Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1918, Page 1

STAGE SET BY LEGISLATURE; - CURTAIN GOES UPJANUARY T Minniesota’ ' Lawmakers' ‘Have . Much of Importance on Pro- gram of Opening Seasion TWO WERE. RETURNED WITH NO OPPOSITION | SPEAKERSHIP SELECTION IS ALREADY SETTLED Senate! Will Start Without Delay; Nearly All Are Old Members Changs in Method of Caring for Poor Will Be Made - by Commissioners On New Years day, next Wednes- . day, Béltrami county will see a shift in the personneél of its county officers, the entire officialdom: of the county, - elécted at the recent election, taking 1 St. Paul, Dec. 30.—With the stage set and the actors in their places, the curtain’ will go up Tuesday, January 7, on the opening of the Minnesota legislature. The session promises to be one of the most interesting .and most im- portant in the 'history of the state. Many big probiéms of state policy wifl be up for so‘hnlon._und some law of ifar-reaching effect will be includ- ied in the statutes of 1919. As usual the senate will get down to business without delay. This is possible partly because the senate membership is composed largely of men of legislative experience, and partly becausé the lieutenant gov- ernor is able to start right after elec- tion making up his committee assign- nments. < Eye; ‘Yfim‘;dlmqed,' this little maiden of France views with genuine 1eoLe .sorrow ‘the battered remains of whatishe recognizes as the family organ which up ‘their duties for the mext fouri'y . 'h,q tound on herlreturn to thejonce hs years, some continuing longer service. |1 ¢no Hun:? i {once SRy homefi gmt was de?n-oyed by : The_ seryices of J.. George, for{. ; { _several years au‘:;tq gs Bgar@““}i [Fnnzanit AAcnpanannnng erminate amd i - gtead” will | ! - . e, b S, | COMPLAINTS ‘HEARD elected by ‘one of the 'biggest sur-ji \ i ¥ . votes- ofs the election. It was B ?;lls:son"s'flrst essay in politics and 0F C]TY‘WATER ODOR he was practically unknown. = Another newcomer will take the H. M. Clark, president of the city “_position - of superintendent of thelcouneil, this morning received sev- Y;ounty - schools, J. C. McGhee, Who | eral ‘complaints from citiz was, prior to his choice, assistant to|effect that the water fron Superintendent Stewart. whom he de- | wells emitted an obnoxiou feated after his chief had served sev-| Mr. Clark will call a special meeting | resentative Harold Knutson, it was eral years. * lof the wl::Ite; cotx{xzmitu:e of .the 1c°unli ;almounced here today. g 4 cil, to which citizens in general wi Details of the plan were B McKee New Coroner be invited to discuss what should be [at a conference ;;, ',he“se{_b Sfilv,fl%’fl H.N. McKee, funeral director for} g, n solving the water problem. |eral Land b an & O'Leary, will be the new: ! 3 - jeral Land bank. Huffmax' & O i ofeated Coroner | ; Le deep wells are four in number, (; Representative Knutson desires coromer, having defeated ~COTONer) iy "ty in service. Those Who|the federal land banks to act as the called to complain asked if the shal-l-agencies for the government in in- low . wells were being used. The|augurating the plan. He conferred’ wellg were declared cleaned whenj with Vice President B. F. Faast, who Akerberg. He was alto & novice in the ‘game, of politics, These are the the;McCarty Well company finished i made the land settlement community, its ;work last summer. plan “dream” come true in ‘Wiscon- three: changes made’by the voters. Earl Geil was returded &s county ‘T 2 sin,’and with H. Z.“Mitchell, Bemidjl GRACIE’S DEATH IS edifor, and P. A, Prous; treasurer of OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED “treasurer, Andrew Johnson went back - 3 the St. Paul land bank. A dispatch from the war depart- as_ sheriff, Fred W. »da- setained his county .court ' cle p,” C. O Moon: was retained 1‘1]1; the' reig_lst‘er of. deeds office, and Judge Harris was ek d e b etails of the plan were not sent back to the probate court disclosed at the request of Mr. Knut- “These Were Unopposed. son but it includes a large appropria- Cou'!}tyd s“’&"efi":; Roz Bli:iex:‘ewg: ;io‘xi\ an;lkt-ltlie asfsul;ilxixg orf both social unopposed and had en ey : ment to the United Press, St. Paul, |20d marketing facilities for each col- everybody, was satisfied with his work | ;1 i2ing ‘the official announcement | °8Y- ] that Ralph Gracie, son of Daniel |/ Representative Knutson empha- Gracie of Bemidji, was killed,in ac- sized that his plan provides for the tion in an air battle in France. grouping of the soldiers and sailors Mr. Gracie had been notified that instead of their isolate_d placement as the report would be investigated and ‘provuled in other projected plans. the announcement confirms the state- ment received from abroad, ARMY AUCTION OF HORSES AND MULES AT CAMP GRANT KNUTSON HAS NEW SOLDIERS’ LAND PLAN | | F { St. Paul, Dec, 30.