of expiration. ing when “the bloody events in Ber- Saturday night. Th i i sos% turday night. The campaign willl" By a small majority the crowd| “ppe hroblem of securing a presi- aries of the chapter are located. workmen; -and -soldiers; the resigna-|ror (hat purpose. It is not proposed “ County Auditor-Elect A. D. John- signated for subscribing to chapter and “other opponents” and the ar-|to get a modern, live wire, and one his connection with the M. & I. rail- ers State bank, Fifth ward, and the|Berlin.” plications have already been re-|county. He had given notice of 30 members of the chapter, the drive|of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Mr, Johnson will remain on duty duty throughout the day and even- 0F WIRB ADVOCATED: January 1. pears ‘the ! name: of * Robert: Ranced; 24, Casts Only One Dollar., = . ment ownership of telephone and tel- | Fogarty of New York has lost both it will include the Red Cross Maga-| - Miss Norman, one of the school Moon of the Postoffice committee, |France, and this reminds some Be- new your membership to the Red|a stairway at the home of Mrs. T. J. purchase of the utilities. football player in Bemidji. He was that the Postoffice department Will|qggregation and also played with Red not only of utilities, but also of na- The time is here when the United 'l‘o JOIN RED CRoss of the Postoffice Committee, declared |Cross headquartrers here to thousands ernment ownership; which he said |membership campaign beginning to- fice.” women who are expected to enroll pendent on some one for their “jobs,” |structions, ~the organization an- to a free government.” Red Cross membership in the cam- ment control had been established as placing the registration on a volun- worse than profiteering. pay one dollar, which is all that is In a query addresed to a Minne- apolis paper a man asks this question, which might be of interest to sev- eral: “Wil} you please state in your co- lumns the best way to secure a home- stead under the Volstad act?” The writer evidently referred to Beltrami county, for the reply was to write to the auditor of Beltrami. The reply also spoke of a sale of state lands sometime next May. LIBBY TAKES $1 JOB. Minneapolis, Dec. 16.—Appoint- ment of H. W. Libby, secretary of the State Public Safety commission, as Minnesota field secretary of the Coun- cil of National Defense, is announced. The honor was confered upon Mr. Libby by Grovenor B. Clarkson, Washington, director of the field di- vision and acting director of the De- fense council. Mr. Libby will recieve a salary of 31 a year St. Paul, Dec. 16. I rangements whereby the valuation of Minnesota water powers for taxation purposes shall be made by experts of the engineering department of the University of Minnesota were made at a meeting of the board of regents. Water powers are becoming an in- creasingly valuable natural rescurce of the state, according to the state tax commission. Under the plan proposed by the tax commision the engineering depart- ment of the university will make a survey of the approximately 100 water power sites in the state. A vear or two, it is thought, will be re- quired for the work. Similar service in fixing a value on the mineral wealth of the statg for taxation purposes is now rendered by the university school of mines as the agent of the state tax commission When the Red Cross Takes Your Christmas Dollar to France Tentative ar- orical Society ALL YOU NEED IS A HEART AND A DOLLAR; ANSWER RED CROL CurmisTHAS PIONE Lo iy FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH FIRST CALLS ARRIVE FROM SOLDIERS WHO WISH EMPLOYMENT The government committee, ap- pointed in Bemidji for the purpose of assisting employment for returned soldiers, has received its first calls, three soldiersr having notified the board to secure them employment when they arrive, some time soon. The names were placed in the hands of the federal employment. bureau, Charles Daily, manager, Bemidji. The committee appointed for this service consists of B, W. Lakin, A. A. Warfleld and Mart Morse. PHONE OPERATOR GIVEN $18.500; CLAIM UNIOUE Retrial of the case of Miss Mar- garet Hansman of Brainerd against the Northwestern Telephone Ex- change company and the Western Union :Telegraph ccmpany, in which the plantiff sought $25,000 damages, enrded Saturday before Judge C. W. Stanton at Bemidji, in the course of the regular court term. The case is one of the most unique of recent yoars, both because of the large a- mount of damages asked and the grounds upon which the complaint was based. The jury was out three hours and returned a verdict of $18,600. Miss Hansman claimed she con- tracted tuberculosis by working for the defendant companies at Luvern in a cold room. In the first trial of the case before Judge B. F. Wright, at Park Rapids, the jury awarded her $10,000. The case was appealed to the state supreme court and reversed