Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1918, Page 1

BEMIDJI DAILY PIC.NEER" 4 S, & 7 CONGRESSMAN |Mail Scheduls [WATER BONDS ; mail schedule for handling the Informal Smoker Proves High- Christmas mail this week as follows: Sy ‘ A Y : The postoffico will be open for bus- | Light Vote Cast; Total of 2 ' . ly Interesting; Legislator o \e:Sided. | i Here On Business ' REILDING HOUSES THEY DESTROYED. - DELEGATES OF f ARECALLEDTO MEET INBERLIN iness tonight and tomorrow night feiiahuy: & Loses by a One-Sided until 8 o’clock in the evening. gari el A resented; Hungarian Pre- . Majority of 168 " R - mier to Resign The postoffice will be open’ from 10 to 12 o’clock on Christmas day. The parcel post delivery. service SPEAKS OF IMPROVEMENT il be in. operation all - day on UNDER CONTEMPLATION The eit ' _The city carriers will " make one delivery on Christmas morning.: - X b 1 S - The rural carriers will make their 5 o Lieut. Barker Also Speaks; |regular deliveries on Christmas'day. | All Voting Done in City Hall; Urges Bemidji to Clean The Christmas -package mafl 8| o ' ' T g J heavier. this. Christmas: than - usual,| _Separate Boxes Repres_@_{l{ _Up and Beautify but extra help has been secured and ' Various Precincts .- TURKEY WILL DECLARE NYMORE ADDS MARGIN - SELF NATIONALLY BROKE . OF SEVEN.BALLOTS| o ) Bloody Street Fghting, Report From Essen: Factions '’ Meet in Clash all mail will be handled .as fast as it arrives. All who 'contemplate| o S X sending packages should’ do 8o ‘as| The : proposition. as .to whether ;il;lg“:ss possible to . insure prompt ,Bemidjfi s!;;uld authorizé the issu- ; a Zurich, Dec. 23.—The Bourgeosie iy s SR ?vna‘izrowoikssflgggr gg:tdesmtgll‘n:ti l;:v; Already many of the German prisoners in France are being put to work to mu‘ncnc has ::iled a conl;resso ‘fl;gm all repaii- some of the damage they wrought there. These Huns are rebuilding a | parts of Germany to meet in Berlin ’ ; the extension of the water mafn: to OmClAL REPORT OF lthe Fifth ward, held Saturday in cottage that they or their fellows had destroyed. January 1, says a Berlin dispatch today. the City hall, was defeated by: 232 A AAAAAAAAAAAPAPAAP AL HUN PLANE VICTIM to 64, a majority against of 168 ’ 5 Only twenty-nine volss were cast WOMEN DECORATED. HUNGARIAN PREMIER RESIGNS from the Fifth ward, heing defeated AN Zurich, Dec. 23.—Count Karol s , Dec. 23— yi in that w;rd byva;vs;n votei.‘ KANSAS CAPTURB London(Bg‘egnli:)ed(g;e;:gfl ivia has announced his intention to rg- e wvery Ward “No. "B THER Sountess . Harcourt. foFmes] —=VI8=lign as Hungarian premier, accord- 4 y Miss The proposition was defeated in s Mo SH]P Mary Burns, New York, was deco- ing to a Budapest dispatch. } rated by the king recently with the TURKEY ADMITS B ANKRUPTCY “What should be done is straighten and deepen the Red Lake river from Red Lake to High Landing, bridge the river to the west and save the detour. I have the promise from the government that this will be done.” So spoke Congressman Knutson of the Sixth district at the informal smoker given in his honor at the Commerdial club Saturday night, he having been in Bemidii and vicinity for a few -days looking after inter- ests to come up in Washington. “1 would also like to see,” he con- sl 1 N A > (By United Press.) (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 23.—American aviators downed 845 enemy planes during the war, of which 491 are confirmed and 354 unconfirmed; said information reaching the war depart- gxénfi today from Major General Har- oard. ; TO FAMILY REUNION. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Naugle. left today for Racine, Wis., where théy ‘Warroad, opening up-the:vast ;eul']i- as tollov;g;:» ; % tory in the- northern part of the First Ward—VYes, 15; No, 71. Since there have b nuinber of[for distinguished = service in the 4 e, Hiere Aaveioen & NUIMDE ‘| American and * British' Red Cross,|clare its self nationally bankrupt, it talns the railroads I belive the PRV T Third—Yes, 6; No, '42. Kansas the following article clipped Viscountess Harcourt was in charge|is reported. M. & I would be extended to Bau- | ALLEGED GIRL MURDERER Fourth—Yes, 15; No, 47, front the