—A national col- :ouization plan to properly place re- {turned soldiers and sailors on the .]and will be presented to congress. ‘within the next three weeks by Rep- & Early Start in House. The house also is sure this session to gel an early start. The speaker- ship fight was settled nearly a month ago, and 'thé speaker-elect has had time to perfect his- committee organi- zation, In times past, when the election of speaker has been in doubt until late in December, it has hdppened that the start of ‘the legislative grind in the ‘houge; has been delayed: for a week or:more. Tt is predicted that Speaker Notan | will announce his committees on the third day of the session. Both the senate and the house will be organized along new lines The natural line of cleavage in the old days' was between republican3 and democrats, although this bhas been less true since the law abolishad party lines in the election of memi- bers ;of the legislature, and there have' always been democrats, espe- cially in the senate ,who have heen “in” with the majority republican organization, The antrance of the Townley Non. partisan league into legislative poli- tics has changed everything. Feeling Is Better. The division now is between the untagged members and Townley members, and the feeling on both sides is far more bitter &nd personal than ever before:within the memory of old followers of politics. One of the first matters to come before the legislature probably will be a resolution to ratify the nation- wide prohibition amendment to the federal constitution. The amendment already has been ratified by fifteen legislatures and it will be before the legislatures of the remaining states this coming year. % Favorable action by thittv-six states is necessary to put the amend- ment over. No serious opposition is expected in the Minnesota legisla- ture. Highwav Plan Important.. One of the most important matters likely to come before the legislature, perhaps the most important, is the proposed etate constitutional amend ment creating a state highways sys- tem and empowering the lagislature to issue bonds to cover the cost of its construction. It provides for a system of 6,000 miles of ‘hard surface highway con- necting every county seat in the state, A state tax on automobiles is pro- posed to pay the interest on the bonds and provide a sinking fund for their retirement when due, this tax to be in lien of the present license fee and all other automobile taxes. Under a proposed federal law the state would also receive about $13,- 500,000 from congress over a four- year period as good roads aid. A majority of both senators and representatives have gone on record as favoring the state highway com- mission plan and its" success seem assured. Legislation for the relief of forest fires last fall is also to demand at- tentioh. The state forestry department also El mu T and Tecord, and County Attorney Torrante was also unopposed, as his record showed he was the right man The Knutson colonization plan re- lates only to men released from mili- tary service and does not conflict in the right.place. with that originated by President E. ~ For . state representative, A. E. Rako received a splendid majority G. Quamme of the Federal Land bank ‘which calls for the placement on pro- and goes to the legislature from Bel- ductive lands and the financing of ami. Senator Nord of International 11s was again sent to the state sen- e, Beltrami and Koochiching coun- There will be a public auction of‘any citizen whether penniless or with horses and. mules at Camp Grant, small capital. . Rockford, I, January 7. : The Knutson.plan: would-place the The offerings will include animals |Boldiers. and sailors’ ifi” communities bought by the government and there | With stores, churches, schiools, eream- are 150 cavalry horses, 75 artillery eries, elevators and other business horses, 250 draft mules and 50 pack é_znd social essentials as well as prox- mules,, The stock was all first class | imity to a good market and trans- when .purchased and has had very | bortation. littie service since being in camp. TO HONOR IOWA MAN IN ENGLISH TOWN. IS PLAN (By United Press.) Southampton, Eng., Dec.all (By Mail.)—Plans are being made to be- stow the freedom of the borough on Col. A. W.-Swalm, American consul here since 1903. ; ‘Bestowal of its freedom is one of the -highest honors. an English city may accord. Few Americans have received the honor. Both Colonel and Mrs. Swalm, who was Miss Pauline Given of Des Moines, Ia., are popular with Southampton residents. They have engaged in many civic movements. Col. Swalm, formerly at Mentevi- deo, Uruguay, war born in Womels- dorf, Pa., in 1845. He served in the civil war and afterwards was well known as an Iowa newspaper pub- lisher. WHAT SHALL WE NAME THE NAVAL WAR BABIES? London, Dec. 12. (By Mail.)