Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 1

WATER REPORT _ SHOWS DEEP “ WELL SUPPLY IS WHOLESOME " Shallow Wells Declared Full ‘of Bacteria and Not Fit to Be Used concluded the world! the streets of Paris.’;I time that peace was’declar mourning wreaths iplaced by flowers, flags and bunting. Bandits Loot - Minneapolis was greeted most enthusiastically. 3 photograph shows a crowd marching before the REDBY POSTMASTER'S - OFFICE SOON VACANT o The United States sclyil service commission has announced an exam- ination to be held-at: Bemidji on January 11, 1919, as=a3 result of which it is expected ‘to maké certifi- cation to fill a contemplatéd vacancy in the position of fourth-class post- master at Redby and other vacancles as they may occur at’ that office, un- less it"shall be decided in the inter- ests of the service to fill any va- cancy by reinstatement. The com- pensation of the postmaster at this office was $194 for the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first birthday on the date of the examination, with the By | It COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO [ REMAIN ON THE PROBLEM “Soft Drink ' Parlors” Facing| ‘being available for Bemidji’s consum- bacterial count,” while the water 4rom the deep wells was wholesome. { ] “being in service, while the shallow . the deep wells is not serviceable and another is defective. ' License of $150; Last of The watai report from the state w@vening and -stated that the water There are four deep wells and four- - T The report spoke of an intensely Band Fund Voted ‘board of health, relative to the water «ers, was read in the council last from the shallow wells had a ‘“high teen shallow. wells, two of the former wells are not being used. One of fine sand clogging the shallow wells and the bad order. From a sanitary (point of view the deep wells are sanitary. There is_no contmination and are recommended as being safe for public use. Frank Raabe, an ex- pert chemist of the board, made the “tests. ol Will Work Further. The water committee was con- tinued, to take further action' on solving the problem confronting Be- midji and another meter will be in- stalled to confirm the report that ‘Jarge quantities of water are:-being wasted in an undiscovered manner, (By United Press.) Minneapolis, Dec. 24.—Four men, clad as lumberjacks, this forenoon held up the American Jewelry com- pany’s place of business at the point of revolvers and escaped with dia- monds, cash and other jewelry. An ordinance was read having for | . cantion that in a state ‘where The loot is estimated to have 1its object the licensing of all “‘soft | omoen are declared by statute to be nmougted to between $50,000 to drink P”m"sf'; thf f?; p"“g’“:‘;rgz of full age for all purposes at|$75,000. ing $150. No fee is charged 2 eighteen years, women eighteen = ct definition of a “soft i e atioe gseem exactly | Joo> of age on thesfate o ihares DEATH OF GRAC‘E «drink parlor” doesn’t clear and what effect it will have on drug stores and candy stores is prob- “lematical. " The council also - authorized :the payment of the rest of the fund used as the city’s share toward the support of the band. The first allotment was $300 and that of last night was $200, the city giving $500 each year. TTALY DECORATES LARGE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS By Henry Wood. (United Press Correspondent.) Rome, Dec. 1. (By Mail.)—In one day recently there were conferred on soldiers in the Italian army 36,718 medals. for valor, representing acts of heroism that had taken place at the €ront during seeyeral months -previous. Of the 36,718 medals, nearly 7,000 were awarded to the memory of sol- diers who had lost their lives in the deed of heroism that had merited the distinction, the medal in this case going to their families. The other 30,000 were given to soldiers who ~had survived their heroic acts. Of the total number 130 were gold medals which were given almost ex- clusively to men who had lost their lives in performing the act of hero- ism; 13,000 of the medals were of -gilver and the remainder bronze. As is invariably the case most of these decorations went to the in- fantry and especially to the special- ist troops such as the grenade throw- ers, dersaglieri or sharpshooters and Alpini; : The decorations conferred during this single day Trepresents only a small percentage of all the recogni- tions that have been won by Italian soldiers and conferred on them dur- ing the war. NOTICE! The business houses and stores