Great Lakes Bulletin will|0f two American hospitals, Ameri- . g 2 can Red Cross hositpal No. 21 at BLOODY STREET FIGHTING. ofCt(;xl;ftrefgnmxlnifiuggugoa?sgetsvgg:{: Hall, ench Drecinct costing 1ta Dallpwi i varenta. It 18 possible that the |Lancaster Gat 24 2 g “obscure seamen lookout” referred to |L.ancaster Gate. fighting at Essen, between forces (fi’ $100,000 to be put in, making a fine H. Piper, charged with the murder AN TR A oy 1aj1 lad. Th tiole tells of th the Workmen's and Soldiers’ counc Iuth to the Dakotas,|of Frieda Weichman of Chicago, com- midji lad. 6 AP Lalla DL 108 stretch from Dulut e of mitted suicide in his cell in the coun- ANNUAL RENTAL OF M.& l. capture, by the Kansas, of the first BE Gl To FIGHTERS hor|u. kY o e " be completed in three years. He also i his is th k VEN and the Spartacides were apparently s ‘b6 - |was discovered by Attorney Charles marine service. This is the story: defeated. pledged his best efforts for more fed B Cross, whohad,calledetyo phaptoied v ls FIXED AT 5202.455 “ Ship ‘off the port bow, sir, re- Eulogy for America. Officials of the jail for a time| : Washin ) | atternoon on .a summer day. Theilapel buttons, appropriately in. 3 . . ©oe i) Offic gton, June 23.—Standard ] gressing ffom government topics, [ denied That Piper had ended-his-1ifa,{form contracts between the railroad' . S. 8. Kansas was taking part in | Soibed, are to bo furnished to every | - BEMIDJI SCHOOL THIS EVENING S & : 7 i can forces-during the war after he K n e paid high tribute to America. “Never|{A. Jackson, 'county physiclan an-{Ontario & Western railroad for 'an 80 ‘euzaged. There will-be a Christmas program in history has there been anything |nounced the accused man was dead. |annual rental of $202,455 were ‘At word from the ofticer of the|returns to civil life. The buttons| , iy, magt Bemidji school this even- k 2 the G. A. R. insignia, ciaimed. ‘and it is mecessary to[lar, twisted it as nearly into the| A contract with the Great North- conyeying a message telling the At exercises. B : : stranger to heave to and make her~ ‘A feature of the evening will be a warned against propaganda to plant cured it around his neck. Then |shortly t i the trée of militarism 4n the United |looping his belt through the collar "’°{’8§‘ fon signals were raised, also, I Kol Nopth. | Life_of Christ,” presonted by Rev. g seor g But the stranger made no response— . Paul, Dec. 23.—Though North-| gjaine Lambert, pastor of the Metho- of letters from patriotic societies for | cell gate and threw the weight of his operated between Bemidji and Inter- N the creation of a standing army of |body . into the noose, ending his|national Falls, connecting the east Three-inch . guns were loaded | the weather has been comparatively e — with blanks to fire a warning over |mild, and with swamps not frozen «1f it 1s militorism they want they [ A guard had-been stationed out-|border. s e the outlook for large logging opera- BRAVE BABOON WEARS can have it in Germany and not |side his cell to thwart any attempt ngr s‘tnogodpa;zgalsvhe(l);edb;“w’l:lll:o?.ltlt nt it could hold on his return from an official busi- 3;‘,,?,’,’,@;‘}‘},: Enffinggaelantl fffi-m were : ness trip through northern counties. ‘ PUBUC E ATING PLAcm, “Part of the Kansas men searched » | the crew of the prize, while others|small tracts of state-owned and was London, Deec. 10. (By Mail)— sold by Mr. Arneson at sales at In-|‘‘Jackie” {s as brave a soldier as ever tinued, ‘‘a railroad constructed to every precinct and the voting stood Grand Cross of the British empire 1 t « Berlin Dec. 28.—Turkey will de- county, and if the government re- Second—Yes, 17; No, 64. | Bemidjl sailors abroad the U. S.'S. dette.” 18'SUCIDE, IN CELL| ~Tifth—Yes, 11; No, 18. .. ‘fundoubtedly interest a number of Be- Al i 4 11 voting was done in the City Paignton, Devonshire, and No. 22 at Zurich, Dec. 23.—Bloody street Cass Lake and Ball Club to cost( Muskegon, Mich.; Dec. 23.——Milo|separately. at the end of the story was a Be- e BRONZE B“I IONS wu‘l‘ and Spartacides forces is repolrtied 1d 1 11 probabilit; There were many casualties He said it would in all pro Y4y jail here by hanging. The body mother ship in the German sub-| - eral aid in road building. Washington, Dec. 23.