—In connection with the proopsal to di- vide surrendered German battlecraft among the allies and the United tates, it is suggested here that the battle cruiser Hindenburg be given to France and renamed the “Marchal Foch.” This is on the theory that since Germany named the battleship after her greatest soldier, the ship should be given to the nation which really R ties comprising his district, Beltrami going strong for his election ‘Congressman Knutson.of tl;) "Sixth -district carried this cou .by: over. a thousand votes aud,g;&%ifiifllen- ahan was sent back ‘to. the district bench without any opposition and a good vote in Beltrami. ‘Change Poor System. Edward Paulson succeeded ‘Repre- sentative-glect Rako to the board of county ‘commissioners from th‘\is, the First district, and one of his 'duties will be to induct the change from the township method of caring for the poor to the county poor farm systerh, authorized by the voters at the elec- tion. 3 . PLAN OF BERLIN COUP _TO ARREST REPORTERS By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Correspondent.) ‘Berlin, Dec. 30.—The German group, which favors allied occupation of Berlin, as a political coup, plans to force this move by arresting all British and American newspapermen in the ecity, Police Perfect Zichhorn warned me today. ONLY ONE SESSION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEW YEAR'S re! ni | DEPUTIES PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR FRENCH GOVERNMENT (By United Press.) f Paris, Dec. 30.—The chamber of (deputies, following an address by ‘Premier Clemenceau, ‘today passed a vote of confidence in the government, 398 to 93. ‘LIEUT BARKER'S FUR_I:-OUG}I ENDS: RETURNS TONIGHT i Lieutenant Earle A. Barker will wi return to his duties on a receiving ship in New York this evening, after a weeks visit with his family here. Until Thanksgiving, Lieut. Barker had been stationed on the U. 8. 8. Massachusetts as executive officer. He left Bemidji in April, 1917, as commanding officer of the Bemidji division of the Minnesota naval militia. FALL ON ICY SIDEWALK FRACTURES WOMAN'S LEG be New Year’s day the schools will hold one session only, from § o’clock in the morning until-1 o’clock in the afternoon. The rest of the day the pupils and teachers will enjoy a va- cation. NOON DAY LUNCHES IN SCHOOLS WILL BE SERVED at Mrs. Julius Miller, Sr., mother of Henry Miller and Julius Miller of this city, slipped and fell in front of the Northwestern Telephone Ex- change company’s office Friday, with the result her right leg was broken just above the ankle. att: . Noon day luncheons will again be served at the high school this year, beginning with tomorrow, superin- the “PBeatty’” after the admiral com-|George Backhurst held a patriotic|and the status of the public safety - YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ THE PIONEER gave warning that America would join no combination or alliance, except a league of nations. must be a great covenant by which all nations ‘“unite for mainte- nence and triumph of right.” Riga. Shortly after landing there was an outbreak in which . several persons were killed and wounded. Bolsheviki agitators . are responsible, | GERMANY WILL PAY armistice commission declared in a speech at Berlin that Germany will pay all damages caused in Belgium and Northern France, according to digpatches received here. have agreed on the general questfon of damages. ' CORONER'S INQUEST the death killed by an M. & I train at La- vinia Saturday morning, the jury re- turning an open verdict to the effect that Mr. Uteck was killed by being struck by an M. & I. train, about death. TEACHERS RETURN AFTER have returned from spending their Christmas vacation with friends and Grand Rapids, Minn.; Ruth Benson, Appleton; Mary Closky, Besmer; Pal. mina Arndt, Badger; Milaca; Ruth Moe, Superior, Wis.; Eunice Julia Wrolstad, Rosholt, Wis.; Min- Mitchell, Carbondale, I11.; Skjeveland, Barnwell, ‘Washburn, Glencoe; Mabel Norman, Blue Earth: Lurlina White, Minneapolis; Minneapolis; Anna Northrup, Willow River; Alma Sandahl, Gertrude McLean, Minneapolis; Anna Hoag, Minneapolis; Hiss Hall, Minneapolis; Miss Conant, Fargo. Order of Moose tomorrow evening instead of in the I. O. 0. F. hall, as formerly announced. and lunch will be enjoyed after the business meeting, while the members watch the old year out and the new year in. tended to all members. The special patriotic meeting held | ing at which Capt. Hal Huffman and Lieut. Earle| Barker were the speakers, was well The talks were much enjoyed and appreciated, each speaker telling of the work and ticular division. rance favored the audience with a tendent Bolcom announced this|produced the greatest soldier. e S S h bil 1 morning. It also s suggested that the Sev-| SPECIAL PATRIOTIC SERVICES o el sy —_— dlitz, the German flagship, be al- The E 3 4 3 5 . 5 » Episcopal church held a large The matter of workmen's compen- ANNUAL MEETING located to England and rechristened | ;ydience last evening, when Rev. [sation is another matter to comcpl}p, St. Paul, Dec. 30.-—There were LEAGUEOFNATIONS, DECLARESWILSONIN ADDRESSING LABO (United Press Correspondent.) Manchester, England, Dec. 30.—President Wilson today The statement was made while the president was address- ng five thousand workers in Free Trade hall. Continuing, the president said that the league of nations The statement was greeted with wild applause. BRITISH FORCES LAND AT RIGA. Copenhagen, Dec. 30.