of Bemidji will be closed all day to- morrow, according to an agreement, that employers and employes may devote the entire day to the observ- ance of Christmas. A Only those placeg as emergency may demand will be open part of the day. FURLOUGH WAS BRIEF. Alvin Olson, who arrived in Be- . midji Sunday from the Great Lakes training station for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Olson, will return to the station tomorrow morning. Mr. Olson is a member of the band on the battleship Kansas and will return to the ship in a short time. He had expected to get his discharge at Christmas but on ac- count of being a member of the band will not be discharged for awhile. amination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the postoffice for which the examination is an- nounced. The examination is open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Application blanks, . Form 1753, and full information concerning the requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy. HOME FROM CAMP. Pvt. John L. Revoir, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Revelr, is home from Camp Cody, N. M. returning. via Camp Dodge, Iowa, where he re- ceived his honorable discharge. His brother, Fred, is also.stationed at Camp Dodge. SOCIALIZATION OF INDUSTRY FAILURE Berne, Dec. 24.—Information from Russia brings confirmation of reports that the socialization of industry there is a complete failure. Official statistics show that in almost all the 512 mills and factories controlled by the state, expenses have considerably exceeded receipts. During the first four months of 1918 the government paid out more than 400,000,000 rubles to cover these deficits and has been obliged up to the present to ad- vance 1,000,000,000 rubles to the factories under its comtrol. Technical experts assert that Rus- sian industry has been crippled for many years to come by the Bolshevist regime. BEMIDJI SOLDIER ARRIVES. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Towle of 712 Tenth street have received a letter message from their son, Raymond, stating he has arrived home from over seas and is at’'Camp Merritt, TOLD BY COMPANION A golden star will gleam in'the home of Daniel Gracie of Bemidji this Christmas, in honor of the death of his splendid son, Ralph Gracie, whose death, resultant from an air battle with a fleet of boche air battlers, oc- curred last September, as reported. The father refused to believe the fate of his son but a letter received by a friend of one of the American air- men, Gracie’s companion, confirms the tragic fate of the young Bemidji fighter. The letter was received from Doug- lar Kennedy, a flier of the Royal corps, who received his information from a companion of Gracié in the fateful battle, Storv of Tragedy. The letter from Kennedy says, as pu::llshed in the Minneapolis Jour- nal: ‘‘Yesterday I met an American fller who was on the same patrol with Ralph when the latter was killed. He said there were four of them on patrol duty on the coast of the North sea when they were attacked by seven German planes. Four of the seven dived on Ralph at the same time. He looped and gave them a hot fire for several minutes before they got him. His plane was shot down in flames and if he wasn’t burned to death he was drowned. Ralph was a good fighter, the fellow said, and with any kind of a chance would have come out all right.” Gracie, Kennedy and Warren Chrieman, Royal air force, all em- ployed at the Journal office, enlisted in July, 1917, and had been flying on the front since March. Chrieman Prisoner in Germany. September and his fate England. August and he was while landing but had returned to the front before the armistice was signed. Chrieman and Kennedy are thought at the present time. ROYALISTS WOULD FORM MONARC (By United Press.) Berlin, Dec. 24.—Royalists have from and Austria people came apparent today. In France, as m%fi:w and the other allled countries, the report of thgg was a sort of memorlal to the loss of that city In 1871 to the Germans. _ JewglryStore DURING AR BATTLE Chrieman was reported miseing in|the industrial and financial outlook, was not{will be to convince the allied na- known until word was received a|tions that Germany has natural re- short time ago that he had been a|sources, the development of prisoner in Germany, but is now injare necessary to the remainder” of Kennedy’s plane was shot down in|upon that country will not be to the badly injured|advantage of other countries. to be on their way to this