-—Bronze " . wiih him, posted - the . logkout. /1t was ylate o T0%%| CHRISTMAS PROGRAM-AT EAST ho turned along patriotic lines and|but after afi examinatiow, Dr. Samuel | administration and the New York, 'fieet maneuvers, one of thirty vessels | soldier who served with the Ameri- Jike the good old U. S. A.” he ex-| Piper it is said, removed his col-|signed ‘today. deck, the ‘X-Ray' flag was holsted, | are expected to be similar in size to] "ino pupils taking part in' the guard that which we have” He|shape of a rope as pposible and se-|ern railroad is expected to be signed B P gned y o1t known. The allied and national| LOGGING PROSPECTS POOR. |stereopticon entertainment, ‘“The 4 he fastened it to t - § _States! He told of receiving scores|he fastened 0. the cross hors of the The Minnesota & International is {gnored the signals. ern Minnesots is covered With Snow, | qist church. from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000. life. and west ' lines with the Canadian the unknown’s bows, while an armed ¥ v tions is discouraging, Oscar Arneson, . Here.” . ap, at % state superintendent o timber, said m here,” he explained T'm for a big _t sumjde WAR Lm COMES OFF boarders came over. the side. Iiven w0 E ON ARM e g then her:identity:was uncertain. ¥/ 3 mobilized, . I would like to see the About $50,000 worth of timber on By United Press.) went below. The crew was made up guard companies placed -in a na- 1 i tional guard, but the army cligue is BEM]DJ] ls lNcLUDED of thin, undersized, dirty specimens, | ternational Falls, Two Harbors, Du- rejoiced a moukey mother’s heart. all of them elderly and clad in non-|luth, Grand Rapids and Bemidji. A This four-year-old baboon saw descript clothing. Without excep-|record price of 48% cents each for|three years active service in Egypt against them. They get no oppor-|will attend a family reunion. 'Their tion they begged for water, food and | tles was paid by a buyer at the In-(and France as the mascot of the tunity. Two companies of the Min-|daughter, Mrs. H. P. Dunning and § nesota national guard were sent tolfamily and their son,‘Arch Naugle Today is scheduled to be one grand tobacco. And the jacks, mindful of |ternational Falls sale, who bid 136 |South African Honorable Artillery the times they -had wanted a smoke|per cent over the appraised price for | company. If imitation be the sin- Deming, N. M., early in the war and |and family, live at Racine. Their|and glourious day for those persons k:‘ll)t there untlltfhtis stéxgmer. :vvl:lle dagghter, Mrs. CHarles Borchardt, |Who are wont to or forced to take others were sen o active sefvice.|and husband of Norway, Mich., and | their meals in public eating places, 3 Y, e In the last eighteen months the gov- | their son, Bert Naugle and wife of| For today twelve war-time orders :,222;_“”%' gaY0, freely. to, the: gug- 0RO trnct._—_— &B‘:fi:t yfgi? fi;é’nfif{g\,gfla gg;‘fi-:- S:ilcl?g:, (ylrlilil tfllc bl; present at the ofuthe flood administration, which “The searching party from below | COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS WILL tion for his soldier comrades, for he union Christmas Day. eating places have been observing,|goon reported finding' torpedoes, BE HELD IN COURT YARD imitated almost everything they did. With undaunted courage he followed ernment has spent or authorized $60,000,000,000, orcfis(i)s:very gli?l;ne “since tne time of Christ,” an en — become null and void. Here are the| foatin g . g mines, and bombs stowed in gfig:veal;m?;; t:,a?-:fl?;st}?::nfiesw;: BAPTIST CHURCH CHRISTMAS thi;;gs ‘;vhich can be done again: the refrigerators among the feod sup-| wednesday evening, at 5 o’clock them over the top. When rations * necessary to pare down to the bone. PROGRAM TOMORROW NIGHT J‘ead wil] be served as coplously|piies. Then the books of the shib|ihere will be a community Christmas | 2™Me ‘round “Jackie” would -be The speaker also said Bemidji was s as the diner wishes, and will not be|were examined, and the mystery was|(ree held in the courf yard. There|found waiting with outstretched _fortunate in getting its federal The Christmas ¢ 0 required to contain wheat substl- |cleared up. The stranger Was &|will be music, Santa Claus "cracker- hands to receive his share, which he building, when all public structures | Baptist church(willl"%gr%:gld Oi:x th: )tz:?;sl.mrlet lgllsgrnr;aes;tb:n;e;x&;ih: fort:xer aBr!