on legal technicalities and a new trial ordered. A CORRECTION. Irene Bye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bye, died from lobar pneu- monia, with a complication of men- ingitis, instead of spinal meningitis, as formerly stated by Mr. Bye, ac- ?r)rdlng to the physican who attended rer, ; |ONE HOLIDAY WEEK - IS ALLOWED SCHOOLS On Friday the public schools will close for the Christmas vacation and many of the teachers will take leave for their homes to spend the week allowed. The usual hollday recess is for two weeks, but owing to the long time the schools were closed on account of the influenza epidemic, only one week will be allowed this year, that some of the work may be made up. URGE PAY FOR RMS. St. Paul, Dec. 16.—The state should re-imburse civic organizations and citizens who purchased home guard uniforms, according to direc- tors of the St. Paul association. They adopted resolutions asking that the legislature take this action. The directors also passed a resolu- tion authorizing a request to con- gressmen and senators from Minne- sota to work for the perpetuation of national guard units under the so- called federalization plan. DULUTH’S NEW POSTWTER, Duluth, Dec. 16. — William F. Henry, business manager of the Du- luth Herald, today assumed his duties as postmaster, succeeding Postmaster McEwen, removed for ‘“‘reasons.” The ability of McEwen had not been questioned BATTLE FLEET CORIliG HOME; DUETO ARRIVE ONDECEMBER 23 Huge Preparations Being Made In New York; Seventy-two Ships in Fleet PRESIDENT’S ESCORT OF DREADNAUGHTS SAILS Transport George Washington Is Loaded With Yanks Homeward Bound New York, Dec. 16.—When the great fleet of seventy-two of Ameri- can war craft which have been aid- ing in upholding the supremacy of the allies overseas steams into the Hudson December 23, it will find Riverside Drive decorated more gor- geously than ever before, in honor of the sailors and marines. The war fleet, now homeward bound, wil be greeted three miles off Sandy Hook by more than four hun- dred harbor craft and is exeecmd to be escorted to anchorage bty many foreign warships now in Atlantic waters. The flect will anchor in the Hudson river off Riverside drive and landi stages will be erected at convenien points. ‘The official reception will take place there. The official welcome by the city to the officers of the fleet will take place at the city hall on December 24, when Mayor Hylan will receive Ad- mirals Mayo, Rodman and Rogers. The same day the sailors and marines together, with soldiers recently re- turned from the battlefields will par- ade down Fifth avenue, if - official sunction can be obtained. ESCORT 1S RETURNING. Brest, Dec. 16.—The American dreadnaught fleet of ten ships which escorted President Wilson into lfiort has sailed for New York. The fleet is expected to reach its destination before Christmas. The warships are the first to re- turn of the American naval vessels which saw service with the battle fleet in the North sea. The steamer George Washington, which brotight esident . Wilson - here, took troops ‘6n " board” #nd gniled Sunday with’ 4,000 ‘American soldiers. BURNOQUIST THANKS (PIONEER’ FOR WORK IN'STATE'S BEHALF Federal and state governments found in the newspapers of the na- tion a loyal and powerful support during the war, and The Pioneer i8 in - receipt of a letter of appreciation from Governor Burnquist as follows: “The federal and state govern- ments hove found in the newspapers one of their most powerful allies in winning the victory and I am sure they will continue to be a tremendous force in the solution of the problems that are now certain to arise. “The response made by the editors of Minnesota duing the past two years have been spontaneous and most loyal. In numerous cases they have staunchly upheld the cause of Americanism under the most trying circumstances and at great sacrifices of buginess and financial revenue. “Too much praise cannot be given the newspaper men of this state for the generous manner in which they bave assumed add burdens, and I deem it a privilege at this time in this our hour of victory, to extend to you my personal expression of gratitude for your hearty co-opera- tion. “With greatest appreciation of vour loyal aid, I am, sincerely yours, “J. A. A. BURNQUIST, ““Governor.” RELATIONS ALONG COAST OF AUSTRIA ARE TENSE (By United Press.) Rome, Dec. 16.—Relations be- tween the islands and Jugo-Slavs along the Austrian coast are growing tense. CANADA TO FURNISH MONEY; SETTLERS TO PURCHASE LAND Winnipeg, Dec 16.—The Cana- dian government has decided to fur- nish the money for western provinces for the purchase of privately owned lands being held for speculation, which would be sold to intending set- tlers. The plan calls for cash or se- curity of twenty per cent of the land value, after which the purchaser will have it easy in paying the rest. i