country by General Pershing, appears the YoU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-E “armfstice signing which practically Crowds marched in a’continuous procession through gtatue of Strassburg, which up to the Now the YOUNG SLEUTHS RECOVER HARDWARE PLUNDER The pair of juvenile sleuths, who have been assisting Chief of Police Essler locate the toys stolen from the Given hardware store a few nights ago as the result of a robbery, have recovered practically all of the plun. der, Master - Cushner, son of Nick Cushner, leading the hunt with a ytompanion. With the discovery of some of the stuff in the cellar of the burned Clavin buflding, next to Gill Bros. clothing store, the youngsters were hot on the trail to unearth the rest, and Chief Essler gave the boys a flash light and they proceeded to scour the nooks and cranmies of the business district. Late yesterday, while on their ex- ploration, they happened to look be- neath the warehouse used by the Be- midji Hardware company, Mayor Vandersluis owner, and there was re- vealed in the glare of the flashlight, boxes containing more of the plun- der. There were two sets of erectors costing $5 each, two sets costing $3 each and some other small articles, which just about makes the complete irecovery of the articles stolen. With the discovery made in the alley beneath the mayor's warehouse, he has taken considerable good- natured joshing. * DECORATE U. S. GRAVES. Paris, Dec. 24.—More than 3,000 graves of American soldiers will be decorated on Christmas day by the American committee for devastated France, GERMAN MARINES "~ REFUSE ORDERS By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press Correspondent.) Berlin, Dec. 24—Mutinous marines who revolted, when ordered to sea, are entrenched in the Royal palace after a battle with military guards. Upon receiving the orders, the ma- rines revolted, kidnapping the mili- tary commander of the city and are holding him prisoner. Four of the marines were killed and ten wounded. AGAINST PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. Philadelphia,, Dec. 24.—Govern- ment supervision of public utilities rather than public ownership, which he characterized as ‘‘clusmy,” was advocated by Dr. Harry A. Garfleld, United States fuel administrator, in an address Sunday before the Amer- ican academy of political and social science. One of the present problems, he sdid, in speaking on the subject of which the world and that an economic war PINEWOOD BOY WOUNDED. In the casualty list, just reported name Corp. Peter Dromness, Pine- wood, Minn., wounded, degree unde- termined. . Missing in action, F. M. Johnson, Baudette. MAY SUCCEED M’AD00. Dec. Washington, 24. — Former started an active propaganda cam-|President Carl R. Gray of the West- paign to win the support of German|ern Maryland railroad is reported to the re-|be slated for the place of railroad establishment of a monarchy, it be-|administrator to succeed William G. McAdoo. c\e\s‘ 0 PEACE MUST COME SO0ONSOGERMANY CANPAYHERDEBTS, ISMOCIALISTSVIEW - — By Frank J. Taylor. t (United Press Correspondent.) Berlin, Dec, 24.—“If the allies expect to collect indemnities from Germany they must secure peace immediately so that Germany. can get down to work:and earn money,” said Emil Barth, prominent socialist, in an . interview today with the United Press. 5 ) Barth says that while he had’been convinced that Germany was wholly to blame for the war it would be unwise for the entente to strangle its debtors. BOLSHEVIKI DIVISIONS THREATEN RIGA, Amsterdam, Dec. 24.—Riga and Mitau, principal cities of Russian' Courland, are threatened by the advance of four di- visions of bolsheviki soldiers, is the advice contained in a Lithuanian dispatch today. FIFTY MORE HUN SUBMARINES TO SURRENDER. London, Dec. 24.—Fifty more German submarines, includ- ing some of the largest types, will be surrendered soon, it is learned today. BREVERY BSNESS e aon Peking, Dec.-24.—The reported de- cision of American brewers to exploit China is arousing indignation which the press voices to this effect: “We have no desire to drive out the opium fiend only to usher in the drunken sot. Apparently the brew- ers think they must educate the ! Chinese to the delights of western bacchanalianism. Why do not the' westerners come to teach us better manners than induging in opium and | intoxicants?” The hope is expressed that the Washington pgovernment will bar such pernicious activities in China. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS e TREE SHINES TON]GHT i o Igto:vl::fllrll;l::::;]; (.l.:vleml\‘(l that her COURT HPUSE Ym;zllllnm(u destination should be the Thames, but now Dover has put in a cleim for possession on the grounds | that she was manned by men of Dover and she put out from Dover on her last famous voyage, LETTERS THEY LIKE. . (By United Press.) London, Dec¢. 3. (By Mail.)—Lon- don and Dover are vielng with each other for the ultimate possession of H. M. 8. Vindictive. | It is proposed to begin the work of raising this heroic old vessel, sunk at the eastern pler in Ostend harbor. To get her to the surface will be one of toe hardest tasks salvage men have had. The hundreds of tons of cement which were placed in her in the hope that the Germans would not be able to remove her make the problem of salvage a great difficulty. However, experts say there is little doubt that all obstacles will be overcome, but some months may elapse before the old warship, beloved of all Britons, The biggest Christmas tree in the state of Minnesota will be celebrated this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the court house grounds, when one of the giant Norway pines glistens in all splendor of its decorations, inter- spersed with colored electric bulbs. The eleventh hour decision to hold the community tree this year is cer- tain to result in bringing great joy to the youngsters of the city, ahd also to many of their elders. The Queen Esthers, who have heretofore sponsored the community tree, re- solved at the last moment not to allow the custom to lapse., The city has always donated $50 for the affair and will do so again. Manager Naylor of the electric company has prettily decorated the huge pine, with a large star atop. Mayor Vandersluis has gotten to- gether 600 sacks of crackerjack for the children and G. W. Harnwell has consgented to speak. Santa Claus has promised to be present and meet the little folks of Bemidji. There will be music and singing. (By United Press.) London, Dec. 10, (By Mail.)—The Red Crosy visitor to Ward J at the American hospital at Dartford, Eng- land, found the man with the badly fractured leg smiling happily to him~ self, Bhe glanced at the torn em» velopes lying scattered on his bed and smiled too. ‘“You've had a good malil,” she said. “The boy I've just been talking to hadn't any.” “My people at home never miss a mail,” he said proudly. “They all write * * * And there's such a differ- ence in their letters. “There’s cousin Katle, now. She writes as if I had been turned into a bronze statue on a pedestal* ¢ * 'We can never repay your noble sae- rifice’ * * * and so on. “And Katle's not a bit like that really. She’s what the people here call a topping good sort. But she thinks that's the proper way to do it. / ‘‘Mother’s letters are the best of all. When I came away she said she would just try to think when she wrote that I was staying over at Aunt Harriet’s place a few miles away, and then it would be easier to write. 8o she tells me that she has put up clean curtains in the sitting room, and that the apple jelly has turned out well, and that neighbor Johnson’s brom- chitis is bad again * * * and, little things like that. “I lie here for hours thinking about them. They help me to keep hold of the old life. That's the kind of letter we all like best.,” CONSUMPTIVE MAN SEEKS LOST BROTHER Does any one know John Collins or his whereabouts? His brother, Leon Collins is in the ganitarium at Nopeming, Minn., a victim of tuberculosis, bed ridden and has been there for four years. The last he heard from his brother, John, was about ten years ago, since which time he has had no word from him. He would like very much to see his brother or hear from him. A CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR STRICKEN BIBLE LAND A. T. Carlgon, county leader of the Minnesota Sunday school association, has received a letter from the organ- fzation asking that he request the in county Sunday schools their Christmas collections to remember the Armenian and Syrian relief for the children of those stricken bible lands. The call has come to America and Mr. Carlson hopes it will be heard and heeded by the churches of Be- midji tomorrow, NO CHRISTMAS ISSUE OF “PIONEER” TOMORROW There will be no issue of the Daily Pioneer tomorrow, Christ- mas day, that the.employes of the plant and office may have the full day to properly observe the anni- versary. Tke Pioneer sincerely hopes that its patrons and all pecples of Be- midji will have a right Merry Christmas. “.._%. i