élsh :lerc}annme lmm%, jack for the kids, and a real obser- n}llo in genfile;m;nlyhmanonde;'l.f g‘o: ¢ 1 ’ i i capture y the ermans an 4 three years he led a charm e, bu : o'clock an e congregation and| Each diner may have more than|mother ship. She was standing by,|tne tree will be decorated. All|Shell fragment at Kemmell Hill and one kind of meat if ne desires, and|ready to perform her duty, when| hijdren should be present : lost his right leg. bacon resumes its former standing asfgighted by the lookout on the Kan- X Though disabled, he salutes as smartly as ever, and perhaps the remarked. -He paid a high tribute|friends are cordially invited. a garniture, 88, RE“ "ss lnln AII proudest figure in the whole of the CR Ro c Lord Mayor's show which paraded ‘ to the soldiers nl’:ledl to. the wt;‘men of RPN the country in their,war work. ' Bemidii “Warm Spot.” ¥ P ART OF BURGLARY The half ounce of butter a person| “How proudly that boarding party tule is lifted, as is also the same lim- } stepped on board the Kansas. To ls COMPLEI'E SUCCBS- London streets was “Jackie” wearing » the full uniform of a South Alrlca: soldier, with service cheyrons an NEARLY 1.400 ENROLL wound stripe. acknowledging the PLUNDER ]S RECOVERED: it for cheese. them 'had gone the honor of taking plaudits of the crowd with erect H]D lN HRE RUIN Sugar bowls may appear on tables|the first mother ship of the German Between 1,300 and 1,400 have up bearing and martfal salute. again and the one teaspoonful limit|‘tin figsh. Most of the plunder stolen at the to date efther renewed their Red “1 am mno stranger in Bemidji. ‘Have known Bemidji and many of her people for sdveral years, and will say that next to my home city, St. Cloud, Bemidji comes next in my affections. She has been good to me is abrogated. “A prize crew was left aboard the tinfl?sg}:f:z:;‘; ;11;.)' I»:l;(!h to :gn- captured extramp, and, convoyed by o a) cks or other | two solo, accompanied by his son. msgco‘-eryg?,f ey Tt bt s Tng | meals mit {s, Liftad; was given sole credit for the capture, | Cross memberships or became new | WHERE WILL CIVILIAN CLOTHES Ng| Food also may be used for display|owing to the sharp eyes of one man|members, the result of the Red Cross ALL COME FROM? PROBLEM roll call campaign held in Bemidji & County Attorney Torrance Was|peen made by a son of Nick Cushner, | purposes and waste foodstuffs may|—that obscure seaman lookout.” ‘tj};g\egallcsz}l:fix;;:: h%i‘&f;fly:fi wh; noticedg box sticking out from |pe bhurned st o et etturd ek : underneath the floor of the old Clavin | d T R ast ‘week, closing Saturday night, his work in supporting the president | hu{lding which burned next to Gill And, last but not least, those who | cOMMERCIAL CLUB LUNCHEON |with several more to hear from, in- Londorflnyn}z?“fl P:;;;'?Man.)-—u have missed their cream de lux, or WILL BE HELD THURSDAY cluding groups of employes. English tallors are scratching their to ‘come in to swell the total and it 1s predicted the campaign will be|yided food for moths during four one of the most successful Red Cross The shortage of wool is becoming drives yot held in Bemidjt. greater and 96 per cent of available supplies are still being taken up for GOETA[S MADE GOAT n;my uneds,f 'Thds;ro;nre, it ll‘s tenrfid HOG ISLAND FIASCO) 1 i 2 s i during the period of the war. Bros. clothing store e 2 cream containing more than 20 per " Barker Urges Beauty. The lad happened to notice the|cent butter fat, ,xz'nay once more hzve Xg“dc,?" hers "}‘18" }{amsn;]ore tfi:: heads, dazed and bewildered. Lieut. Earle Barker, home on iel?douott aIb""é Pf?'»l‘lldililé andtpul}gd cream as thick as they can get their | The weekly luncheon of the Com- g;:d gl‘lh:fldrlve' and tlcleug,e:uus' Hundreds, and very soon, thou- Christmas leave from the United| . = o nsHe l“’":ls a A efrechor or | restauranteur or hotel proprietor to|mercial ciub will be held Thursday| sieariy