—British forces have been landed at. .. | - INDEPENDENT LABOR AGENCIES MAY HIRE MEN. IS ASSERTED When the so-called federal employ- ment service was established in Be~ midji, similar to many other cities in the state the order was lssued to eliminate other employment agencies, that all labor should be hired through the federal office, which put some proprietors oyt of busginess. Expostulations were pade But the order stuck and, authority ‘for . the mandate wag questioned. 1. B. Olson was one of those af- fected and he took the matter up with Senator Knute Nelson and in the reply of the senator he said: “I think the so-called employ- ment service will be gradually discontinued, {n view of the end- ing of the war. ; “It has no authority or juris- | diction to interfere with people securing employme! ‘what- ever source it may ““Men who,are ing for \ work have Lwflm secure work where e¥dr they cam; with- [ out regard to the employment | gervice. There is no such thing as government draft for laboring men."” Another inquiry regarding the fed- eral employment service was written to Congressman Knutson, and in re- - ply his secretary, M. W. Hunter, 1 said: i = | “A letter has just been re- ceived from the United States department of labor, employ- ment service, advising that since the signing of the armistice, the regulations under the terms of which all reeruiting of un- skilled labor for war work was placed under the jurisdiction of | the U. S. employment service, are no longer effective. “This, it would seem, solves the problem of the independent employment office and permits them to do business at this time.” JEWISH CLAIMS WILL BE BEFORE PEACE CONFERENCE BELGIUM-FRANCE (By United Press.) Amsterdam, Dec. 30.—Mathias rzberger, chairman of the German It was said the allies and Germany IN UTECK TRAGEDY Coroner Garfleld Ackerberg this orning conducted the inquest over of Albert Uteck, S8r., 16 o’clock on the morning he met THEIR HOLIDAY VACATION Among the Bemidji teachers who latives are, Miss Jessie Aitkin, Cora Heilig, Milavets, Ashland, Wis.; Sarah Valdina Hanley Falls; Cecile Towa; A. Sullivan Harriet Sager, e Erickson, Red Wing; Albia, Wis. ; Gutzler, Waterville; Erma Edna Fuller, Atwater; Wis.; Malmberg, Rice Lake, Pearl Minneapolis; Miss Maynard, MOOSE TO INITIATE. = (By United Press.) The special meeting of the Loyal London, Dec. 13. (By Mail)— Zionist claims of their right to or- ganize an autonomous Jewish gov- ernment In the Holy Land will be presented at the world peace con- ference. Leaders in Great Britain are be- lieved to have received official sanc- tion for presentation of the claims. This is in@icated by plans to opén a Zionist bureau in Paris from which news of the attitude of the peace del- egates will be dispatched to leaders of the movement in all ¢ountries. Most of the allied governments at some time during the war, it is re- called here, issued declarations fin some form or other endorsing the proposal for establishment of a Jew- ish national home in the Holy Land. British Zionists hope the confer- ence will set up an autonombus gov- ernment under the trusteeship of England. They would have the local government directed by the Jewish administrative council. Zionists of discuss plans at a council December. 11 be held in the L. 0. O. M. hail Initiatfon will held at this meeting and a smoker A cordial invitation Is ex- PATRIOTIC MEETING. the Presbyterian church last even- Sergt. N. E. Glven, ended, the church being filled. training in his par- Miss Dorothy Tor- STATE “FLU” REPORT. o The Methodist Sunday school will ’5‘:3“;‘3‘1“5 ‘H“ fleet to which she|gervice, “A Tribute to Our Allf commission will also be ascertained.|009 influenza deaths in the state ..‘.r;vnrandein ke n ‘ i holgean ainnualtmzetm'glth):s e‘ven:r'l‘): er flag. wlklxic: he national anthems It is also likely amendments to the|October, compared with 1 763 ffnmI E / meneing -a o’clock, in A Y allied war nations were featured by | primary law will be 4 5 o Y- A @ hurch basement, at which officers NO NEW YEARS WAKE. Tocal solo B e i - AT ; i @®and teachers for the ensuing year There will be no New Years eve| " The M ric fraternity hads re- | eliminate the word “nonparty” from |against amhl‘ { deathes o\ - ‘*i will be elected. Every officer, teach- | wake held this year by the congrega- | cefved an invitation and many re-|the ballot. A tonnage tax battle|a ye’ar ago il 's h va- z} er and all others interested in thejtion of the Swedish Lutheran church [sponded as individuals. The address |looks like a merry scrap that will be This l§ the s a ing in their A% Sunday school are kindly asked to|asintended. The wake has been can-|by Rev. Backhurst held close atten-|fought out, it having to do with a|F. Smith, J al be there. gelled tion- and was greatly appreciated tax on irén ore tonnage. the atat"q & ‘. ST, W | 6@"’6@ \3 NN b 29 P i —