indicate that Bemidji is fully gands of men wil be clamoring for States navy, was next called upon %Jer Inegl;h Pel iy read 1" t; rob-|serve them. instead of Wednesday, as the regular| suaye to the great work yet to be sands of men will be clamoring for and spoke in glowing terms of his can"’led hiedi“’“ef” ‘“‘t G"!me iately —_—— luncheon day is Christmas. Gone in reconstruction and in the|discharsed soldier {s t~» rush off and home city and its wonderful people. | <o lz w"""ner!);fi% 1‘&*’? E_";}"“- ¢ The meeting promises to be of un-| o' oo wrecked by the terrible |deck himself out in a smart civillan He refrained from discussthg the| = 00 fisc{ ‘:‘f (:i "9 and further ‘FLU ENTEREDTHEU, s. usual interest owing to the fact conniei” while hosplitals are crowded | Suit. Not many of them will be con- | navy or the war, but devoted himself | ¢ osed a dollar erector’and Lieut. Barker of the United Siates J a tent to return to their old re-war i to a eulogy of Bemidji and urged gg:r :fi::’ D‘q toys l:;;hintd sheeting of m PORT OF BosToN navy, and Nat Given, recently ar- with sick and wounded. out-fits, and in many cases these will that one of the things that needed mgc -~ Some other toys are miss- rived lrgm "o;er there,” will be pre- first attention was the beautifying of Py o sent and speak. {he 1ake shore, the/ strects and alleys gimtrance ‘&;hgusx}é’lfrw‘;’sy";age! at| NewyJork Déc. ,28.-Soanihy fn- b . z Y 24 orcing | fluenza, whic as claimed hundreds eastern cities and towns. a hole in the door between the store|the couniry, invaded the United| g5 moe{inz this evening, and %t Mav Meet H and warehouse and unfastening afStates through the port of Boston,|is expected several matters of im- : ay leet Here. bolt inside. Dr. W. C. Woodward, health commis- | nortance will come up for discus- President Robinson of the club| ______ __ _ _ _______|sioner of the city, admitted in an ad-| gjon = read a humorous communication from dress here before the conference K R s ke e A b et e B e e d e B g el Jabipe Good and Bas J s s O 1 ng summer first. | dustrial practiee. Friendships Good an ad. San Francisco, Dec. 23.—Willlam the .\meric::n (1.11?‘8?}1?:;1:, h"fildatt‘;e J. W ,Nal“g'? was called upon for — There are three friendships which | Denman, former chairman of the CAPT. HUFFMAN COMING. B O O ol o e efa song and unaccompanied sang a HOME FROM ABROAD. are advantageous: Friendship with |United States shippping board, tele-| Capt. and Mrs. H. L. Huffman are annual summer school in Bemidji. | verse captioned, “It’s a Hard Thing hed to Senator Fletch hair- Y It is an association of commercial|to Lick the Kaiser,” and responded Clift the upright, with the sincere, and with |graphed to Senator Fletcher, chalr expected to arrive in Bemidji to- STube thit Had o do with supdlying|to au ericor y ord LaPage and Leo Taylor|ne man of much observation. Friend- |man of the senate commerce com-|morrow from Camp Sheridan, Ala., x supply Q icore. \ returned to Bemidji Saturday from _ mittee, a statement charging respon-|to snend Christmas with Capt. Huff- secretaries and other officials for A social session followed the in-|“over there,” having been honorably ship with atx:lur; " Rg)tcclou; fllfiilw‘;h sibility for the Hog Island ship vard | man’s parents, Mr. and ‘V[r‘;. C. A civic associations. And before the|formal program and Congressman d{geharged' Both boys wear the insinuatingly soft, and wi the ars e -y % DR E S el s " B gold contracts to Maj. Gen. George W. . 8 writer finished he stated he was “for” | Knutson met several mnew acquain-|stripes on their sleeves, showing six glib-tongued; these are Injurleus.— |Goothals, former admintstrator of the SKféé‘a&‘apm{: cfxur}?;caenl;.fi t\’:::: 5;*. tances and his good friends. ' months’ service. Donfuclus. g shipping prograni. ing judge advocate work: Bemidji, as the city had demonstrated O } | | | 4 ' . + | | | | 18 | { | | b e v i - ! . VOLUME XV NO. 311 i ‘ ' BEMIDJI, MINN,, MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 23, 1918 - FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH_ All Parts of Nation to Be Rep- There will be more memberships not be fit to return to, having pro- i